2[unclear]. Cor. 4.
Sapi. 3.
Gene. 6.
I had rather to wepe for my whole losse, than to recouer but one halfe. My mynde coulde not be satysfyed, if I had recouered one halfe without lyfe. Alas gyue her rather the chylde whych is alyue. Better it is for me to dye, than to se Iesus Christ dyuyded. But O my lorde, thu dedyst loke better to it than I. For thu seynge the anguysh that I ded suffer, & how I ded rather forsake my ryght, than to beholde suche cruelnesse Thu saydest, thys is the true mother and so caused them to gyue me my chylde agayne, for whom my harte was so sorowfull. O swete Iesus, I founde the after, to haue proued me if I ded loue the. Yea, I whych had lost the yet dedyst thu returne vnto me. Alas dost thu vouchesaue to come agayne to her, whych beynge lett with synne coulde not kepe the, my swete chylde, my sonne, my helper, my norysher, of whome I am a ryght humble creature. Do not permytt that euer I do leaue the agayne, for I do repent my selfe of the tyme passed.
Esa. 32.
Psal. 118.
Now come my sensualyte with synnes of all qualytees, for thu hast no power to make me receyue the chylde whych is dead. The same that I haue is stronge ynough for to defende me, & he shall not permyt that thu take hym awaye from me. He is alredy more stronge than anye man is. Therfor I maye sleape and take rest neare hym. For all thynges wele consydered, he shall kepe me moche better than I coulde hym. Then as I thynke I maye take rest. O swete rest of the mother & the sonne togyther, my swete chylde. O my God, honoure & prayse be vnto the only, so that euery creature maye se how it hath pleased the to call me a mother, lesse than nothynge. The more that the thynge is straunge and harde to be done, the more ought thy goodnesse to haue prayse for it. And also I fynde my selfe more bounde vnto the than euer I ded for thys, that it pleaseth the to haue retayned me for thy syster.
Nume. 12.
Deute. 5.
I am syster vnto the but so naughty a syster, that better it were for me, that I were without the name, for I forgate the honoure of adopcyon in so noble a kyndred, & also thy so good & brotherly behauer towardes me. I with pryde ded ryse agaynst the and, not remembrynge my faultes, but goynge astraye from the, ded agree with my brother Aaron, beynge in wyll to geue iudgment agaynst thy workes. Priuely I grudged agaynst the also, whych thynge causeth me to haue a great remorce in my conscyence. Alas ryght bountyfull God, brother and true Moses, whych doist all with goodnesse and Iustyce. I haue estemed thy workes to be euen synne, beynge so bolde to speake euyn rashely, saynge, Wherfor hast thu marryed a straunge woman? Thu gyuest vs a lawe, and ponnyshemente if we do not fulfyll it. And thu woldest not be bounde to it, forbyddynge vs the thynge whych thu thy selfe doist.