Benedictus.
This tenor is for Men
〈♫〉〈♫〉 BLessed be the Lorde God of Israell, for he hath visited and redemed his people: And hath raysed vp a mighty saluation for vs, in the house of his seruaunt
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〈♫〉〈♫〉 BLessed be the Lorde God of Israell, for he hath visited and redemed his people: And hath raysed vp a mighty saluation for vs, in the house of his seruaunt
〈♫〉〈♫〉 Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes, which hathe bene since the world began: That we should be saued from our enemies, and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy pro∣mised to our fathers, to our fathers, and to remember hys holy coue∣naunt ij To performe the othe which he sware to our father Abraham that he would geue vs ij That we beyng deliuered deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, ij myght serue hym wythout feare, in holines and righteousnes before hym: in ho∣lines and righteousnes before hym ij all the dayes of our lyfe. And
〈♫〉〈♫〉 thou chyld shalt be called the prophet of the highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, of the Lord, to prepare his wayes. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, for the remission of their sinnes Through the tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an high ij hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feete into the way of peace and to guide our fete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning and is now and euer shalbe, world without end, Amen.