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CXXI. Salue, regina glorie,
Mater misericordie.

1

O stronge Iudith so full of myght,
By thy vertu we be made fre,
For thou hast putte oure foo to flyght,
Mater misericordie.

2

O meke Hestere so fayre of face,
Kyng Assuere for loue of the
Hath take mankynd vnto his grace,
Mater misericordie.

3

O benigne meyde, modere and wyff,
Oure ioye is wonne only by the:
Sothly, thou art the gate of lyff,
Mater misericordie.

4

Whom alle this world, þatt ys so wyde,
Myght not receyue, he lyght in the
And became man to be our gyde,
Mater misericordie.

5

We be most fre, that were most þrall,
By thi mekenes, o lady fre,
Wherfore of right þus we þe call:
‘Mater misericordie.’

6

Sith thou hast born oure sauyowre
And alle oure trust is leyde in the,
Defende us ay fro all dolowre,
Mater misericordie.

7

Lete notte the fende with all his fraude
Make thrall, thatt thy sone hath made fre,
In blysse thatte we may gyff you laude,
Mater misericordie.

8

Pray Crist, thy sonne, that high iustyse,
Thatte we may dwell with hym and þe
In the sweete blysse of paradyse,
Mater misericordie.