Henry the Sixth : $b a reprint of John Blacman's memoir, with translation and notes — John Shaqi
Henry the Sixth : $b a reprint of John Blacman's memoir, with translation and notesBlakman, John
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Henry the Sixth : $b a reprint of John Blacman's memoir, with translation and notes
Blakman, John
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461; Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471
Here is another form, which occurs in the Fitzwilliam MS. 55 (a Norfolk
book of about 1480):
_Antiphon_. Rex Henricus pauper(um?) et ecclesie defensor ad
misericordiam semper pronus in caritate feruidus pietati deditus
clerum decorauit, quem deus sic beatificauit.
_Vers._ Ora pro nobis deuote Henrice.
_Resp._ Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
Oremus. Deus sub cuius ineffabili maiestate vniuersi reges
regnant et imperant, qui deuotissimum Henricum Anglorum regem
caritate feruidum, miseris et afflictis semper compassum, omni
bonitate clemenciaque conspicuum, ut pio (pie) creditur inter
angelos connumerare dignatus es: concede propicius ut eo cum
omnibus sanctis interuenientibus hostium nostrorum superbia
conteratur, morbus et quod malum est procul pellatur, palma
donetur et gratia sancti spiritus nobis misericordiam tuam
poscentibus ubique adesse dignetur. Qui uiuis, etc.
Yet another form is seen in a manuscript (V. III. 7) in Bishop Cosin's
Library at Durham, of cent. XV late: it is written, with a good many
other miscellaneous verses, at the end of the book.
O rex Henrice vincas virtute pudice
Anglorum vere cum recto nomine sexte
[Es] wynsorie natus et ibi de fonte leuatus
Atque coronatus in Westm(ynster) veneratus
Et post ffrancorum rex es de iure creatus
Post mortem carnis miracula plurima pandis
Confirmante deo qui te preelegit ab euo
Et tibi concessit plures sanare per illum
Cecos et claudos cum debilitate retentos
Atque paraliticos egrotos spasmaticosque
In neruis plures contracti te mediante
In te sperantes sanantur et auxiliantur
Et laudes domino per te semper tribuantur.
Ora pro nobis dei electe rex Anglie Henrice sexte.
Ut digni, etc.
Oremus. Omnipotens eterne deus qui electis tuis multa mirabilia
operaris: concede quaesumus ut electi tui Anglorum regis Henrici
sexti meritis et precibus mediantibus et intercedentibus mereamur
ab omnibus angustiis anime et doloribus membrorum liberemur(-ari).
Et cum illo in vita perpetua gloriari. Per, etc.
These three forms of _Memoriae_ are probably not all that exist; but
they will suffice as representative specimens of the popular devotions
used in honour of our Founder.
Besides the _Memoria_ Hearne gives two prayers, attributed to the King
himself, and largely identical in language with that which is prefixed
to Blakman's tract. He takes them from the same printed _Horae_ of 1510
whence the _Memoria_ comes. They are on p. lv _a_ and run thus:
_Two lytell prayers whiche King Henry the syxte made._
Domine Ihesu Christe, qui me creasti, redemisti, et preordinasti
ad hoc quod sum: tu scis quid de me facere vis: fac de me secundum
voluntatem tuam cum misericordia.
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