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Contemplacio
here joachym and Anne with oure lady betwen hem beyng al in whyte as a childe of iij ȝere age presente here in to þe temple thus seying joachym.
Joachim
Blyssyd be oure lord ffayr ffrute haue we now
Anne wyff remembyr wole ȝe
Þat we made to god an holy a-vow
Þat oure fyrst childe þe servaunt of god xulde be
The Age of mary oure dowtere is ȝerys thre
Þer fore to thre personys and on god lete us here present
þe ȝonger she be drawyn þe bettyr semyth me
and for teryeng of our a-vow of god we myth be shent.
Anne
it is as ȝe sey husbond in dede
late us take mary our dowtere us be-twen
and to þe temple with here procede
Dowtere þe Aungel tolde us ȝe xulde be a qwen
Wole ȝe go se þat lord ȝour husbond xal ben
and lerne for to love hym and lede with hym ȝour lyff
telle ȝour ffadyr and me her ȝour answere let sen
Wole ȝe be pure maydyn and also goddys wyff.
Maria
Ffadyr and modyr if it plesyng to ȝow be
ȝe han mad ȝour a-vow so sothly wole I
to be goddys chast seruaunt whil lyff is in me
but to be goddys wyff I was nevyr wurthy
I am þe sympelest þat evyr was born of body
I haue herd ȝow seyd God xulde haue a modyr swete
þat I may leve to se hire god graunt me for his mercy
and Abyl me to ley my handys vndyr hire fayr fete.
Et genuflectet Ad deum.
Joachym
I-Wys dowtere it is wel seyd
ȝe answere and ȝe were twenty ȝere olde.
Anne
whith ȝour speche mary I am wel payd
can ȝe gon a-lone lett se beth bolde.
Maria
To go to goddys hous wole ȝe now be-holde
I am joyful thedyrward as I may be.
Joachym
Wyff I ryght joyful oure dowtere to be-holde.
Anne
So am I wys husbond now in goddys name go we.
Joachym
Sere prince of prestes and it plese ȝow
we þat were barreyn god hath sent a childe
to offre here to goddys service we mad oure avow
here is þe same mayde mary most mylde.
Isakar
Joachym I haue good mende how I ȝow revyled
I am ryght joyful þat god hath ȝove ȝow þis grace
to be amonge fruteful now be ȝe reconsylid
Com swete mary com ȝe haue a gracyous face.
Joachym flectendo Ad deum sic dicens
Joachym
Now Ffadyr and sone and holy gost
on god and personys thre
we offre to þe lorde of myghtys most
Oure dowtere þi servaunt evyr more to be.
Anna
Ther to most bounde evyr more be we
Mary in þis holy place leve ȝow we xall
In goddys name now up go ȝe
oure fadyr oure prest lo doth ȝow call.
Maria
Modyr and it plese ȝow fyrst wole I take my leve
of my fadyr and ȝow my modyr i-wys
I haue a fadyr in hefne þis I be-leve
now good ffadyr with þat fadyr ȝe me blysse.
Joachym
In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti.
Maria
Amen Now ȝe good modyr.
Anne
In nomine patris et filij et spiritus sancti Maria Amen.
Maria
Now oure lord thank ȝow for this
here is my fadyr and my modyr bothe
most mekely I beseche I may ȝow kys
now for-ȝeve me yf evyr I made ȝow wrothe.
Et explexendo osculabit patrem et matrem.
Joachym
Nay dowtere ȝe offendyd nevyr god nor man
lovyd be þat lord ȝow so doth kepe.
Anne
Swete dowtyr thynk on ȝour modyr An
ȝour swemynge smytyht to myn hert depe.
[Maria]
Ffadyr and modyr I xal pray for ȝow and wepe
To god with al myn hert specyaly
blysse me day and nyght evyr her ȝe slepe
good ffadyr and modyr and beth mery.
