Saint Peters Complaynte

I have posted another poem here under Family first posted on my other site, Mary's English Dowry.

Peter's Tears. After El Greco.

Peter's denial of Christ through fear would have a particular relevance and poignancy in sixteenth century England when a tyrannical regime, determined to eradicate Catholicism, was determined to use fear as a weapon against Catholics remaining faithful to their baptismal vows. His repentance speaks powerfully to any of us who have fallen into sins of betrayal. 

The poem is in Elizabethan English and I have retained the copy MS idiosyncrasies in spelling, punctuation and syntax, mitigated by fairly detailed end notes.The 12 stanzas are a shorter and earlier version of a later 132 stanza version, first printed in 1595.