¶ Christmas carolles newly Inprynted.  
 
¶ Inprynted at London in the Poultry by Richard Keel, dwelling at the long shop under saint Myldredes church, ❧ ❧ ❧   


¶ Now sing we as we were wont  
Vexilla regis prodeunt.   

THe king's banner on field is played  
He crossꝭ mystery cannot be nayed  
To whom our saviour was betrayed  
And for our sake  
Thus saith he/ I suffer for the  
My death I take  
Now sing we. etc.   

Behold my shanks behold my knees  
Behold my head arms and these  
Behold of me nothing thou sees  
But sorrow we and pyve  
Thus was I spilled, man for thy guilt  
And not for mine.  
Now sing we. & c   

Behold my body how Jews it dung  
with knots of whipcord & scourges strong  
As streams of a well the blood out sprung  
On every side  
The knots were knit  
Right well made with wit  
They made wounds wide  
Now sing we. etc.   

¶ Man thou shalt now understand  
Of my head, both foot and hand  
Are four. ¶. and five thousand  
wounds, and sixty  
thirty and. seven. were told full even  
Upon my body  
Now sing we. etc.   

¶ sith I for love bought the so dear  
As thou may see thyself here  
I pray the with a right good cheer  
Love me again  
That it likes me  
To suffer for the  
Now all this pain.  
Now sing we. etc.   

¶ Man understand now thou shall  
In stead of drink they gave me gall  
And eisell mingled therewithal  
The jews fell  
These pains on me, I suffered for the  
To bring the fro hell  
Now sing we. etc.   

¶ Now for thy life thou hast misled  
Mercy to ask be thou not dreaded  
The lest drop of blood that I for the bled  
Might cleanse the soon  
Of all the sin  
The world within  
If thou hadst done  
Now sing we. etc.   

¶ I was more wrother with judas  
For he would no mercy ask  
Than I was for his trespass  
when he me sold  
I was ever ready  
To grant him mercy  
But he none would  
Now sing we. etc.   

¶ Lo how I hold my arms abroad  
The to receive ready I spread  
For the great love that I to the had  
well may thou know  
Some love again  
I would full fain  
Thou wouldest to me show  
Now sing we. etc.   

¶ For love I ask nothing of the  
But stand fast in faith, & sin thou i'll  
And pain to live in honest  
Both night and day  
And thou shalt have bliss  
That never shall miss  
withouten nay.  
Now sing we. etc.   

¶ Now jesus for thy great goodness  
That for man suffered great hardness  
Save us fro the devils cruelness  
And to bliss us send  
And grant us grace, to see thy face  
withouten end.  
Now. etc.   
¶ Finis.   


IF thou be johan I tell it the  
Right with a good advice  
Thou may be glad Iohn to be  
It is a name of price  
The name of Io. well prays I may  
It is full good iwis  
The grace of god, it is to say  
It sounds nothing amiss  
If thou be king in rialty  
And of wit full wise  
Thou mayst be glad Iohn to be  
It is a name of price  
If thou be Iohn. etc.   

¶ He is not worthy to height Iohn  
The ox that is not white  
And thou art not worthy to height iohn  
But grace be in the pight  
If thou have love and charity  
And voydest away all vice  
Than art thou worthy Iohn to be  
It is a name of price  
If thou be Iohn. etc.   

¶ johan gave baptist unto Chryst  
Of grace was his preaching  
And saint johan evangelist  
was Christ's own darling  
In penance and virginity  
He had full great delice  
God grant us grace this Iohn to be  
It is a name of price.  
If thou be Iohn. etc.   

¶ If thou be cleped Nycolas  
Both in deed and fame  
Yet art thou Iohn, if thou have grace  
It may well be thy name  
I tell the true the verity  
And so I have done it iwis  
Thou mayst be glad johan to be  
It is a name of price.  
If thou be johan. etc.   

¶ A comely wight is now present  
His name iwis is Iohn  
Of his great grace god hath sent  
To make us merry every eachone  
Be glad and merry in charity  
I pray you all like wise  
He is well worthy johan to be  
It is a name of price  
If thou be johan. etc.   
¶ Finis.   


