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CXLVIII. The sone of god in trone
Hath take mankynd alone.

1

The sone of god so full of myght
Came downe fro heuen trone,
And into Mary he dyd lyght
To saue mankynde alone.

2

He, that of nought althyng wrought, þan
(I take witnesse of Ihon)
Withowte syn he is made a man
To saue mankynde alone.

3

As the sonne beame goith þroughe þe glasse
And hurt to itt dothe none,
Throughe meyde Mary so did he passe
To saue mankynde alone.

4

Bothe withowte peyn, woo and dolowre
In flesshe, in felle and bone
Thatt meyde hath born oure sauywre
To saue mankynde alone.

5

For syn mankynd in helle was cast,
And confort it hadde none,
Till Crist Ihesus came atte the last
To saue mankynde alone.

6

In derknes, peyn, dolowre and woo
Olde faders made grete mone
Callyng for Crist (scripture seyeth soo)
To saue mankynde alone.

7

Prophetis prechyd, as seyeth scripture,
In tyme full longe agone,
Thatt Crist scholde come and take nature
To saue mankynde alone.

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Kutte of the hill withowte mannys hond
Crist is the cornere stone
Born of a meyde, I vnderstond,
To saue mankynde alone.