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16. Nowell sing we

Nowell sing we both all and some;
Now Rex pacificus is y-come.

[1]

Exortum est in love and liss;
Now Christ his grace he gan us giss,
And with his body us bought to bliss,
Both all and some.

2

De fructu ventris of Mary bright;
Both God and man in her alight;
Out of disease he did us dight,
Both all and some.

3

Puer natus to us was sent,
To bliss us bought, fro bale us blent,
And else to woe we had y-went,
Both all and some.

4

Lux fulgebit with love and light,
In Mary mild his pennon pight,
In her took kind with manly might,
Both all and some.

5

Gloria tibi ay and bliss:
God unto his grace he us wiss,
The rent of heaven that we not miss,
Both all and some.