74. Honour to Him Who Descended from Heaven
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Trinity Coll. Camb. MS. 652
Honour be euer withowtyne ende
To hym that fro the hevyne discende
That was Ihū, oure saueour,
The oonly sone of god myghty,
That beldyt in that bygly bowre,
Whiche is the wombe of mylde mary.
Mylde that maydene may be cald,
ffor with fylthe was she neuer fylde;
ffull wele was hyr that had in wolde,
In hyr chief chawmbre, suche a chylde.
She is the chief of chastyte,
the conclaue and the clostre clene,
Of hym that hyr humylite
Commendyth, amonge his sayntys bedene.
ffull worthy is she to com-mende,
ffor hir mekenes as wytnes wele
that was the cause god sone descende,
ffor to be borne here, for oure sele.