Joachym
A ho had evyr suche a chylde
nevyr creature ȝit þat evyr was bore
Sche is so gracyous she is so mylde
so xulde childyr to fadyr and modyr evyr more.
Anne
Than xulde thei be blyssyd and plese god sore
husbond and it plese ȝow not hens go we xal
tyl mary be in þe temple above thore
I wold not for al erthe se here fal.
Episcopus
Come gode mary come babe I þe call
þi pas pratyly to þis plas pretende
þou xalt be þe dowtere of god Eternall
If þe fyftene grees þou may Ascende
It is meracle if þou do now god þe dyffende
Ffrom babylony to hevynly jherusalem þis is þe way
Every man þat thynk his lyff to Amende
þe fiftene psalmys in memorye of þis mayde say.
Maria
Maria et sic deinceps usque ad fine xvc i m psalmorum.
The fyrst degre gostly applyed
It is holy desyre with god to be
In trobyl to god I haue cryed
And in sped þat lord hath herde me.
How I xal haue knowynge of godys wylle
To þe mownteynes of hefne I haue lyfte myn ey
Ffrom qwens xal comyn helpe me tylle.
that we xall be savyd all thus
I am glad of these tydyngys ben seyd to me
now xal we go in to goddys hous.
to hym þat is a-bove þe planetys sefne
to þe I haue myn eyn sette
þat dwellys above þe skyes in hefne.
þat we be nought with-owth god thus
but god in vs haue habytacion
Per aventure oure enemyes shulde swelle vs.
Ffor of all grace from hym comyth þe strem
they þat trust in god as þe mownt syon
he xal not be steryd endles þat dwellyth in jherusalem.
In oure lorde is as gracy and mercy
Whan oure lord conuertyth oure captiuite
Than Are we mad as joyful mery.
The eyted is contempt of veynglory in vs
Ffor hym þat Al mankende hath multyplyed
But yf oure lord make here oure hous
they An laboryd in veyn þat it han Edyfied.
With A longyng love in oure lord þat ay is
blyssyd Arn All they þat god drede
Whiche þat gon in his holy weys.
ffor þe fleschly syghtys ben fers and fel
ofte ȝough is ffowth with with suech vexacion
þou seynge god say so clepyd israel.
Of which ful noyous is þe noyis
Fro depnes lord I haue cryed to the
Lord here in sped my sympyl voys.
In mannys sowle with-inne and with-owte
Lord myn herte is not heyued on lofte
nyn myn eyn be not lokynge a-bowte.
with holy dedys don expresse
haue mende lorde of davyth
And of All his swettnes.
þat norchyth love of creaturys echon
Se how good and how glad it is
bretheryn ffor to dwelle in on.
whiche is syne of godly love semyth me
se now blysse oure lord
All þat oure lordys servauntys be.
Episcopus
A gracyous lord þis is A mervelyous thynge
þat we se here all in syght
A babe of thre ȝer age so ȝynge
to come vp þese grecys so vp-ryght
It is An hey meracle and by goddys myght
no dowth of she xal be gracyous.
Maria
Holy ffadyr I be-seche ȝow forth ryght
Sey how I xal be rewlyd in goddys hous.
Episcopus
Maria
This lyff me lyketh as my lyve
of here namys I be-seche ȝow to haue informacion.
Episcopus
There is þe fyrst meditacion
Contryssyon compassyon And clennes
And þat holy mayde fruyssyon
With these blyssyd maydenes xal be ȝour besynes.
Maria
Here is an holy ffelacheppe I fele
I am not wurthy Amonge hem to be
Swete systerys to ȝow All I knele
To receyve me I be-seche ȝour charyte.
Episcopus
They xal dowtere And on þe tothere syde se
ther ben sefne prestys in dede
to schryve to teche and to mynystryn to the
to lerne þe goddys lawys and scrypture to rede.
Maria
Ffadyr knew I here namys wele were I.
