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30 De natiuitate

Nascitur ex virgine
sine viri semine
A childe ys born of a mayde
in redempcion of vs all
worshipe we both nyzt and day
ffor vs was born in a oxe stall.
We buthe muche bonde to god allmyght
That sende his sone with gode entent
To be born of a mayde that ys bryght
That all mankynde shall nozt shent—

[Smert].