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XLIII. My herte is sette alone
On god bothe thre and one.

1

I loue a louer, that loueth me well,
To alle mankyende whiche is socoure,
And his name is Emanuell:
Of alle louers he is the floure.

2

His moder is a virgyne pure
In worde, in dede, in wille and thought,
Of whome he toke mortall nature
To save mankyende, that had myswrought.

3

He was dede and beried in sight
And rose ayene on the iijde daye
And steyed to blis by his grete myght,
That was and is and shall be ay.

4

He is called king Assuere,
Hester his moder callid is:
Crowned they be bothe ij in fere,
He king, she quene of heven blis.

5

Oure lorde Ihesus of Nazareth,
That for oure sake shed his hert bloode
And on the crosse did suffre deth,
To vs mote be eternall foode.