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CXXIII. Salue, regina glorie,
Mater misericordie.

1

Adam and Eve, thatte were vnwyse,
Were putte with there posterite
Fro the swete blysse of paradyse,
Mater misericordie.

2

Butte thy swete sone Ihesus so good
To bryng us fro captiuite
Hath sufferd deth and shed his blood,
Mater misericordie.

3

Ihesus, thy swete sone (and no moo),
Thatte kyng of alle felicite,
Hath take us fro derknes and woo,
Mater misericordie.

4

By vertu of his woundys wyde
Thatt lorde of alle humylyte
Hath ouercome the prynce of pryde,
Mater misericordie.

5

Pray Crist, thatte he us not forsake
For oure syn and iniquite,
Butte into blysse thatt he us take,
Mater misericordie.