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 7, 2024.
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¶ Howe Balaam prophecied / the sterre that shewed Christes byrthe. Capitulo. xl. (Book 40)
BAlaam the sone of Beor / as I fyndeCommendeth so / in all his beste wyseWhan he sayde sothely / of the kyndeOf worthy Iacob / a sterre sholde aryseAnd eke also / as he doth deuiseFull openly / the Byble can you tellHowe that a yerde / out of Israhell.
¶ Shall springe also / to smyte and oppresseThe ••elle dukes of Moab / with her mightAnd he shall waste / in warre sothfastnesseThe chyldren of Sethe / and of kynde rightWith the shyninge▪of his beames brightConquere also / to his subieccion
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Withouten obstacle / and haue possession.
¶ Ofydume for his heritageWith many another riche regyonAnd of Seyr / the riche BaronageShall to hym lowte / for his renowneSo that this Sterte in conclusionWhiche in Bethleem / bright of sterres allThe whiche aboue the litell Oxes stall.
¶ So shene shone / at the NatiuiteOf the chylde / as ye haue herde me tellBetokeneth playnly / as ye shall after hereThat the lorde of h••uen / erthe and hellWhiche may of Moab / the tyrannye fellWas there by loke / & helde his hostageIn a stable norowe / as ony cage.
¶ Amonge beastes though / he were lorde of allAnd all this / may at his will gouerneWhiche in his hande / hangeth as a ballIn very soth / his myght is so eterneAnd all this thynge / Marie gan conceru••Within her selfe / syker and full closeAnd after that / she mekely vp rose.
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