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[viii] [The Angels for the Natiuitie of our Lord.]
Rvnne (Sheepheards) run where Bethleme blest appeares,Wee bring the best of newes, bee not dismay'd,
A Sauiour there is borne, more olde than yeares,
Amidst Heauens rolling hights this Earth who stay'd;
In a poore Cotage Inn'd, a Virgine Maide
A weakling did him beare, who all vpbeares,
There is hee poorelie swadl'd, in Manger lai'd,
To whom too narrow Swadlings are our Spheares:
Runne (Sheepheards) runne, and solemnize his Birth,
This is that Night, no, Day growne great with Blisse,
In which the power of Sathan broken is,
In Heauen bee glorie, Peace vnto the Earth.
Thus singing through the Aire the Angels swame,
And Cope of Starres re-echoed the same.
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