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Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book


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I. Sacred Songs and Carols.
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1. Be mery all þat be present, Omnes de Saba venient.
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2. Mater, ora filium, vt post hoc exilium Nobis donet gaudium beatorum omnium.
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3. Newell, newell, newell, newell, I thank a maydyn euery dele.
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5. Diuisie si affluant, nolite cor apponere.
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6. Now let vs syng, both more & lesse, Of Cristis commyng Deo gracias!
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8. Now we shuld syng & say newell, Quia missus est angelus Gabriell.
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9. Nova, nova: Aue fitt ex Eva.
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11. Make we mery in hall & bowr, Thys tyme was born owr Savyowr.
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12. Off a rose, a louely rose, And of a rose I syng a song.
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13. Man, asay, a-say, a-say, And aske thou mercy whyle thou may.
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14. Now syng we wyth joy and blys: Puer natus est nobis.
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15. Mary moder, I you pray To be owr help at domys day.
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16. Verbum patris hodie processit ex virgine.
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17. Now syng we, syng we: Regina celi, letare!
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18. Conditor alme siderum, eterna lux credencium, etc.
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21. Now syng we all in fere: Alma Redemptoris mater.
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22. To blys God bryng vs all & sum, Christe redemptor omnium.
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23. Alleluya, alleluia! Deo patri sit gloria!
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24. Mary moder, cum and se Thy swet son nayled on a tre.
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25. In to þis world now ys cum, Christe redemptor omnium.
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26. Mirabile misterium: In forme of bred, ys Godis son.
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27. Make we mery, bothe more & lasse, For now ys þe tyme of Crystymas.
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28. What cher? Gud cher, gud cher, gud cher! Be mery & glad this gud New Yere!
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29. Ay, ay, ay, ay, Gaude celi domina.
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30. [The Jolly Shepherd Wat.]
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31. Now haue gud day, now haue gud day! I am Crystmas, & now I go my way.
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32. “Shall I, moder, shall I, shall I do soo? Shall I dye for mannys sake, And I never synned ther-to?”
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[33–35. The Virgin and her Son.]
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33. Now synge we with angelis: Gloria in excelsis!
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34. Lulley, Jhesu, lulley, lulley! Myn own dere moder, syng lulley!
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35. This enders nyght I sawe a sight, A sterre as bryght As any day; & euer a-monge, A maydyn songe: “Lulley, by, by, lully, lulley!”
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36. For sothe, I hold hym well & with owt woo, Þat hath ynowgh, & can say ‘whoo.’
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37. God þat sittith in trinite, Amend this world, yf thy will be.
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38. Syng we with myrth, joye & solas In honowr of this Cristemas!
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39. Now syng we right as it is: ‘Quod puer natus est nobis.’
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40. [The Murder of Thomas a Beket.]
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41. [The Stoning of St. Stephen.]
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42. [The Boar's Head.]
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43. Gawde for thy joyes five, Mary, moder, maydyn & wyff!
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44. [Christ, an Ear of Wheat.]
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45. Pray for vs to the trinite, Johannes, Cristi care!
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46. Alas, my hart will brek in thre, Terribilis mors conturbat me.
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47. [The fleur de lys, Christ.]
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48 I pray you, be mery & synge with me In worship of Cristys nativite.
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49. Newell, newell, newell, newell, This ys þe salutacion of Gabryell.
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50. “O my harte is wo!” Mary, she sayd so, “For to se my dere son dye; & sonnes haue I no mo.”
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51. To see the maydyn wepe her sonnes passion, It entrid my hart full depe with gret compassion.
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53. What, hard ye not, þe kyng of Jherusalem Is now born in Bethelem? etc.
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54. Wassaill, wassaill, wassaill, syng we, In worshipe of Cristis natiuite!
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55. He is wise, so most I goo, That can be mery, & suffer woo.
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56. An old sawe hath be fownd trewe: Cast not away thyn old for newe.
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58. Man, meve thy mynd, & joy this fest; Veritas de terra orta est.
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59. All this tyme this songe is best: Verbum caro factum est.
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61. Virgo, rosa virginum, Tuum precor filium.
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II. Religious Poems and Prayers in Verse.
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69. Ave Maria, now say we so: Mayd & moder were neuer no mo.
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III. Didactic, Moral and Allegorical Poems.
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81. To dy, to dy! what haue I Offendit þat deth is so hasty!
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V. Ballads and Worldly Songs. Humorous and Satirical Pieces.
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86. Lully, lulley, lully, lulley! Þe fawcon hath born my mak away.
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87. [How! we shall have game & sport ynow!]
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90. Hoow, gossip myne, gossip myn, Whan will we go to þe wyne, Good gossip[is myn?]
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91. In villa, in villa, quid vidistis in villa?
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92. Hay, hey, hey, hey, I will haue the whetston, and I may.
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93. “Alas,” sayd þe gudman, “this ys an hevy lyff”; “And all ys well þat endyth well,” said þe gud wyff.
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95. Of all creatures women be best; Cuius contrarium verum est.
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96. Women, women, love of women Maketh bare pursis with sum men
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99. [The Holly and the Ivy.]
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100. [Bon jour!]
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101. [Ho, butler, ho!]

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38. Syng we with myrth, joye & solas
In honowr of this Cristemas!

fote.

1

Glorius God had gret pyte,
How longe mans sowle in payn shuld be;
He sent his son to mak vs free,
Which for manus sake,
Off a maydyn pure,
Agaynst nature,
Owr flesshe dide take.
Syng [we with myrth, joye & solas
In honowr of this Cristemas!]

2

In Bedlem owr saviowr,
With-owt fode, in a manjowre
Was born,—hit was his plesure,—
Bestis amonge.
Angellis hevynly
Made armonye
And joyffull songe.
Synge [we with myrth, joye & solas
In honowr of this Cristemas!]

3

The VIIIth day he was circonsisid,
Leste Moyses lawe shuld be dispised;
A name to hym they haue devised,
Call hym Jhesus;
For Gabryell
His moder dide tell
That it shuld be thus.
Syng [we with myrth, joye & solas
In honowr of this Cristemas!]

4

A newe made sterre, more large & clere
Than oþer sterres, than dide appere.
Fro Caldey the felosafers in fere
In to Bedlem yt browght.
Ther it dide stond
Still, till that they fonde
Hym that they sowght.
Syng we with myrthe, [joye & soals
In honowr of this Cristemas!]

5

The kyngis browght þer offrynge,
Gold þat betokneth a worthy kynge,
I[n]sens, pristhode; myr, buryinge
For his manhode.
The angell com,
Bade them go home
Not by Herode.
Syng we [with myrth, joye & solas
In honowr of this Cristemas!]

6

Trust in God, man, and in non other;
Mistrust hym not, he is thy broþer;
Thow hast a mediatrix of his moder.
Syke for thy synne,
Crye marcy,
He will not denye
Thy sowle to wynne.
Syng [we with myrth, joye & solas
In honowr of this Cristemas!]
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