Hatmakers, Masons, and Laborers XLI. The Purification of Mary: Simeon and Anna prophesy |
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The Temple, as before. Enter to the Priest, Joseph and Mary with the Babe.]Mar.
Vnto my God highest in heven,
And to this preest ordand by skyll,
Jesu my babb, I offer hyme,
Here with my harte and my good wyll
right hartely.
Thowe pray for hus to God on hyght,
Thowe preest, present here in his myght,
At this deyd may be in his sight
accept goodly.
Jos.
Loo sir? and two doyf-byrddes ar here,
Receyve them with your holy handes,
We ar no better of power,
For we haue neyther rentes ne landes
trewely.
Bott good sir, pray to God of myght
To accepte this at we have dight,
That we haue offeryd as we arr hight
here hartely.
Presb.
O God, and graunter of all grace,
Blyst be thy name both nyght and day,
Accepte there offerand in this place
That be here present to the alway.
A! blyssed lorde, say never nay,
But lett thy offerand be boot and beylde
Tyll all such folke lyvand in clay,
That thus to the mekly wyll heyld,
That this babb, lord, present in thy sight,
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Accepte, [lord,] for there specyall gyft
Gevyn to mankynde, both man and chylde,
so specyally.
And this babb borne and here present
May beylde vs, that we be not shent,
But ever reddy his grace to hent
here verely.
A blyssed babb! welcome thowe be,
Borne of a madyn in chaistety,
Thowe art our beylde, babb, our gamme and our glee
ever sothly.
Welcome! oure wytt and our wysdome,
Welcome! our joy all and somme,
Welcome! redemptour omnium
tyll hus hartely.
[Enter Anna.
Anna.
Welcome! blyssed Mary and madyn ay,
Welcome! mooste meke in thyne array,
[To the Babe.
Welcome! bright starne that shyneth bright as day,
all for our blys.
Welcome! the blyssed beam so bryght,
Welcome! the leym of all oure light,
Welcome! that all pleasour hais plight
to man and wyfe.
Welcome! thowe blyssed babb so free,
Welcome! oure welfayre wyelly,
And welcome all our seall, suthly,
to grete and small.
Babb, welcome to thy beyldly boure,
Babb, welcome nowe for our soccoure,
And babb, welcome with all honour
here in this hall.
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