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75. Mary Bore Both God and Man
The holy gost is to þe sent
ffro þe fadyr omnypotent;
Now is god wyth-in þe went,
The aungel seyd, ‘aue’.
ffro þe fadyr omnypotent;
Now is god wyth-in þe went,
The aungel seyd, ‘aue’.
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Qwan the aungel ‘aue’ began,
fflesch & blood to-gedyr ran;
Marye bar boþe god and man,
Thorw vertu & þowr dyngnyte.
fflesch & blood to-gedyr ran;
Marye bar boþe god and man,
Thorw vertu & þowr dyngnyte.
So seyth þe gospel of seynt ion,
God & man is mad but on,
In flesch & bloyd, body and bon,
o god in personys thre.
God & man is mad but on,
In flesch & bloyd, body and bon,
o god in personys thre.
And þe prophete Ieremye
Told in hys prophecye,
That þe sone of Marye
Schuld deye for vs on rode tre.
Told in hys prophecye,
That þe sone of Marye
Schuld deye for vs on rode tre.
Meche ioye to vs was graunth,
And in erthe pees I-plaunth,
Qwan þat born was þis faunth
In þe lond of galyle.
And in erthe pees I-plaunth,
Qwan þat born was þis faunth
In þe lond of galyle.
Mary, graunth vs þe blys
Ther þi sonys wonyng is;
Of þat we han don amys,
Prey for vs pur charyte.
Ther þi sonys wonyng is;
Of þat we han don amys,
Prey for vs pur charyte.
Amen.
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