And to þat place þou lede us sone
Þer Ioye and blisse is Inne.
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Ego dixi: in dimidio dierum meorum vadam ad portas inferi. [Isai. 38,10 (Song of Ezechias).]
Aue laus fidelium, iubar sanctitatis,
Domini triclinium, tronus magestatis:
Placa nobis filium precibus beatis,
Seruos tuos munerans dono libertatis.
Heil heriinge of trewe men,
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Of holynesse þe clarte;
Vr lordes chaumbre men þe callen,
Trone of þe Maieste:
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Pese þou to us þi sone so dere
Wiþ preyeres of pite,
Rewardynge þi seruauns here
Wiþ ȝiftus of liberte.
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Exultauit cor meum in domino & exaltatum est cornu meum in deo meo. [1 Regum 2 (Song of Anna).]
Aue celi gloria, terre fundamentum,
Cuius fit in utero continens contentum:
Tue nobis gracie prestet incrementum
Quod ad tue scribimus laudis monumentum.
Heil, þou art þe blisse of heuene,
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Of eorþe þe foundement;
Whos wombe is maad wiþ mylde steuene
Conteynyng þat is content.
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Of þi grace graunte nou encresynge
To vs euerichon
Þat writen to þi worschipynge
Wiþ god deuocion.
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[The following part has a separate Title in the Index: Cantemus domino gloriose.] C[a]ntemus domino: gloriose enim honorificatus est, equum & ascensorem deiecit in mare. [Exod. 15 (Song of Moses).]
Aue virgo generans moris fracto iure,
De qua gigas prodijt gemine nature:
Tu miserta miseris subueni pressure,
Nos in lucem transferens glorie uenture.
Heil Mayden child beryng gent—
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Comuyn maner þer was be-hynde;
