43. Gawde for thy joyes five,
Mary, moder, maydyn & wyff!
1
Gaude! to whom Gabryell was sent,
From Nazareth to Galalie,
& said that God omnipotent
Wold haue his son be born of the.
[Gawde for thy joyes five,
Mary, moder, maydyn and wyff!]
2
Gaude! thow bare hym withowt payn,
& with payn thow saweste hym dy on tre,
But gaude, whan he rose agayn,
For he appered firste to the.
[Gawde for thy joyes five,
Mary, moder, maydyn & wyff!]
3
Gawde! thowe thow saweste hym assende
By his own strenth a-bove the skye,
An hoste of angellis down he sent,
& assumpte thy sowle with thy bodye.
[Gawde for thy joyes five,
Mary, moder, maydyn & wyff!]
4
Gaude! thy dignyte ys gret;
For next vnto the trynyte,
Above all seyntis, is thy sete,
& all joye is in þe sight of the.
[Gawde for thy joyes five,
Mary, moder, maydyn & wyff!]
5
Gaude, moder & maydyn pure!
For thy joyes shall never cesse,—
Ther-of thow art siker & sure,—
But ever florisshe & encrese.
[Gawde for thy joyes five,
Mary, moder, maydyn & wyff!]
Explicit.