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Quanne Hic se on rode 
London, British Library, Royal MS 12E, f. 194v 

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Text

Quanne Hic se on rode
Iesu mi lemman,
An besiden him stonden
Marie an Iohan,


Translation

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

And his rig isuongen
And his side istungen
For the luue of man,
Wel ou Hic to wepen,
And sunnes for te leten,
And his back beaten
And his side pierced
For the love of man,
I should certainly weep
And renounce sins,
10   Yif Hic of luue kan,
Yif Hic of luue kan,
Yif Hic of luue kan.

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If I know what it is to love,
If I know what it is to love,
If I know what it is to love.


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