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Quintum gaudium.

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Gracyeuse princesse! of mercy most habounde,
For þilke ioye of ful gret Excelence,
Thou haddeste þanne, whane þe shepherdes fonde
Þe ster in bedlem, and came to þy presence,
Pray to thy sonne for his magnyfysence,
That he of mercy be my protecion
Agaynst eche troble of trybulacyon.
Aue Maria.