¶ Be thou poor or be thou rich  
I read lift up thine eye  
And see in this we be all like  
Forsooth all we shall die.   

death began because of sin  
We sin both poor and rich  
Therefore death will never blyn  
To take us all in like  
For our sin I read we seek  
To heaven that we may high  
For be we never so fresh nor rich  
Forsooth we all shall die  
Be thou poor. etc.   

¶ Christ that was both god and man  
He died for our guilt  
Needs must we die than  
With sin if we be spilled  
We shall rote both heart and milt  
Mercy lord we cry  
It shallbe lord, right us thou wilt  
Forsooth all we shall die  
Be thou poor. etc.   

¶ How Chryst died for all our miss  
I red have in thy thought  
To set thy mind on worldly bliss  
Forsooth I hold it nought  
For worlds bliss Chryst hene wrought  
I read theit defy  
Unto thy grave thou shalt be brought▪  
Forsooth we shall all die  
Be thou poor. & c   

¶ If thou be poor keep the clean  
And thank god of his sonde  
If thou be rich, give and lend  
Both to poor and bond  
Look thou do thus with thy hand  
Through Chryst to heaven thou shalt high  
Thou can not long live in this land  
Forsooth all we shall die  
Be thou poor. etc.   

¶ Though thou be rich, I tell the before  
Death will with the meet  
Of all thy goods thou getteest no more  
But a winding sheet  
Therefore thy bales here thou beat  
To god for mercy cry  
Weep for sins with tears wet  
Forsooth all we shall die.  
Be thou poor. etc.   

¶ Thou shalt by thou wot not when  
Nor thou wottest where  
To repent the time is now  
This lesson I read the lere  
How soon thou shalt be brought on bear  
It is not for the to try  
let this lesson sound in thy near  
Forsooth all we shall die  
Be thou poor. etc.   

¶ All we shall die, and rise again  
In one affinity  
If we evil die, we go to pain  
This is the verity  
If that we rise in charity  
To bliss than shall we sty  
This is gods equity  
Forsooth all we shall die.  
Be thou poor. etc.   
¶ Finis.   


PSassemus cantantes  
Domino nova cantica dantes  
Cum canore iubilo  
Et tibi discipulo  
Qui ex privilegio  
Preceteris a domino  
¶ Dilectus es  
Amice christi johannes   

¶ My heart is set to sing  
That all this world shall ring  
Reioyfull be and glad withal  
Of the high memorial  
whom it pleased Chryst to call  
Of his grace especial  
To his highness  
Amice. etc.   

sitting at his board  
He showed the a privy touch  
A touch of familiarity  
On his breast he suffered thee  
In thy sleep secrets to see  
Of his glorious deite  
For heaviness  
Amice. etc.   

¶ In his tender age  
He chose the to his pay  
His paramour of love entire  
Not for that thou was of his blood so near  
But that next his mother dear  
In chastity thou had no peer  
And steadfastness   

Amice christi johannes.  
¶ When he should depart  
He bade the keep the care  
The carefullest creature  
His mother, that she might be sure  
while that her life should endure  
One maid to have another in cure  
For thy cleanness  
Amice christi. etc.   

¶ So at his desire  
Thou kept her fro the mischief  
The mischievous retenu  
Of them that slew thy lord jesus  
That no fierce nor cruel jew  
In any wise should her pursue  
Or her oppress  
Amice. & c   

¶ But at his dyscesse  
She fell in to the gre  
The greatest heaviness and we  
That any creature might do  
Inly wewyse thyself also  
I know not the deadlier of them two  
In that distress  
Amice christi johannes.   

¶ I marvel not iwis  
Though thou hast cause to cry  
Pytcously to mourn and plain  
To see thy natural cousin slain  
His mother nigh distraught for pain  
That made thy heart to rive in twain  
For heaviness  
Amice christi johannes.   

