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music: Dame, a qui m’ottri de cuer, Machaut, French, 14th century
F-Pn fonds français 1584 f. 485v

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Verum est quod legi satis plene
codice sacro volumine
Felix est qui moritur hic bene
celitus pro Christi nomine
En favor mundi trahit ut syrene
cantus sui mira dulcedine
Sed mari mergit ut pondus arene
mendici stricto examine
Dives nam potestatis terrene
positus in mundi culmine
Similis est vesice vento plene
dum cernitur in mortis pulvere
Consultum est quod vivas hic scerene
celeris sublato crimine
Ut illa loca posses dire pene
effugere Christi munimine
Judex ille qui ventilat tam plene
gesta corde visu et opere
Post transitum vite nostre terrene
frui donet eterno munere

It Is True, What I Have So Often Read

It is true what I have read so often
in the chapters of the holy book:
Happy is he who dies a good death here
in the name of Christ from Heaven
Behold the tendency of the world to lure us with its
siren-song of amazing sweetness
Only to dunk us in the sea like a paltry load of sand,
bound and in agony
For the rich man of earthly power
Who is perched on top of the world
Is like a bladder full of wind when
death turns him to dust
It is well advised that we live here peaceably,
shielded and removed from sin
Thereby being able to avoid that place of awful punishment
through Christ’s protection
That renowned judge who clearly reveals
what we have done in heart, mind and deed
After passing from our earthly life
may he grant us eternal reward
Amen

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from The Red Book of Ossory, released July 10, 2020
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Caitriona O'Leary

Caitríona is known for her performances of Early Music and Traditional Irish song. She has recorded over twenty critically acclaimed albums. The Wexford Carols with Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash, and Rhiannon Giddens, reached #1 on Billboard.

She has performed at Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, Halle Handel Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Utrecht Early Music Festival, etc.
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