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? iue me power ouer hem; & ich hem wil bringe of dawe. '
? an seide ? e kyng to hym; "? at were no wise lawe. "
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? at folk ? o ? ai herden ? is; ? e kyng ? ai comen to:
"? iue vs" ? ai seiden "Danyel; oure will with hym to do,
Oi? er we schullen ? e sle; er we hennes gon. "
? e kyng was of hem sore adrad; & graunted hem onon. 240
Onon ? ai token Danyel ? o; & casten hym in-to a pytte,
? ere seuen hungri lyouns weren; ? ereinne all ydytte,
ffor ? ai hym strangli scholden; ac ? ai deden hym non harme;
Bot whan ? at he was sett adoun; ? ai leneden in-to his barme.
A Man ? ere was ? at hi? th Abacuc; in-to ? e felde he went,*. [? Abacuk. ]
Repmen forto bere mete; sone he hym ? ider sent.
? e Aungel hym bad abide; & to Danyel it bere. 247
Sone he seide 'he nolde'; & ? af hym li? th ansuere.
? e aungel took hym by ? e top; & bare hym for? ? er myde,--
Hym had ben bettere to haue ygo; ? an so fer to haue iryde,--
& so hym he bare to Danyel; & ? o he com hym to, 251
He ? af hym ? e mete ? at he bare; & lete Abacuc go.
? o Danyel had seueni? th; ibe in ? e dep pytt,
? e kyng loked to his lyouns; & lete hem vndytt. 254
? Alyue he fond Danyel; gret wonder he hadde.
Wi? gret ioye he took hym vp; & to his fon hym lad.
? e men ? at brou? tten hym ? ere; he lete nyme fast,
And euerych after o? ere; amonge ? e lyouns cast. 258
Sone hadden ? e Lyouns; forswelewed hem vchone;
And so oure lorde euer among; take? wreche of his fon.
? apostles, forto ? ai weren yslawe; precheden cristendom;
And many man after hem; good prechour bycom. 262
And now ? ise freres don also; prechen aboute ylome,
ffor of prechyng it wor? e nede; er ? e day of dome.
? E first signe ? er a? eins; as oure lord hym-self sede,
Hungere schal on er? e be; treccherie & falshede, 266
Batailes & litel loue; sekenesse & haterede;
& ? e er? e schal quaken; ? at vche man schal drede;
? e mone schal turne to blood; ? e sunne to derkhede;
Antecrist schal on er? e gon; & prechen his li er hede.
He schal go bot in ? e holy londe; ? ere oure lord ? ede,
& his deciples in-to al ? e werlde; his yuel wordes wil bede.
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As ? ai speken, ? ai schullen do; miracles grete & ryue;
Bot we ne fynde nou? th ? ai mowe; arere ? e ded to lyue. 274
Bot in-to cursed gostes; fendes wille? go,
fforto bere hem witnesse; of al ? at he sei? hem to.
? ise grete clerkes & wise; a? ein hym schullen speke,
fforto holden vp cristendom; ? at men it nou? th ne breke. 278
Bot many of ? ise foles siggen; in her hastite,
? at clerkes schullen fordo ? is werld; bot so schal it no? t be,
Bot ? e fals clergie; ? at antecrist schal of preche; 281
& fele ? at in godenesse schulden be; li? er he wil hem teche.
Ac so wys clerk ne wor? ? er non; ? at ne schal haue to don ynou?
fforto disputen a? eins hym; ? ei? he haue ? e wou? .
Many men schullen turne; to yuel, men may drede, 285
ffor on er? e men may se; to li? er, stedfast hede.
Oure lord let hym on er? e gon; for ? at he wil fonde
Whiche men of stedfastnesse be? ; & cristendom vnderstonde.
Tueie men ben in paradys; Enok & Elye; 289
? ai ne suffreden neuer de? ; as we han seid twie.
A? eins ? e day of dome; ? ai schullen on er? e ali? th,
And her ei? er after o? er; a? eins Antecrist fi? th.
Anticrist hem schal bo? e sle; & fele Men willen ? erfore 293
Turne to her bileue; & make her soules forlore.
Atte last schal come ? e holi gost; in fourme of swerd al[i]? t,
& Anticrist to de? smyte; ? orou? his swete mi? t. 296
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St. Jeremie's 15 Tokens before Doomsday. WITH LAMENTACIO ANIMARUM, WHAT OUR LORD SHALL DO AND SAY ON THAT DOOMSDAY; AND A SONG OF JOY AND BLISS, TO PRAISE THAT SWEET DEW, CHRIST.

(See other englisht copies of these '15 Tokens' attributed to St. Jerome, in my Early English Poems (Philolog. Soc. 1862), p. 7-12, and p. 162-4 (from Metrical Homilies, ed. Small, before publication); my Hymns to the Virgin and Christ (E. E. T. S. , 1867), p. 118-125; Dr Morris's 'Hampole's Pricke of Conscience' (Philolog. Soc. ), p. 135, l. 4738, &c, and Cursor Mundi (E. E. T. Soc. ), p. 1282-1298, Part IV, and p. 1616-18 (from the Edinburgh MS), in the Appendix, Part V; Mr T. Wright's Chester Plays (copid by Geo. Bellin in 1592), vol. ii. 147-9; and in the same vol. , p. 219-21 (from Harl. MS. 913, ab. 1309 A. D. ), and p. 222-4 (from Harl. 2255); Mr Small's Northern 'Metrical Homilies', p. 25-6, given also in Morris and Skeat's Speci|mens of Early English, 1298-1393, p. 83-5; Sir David Lyndesay's Monarche, book iv, l. 5462 (in Skeat's Specimens, 1394-1579, p. 254-6), &c, &c, &c.
Old Friesic has a version of these 15 Tokens, says Mr Skeat: see Richtofen, Friesische Rechtsquellen, p. 130. Mr Small says that 'no copy of the original is to be found in the Benedictine edition of Jerome's Works'; and Mr Wright states that 'others say they are first found in the Prognosticon futuri seculi of Julianus Pomerius, a theologian, who died in the year 690'. )

The Song that follows the Signs here, has pretty bits and good words in it.

