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CLVIII. Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.

1

O meke Hester so mylde of mynde,
Thatte hast fownde grace for alle mankynde
Of god, thatt we mercy may fynde,
Ora pro nobis.

2

O stronge Iudith, thatte of dydde smyght
The hede of Holoferne, thatte knyght,
Thatte we may putte the fende to flight,
Ora pro nobis.

3

O closyd gate, throughe whiche alone
Ihesus didde passe and othere none,
To Crist, thy sone, sittyng in trone
Ora pro nobis.

4

O Iesse yerde, the whiche didde flowre
And bare the fruyte of alle honowre,
That Crist defende us fro dolowre,
Ora pro nobis.

5

To god, that is of myghtis most,
Fadere and sone and holigost,
So thatte for syn we be not lost,
Ora pro nobis.