Woefully arrayed (William Cornysh)
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- (Posted 2023-03-11)
- CPDL #73011: Original pitch, note values, partial staff signatures and spelling retained:
- CPDL #73010: Performing edition with note values halved and staff signatures and spelling modernised:
- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2023-03-11). Score information: A4, 13 pages, 534 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the 'Fayrfax Book'.
General Information
Title: Woefully arrayed
Composer: William Cornysh
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Woefully arrayed,
My blood, man, for thee ran,
it may not be nayed;
My body, blo and wan;
Woefully arrayed;
Sith I for thy soul sake was slain
Beguiled and betrayed by Judas' false treason,
Unkindly entreated,
With sharp cord sore fretted,
The Jews me threated:
They mowed, they grinned, they scorned me,
Condemp to death, as thou may'st see;
Woefully arrayed.
Thus naked am I nailed, O man, for thy sake;
I love thee; then love me; why sleepest thou?
Awake, awake!
With pains my veins constrained to crake;
Whereas never man Was like a lamb offered in sacrifice;
Woefully arrayed.
So pained, so strained, so rueful, so red;
Unfeigned, not deigned, my blood for to shed:
My feet and handes sore
The sturdy nailes bore;
What might I suffer more, O man?
Come when thou list, welcome to me!
Woefully arrayed.