Þe stronge byndyng he tok preies alle
Þat he hedde holden longe.
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BEati omnes qui timent dominum, qui ambulant in viis eius. [Ps. 127 (128).]
Aue Mater domini, genitrix beata,
ffiliorum filijs plene uenustata: [cf. Ps. 127, v. 6.]
Da timere dominum mente tranquillata,
Vias nostras dirigens eius ad mandata.
Heil Modur of þe lord so gent,
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Of sones bringere forþ,
Wiþ sones mad feir verrement
Þou art fulliche, and worþ:
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Graunt us alle vr lord to drede
Wiþ þouht peisiblement;
Vr weys loke þei ben dressede
To kepe his maundement.
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Sepe expugnauerunt me a iuuentute mea, dicat nunc israel. [Ps. 128 (129).]
Aue per quam uiribus hostes destituti
Inbecilles facti sunt, debiles & muti:
Nostre, uirgo, quesumus prospice saluti,
Vt fiamus iugiter te tuente tuti.
Heil þorwh whom heore strengþes alle
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Vr enemys han lost,
Vn-welde aren made and doun ek falle,
ffeble and doumbe of bost:
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We preye þe, Mayden, swetliche,
To vr hele tak hede;
Mak vs siker verreyliche
Of þi defence at nede.
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DE profundis clamaui ad te domine; domine exaudi uocem meam. [Ps. 129 (130).]
Aue floris baiula, cuius ad odorem
Reuiuiscunt mortui: suscipe clamorem
Ad te supplicancium, nosque per hunc florem
Non pauere facias mortis ad honorem (!).
Heil þou berere of þe flour,
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Of hos swete sauerynge
Tornen to lyf in an hour
Þe dede: take þe criinge
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