 | The Psalter of David newely translated into English metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men, wherunto is added a note of four partes, wyth other thynges, as shall appear in the Epistle to the Reader [by Robert Crowley] |  |
Magnificat &c. Luce .i.
My
soule doeth magnifie the Lorde euery daye and houre:
And my sprite doeth reioyce in God that is my sauiour.
And my sprite doeth reioyce in God that is my sauiour.
Because he hath loked vpō hys hādmaides lowe degree:
For loe, hense sorth men shal reporte me right happie to be.
For loe, hense sorth men shal reporte me right happie to be.
For he that is myghtie hath done right noble thynges to me;
And therfore is hys name holy & euer more shalbe.
And therfore is hys name holy & euer more shalbe.
And his mercie is stretched forth vpon all progenies:
From age to age, on thē that haue hys feare before theyr eies.
From age to age, on thē that haue hys feare before theyr eies.
By the powre of his myghtie arme, he hath worthyly wrought:
He hath scattered the proude men, in theyr owne secrete thought.
He hath scattered the proude men, in theyr owne secrete thought.
He hath deposed the myghtie out of their royall place:
And promoted them to honour, whose degre was but base.
And promoted them to honour, whose degre was but base.
The hungry he hath fylled wyth, good thynges in greate plentie:
So hath he sent the ryche awaye, wythout and quite emptie.
So hath he sent the ryche awaye, wythout and quite emptie.
He hath taken into fauour Israell his seruante:
That he myght be myndfull of hys mercie & couenaunt.
That he myght be myndfull of hys mercie & couenaunt.
Euen as he hath spoken vnto our fathers heretofore:
That is to saye Habraham and his seede for euermore.
That is to saye Habraham and his seede for euermore.
| The Psalter of David newely translated into English metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men, wherunto is added a note of four partes, wyth other thynges, as shall appear in the Epistle to the Reader [by Robert Crowley] | |