LXXII. Alpha et o quem vocamus,
Te deum verumque laudamus.
1
O god and man sempiternall,
That hast made vs free, that were thrall,
Bothe grete and small, to the we call:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
2
O oure fader celestiall,
Oure foo committe so bestiall.
We, thy children terrestriall,
Te deum verumque laudamus.
3
To the, o lorde so full of myght,
Aungellis alle of heuen so bright
Be assistent bothe day and nyght:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
4
The hevens also so bright and clere,
Moost specially the heuen empere,
Dothe laude the aye, o lorde so dere:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
5
The potestates vniuersall
In thy high courte imperiall
Geveth the honoure perpetuall:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
6
Cherubyn and seraphyn with loue ardent
Euirmore crie with one assent:
‘O lorde god Sabaoth omnipotent,
Te deum verumque laudamus.’
7
Of the appostles the glorious quere,
O king and prince and lorde moost dere,
Geveth the laude and honoure in fere:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
8
The prophetes alle in theire degree,
O endeles god in persones thre,
Thanke and preysing they geve to the:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
9
O heuenly prince moost glorious,
The tryumphe wonne laborious
Thy martirs singe victorius:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
10
O endeles god, fader of light,
Alle holy churche, as it is right,
Lawde and preyse the bothe day and nyght:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
11
Thy sonne with the also, Ihesus,
Now man become for loue of vs
We laude and honoure seying thus:
‘Te deum verumque laudamus.’
12
The holygoost, that dothe procede
Of you both ij., as seith oure crede,
We laude and preyse in worde and dede:
Te deum verumque laudamus.
13
Bothe iij. and one we knowleche the,
One in godhede, in persones thre,
That euir were and ay shall be:
Te deum verumque laudamus.
14
O swete Ihesu, that on the roode
Hast redemed vs with thy hert bloode,
With contrite hert and with myelde moode
Te deum verumque laudamus.