Episcopus
Ther is dyscressyon devocion dylexcion and deliberacion
they xal tende upon ȝow besyly
With declaracion determynacion dyvynacion
Now go ȝe maydenys to ȝour occupacion
And loke ȝe tende þis childe tendyrly
and ȝe serys knelyth and I xal gyve ȝow goddys benyson
in nomine patris et filij et spiritus sancti.
Et recedent cum ministris suis omnes virgines dicent Amen.
[Maria]
To ȝow ffadyr and modyr I me comende
blyssyd be þe tyme ȝe me hedyr brought.
Joachym
Dowtere þe ffadere of oure feyth þe mot defende
as he of his myght made all thynge of nowth.
Anne
Mary to þi sowle solas he sende
In whos wysdam all þis werd was wrought.
go we now hens husbonde so hende
Hic joachim et anna recedent domum.
for owth of care now are we brought.
Maria
Maria
To thank oure soveryen lord not sufficyth my mende
I xal fede me of þis fode my lord hath me sent
All maner of savowrys in þis mete I fynde
I felt nevyr non so swete ner so redolent.
Angelus
Eche day þer with ȝe xal be content
Aunge alle howrys xal to ȝow apere.
Maria
Mercy my makere how may þis be ment
I am þe sympelest creature þat is levynge here.
Angelus
In ȝour name Maria ffyve letterys we han
M. Mayde most mercyfull and mekest in mende
A. Auerte of þe Anguysch þat Adam began
R. Regina of regyon Reyneng with-owtyn ende
I. Innocent be Influens of Jesses kende
A. Aduocat most Autentyk ȝour Antecer Anna
hefne and helle here kneys down bende
Whan þis holy name of ȝow is seyd Maria.
Maria
I qwake grettly for dred to here þis comendacion
Good swete Aungel why wole ȝe sey thus.
Aungell
Ffor ȝe xal here aftere haue A salutacion
þat xal þis excede it is seyd Amonge vs
The deyte þat dede xal determyn and dyscus
ȝe xal nevyr lady be lefte here A-lone.
Maria
I Crye þe mercy lorde and þin erthe Cus
recomendynge me to þat godhyd þat is tryne in trone.
his osculet terram here xal comyn Allwey An Aungel with dyvers presentys goynge and comyng and in þe tyme þei xal synge in hefne þis hympne Jhesu corona virginum And After þer comyth A minister fro þe busschop with A present and seyth
Minister
Prynce of oure prestes Ysakare be name
he hath sent ȝow hym self his servyce in dede
And bad ȝe xulde ffede ȝow spare for no shame
In þis tyme of mete ne lenger ȝe rede.
Maria
Contemplacio
lo sofreynes here ȝe haue seyn
in þe temple of oure ladyes presentacion
she was nevyr occapyed in thyngys veyn
but Evyr besy in holy ocupacyon
And we be-seche ȝow of ȝoure pacyens
þat we pace þese materys so lythly Away
If þei xulde be do with good prevydens
Eche on wolde suffyce ffor An hool day
Now xal we procede to here dissponsacion
which Aftere þis was xiiij ȝere
tyme sufficyth not to make pawsacion
hath pacyens with vs we be-sech ȝow her
And in short spas
The parlement of hefne sone xal ȝe se
and how goddys sone com man xal he
And how þe salutacion Aftere xal be
be goddys holy gras.
Sovereynes ȝe han sen shewyd ȝow be-fore
Of Joachym and Anne here botherys holy metynge
How our lady was conseyvid and how she was bore
We passe ovyr þat breffnes of tyme consyderynge
And how our lady in here tendyr age and ȝyng
In to þe temple was offryd and so forth proced
Þis sentens sayd xal be hire be-gynnyng
now þe modyr of mercy in þis be our sped.
Of Joachym and Anne here botherys holy metynge
How our lady was conseyvid and how she was bore
We passe ovyr þat breffnes of tyme consyderynge
And how our lady in here tendyr age and ȝyng
In to þe temple was offryd and so forth proced
Þis sentens sayd xal be hire be-gynnyng
now þe modyr of mercy in þis be our sped.
