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CLXI. Pater de celis, deus, miserere nobis.

1

O highe fader of heuen blys,
Sith Crist, thy sone, our broder is,
For his swete loue forgyff our mys
Et miserere nobis.

2

O sone of god namyd Ihesus,
Sith with thy bloode þou hast bought us,
Therfore to the we sey all thus:
‘Miserere nobis.’

3

O holygost, thatt doist procede
Of the fader and sone in dede,
Wyth thy vertu and grace us fede
Et miserere nobis.

4

O .iij. and .j., of myghtys most,
Fader and sone and holygost,
As thou art lorde of euery cost,
Miserere nobis.