¶ Who could be so hard hearted  
To see how she fared?  
How she sobbed when she died weep  
With sorrowful looks & sighs deep  
Thou coude thyself no longer keep  
But sodeyuly fell in a deadly sleep  
All comfortless  
Amice christi johannes.   

¶ Now Christ's cosyndere  
Help that I be fire  
Be free and true inheritor  
To his celestial tour  
Where thou beholdest in every hour  
The glory of thy saviour  
That never shall cease  
Amice. etc.   

¶ Finally I the beseech  
To teach me to make a brief  
A brief and a ready way to amend  
In that that I died my lord offend  
That to his grace he will me lend  
After this present life he me send  
Everlasting peas  
Amice. etc.   
¶ Finis.   


O My heart is woe  
Mary died say so  
For to see my deer soon die  
Seeing I have no more   

¶ When that my sweet sone  
was xxx winter old  
Than the traitor judas  
He became wouders bold  
For xxx plates of money  
His master had he sold  
But when I wist of that  
Lord my heart was cold  
O my heart is woe   

¶ On shear thursday  
Truly than thus it was  
On my sons death  
That judas did compass  
Many were the jews  
That followed him by trace  
And before them all  
He kissed my sons face  
O my heart is woe   

¶ By seen before pilate  
Then brought was he  
And Peter said iii times  
He knew him nat pard  
pilate said to the jews  
Now what say ye?  
They cried all with one voice  
Crucifige Crucifige.  
O my heart is wo.   

¶ On good friday  
At the mount of Calvary  
My sone was on the cross  
And nailed with nails three  
Of all the friends that he had  
Never one could he see  
But gentle Johan the evangelist  
That still died stand him by  
O my heart is wo.   

¶ Though I sorrowful were  
No man have no wonder  
For how it was the earth quaked  
And horrible was the thunder  
I looked upon my sweet sone  
The cross that he stood under  
Lungeus came with a long spear  
And clave his heart asunder  
O my heart is woe   
¶ Finis.   

our Lady and her son.  

●e alone alone alone  
Sore I sigh and all for one   

AS I went this enders' day  
Alone walking on my play  
I hard a lady sing and say  
woe is me and all alone  
Alone alone. etc.   

¶ To that place I drew me near  
Of her song somewhat to here  
There sat a lady with sorry cheer  
That sore did sigh and groan  
Alone alone. etc.   

¶ Behold my son crowned with thorn  
And all his body rend and torn  
Put to death with shame and scorn  
For man's sake alone.  
Alone alone. etc.   

¶ Forsooth it was a wondrous sight  
To see her child how it was dight  
For to bring mankind 〈◊〉  
To save us from out fone  
Alone alone. etc.   

¶ sith it will no better be  
Pray we to that child so free  
That we may him in heaven se  
When we shall hens gone  
Alone alone alone alone  
Sore I sigh and all for one   
¶ Finis.   


sing Dyllum dyllun dyllun dyllun  
I can tell you and I will  
Of my ladies water mill  
¶ It was a maid of brentenars  
She road to mill upon a horse  
Yet was she maiden never the worse  
Sing dyllum. etc.   

¶ Laid she was upon a sack  
Strike soft she said hurt not my back  
And spare not let the mill clack  
sing dyllum. etc.   

iwis the miller was full nice  
His millstones hanged both by a vice  
And would be walking at a trice  
sing dyllum. etc.   

¶ This maid to mill oft did resort  
And of her game made no report  
But to her it was full great comfort  
Sing dyllum etc.   
¶ Finis.   


Inducas inducas  
In temptationibus.   

UHe nun walked on her prayer  
Inducas. etc.  
There came a frere and met with her  
In temptationbus. etc.  
Inducas inducas  
In temptationibus.  
¶ This nun began to fall asleep  
Inducas  
The frere kneeled down at her feet  
In temptationibus.  
Inducas inducas.  
In temptationibus.  
This friar began the nun to grope  
Inducas  
It was a morsel for the pope  
In temptationibus.  
Inducas inducas  
In temptationibus.  
The frere & the nun when they had done  
Inducas  
Each to their cloister did they gone  
Sine temptationibus  
Inducas inducas  
In temptationibus.   
¶ Finis.   


