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39 De natiuitate

Jhesu fili virginis
miserere nobis
Jhesu of a mayde þou woldest be born
to saue mankynde that was forlorn

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and all for owr synnes
miserere nobis.
Angelis ther wer mylde of mode
song to þat swete ffode
with ioye and blisse.
miserere nobis.
In a cracche was þat chylde layde
bothe oxe and asse with Hym playde
with ioye and blisse
miserere nobis.
Then for vs he shadde his blode
and all so he dyedde on þe rode
And for vs ywysse
miserere nobis.
And then to helle he toke the way
to raunson him þat there lay
with ioye and blisse
miserere nobis.