And as a childe of iij ȝere age here she xal appere
to alle pepyl þat ben here present
and of here grett grace now xal ȝe here
how she levyd evyr to goddys entent
with grace
That holy matere we wole declare
tyl ffortene ȝere how sche dyd fare
Now of ȝour speche I pray ȝow spare
all þat ben in þis place.
to alle pepyl þat ben here present
and of here grett grace now xal ȝe here
how she levyd evyr to goddys entent
with grace
That holy matere we wole declare
tyl ffortene ȝere how sche dyd fare
Now of ȝour speche I pray ȝow spare
all þat ben in þis place.
here joachym and Anne with oure lady betwen hem beyng al in whyte as a childe of iij ȝere age presente here in to þe temple thus seying joachym.
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Blyssyd be oure lord ffayr ffrute haue we now
Anne wyff remembyr wole ȝe
Þat we made to god an holy a-vow
Þat oure fyrst childe þe servaunt of god xulde be
The Age of mary oure dowtere is ȝerys thre
Þer fore to thre personys and on god lete us here present
þe ȝonger she be drawyn þe bettyr semyth me
and for teryeng of our a-vow of god we myth be shent.
Anne
it is as ȝe sey husbond in dede
late us take mary our dowtere us be-twen
and to þe temple with here procede
Dowtere þe Aungel tolde us ȝe xulde be a qwen
Wole ȝe go se þat lord ȝour husbond xal ben
and lerne for to love hym and lede with hym ȝour lyff
telle ȝour ffadyr and me her ȝour answere let sen
Wole ȝe be pure maydyn and also goddys wyff.
Maria
Ffadyr and modyr if it plesyng to ȝow be
ȝe han mad ȝour a-vow so sothly wole I
to be goddys chast seruaunt whil lyff is in me
but to be goddys wyff I was nevyr wurthy
I am þe sympelest þat evyr was born of body
I haue herd ȝow seyd God xulde haue a modyr swete
þat I may leve to se hire god graunt me for his mercy
and Abyl me to ley my handys vndyr hire fayr fete.
Et genuflectet Ad deum.
Joachym
I-Wys dowtere it is wel seyd
ȝe answere and ȝe were twenty ȝere olde.
Anne
whith ȝour speche mary I am wel payd
can ȝe gon a-lone lett se beth bolde.
Maria
To go to goddys hous wole ȝe now be-holde
I am joyful thedyrward as I may be.
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Wyff I ryght joyful oure dowtere to be-holde.
Anne
So am I wys husbond now in goddys name go we.
Joachym
Sere prince of prestes and it plese ȝow
we þat were barreyn god hath sent a childe
to offre here to goddys service we mad oure avow
here is þe same mayde mary most mylde.
Isakar
Joachym I haue good mende how I ȝow revyled
I am ryght joyful þat god hath ȝove ȝow þis grace
to be amonge fruteful now be ȝe reconsylid
Com swete mary com ȝe haue a gracyous face.
Joachym flectendo Ad deum sic dicens
Joachym
Now Ffadyr and sone and holy gost
on god and personys thre
we offre to þe lorde of myghtys most
Oure dowtere þi servaunt evyr more to be.
Anna
Ther to most bounde evyr more be we
Mary in þis holy place leve ȝow we xall
In goddys name now up go ȝe
oure fadyr oure prest lo doth ȝow call.
Maria
Modyr and it plese ȝow fyrst wole I take my leve
of my fadyr and ȝow my modyr i-wys
I haue a fadyr in hefne þis I be-leve
now good ffadyr with þat fadyr ȝe me blysse.
Joachym
In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti.
Maria
Amen Now ȝe good modyr.
Anne
In nomine patris et filij et spiritus sancti Maria Amen.
