CXXXVI. Te deum laudamus,
Te dominum confitemur.
1
Eternall god, fader of light,
Thatt madist althyng by þi grete myght,
With worde and dede, as itte is right,
Te deum laudamus.
2
All thyn angellis in ther degre,
Heuens and all, thatte in them be,
Incessantly they seye to the:
‘Te deum laudamus.’
3
Cherubyn and seraphyn with loue ardent
Sey vnto the with on assent,
Lorde of vertu omnipotent:
‘Te deum laudamus.’
4
With endles voice they seye to the:
‘Heuen and erthe, lorde, replete be
With glory of thy mageste:
Te deum laudamus.’
5
The quere of thy apostlys dere
Laudith the ay with louely chere
And thus they seye with voicis clere:
‘Te deum laudamus.’
6
The number of thy prophetis alsoo
Geuyth the honowre with many moo,
And thus they seye, alpha et .oo.:
‘Te deum laudamus.’
7
The hoste of martirs bright and clere
Laudith the ay, thatte hast no pere,
And thus they seye to the infere:
‘Te deum laudamus.’
8
O highe fader of mageste,
Thy sonne and holigost with þe,
On god, on lorde in persons thre,
Te deum laudamus.
9
O sonne of the fader of myght
Ay procedyng of hym by right,
As god of god and light of light,
Te deum laudamus.
10
O holigost, thatte doist procede
Off the fader and sonne in dede
Only by loue, as seieth oure crede,
Te deum laudamus.