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[Laud MS. 622, leaf 70, back, col. 2. ]

? ffiftene toknes. ? Ieremie.
SEint Ieremie telle? in his book; of xv. tokenyng
? at god wil a? eins domesdai; here on er? e bring:
? e first day ? e Cee schal arise; & as a wal stonde,
Wel hei? er by . xl feet; ? an any hil in ? is londe. 4
? at o? er dai, it schal so lowe ali? t; ? at vnne? e men schul it se;
Alle ? e fissches ? e ? rid day; abouen ? e water schull be,
& so reuly a cri ? iuen; ? at all men schullen haue fere;
? e fier? e day, water schal brenne; as ? ei? it coles were; 8
? e vte. day, schal euerych tre; blede dropes of blood;
? e vjte. day, schull castels & houses fall; all ? at euer stood;
? e vijte. day, stones schull fi? tt; ? e viij. ? e er? e quake;
? e ixe day, all hilles spreden abrod; & al ? e werld euen make;
? e x. day, men schul renne aboute; as ? ai wode were, 13
As wilde bestes holes to seche; to hide hem inne for fere.
// ? e xj. day, bones of ded men; arisen schull & vpri? t stonde;
? e xij dai, as ? ei? it steren weren; fram heuen to ? e londe; 16
? e xiij. dai, vche quik ? ing schal dye; ? e xiiij. fire ali? t,
And brenne al ? e middelerd; so crist it wil di? t;
? e xv. dai, schollen . iiij. Aungels comen; a . iiij. half mydlerde,
& blowen ? orou? -out al ? e werlde; ? at vche man schal be aferd;
ffor in ? ilk age he schal arise; ? at god was inne ded, 21
Of litel more ? an . xxxti. wyntren; as ich ? ou habbe ised,
? Lamentacio animarum. *. [[This is the Head line in the MS, tho' there is no break in the story. ]]
[folio 71a] Wi? ? ilk body ? at he had here; he ne schal so litel misse
As ? e lest her of his body; I sigge ? ou Iwisse.
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Oure lord schal come & smyte adoun; as li? ttyng do? to ground,
? ere ? at he to heuen sti? e; with his bledyng wounde. *. [MS. woud? ]
An Aungel schal ? e spere & ? e nails; & ? e crovne of ? orn,
& ? e rood ? at he died on; with hym bringe aforn. 28
In ? e vale of Iosephat; his dom he wil do;
? e best man schal sore agrise; ? at schal come ? erto.
Leuere had his owen moder; in helle pyne to be,
Al ? e while ? e dom ylast; ? an her sones face to see. 32
Allas! hou schull we ? an ouercome; ? ilk griselich fere,
Whan vche seint schal aferde be; oure lord crist to see ? ere?
OVre lord wil schewe his bitter woundes; And Sigge, "Man! for ? e, 35
Look what ich haue ysuffred; what hastow suffred for me? "
Mest he wil vnderstonde ? ere; ? e vij. merciful dedes:
Who ? at ha? hem here ydo; as he with his mou? sede,
? e hungri forto fede; & schride ? e clo? les,
Ofte goo to sek men; & herberewe ? e housles, 40
? e dede forto bury,; ? e bounden to vnbynde,
? ai ? at ? ise on er? e loueden; ? ere hij schullen it fynde.
OVre lord wil to ? e li? er sigge; as we reden in gospelle,
"? e cursed gostes, go? ; in-to ? e pyne of helle! " 44
? e deuelen willen come ? ernend; & speten fire & blast,
& taken ? e wrecched soulen; & in-to pyne hem cast.
OVre lord wil to good men sigge; "in my ri? th honde ? e come,
And afonge? my fador riche; ? at a? eins ? ow is ynome,
? at to ? ou was ymaked; bifore ? e werldes biginnyng;
? ere ? e schullen be in ioye with me; wi? -outen any endyng. "
In ? is book we finde ywrite; ? at ? re manere folk schal saued be,
Maidenhod & spousehod; & widewehode: ? ise ? re. 52
Ich bid hym ? at vs deme schal; kyng of all kynge,
Among his blissed sones; oure soules to heuen brynge. Amen.
Off ioye & blisse is my song; care to bileue,
& to herie hym among; ? at al oure sorou? schal reue. 4
Ycome he is, ? at swete dew; ? at swete hony drope,
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Iesus, kynge of alle kynges; to whom is al oure hope. 8
Bicome he is oure bro? er; whare was he so longe;
He it is, & non o? er; ? at bou? th vs so stronge. 12
Oure bro? er we mowe hym clepe wel; so sei? hym-self ilome,
& so ne mi? tten ? ai neuer adel; ? at bifore vs come. 16
He nas oure bro? er nou? th; er he oure flesch nome;
? erwi?