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38. The Coronation of the Virgin, I
The infinite power essenciall,
Me thoght I sawe verrement,
Procedyng from his trone celestiall
To a dere damsell that was gent.
Songes melodious was in their tent,
Of Angells synging with gret solemnyte
Before a quene whiche was present,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
Me thoght I sawe verrement,
Procedyng from his trone celestiall
To a dere damsell that was gent.
Songes melodious was in their tent,
Of Angells synging with gret solemnyte
Before a quene whiche was present,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
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Tota pulcra, to the lille like,
She was set withe saphures celestiall;
The odour of hir mowthe aromatike
Dyd coumford the world vnyuersall,
Moche clerer she was then the cristall,
She is the flowre of all formosite,
Devoide of actes crymynall,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
She was set withe saphures celestiall;
The odour of hir mowthe aromatike
Dyd coumford the world vnyuersall,
Moche clerer she was then the cristall,
She is the flowre of all formosite,
Devoide of actes crymynall,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
Oleum effusum, to languentes medsyne,
O maria by denominacioun,
Fulgent as the beame celestyne,
Called vnto hir coronacioun.
Phebus persplendent made his abdominacioun,
Devoidyng all in tenebrosite,
ffor gret love of hir exaltacioun,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
O maria by denominacioun,
Fulgent as the beame celestyne,
Called vnto hir coronacioun.
Phebus persplendent made his abdominacioun,
Devoidyng all in tenebrosite,
ffor gret love of hir exaltacioun,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
Ryght diligent were the mynstrells divine,
Trones and dominaciones for to expresse,
Angells, Archangells dubbit in doctryne,
To mynystre to þat regall arayed in rychesse.
The prynce perpetuall spake to that pryncesse,
Smylyng in his suavyte,
‘Columba mea, the Cloystre of clandnesse
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.’
Trones and dominaciones for to expresse,
Angells, Archangells dubbit in doctryne,
To mynystre to þat regall arayed in rychesse.
The prynce perpetuall spake to that pryncesse,
Smylyng in his suavyte,
‘Columba mea, the Cloystre of clandnesse
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.’
‘Surge, true tabernacle of virginite,
Bothe mother and maiden inculpable,
Cum furthe of thy consanguinite
Vnto glorie incomparable.’
Then kneled this oryent & amyable
Before the pellicane of perpetuete,
And he crowned that Regyent venerable,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
Bothe mother and maiden inculpable,
Cum furthe of thy consanguinite
Vnto glorie incomparable.’
Then kneled this oryent & amyable
Before the pellicane of perpetuete,
And he crowned that Regyent venerable,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
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By the spectable splendure of hir fulgent face
My sprete was rauesched, & in my body sprent,
Inflamed was my hert with gret solace
Of the luciant corruscall resplendent,
Then this curious cumpany in-contynent
Withe the seraphynnes in their solemnyte,
Solemply sang this subsequent,
‘Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.’
My sprete was rauesched, & in my body sprent,
Inflamed was my hert with gret solace
Of the luciant corruscall resplendent,
Then this curious cumpany in-contynent
Withe the seraphynnes in their solemnyte,
Solemply sang this subsequent,
‘Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.’
O Deifere delicate and doghter dyuyne,
Mother of mercy and meyden melleffluus,
Devoide of dysseyte, dubbet in doctryne,
Trone of the trinite, treite thow for vs.
Vs defende from the dongeon dolorous,
And bring to abide in blisse withe the,
There to love our godd most glorious,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
Mother of mercy and meyden melleffluus,
Devoide of dysseyte, dubbet in doctryne,
Trone of the trinite, treite thow for vs.
Vs defende from the dongeon dolorous,
And bring to abide in blisse withe the,
There to love our godd most glorious,
Ecce virgo Radix Iesse.
Dulcis amica dei, rosa vernans, stella decora,
Tu memor esto mei dum mortis venerit ora.
Spes nostra Iesus maria.
Tu memor esto mei dum mortis venerit ora.
Spes nostra Iesus maria.
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