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39. Laus, honor, virtus, gloria
Laus, honor, virtus, gloria
Et tibi decus, Maria.
Et tibi decus, Maria.
[1]
A song to sing I have good right,And mirth to make in this presence,
For now is born a baron of might,
Mundum pugillo continens.
2
This babe was born on Yulë night,In Bethlehem of Our Lady;
The name of him is callëd right
Verbum Patris altissimi.
3
That now is come peace for to makeBetween the Father of Heaven and us;
And nowë for that childës sake
Exultet celum laudibus.
4
Our sin to slay he took the wayInto the world fro heaven rich bliss,
And therefore both night and day
Resultet terra gaudiis.
5
The child felled all the fiendës prideAnd with hard irön bound him in close,
And with the blood of his dear side.
Solvit a pena miseros.
6
Now Jesu Christ, that came so stillInto the womb of Mary free,
We pray thee, if it be thy will,
Mane nobiscum, Domine.
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