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XLV. | XLV. Nowel el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el. |
XLVI. |
XLVII. |
XLIX. |
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LVI. |
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LXIX. |
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Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||
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XLV. Nowel el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el.
Mary moder, cum and se,
Thi sone is naylyd on a tre,
Hand and fot, he may not go,
His body is woundyn al in woo.
Thi sone is naylyd on a tre,
Hand and fot, he may not go,
His body is woundyn al in woo.
Thi swete sone, that thu hast born
To save mankynde that was forlorn,
His hed is wrethin in a thorn,
His blysful body is al to-torn.
To save mankynde that was forlorn,
His hed is wrethin in a thorn,
His blysful body is al to-torn.
Quan he this tale began to telle,
Mary wold non lenger dwelle,
But hyid here faste to that hylle,
Ther Jhesu his blod began to spylle.
Mary wold non lenger dwelle,
But hyid here faste to that hylle,
Ther Jhesu his blod began to spylle.
“Myn swete sone, that art me dere,
Qwy han men hangyd the here?
Thi hed is wrethin in a brere,
Myn lovely sone, qwer is thin chere.
Qwy han men hangyd the here?
Thi hed is wrethin in a brere,
Myn lovely sone, qwer is thin chere.
Thin swete body that in me rest,
Thin comely mowth that I have kest,
Now on rode is mad thi nest;
Leve chyld, quat is me best?”
Thin comely mowth that I have kest,
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Leve chyld, quat is me best?”
“Womman, to Jon I the betake;—
Jon, kyp this womman for myn sake;
For synful sowlys my deth I take,
On rode I hange for manys sake.
Jon, kyp this womman for myn sake;
For synful sowlys my deth I take,
On rode I hange for manys sake.
“This game alone me muste play,
For synful sowles I deye to day;
Ther is non wyȝt that goth be the way,
Of myn peynys can wel say.”
For synful sowles I deye to day;
Ther is non wyȝt that goth be the way,
Of myn peynys can wel say.”
Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||