The Murder of Saint Thomas of Kent
Listen lordings both great and small,
I will tell you a wonder tale:
How Holy Church was brought in bale
cum magna injuria .
The greatest clerk in this land,
Thomas of Canterbury I understand:
Slain he was with wicked hand
malorum potentia .
The knights were sent from Harry ye King,
That day they did a wicked thing:
Wicked men without leasing
per regis imperia .
Before the altar he kneeled down,
And then they pared his crown
And stirred his brains up so down:
optans coeli gaudia .
I will tell you a wonder tale:
How Holy Church was brought in bale
cum magna injuria .
The greatest clerk in this land,
Thomas of Canterbury I understand:
Slain he was with wicked hand
malorum potentia .
The knights were sent from Harry ye King,
That day they did a wicked thing:
Wicked men without leasing
per regis imperia .
Before the altar he kneeled down,
And then they pared his crown
And stirred his brains up so down:
optans coeli gaudia .
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