And schal be schent to salue hire, & grete,
And say "heil, mary, maidë faire & sweet!"
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Who euere it be, þat schal do this messáge,
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fful weel is him that fyndë may that grace:
It schal him weel suffisë for his wage,
To see þat blissed sweet[ë] lady face.
Now with alle ioyës, myrthë & soláce,
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ffor loue of hire honure, we [synge] this day
With alle the songes & myrthës þat we may.
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(9) The aungeles song. [folio 97]
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(1)
Honured be thu, blisful heuene queene,
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And worschepid mot þou be in eueri place,
That modier art, and veari maidë clene!
Of god, oure lord, thu geten hast þat grace.
Thu, cause of Ioyës art, and alle soláce,
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Be merite of thi gret humilite,
And by the floure of thi virginite. [folio 97b]
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Honured be thu blissed ladi bright!
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Be thi persone, embasshëd is natúre;
Of heuene blisse, augmented is the light,
Be presence of so fare a crëature;
Thi worthinessë pasith all mesúre;
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ffor vnto thin astate imperiall,
No praisyng is, þat may be peregall.
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(10) The aungeles songe in the feste of the Epiphanie of oure lord. [folio 99]
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(1)
HOnured be this blissed holy festë day
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In worshippe of the sweet[ë] welle of liffe,
