Synfull man thou art vnkynde
For Second Advent
Source: Edward Bliss Reed, ed., Christmas Carols Printed in the 16th Century Including Kele's Christmas Carolles Newly Inprynted. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1932).
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Blow y^ wide ~tyl & blow nat ~o ~hyl
My blode man I ~hed for the al at wyl
Blowe y^ wide ~tyl & blowe nat ~o ~hyll
This paine to ~uffre is my fathers wil.
Synfull man thou art vnkynde
To thy maker y^ made y^ of nou
Thou ~huld kepe & haue in mide
Howe with my blode I the bought
To ~aue the from the paynes of hell
That w^ the fende yu ~hulde nat dwell
Neyther rather to go.
Blowe the wynde ~tyl
This payne to ~uffre
To a piller bound both fote & hand
(damage) ll al my fenetr (damage) prode dyd bra~t
The iues me bet (damage) they coude ~tand
And as they weryed they dyd them re~t
And aro~e agayne and ~corged me ~o
Tyll blode & fle~he wente the bones fro
Blowe the wynde ~tyll.
This payne to ~uffre.
Whan they me ~corged ~harpe & ~ure
They crowned me with a thorne
A rede in my hande for a ~epture
And there they kneled me beforne
They ~ayde to me al hayle my kynge
For ~o was always theyr ~ayenge
And mocked me ~o
Blowe the wynde ~tyll.
This payne to ~uffre.
I bare y^ cro~~e that was ~o longe
To Caluery where my deth was dight
My mother folowed with rufull ~onge
Seyng my trauel ~he fel downe ryght
To ~e me in ~uch payne I brought
For the ~yn man y^ thou ha~t wrought
She was full wo
Blowe the wynde ~tyll.
This payne to ~uffre.
On the cro~~e they ~played me than
And all my body they drewe in brede
Tyl fle~he and blod thorow y^ ~kyn ran
My handes & fete with holes dyd blede
They went me fro with one a~~ent
And made a knyght my herte to rent
Thus payned they me tho
Blowe the wynde ~tyl
This payne to ~uffre.
They gaue me drynke ` was nat fyne
The which was ey~ell myxte with gall
They gaue it me in ~tede of wyne
And I ~ayd than made an ende was al
Than went away my ~pirite to hell
To fetche the ~oules y^ there dyd dwel
And in Limbo lay.
Blowe the wynde ~tyll.
This payne to ~uffre.
Finis
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