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26. Make we joy

Make we joy now in this fest,
In quo Christus natus est;
Eya.

[1]

A patre unigenitus
Thorow a maiden is come to us;
Sing we to her and say: Welcome,
Veni, redemptor gencium.

2

Agnoscat omne seculum:
A bright star three kings made come
For to seek with their presence
Verbum supernum prodiens.

3

A solis ortus cardine,
So mighty a lord was none as he,
For to our kind he hath give gryth,
Adam parens quod polluit.

4

Maria ventre concepit;
The Holy Ghost was ay her with.
In Bethlehem y-born he is,
Consors paterni luminis.

5

O lux beata Trinitas!
He lay between an ox and ass,
Thou mother and maiden free;
Gloria tibi, Domine.