 | Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century |  |
LXIV. Alma Redemptoris mater.
As I lay upon a nyȝt,
My thowt was on a mayde bryȝt
That men callyn Mary of myȝt,
Redemptoris mater.
My thowt was on a mayde bryȝt
That men callyn Mary of myȝt,
Redemptoris mater.
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To here cam Gabriel so bryȝt,
And seyde, “Heyl, Mari, ful of myȝt,
To be cald thou art adyȝt
Redemp.”
And seyde, “Heyl, Mari, ful of myȝt,
To be cald thou art adyȝt
Redemp.”
After that word that mayde bryȝt
Anon conseyvyd God of myȝt,
And therby wyst men that che hyȝt
R.
Anon conseyvyd God of myȝt,
And therby wyst men that che hyȝt
R.
Ryȝt as the sunne schynit in glas,
So Jhesu in his moder was,
And therby wyt man that che was
R.
So Jhesu in his moder was,
And therby wyt man that che was
R.
Now is born that babe of blys,
And qwen of hevene is moder is;
And therfore think me that che is
R.
And qwen of hevene is moder is;
And therfore think me that che is
R.
After to hevene he tok his flyȝt,
And ther he sit with his fader of myȝt;
With hym is crownyd that lady bryȝt,
Redemptoris mater.
And ther he sit with his fader of myȝt;
With hym is crownyd that lady bryȝt,
Redemptoris mater.
| Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | |