And heartily on Thee for mercy cried,
Thine arms to him would open wide.
This is Thy word as man well wot.
GOD
Lady Mother, I have spoken, and repent Me not,
But I say again that if a man commit
All the sins whereto he could bethink him in his wit,
If he confess and repent he shall be of the chosen straightway;
For liefer than one soul should go astray
I would suffer all the pain twice o’er