Maria
Now oure lord thank ȝow for this
here is my fadyr and my modyr bothe
most mekely I beseche I may ȝow kys
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Et explexendo osculabit patrem et matrem.
Joachym
Nay dowtere ȝe offendyd nevyr god nor man
lovyd be þat lord ȝow so doth kepe.
Anne
Swete dowtyr thynk on ȝour modyr An
ȝour swemynge smytyht to myn hert depe.
[Maria]
Ffadyr and modyr I xal pray for ȝow and wepe
To god with al myn hert specyaly
blysse me day and nyght evyr her ȝe slepe
good ffadyr and modyr and beth mery.
Joachym
A ho had evyr suche a chylde
nevyr creature ȝit þat evyr was bore
Sche is so gracyous she is so mylde
so xulde childyr to fadyr and modyr evyr more.
Anne
Than xulde thei be blyssyd and plese god sore
husbond and it plese ȝow not hens go we xal
tyl mary be in þe temple above thore
I wold not for al erthe se here fal.
Episcopus
Come gode mary come babe I þe call
þi pas pratyly to þis plas pretende
þou xalt be þe dowtere of god Eternall
If þe fyftene grees þou may Ascende
It is meracle if þou do now god þe dyffende
Ffrom babylony to hevynly jherusalem þis is þe way
Every man þat thynk his lyff to Amende
þe fiftene psalmys in memorye of þis mayde say.
Maria
Maria et sic deinceps usque ad fine xvc i m psalmorum.
The fyrst degre gostly applyed
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In trobyl to god I haue cryed
And in sped þat lord hath herde me.
Ad dominum cum tribularer clamaui et exaudiuit me.
The secunde is stody with meke inquysissyon veryly
How I xal haue knowynge of godys wylle
To þe mownteynes of hefne I haue lyfte myn ey
Ffrom qwens xal comyn helpe me tylle.
Leuaui oculos meos in montes vnde ueniat auxilium mihi.
The thrydde is gladnes in mende in hope to be
that we xall be savyd all thus
I am glad of these tydyngys ben seyd to me
now xal we go in to goddys hous.
Letatus sum in hijs que dicta sunt mihi: in domum domini ibimus.
The fourte is meke obedyence as is dette
to hym þat is a-bove þe planetys sefne
to þe I haue myn eyn sette
þat dwellys above þe skyes in hefne.
Ad te leuaui oculos meos qui habitas in celis.
The ffyfte is propyr confessyon
þat we be nought with-owth god thus
but god in vs haue habytacion
Per aventure oure enemyes shulde swelle vs.
Nisi quia dominus erat in nobis dicat nunc israel nisi quia dominus erat in nobis.
The sexte is confidens in goddys strenght A-lon
Ffor of all grace from hym comyth þe strem
they þat trust in god as þe mownt syon
he xal not be steryd endles þat dwellyth in jherusalem.
Qui confidunt in domino sicut mons Syon: non commouebitur in eternum qui habitat in hierusalem.
The sefte is vndowteful hope of immortalyte
In oure lorde is as gracy and mercy
Whan oure lord conuertyth oure captiuite
Than Are we mad as joyful mery.
In conuertendo dominus captiuitatem syon facti sumus sicut consolati.
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Ffor hym þat Al mankende hath multyplyed
But yf oure lord make here oure hous
they An laboryd in veyn þat it han Edyfied.
Nisi dominus edificauerit domum in uanum laborauerunt qui edificant eam.
The nynte is a childely fer in dede
With A longyng love in oure lord þat ay is
blyssyd Arn All they þat god drede
Whiche þat gon in his holy weys.
Beati omnes qui timent dominum: qui ambulant in vijs eius.
The tende is myghty soferauns of carnal temptacion
ffor þe fleschly syghtys ben fers and fel
ofte ȝough is ffowth with with suech vexacion
þou seynge god say so clepyd israel.
Sepe expugnauerunt me a iuuentute mea dicat nunc israel.
