II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XIV. |
XVI. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXX. |
XXXII. |
XXXIII. |
XXXIV. |
XXXIX. |
XLIII. |
XLV. |
XLVI. |
XLVII. |
XLIX. |
L. |
LI. |
LII. |
LIII. |
LIV. |
LVI. |
LVIII. | LVIII. Man, be merie as bryd on berie,
And al thi care let away. |
LIX. |
LX. |
LXI. |
LXII. |
LXIII. |
LXIV. |
LXVII. |
LXIX. |
LXXII. |
LXXIV. |
Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||
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LVIII. Man, be merie as bryd on berie,
And al thi care let away.
This tyme is born a chyld ful good,
He that us bowt upon the rod;
He bond the devyl that is so wod,
Til the drydful domys day.
He that us bowt upon the rod;
He bond the devyl that is so wod,
Til the drydful domys day.
Quan the chyld of meche myȝt
Wold be born of Mary bryȝt,
A tokene he sente to kyng and knyȝt,
A sterre that schon bothe nyȝt and day.
Wold be born of Mary bryȝt,
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A sterre that schon bothe nyȝt and day.
The sterre schon as bryȝt as fer,
Over al the world bothe fer and ner,
In tokene he was withoutyn per;
And pereles he xal lastyn ay.
Over al the world bothe fer and ner,
In tokene he was withoutyn per;
And pereles he xal lastyn ay.
The .viij. day he was circumsise,
For to fulfylle the profecye;
The profetes with wordes wyse
Hym present with ryche aray.
For to fulfylle the profecye;
The profetes with wordes wyse
Hym present with ryche aray.
The .xij. day come kynges thre,
Out of the est, with herte fre,
To worchepyn hym thei knelyd on kne,
With gold and myrr[e] and francincens.
Out of the est, with herte fre,
To worchepyn hym thei knelyd on kne,
With gold and myrr[e] and francincens.
Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||