 | Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book |  |
17. Now syng we, syng we: Regina celi, letare!
1
Gabryell, that angell bryght,Bryghtter than the son lyght,
From hevyn to erth he toke his flyght:
Regina celi, letare!
2
In Nazareth, in that cyte,Be fore Mary he fell on kne,
And sayd: “Mary, God ys with the,”
Regina celi, letare!
3
“Hayle be thou, Mary of mytis most,In the shall lyght the Holy Gost,
To saue the sowles þat were lost.”
Regina celi, letare!
4
Hayle be thou Mary, maydyn shen;From the fendis that be so kene,
Thou kepe, & save vs all from tene!
Regina celi, letare!
| Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book | |