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This boke is compyled by Dan Iohn Lydgate monke of Burye, at the excitacion [and] styrynge of the noble and victorious prynce, Kynge Henry the fyfthe, i[n] the honoure glorie [and] reuerence of the byrthe of our moste blessed Lady, mayde, wyfe, [and] mother of our lorde Iesu Christe, chapitred as foloweth by this table

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This boke is compyled by Dan Iohn Lydgate monke of Burye, at the excitacion [and] styrynge of the noble and victorious prynce, Kynge Henry the fyfthe, i[n] the honoure glorie [and] reuerence of the byrthe of our moste blessed Lady, mayde, wyfe, [and] mother of our lorde Iesu Christe, chapitred as foloweth by this table
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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[Imprynted at London :: In the Fletestrete, by me Robert Redman, dwellynge in saynt Dunstones parysshe, next ye churche,
In the yere of our lorde god. MCCCCC.XXXI. [1531] The fyrste daye of the moneth of Nouembre]
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Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint.
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"This boke is compyled by Dan Iohn Lydgate monke of Burye, at the excitacion [and] styrynge of the noble and victorious prynce, Kynge Henry the fyfthe, i[n] the honoure glorie [and] reuerence of the byrthe of our moste blessed Lady, mayde, wyfe, [and] mother of our lorde Iesu Christe, chapitred as foloweth by this table." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06560.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.

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¶ Howe his sonne sholde take mākynde. Capittulo. xv. (Book 15)

BUt for to wete / of what stocke he shal spring Ot what kynrede / and of what estate My sothfast worde eternally lyuynge Myne owne sonne / with me encreate Shall downe be sent to be incarnate And wrappe hym selfe in the mortall kynde Of man (for loue) so that he may fynde.
¶ A clene grounde / his palayce vnto bylde In all the erthe neyther of lyme ne stone But in a mayde / debonayre and mylde The humble doughter of Iuda and Syon And vnto her / shall trouthe & mercy gone By one accorde / sent afore my face Lyke my deuyse / to chese me a place.
¶ And say to her in all maner thynge Her tabernacle / that she make fayre Agaynst the comyng of her myghty kynge Whiche is my sonne and myne owne heyre That in her breste / shall haue his repeyre Where trouth & mercy shall to gyde•• met•• By one assent / and her rancour lete.
¶ And there shall peace kysse rightwysnes And all the susters accorde in that place And right shall leue all her stourdines And trewthes swerde / shall nomore manace

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And fynally / mercy shall purchace A chartour of pardon / like this mayden cle•••• And whiche for man is so good a mene.
¶ That he shall mowe escape daungers A myd the forest / free from euery trappe While the mayde / that causeth all this peace Hath the vnycorne slepyng in her lappe That thorowe mekenes / shal his horne so wrappe There it was wonte to slee by vyolence Thorowe deth / it shall agayne deth be defence.
¶ Agaynst venym / more holsome than treacl•• Euery poyson asofte and aswage Whan the lyon maketh his habitacle Within a mayde / but of tender age And Gabriell shall gone on message To her alone / myne owne secretarie With newe tydinges / & no lenger tarye.
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