My heart of gold as true as steel.  
As I me leaned to a bough  
In faith but if ye love my well  
Lord so Robin lough   

Mylady went to Caunterbury  
The saint to be her both  
She met with cate of Malmesbery  
why shepyst thou in an apple rote  
My heart. etc.   

¶ Nine mile to michaelmas.  
Our dame began to brew  
Mychell set his mare to grass  
Lord so fast it snew  
My heart. etc.   

For you love I broke my glass  
Your gown is furred with blue  
The devil is deed: for there I was  
iwis it is full true  
My heart. etc.   

¶ And if ye sleep/ the cock will crow  
True heart think what I say  
Jackanapes will make a mow  
Look who dare say him nay  
My heart. etc.   

¶ I pray you have me now in mind  
I tell you of the matter  
He blew his horn against the wind  
The crow goeth to the water  
My heart. etc.   

¶ Yet I tell you mickle more  
The cat lieth in the cradle  
I pray you keep true heart in store  
A penny for a ladle  
My heart. etc.   

¶ I swear by saint Katheryn of kent  
The goose goeth to the green  
All our dogs tail is brent  
It is not as I ween  
My heart. etc.   

¶ Tyrlery lorpyn the Laverocke song  
So merrily pipes the sparrow  
The cow broke lose/ the rope ran home  
Sir god gyne you good morrow  
My heart. etc.   
¶ Finis.   


Gebit. gebit. gebit. gebit.  
Lux fulgebit hody.   

IPse mocat me  
An apple is no peer tree  
In civitate David  
Gebit. etc.   

¶ Notum fecit dominus  
By the bill one knoweth a goose  
In civitate David.  
Gebit. etc.   

¶ Aparuit Esau  
A red gown is not blue  
In civitate David  
Gebit. etc.   

¶ Verbum caro factum est  
A sheep is a perilous best  
In civitate David  
Gebit. gebit. etc.   
¶ Finis.   

De Circumcisione domini  

To increase our joy and bliss  
Christ us natus est nobis   

MAke we merry in hall and hour  
And this glorious lady honour we  
That to us hath borne our saviour  
Homo sine semine  
To increase. etc.   

¶ For as the son that shineth bright  
Pierceth no glass that we may see  
So conceived she jesus full of might  
Cum virginitatis honore  
To increase. etc.   

¶ psay prophesied long before  
How this Emanuel borne should be  
To save his people that were forlorn  
Our exurget regere   

¶ we were all in great distress  
Till this lord did make us free  
whereof this feste beareth witness  
Venit nos redimere  
To increase. etc.   

¶ A token of love he first now showed  
That he on us would have pity  
when he for us was crucyfed  
 declaratur hody.  
To increase. etc.   

¶ Most glorious lady we the pray  
That beareth the crown of chastity  
Bring us to the bliss that lasteth aye  
Feliciter congaudere  
To increase. etc.   
¶ Finis.   


Be we merry in this feste  
In quo salvator natus est   

IN Betheleem that noble place  
As by prophesy said it was  
Of the virgin mary full of grace  
salvator mundi natus est  
Be we merry. etc.   

¶ On Christmas night an angel it told  
To the shepherds keeping their fold  
That into Betheleem with beasts would  
salvator mundi natus est  
Be we merry. etc.   

¶ The shepherds were compassed right  
About them was a great light  
dread ye nought said the angel bright  
salvator mundi natus est  
Be we merry. etc.   

¶ Behold to you we bring great joy  
For why jesus is borne this day  
(To us) of marry that mild may  
salvator mundi natus est  
Be merry. etc.   

¶ And thus in faith find it ye shall  
dying poorly in an ox stall  
The shepherds than lauded god all  
Quia salvator mundi natus est.  
Be merry. etc.   
¶ Finis.   

¶ A new carol of our lady.  