The Elefnte is accusatyff confessyon of iniquite
Of which ful noyous is þe noyis
Fro depnes lord I haue cryed to the
Lord here in sped my sympyl voys.
De profundis clamaui ad te domine: domine exaudi uocem meam.
The twelfte is mekenes þat is fayre and softe
In mannys sowle with-inne and with-owte
Lord myn herte is not heyued on lofte
nyn myn eyn be not lokynge a-bowte.
Domine non est exaltatum cor meum neque elati sunt oculi mei.
The Threttene is ffeyth þer with
with holy dedys don expresse
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And of All his swettnes.
Memento domine dauid et omnis mansuetudinis eius.
The ffourtene is brothyrly concorde i-wys
þat norchyth love of creaturys echon
Se how good and how glad it is
bretheryn ffor to dwelle in on.
Ecce quam bonum et quam jocundum habitare fratres in vnum.
The ffyftene is gracyous with on Acorde
whiche is syne of godly love semyth me
se now blysse oure lord
All þat oure lordys servauntys be.
Ecce nunc benedicite dominum omnes serui dominj.
Episcopus
A gracyous lord þis is A mervelyous thynge
þat we se here all in syght
A babe of thre ȝer age so ȝynge
to come vp þese grecys so vp-ryght
It is An hey meracle and by goddys myght
no dowth of she xal be gracyous.
Maria
Holy ffadyr I be-seche ȝow forth ryght
Sey how I xal be rewlyd in goddys hous.
Episcopus
Dowtere god hath ȝovyn vs comaundementys ten
Which shortely to say be comprehendyd in tweyn
and þo must be kept of all crysten men
or ellys here jugement is perpetual peyn
Ȝe muste love god severeynly and ȝour evyn crystyn pleyn
god fyrst ffor his hyȝ and sovereyn dygnyte
he lovyd ȝow fyrst love hym a-geyn
ffor of love to his owyn lyknes he made the.
Which shortely to say be comprehendyd in tweyn
and þo must be kept of all crysten men
or ellys here jugement is perpetual peyn
Ȝe muste love god severeynly and ȝour evyn crystyn pleyn
god fyrst ffor his hyȝ and sovereyn dygnyte
he lovyd ȝow fyrst love hym a-geyn
ffor of love to his owyn lyknes he made the.
Love ffadyr sone and holy gost
Love god þe fadyr ffor he gevyth myght
Love god þe sone ffor he gevyth wysdam þou wost
Love god þe holy gost ffor he gevyth love and lyght
thre personys and on god þus love of ryght
with all þin hert with all þi sowle with all þi mende
and with all þe strenghthis in þe be-dyght
þan love þin evyn crystyn as þi self with-owtyn ende.
Love god þe fadyr ffor he gevyth myght
Love god þe sone ffor he gevyth wysdam þou wost
Love god þe holy gost ffor he gevyth love and lyght
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with all þin hert with all þi sowle with all þi mende
and with all þe strenghthis in þe be-dyght
þan love þin evyn crystyn as þi self with-owtyn ende.
Thu xalt hate no thynge but þe devyl and synne
god byddyth the lovyn þi bodyly enmy
And as for ȝour self here þus xal ȝe be-gynne
ȝe must serve and wurchep god here dayly
Ffor with prayȝer with grace and mercy
Se the haue A resonable tyme to fede
thanne to haue a labour bodyly
þat þer in be gostly and bodely mede.
god byddyth the lovyn þi bodyly enmy
And as for ȝour self here þus xal ȝe be-gynne
ȝe must serve and wurchep god here dayly
Ffor with prayȝer with grace and mercy
Se the haue A resonable tyme to fede
thanne to haue a labour bodyly
þat þer in be gostly and bodely mede.
Ȝour A-bydynge xal be with ȝour maydenys ffyve
Swyche tyme as ȝe wole haue consolacion.
Swyche tyme as ȝe wole haue consolacion.
