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X. O benigna, laude digna,
Tuo nato nos consigna.

1

Sith Criste hath take both flesshe and blode
For thy clennes and thy myelde mode
And bought mankynde vpon the rode,
Tuo nato nos consigna.

2

Sith euery man atte nede doth flee
For helpe and comforte vnto the,
For synne that we ay lost not be,
Tuo nato nos consigna.

3

Sith by reason, by right and skille
Thy sonne thy wille ay woll fulfille,
That the fende ille mankynde not spille,
Tuo nato nos consigna.

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4

Sith thou art quene of euery coost
And thy sonne king of myghtes moost,
So that for synne we be not loost,
Tuo nato nos consigna.

5

Sith Crist, thy sonne, hath take of the
Fourme of mankynde, like as we be,
To bringe vs fro captiuitee,
Tuo nato nos consigna.

6

Sith man to god by the is knytte
And aboue alle aungellis doth sitte,
That we come not into helle pitte,
Tuo nato nos consigna.