Songs and carols Author:Thomas Wright Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Afarya ventre concepit, the holy gost was ay hyr with; Of hyr in Bedlem now born he is, consors paterni luminis, Alme beata trinitas, that lay betwyn an ox an a ... more »as, By hys modyr maydyn fre, gloria tibi, Domine. Xlv. Man, asay, say, say, make thi mone to Mary that myld may. Of all thi frendes sche is the flowr, Sche wyll the bryng to thi honowr, Mary to kail thou hast colowre, Asay, asay. Sche bar Jhe.su owr savyowr, Of al myschyfe sche is socowr. Mary is strowne in every schowr, Asay, asay. Sche is cundas full of grace, That spryngyth and spredyth in every place; Mary to callyn gret ned thou has, Asay, say. Hyf thou be put in poverte, Or of thi frendes forsakyd thou be, Mary his lady of gret pete: Asay, say. 3yf thou be aferd of thi foly, Or of thi day wan thou xal dey, Mary his laydy of gret mercy : Asay, say. So graeius and so gud sche is, Sche bryng us al into blys, Ther Mary lady and qwen is: Asay, say. Modyr whyt as lyly flowr, 3owr lullyng lessyth my langour. As I up ros in a mornyng, My thowth was on a mayd 3yng, That song aslep with hyr lullyng Her swet son, owr Savowr. As sche hym held in hyr lape, He toke hyr lovely by the pape, And therof swetly he toke an appe, And sok hys fyll of the lycowr. To hys modyr gen he seye, For this mylke me must deye, It ys my kynd therwith to playe, My swet modyr par amowr. The maydyn frely gen to syng, And in hyr song she mad mornyng, How he that is owr hevyn kyng Shuld shed hys blod with gret dolowr. Modyr, thi wepyng grevyth me sor, But I wold dey, thu haddys be lor; So awey, modyr, and wep no mor; Thy lullyng lessyth my langowr. Swych mornyng as the maydyn mad, I can not tell it in this howr ; Therfor be mery and glade And make us mery for owr Savowr. ...« less