The Minor Poems of John Lydgate :: :: University of Virginia Library

Te deum laudamus! to the lord sovereyne
We creaturys knowlech the as creatoure;
Te, eternum patrem, the peple playne,
With hand and herte doth the honoure;
O ffemynyn fadir funte and foundoure,
Magnus et laudabilis dominus,
In sonne and sterre thu sittyst splendoure,
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

2

Tibi omnis chorus angelorum,
With the principal Ierarchyes of the pretence,
Tibi coriously cantant celi celorum,
Cherubyn et Seraphyn in thy precious presence;
Incessauntly syngyng this solempne sentence,
Sanctus! Sanctus! tu summus Sanctus!
Lord God of hostis, omnipotence,
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

3

Pleni sunt celi with plentevousnesse
Of grace, of vertu, and of charyte,
This travailous erthe, ful of unsurnesse
That to man is maad of thy maieste,
Proclamyng and praysyng thy glorious fraternyte
Qui es alpha et Oo et virtus,
O Infynyt fontayn ful of felicite!
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

4

Te chorus glorious of apostolate,
Memorial make, modulacioun,
The laudable nombre of the prophetys astate
Evir Ioyng gaudent in Iubilacioun,
Te letabilem laudat in laudacioun,
Te martirum candidatus exercitus
Principium polorum in al pausacioun
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

5

The chirches as by the worldis circuyt
Te fratrem ostendunt of moost power,
verum et venerabilem thyn oune sone of myght,
The hoolygoost counfortere of sapience cler,
Substancial above al angelys qwer;
Perfectus deus, altissimus,
In hertly tongis that usid been her
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

6

Tu rex Christe glorie Iesu,
The sone of the fadir eternal beyng,
ffor to delyvere man thu tokyst ful dew,
Humanyte in a mayden yong,
Hir virginal cloistre cleene conservyng,
Nat disdeyned to take dei filius;
Eternal glory to that excellent kyng!
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

7

Victoriously whan thu ovircomyn had
The sharpe showrys of deth and payne,
To thyn belouyd thu appertly rad,
In heuenly kyngdam wherin thu reyne,
Tu ad dexteram dei, in thy demeyne,
In gloriam patris, thu sittist summus,
In psalmys the which sanctly seyne,
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

8

Tu iudex Ihesu we beleve that thu art,
At the Iudicial day of Iugement,
Dyvynely there shal come, for to depart
The goode from the Ille in a moment;
Wherfor we pray the as thu art glorious goddes sone so sent,
To thy servauntys esto propicius,
That with thy precious blood thu boutist fervent,
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

9

Lord make us rewardid, with thy celical seyntis,
In eendless glory, wher is al grace,
Saluum fac populum fram peynly compleyntis,
That our Odious Enmy ageyns us haase,
Blisse lord al thyn heritage that is base
Qui es qui eras sanctissimus;
Infynyt to beholde thy formous face,
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

10

Per singulos dies with spiritis heuenly,
The with obsecraciouns we blisse and do observaunce;
And thy blissid precious name we preyse Infynytly,
In this presenti seculo with humyliaunce;
And in the world of worldys as is thyn avaunce,
Ubi celicus cetus syngen sanctus,
To thy preysyngis, lord in thy laudaunce,
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

11

Deere lord of thyn digne excellence,
This day conserve us from confusioun,
The which is synne, slouth, and necligence;
Haue mercy on us, and make an vnyoun
Lat misericord discend from thy domynyoun
Miserere nostri lord, as thu art gracious,
And put us nat in-to perpetual prisoun,
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

12

ffiat misericordia tua upon al mankynde,
As our hoope and trust is fully in the;
Thouh thy creacioun somewhat be to the unkynde
Yit send mercy doun lord, from thy maieste,
That closyd was in virgynyte,
The which is sempiternus filius,
Te fratrem of heuene of gret pouste
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

13

Lord with this glorious psalme of the prophete,
This is the ffynal eende of this ympne and song,
In te domine speram my saviour swete,
Lat us nat be lost lord evirlastyng long,
From this erthly synne fadir thu vs fong,
Tu primus & nouissimus
O sapiencia of whom al goodnesse sprong
Te laudat omnis spiritus.

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