Maria
This lyff me lyketh as my lyve
of here namys I be-seche ȝow to haue informacion.
Episcopus
There is þe fyrst meditacion
Contryssyon compassyon And clennes
And þat holy mayde fruyssyon
With these blyssyd maydenes xal be ȝour besynes.
Maria
Here is an holy ffelacheppe I fele
I am not wurthy Amonge hem to be
Swete systerys to ȝow All I knele
To receyve me I be-seche ȝour charyte.
Episcopus
They xal dowtere And on þe tothere syde se
ther ben sefne prestys in dede
to schryve to teche and to mynystryn to the
to lerne þe goddys lawys and scrypture to rede.
Maria
Ffadyr knew I here namys wele were I.
Episcopus
Ther is dyscressyon devocion dylexcion and deliberacion
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With declaracion determynacion dyvynacion
Now go ȝe maydenys to ȝour occupacion
And loke ȝe tende þis childe tendyrly
and ȝe serys knelyth and I xal gyve ȝow goddys benyson
in nomine patris et filij et spiritus sancti.
Et recedent cum ministris suis omnes virgines dicent Amen.
[Maria]
To ȝow ffadyr and modyr I me comende
blyssyd be þe tyme ȝe me hedyr brought.
Joachym
Dowtere þe ffadere of oure feyth þe mot defende
as he of his myght made all thynge of nowth.
Anne
Mary to þi sowle solas he sende
In whos wysdam all þis werd was wrought.
go we now hens husbonde so hende
Hic joachim et anna recedent domum.
for owth of care now are we brought.
Maria
Be þe holy gost at hom be ȝe brought
Systerys ȝe may go do what ȝe xall
Ad virgines
Systerys ȝe may go do what ȝe xall
to serve god fyrst here is al my thought
Be-forn þis holy awtere on my knes I fall.
Be-forn þis holy awtere on my knes I fall.
Lord sefne petycions I be-seche ȝow of here
Ffyrst þat I may kepe þi love and þi lawe
Þe secunde to lovyn myn evyn crystyn as my self dere
Þe thrydde from all þat þou hatyst me to with-drawe
The fourte All vertuys to þi plesauns knawe
Þe fyfte to obey þe ordenaryes of þe temple echon
Þe sexte and þat all pepyl may serve þe with Awe
þat in þis holy temple fawte be non.
Ffyrst þat I may kepe þi love and þi lawe
Þe secunde to lovyn myn evyn crystyn as my self dere
Þe thrydde from all þat þou hatyst me to with-drawe
The fourte All vertuys to þi plesauns knawe
Þe fyfte to obey þe ordenaryes of þe temple echon
Þe sexte and þat all pepyl may serve þe with Awe
þat in þis holy temple fawte be non.
The sefnte lord I haske with grett ffere
þat I may se onys in my lyve
þat lady þat xal goddys sone bere
þat I may serve here with my wyttys fyve
If it plese ȝow and ellys it is not þer with to stryve
with prayers prostrat ffor þese gracys I wepe
O my god devocion depe in me dryve
þat myn hert may wake in þe thow my body slepe.
here þe Aungel bryngyth manna in A cowpe of gold lyke to confeccions
þe hefne syngynge þe Aungel seyth
þat I may se onys in my lyve
þat lady þat xal goddys sone bere
þat I may serve here with my wyttys fyve
If it plese ȝow and ellys it is not þer with to stryve
with prayers prostrat ffor þese gracys I wepe
O my god devocion depe in me dryve
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Merveyle not mekest maydon of my mynystracion
I am a good Aungel sent of god All myght
With Aungelys mete Ffor ȝour Sustentacion
ȝe to receyve it Ffor Natural myght
We Aungellys xul serve ȝow day and nyght
now fede ȝow þer-with in goddys name
we xal lerne ȝow þe lyberary of oure lordys lawe lyght
ffor my sawys in ȝow shewyth sygnes of shame.
