Alas! alas! I xal forfare,
ffor tho grete synnys that I have do;
Lesse that my lord God sumdel spare,
And his grett mercy receyve me to.
Mary Maudelyn is my name.
Now wyl I go to Cryst Jhesu,
ffor he is Lord of alle vertu,
And for sum grace I thynke to sew,
ffor of myself I have grett shame.
A! mercy! Lord! and salve my synne,