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29. Regina Celi Letare, III

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Cambridge Univ. MS. Kk. I. 6

Regina celi, letare,
Where-thourgh the worde was wrought þan,
Whan Gabriell grete þe on his knee,
In whome fyrste þis worlde began.
‘Aue,’ he seyde to þe sertayne,
‘Gracia plena, god is with the,’
Where-thourgh þou conseyuedyste god & man,
Regina celi letare.
Quia quem meruisti portare
Kyng, Emperour of heuene & helle,
And þou, moder & mayden clene,
That neuer was ffyled in flesche ne ffele.
Thy pyte spryngeth, lady, as doth a welle,
Vn-to alle synfull þat serue the,
Where-fore, lady, to þe we melle,
Regina celi letare.

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Resurexit sicut dixit,
That for vs lay dede in a stoone,
And resyd he was from deth to lyth,
And al to saue vs ffrome oure foone.
Than were þou, lady, wel be-goone,
Whan þat þy sone to Heuene gan flee,
Wher-fore þe Angeles Ioyede echoone,
Regina celi letare.
Ora pro nobis ad deum,
As ȝe are sche þat neygheth hym nere,
Vn-to þy blisse þat we may come,
What þat þou seyste he wyl þe here;
Wher-fore we pray þe, lady dere,
Oure Auoket þat þou wylte be,
As ȝe to-geder were bounden in fere,
Regina celi letare.
Here enduth regina celi.