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Wenne Hic soe on rode idon
Cambridge, St John's College, MS 15, f. 72r

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Text

Wenne Hic soe on rode idon
Iesus mi leman,
And bi him stonde
Maria and Iohan,


Translation

When I see put on the cross
Jesus my lover,
And standing by him
Mary and John, 

His herte duepe istunge,
His bodi [with] scurge issuenge
For the sunne of man,
Hithe Hi mai wepen
And selte teres leten
His heart pierced deeply,
His body beaten with a scourge
For the sin of man,
I may easily weep
And shed salt tears
10   Ief Hic of luue chan.

""

If I know what it is to love.


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