Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||
VI. Eya, Jhesus hodie
Natus est de virgine.
Blyssid be that mayde Mary,
Born he was of here body,
Godis sone that syttit on hy,
Non ex virili semine.
Born he was of here body,
Godis sone that syttit on hy,
Non ex virili semine.
In a manjour of an as
Jhesu lay and lullyd was,
Harde peynis for to pas,
Pro peccante homine.
Jhesu lay and lullyd was,
Harde peynis for to pas,
Pro peccante homine.
Kynges comyn fro dyvesse londe,
With grete ȝyftes in here honde,
In Bedlem the child they fonde,
Stella ducte lumine.
With grete ȝyftes in here honde,
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Stella ducte lumine.
Man and chyld bothe eld and ying,
Now in his blysful comyng,
To that chyld mow we syng,
Gloria tibi, Domine.
Now in his blysful comyng,
To that chyld mow we syng,
Gloria tibi, Domine.
Nowel, nowel in this halle,
Make merye, I prey ȝou alle,
Onto the chyld may we calle,
Ullo sine crimine.
Make merye, I prey ȝou alle,
Onto the chyld may we calle,
Ullo sine crimine.
Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||