Contenido
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Texts
- Dialogues between the Blessed Virgin and Child
- 1. Dear Son, Leave Thy Weeping
- 2. Here I Sit Alone, Alas! Alone
- 3. It is my Father's Will
- 4. He said 'Ba-Bay', she said 'Lullay'
- 5. She Sang, 'Dear Son, Lullay'
- Marian Laments
- 6. Filius Regis Mortuus Est
- 7. An Appeal to all Mothers
- 8. O Thou, with Heart of Stone
- 9. Who Cannot Weep, come Learn of Me
- 10. Our Lady's Imprecation
- Songs and Prayers to the Blessed Virgin
- 11. Stabat Mater Dolorosa
- 12. Hail, Mother and Virgin Immaculate
- 13. High Empress and Queen Celestial
- 14. Thou shalt Bear the Fruit of Life
- 15. A Salutation to the Virgin
- 16. Mary, Pray thy Son for us
- 17. Enixa Est Puerpera
- 18. Ave Maris Stella
- 19. Hail, Star of the Sea
- 20. Mary, Bright Star of Heaven and Holy Church
- 21. Hail, Queen of Heaven
- 22. Ave Gloriosa
- 23. Ave Regina Celorum, I
- 24. Ave Regina Celorum, II
- 25. Salve Regina
- 26. An Expansion of Salve Regina
- 27. Regina Celi Letare, I
- 28. Regina Celi Letare, II
- 29. Regina Celi Letare, III
- 30. The Five Joys of Our Lady
- 31. The Five Joys of Our Lady, with Acrostic
- 32. An Orison to Our Lady by the Seven Joys
- 33. A Salutation by the Heavenly Joys
- 34. The Seven Joys of the Virgin in Heaven, I
- 35. The Seven Joys of the Virgin in Heaven, II
- 36. The Seven Joys of the Virgin in Heaven, III
- 37. A Song of the Assumption
- 38. The Coronation of the Virgin, I
- 39. The Coronation of the Virgin, II
- 40. Fresh Flower of Womanhood
- 41. Mary, Be our Succour and Help
- 42. Keep Us a Place in Paradise
- 43. Our Lady and all the Angels, Pray for Me
- 44. Mary, Remember Me at my Last Day
- 45. I Have now Set my Heart so High
- 46. A Love Message to My Lady
- 47. I will Serve my Lady until Death
- 48. I Will Have No Other Spouse
- Hymns to the Trinity
- 49. God in Trinity, Give Me Grace
- 50. A Petition to Father and Son and Holy Ghost
- 51. A Prayer to the Three Persons in the Trinity
- 52. In One is All
- Hymns to God the Father, Creator
- 53. The Pater Noster
- 54. Our Father, Have Pity on Me
- 55. Salvum me fac, Domine
- 56. God Guides All Things
- 57. God Governs for the Best
- Hymns and Prayers to Christ
- 58. The Seven O's of Christ
- 59. Jesus, My Lord and Protector
- 60. Christ, Defend Me from My Enemies
- 61. Jesus of Nazareth, Have Mercy on Me
- 62. A Prayer by the Wounds Against the Deadly Sins
- 63. Let not the Fiend Overcome Me
- 64. Richard de Caistre's Hymn
- 65. Make Me Loathe Earthly Likings
- 66. Grant Peace to Thy True Lovers
- 67. Close in My Breast Thy Perfect Love
- 68. Lord, I Long after Thee
- Songs of the Annunciation
- 69. Ave Gracia Plena
- 70. Ecce! Ancilla Domini
- 71. Gabriel Came Down with Light
- 72. My Thought Was on a Maid so Bright
- Songs of the Nativity
- 73. Sapiencia Sent to Redeem Man
- 74. Honour to Him Who Descended from Heaven
- 75. Mary Bore both God and Man
- 76. Born is Our God Emanuel
- 77. A Maid Hath Borne the King of Kings
- A. MS. Ashmole 189
- B. MS. Arch. Selden B. 26
- 78. Verbum Caro Factum Est
- 79. Make Ye Merry for Him that is Come
- 80. The Lord that Lay in Asses' Stall
- 81. The Maiden Makeles
- 82. Her Son Recovers Us from Adam's Fall
- 83. Bless the Time the Apple Was Taken
- 84. A New-Year Song of the Nativity
- Songs for the Epiphany
- 85. A Song for the Epiphany
- 86. Angels, Star, and Magi
- 87. The Journey of the Three Kings
- 88. Balthazer, Melchior and Jasper
- 89. The Three Kings and Herod
- 90. Hostis Herodes Impie
- Hymns and Songs of the Passion
- 91. The Story of the Passion
- 92. Thy Blood Thou Shed for Me
- 93. The Hours of the Cross
- 94. The Dolours of Our Lady
- 95. Behold Jesus on the Cross
- 96. The Seven Words from the Cross
- 97. The Mourners at the Cross
- 98. For Thy Sake Let the World Call Me Fool
- 99. The Child that Died for Us
- 100. The Wounds, as Wells of Life
- 101. An Alphabetical Devotion to the Cross
- Appeals to Man from the Cross
- 102. Thou Sinful Man that by Me Goes
- 103. Woefully Arrayed
- 104. Unkind Man, Take Heed of Me
- 105. Why Art Thou, Man, Unkind?
- Complaints of Christ
- 106. What More Could Christ Have Done?
- 107. A Dialogue between Natura Hominis and Bonitas Dei
- 108. Querela Divina: Responsio Humana
- 109. Brother, Abide
- 110. Have All My Heart and Be in Peace
- Easter Songs
- 111. Christ Triumphant
- 112. Aloft is Risen the Great Illuminer
- 113. The Lord is Risen from Death to Life
- Songs of the Eucharist
- 114. The Bread Come from Heaven
- 115. An Orison of the Sacrament and Creed
- 116. By a Chapel as I Came
- The Mysteries of the Faith
- 117. The Mystery of the Incarnation
- 118. Three Things Against Nature
- 119. Faith is Above Reason
- 120. The Divine Paradox
- 121. God Bids Us Use Reason and Evidence
- Occasional Prayers and Songs
- 122. An Orison to St. John the Baptist
- 123. The Martyrdom of St. Thomas
- 124. Prayer to Mary and All Saints
- 125. A Prayer of the Holy Name
- 126. Keep Me To-day from Shame and Sin
- 127. An Evening Prayer, I
- 128. An Evening Prayer, II
- 129. A Morning Prayer
- 130. Speed Our King on His Journey
- 131. Mary, Take in Your Hand this Dread Voyage
- Prayers to the Guardian Angel
- 132. Lovely Angel, Keep Me Day and Night
- 133. My Keeper so Sweet
- 134. O Sweet Angel, Bring Me to Bliss
- Two Prayers by Lydgate against the Pestilence
- 135. O Heavenly Star, Most Comfortable of Light
- 136. Stelle Celi Extirpavit
- Songs of Penitence
- 137. Parce Mihi, Domine
- 138. All Ten Commandments I Have Broken
- 139. I Have Lived After My Lust
- 140. Out of Sin My Soul Unbind
- 141. Thy Gifts I Have Expended Unprofitably
- 142. Though I Have Been a Wretch, I Hope of Mercy
- 143. O Redeemer, Purge Me of My Vices
- 144. Jesu, Mercy for My Misdeeds
- 145. Our Three Foes Make Us Mis-speak, Mis-think, Mis-do
- 146. A Song of Sins
- Songs of Old Age
- 147. The Day of Life—Night Comes Soon!
- 148. God Send Us Patience in Our Old Age
- Songs of Mortality
- 149. Farewell, This World is but a Cherry Fair
- 150. Man Begins and Ends in Wtretchedness
- 151. Vanitas Vanitatum
- 152. A Mirror for Young Ladies at Their Toilet
- 153. On the Untimely Death of a Fair Lady
- 154. The Mirror of Mortality
- 155. Three Lessons to Make Ready for Death
- 156. Against Death is no Defence
- 157. Devouring Death Makes All Unbold
- 158. Knight, King, Clerk Wend to Death
- 159. The Lament of the Soul of Edward IV
- 160. The Rich Man's Farewell to the World
- 161. Beware the Pains of Purgatory
- 162. The Testament of a Christian
- 163. Death, the Soul's Friend
- 164. Death, the Port of Peace
- Songs against Fortune
- 165. Fortune Will Have Her Way
- 166. Fortune Raises Both High and Low
- 167. Worldly Joy is only Fantasy
- 168. Who Trusteth Fortune Will Have a Fall
- 169. Fortune Has Cast Me from Weal to Woe
- 170. Fortune, Be My Friend Again
- Songs of the Decadence of Virtue
- 171. A Balade by Squire Halsham
- 172. Good Rule Is Out of Remembrance
- 173. The Rancour of this Wicked World
- 174. If One Only Knew Whom to Trust
- 175. Perversities of the Age
- 176. Virtues Exiled—Vices Enthroned
- 177. A Series of Triads
- Songs against Vices
- 178. Medicines to Cure the Deadly Sins
- 179. On Chattering in Church
- 180. Against Traducers
- Proverbs and Moral Sentences
- 181. See Much, Say Little, and Learn to Suffer in Time
- 182. Think Before You Speak
- 183. Counsels of Prudence and Patience
- 184. Every One Finds His Match
- 185. Neither Too Humble Nor Too Proud
- 186. Measure is Best of All Things
- 187. Inordinate Love Defined
- 188. What Profiteth this World's Labour?
- 189. A Song of 'Goods'
- 190. The Law of Kind
- 191. For Each Inch God Will Requite Thee a Span
- 192. The Summum Bonum
- End Matter
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index of First Lines