I am a good Aungel sent of god All myght
With Aungelys mete Ffor ȝour Sustentacion
ȝe to receyve it Ffor Natural myght
We Aungellys xul serve ȝow day and nyght
now fede ȝow þer-with in goddys name
we xal lerne ȝow þe lyberary of oure lordys lawe lyght
ffor my sawys in ȝow shewyth sygnes of shame.
Maria
To thank oure soveryen lord not sufficyth my mende
I xal fede me of þis fode my lord hath me sent
All maner of savowrys in þis mete I fynde
I felt nevyr non so swete ner so redolent.
Angelus
Eche day þer with ȝe xal be content
Aunge alle howrys xal to ȝow apere.
Maria
Mercy my makere how may þis be ment
I am þe sympelest creature þat is levynge here.
Angelus
In ȝour name Maria ffyve letterys we han
M. Mayde most mercyfull and mekest in mende
A. Auerte of þe Anguysch þat Adam began
R. Regina of regyon Reyneng with-owtyn ende
I. Innocent be Influens of Jesses kende
A. Aduocat most Autentyk ȝour Antecer Anna
hefne and helle here kneys down bende
Whan þis holy name of ȝow is seyd Maria.
Maria
I qwake grettly for dred to here þis comendacion
Good swete Aungel why wole ȝe sey thus.
Aungell
Ffor ȝe xal here aftere haue A salutacion
þat xal þis excede it is seyd Amonge vs
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ȝe xal nevyr lady be lefte here A-lone.
Maria
I Crye þe mercy lorde and þin erthe Cus
recomendynge me to þat godhyd þat is tryne in trone.
his osculet terram here xal comyn Allwey An Aungel with dyvers presentys goynge and comyng and in þe tyme þei xal synge in hefne þis hympne Jhesu corona virginum And After þer comyth A minister fro þe busschop with A present and seyth
Minister
Prynce of oure prestes Ysakare be name
he hath sent ȝow hym self his servyce in dede
And bad ȝe xulde ffede ȝow spare for no shame
In þis tyme of mete ne lenger ȝe rede.
Maria
Recomende me to my fadyr sere
and god do hym mede
These vesselys A-ȝen sone I xal hym sende
I xal bere it my systerys I trowe þei haue more nede
goddys foyson is evyr to his servauntys hendyr þan we wende.
These vesselys A-ȝen sone I xal hym sende
I xal bere it my systerys I trowe þei haue more nede
goddys foyson is evyr to his servauntys hendyr þan we wende.
Systerys oure holy ffadyr isakare
Hath sent us hese servyce here ryght now
Ffede ȝow þer of hertyly I pray ȝow nat spare
and if owght be leve specyaly I pray ȝow
That þe pore men þe relevys þer of haue now
Ffayn and I myth I wolde do þe dedys of mercy
Pore ffolk ffaryn god knowyth how
On hem evyr I haue grett pety.
Hath sent us hese servyce here ryght now
Ffede ȝow þer of hertyly I pray ȝow nat spare
and if owght be leve specyaly I pray ȝow
That þe pore men þe relevys þer of haue now
Ffayn and I myth I wolde do þe dedys of mercy
Pore ffolk ffaryn god knowyth how
On hem evyr I haue grett pety.
Contemplacio
lo sofreynes here ȝe haue seyn
in þe temple of oure ladyes presentacion
she was nevyr occapyed in thyngys veyn
but Evyr besy in holy ocupacyon
And we be-seche ȝow of ȝoure pacyens
þat we pace þese materys so lythly Away
If þei xulde be do with good prevydens
Eche on wolde suffyce ffor An hool day
Now xal we procede to here dissponsacion
which Aftere þis was xiiij ȝere
tyme sufficyth not to make pawsacion
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And in short spas
The parlement of hefne sone xal ȝe se
and how goddys sone com man xal he
And how þe salutacion Aftere xal be
be goddys holy gras.
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