¶ Nowell Nowell Nowell Nowell  
This said the angel Gabryell.   

Lords & ladies all by dene  
For your goodness & honour  
I will you sing all of a queen  
Of all women she is the flower  
Nowell. etc.   

¶ Of jesse there sprang a wight  
I say said by prophecy  
Of whom shall come a man of might  
From death to life he will us buy  
Nowell. etc.   

¶ There came an angel bright of face  
Flying from heaven with full great light  
And said hail marry full of grace  
For thou shalt bear a man of might  
Nowell. etc.   

¶ Astronyed was that lady free  
And had marvel of that greeting  
Angel she said how may that be  
For never of man I had knowing  
Nowell. etc.   

¶ dread the nothing marry mild  
Thou art fulfilled with great virtue  
Thou shalt conceive and bear a child  
That shall be named sweet jesus  
Nowell. etc.   

She kneeled down upon her knee  
●s thou haste said so may it be  
With heart/ thought/ & mild cheer  
God's handmaid I am here  
Nowell. etc.   

¶ Than began her womb to spring  
She went with child without man  
He that is lord over all thing  
His flesh & blood of her had than  
¶ Nowell. etc.   

¶ Of her was borne our heaven king  
And she a maiden never the less  
Therefore be merry & let us sing  
For this new lord of christmas  
Nowell Nowell. etc.   
¶ Finis.   


¶ O blessed & marvelous nativity  
Of god's son in divinity   

WElcome be this blessed feste  
Of goods son in divinity  
That is refourmer of our rest  
Long peace and charity  
O blessed. etc.   

¶ In time of peace this child was born  
As was showed in prophesy  
To save mankind that was forlorn  
For king of peace he is truly  
O blessed. etc.   

¶ Borne he was  
Full of grace and divinity  
And she a maiden never the less  
And so was never none but she  
O blessed. etc.   

¶ Therefore pray to that lord  
And to his mother that maiden free  
To make us wise in word & deed  
To praise & please his deity  
O marvelous. etc.   
¶ Finis.   

 

¶ Gaudeamus sing we in hoc sacro tpe  
Puer nobis natus est ex Maria virgine   

¶ Marry mother come and see  
Thy loan is nailed on a tre  
Hand and foot he may not go  
His body is wrapped all in woe   

¶ Upon a tre nailed he is  
To bring us all to heaven bliss  
For Adam that died amiss  
For an apple that was so free   

¶ From his heed unto his too  
His skin is torn and flesh also  
His body is both wan and blo  
And nailed he is on a tre   

¶ Thy lovely son that thou hast borne  
Is crowned with a crown of thorn  
To save mankind that was but lost  
And bring man but to his liberty   

¶ when johan this tale began to tell  
Mary would no longer dwell  
But went among the jews fell  
where she might her sone se   

¶ My sweet son that art me dear  
why hangest thou on toad here  
Thy heed is writhen all in a brere  
Lovely sone what may this be.   

¶ Mother to johan I the betake  
johan keep this woman for my sake  
On road I am emendes to make  
For sinful man as ye may see.   

¶ This game of love I must play  
For man's soul it is no nay  
There is no man that goth by the way  
But on my body he may have pity   

¶ This pain the men have me wrought  
For sinful souls I have it bought  
Of all this smart yet rue I nought  
If man would be kind to me.   

¶ My blood cooleth my flesh doth fall  
I am athryst after drink I call  
They give me eylyll minged with gall  
A worse drink may there be none.   

¶ father my soul to the I betake.  
My body dieth for man's sake  
To hell I must withouten make  
Mankind for to make fire   

¶ God that died for us all  
Borne of a maid in an ox stall  
Grant us his realm celest yell  
A men/ amen/ for charity.   
Finis.   

¶ Of saint Steven  

¶ To saint Steven will we pray  
To pray for us both night and day   

Of saint Steven gods knight  
That preached the faith day & night  
He told the jews as it was right  
That Chryst was borne of a may.   

¶ The Jews said in  scorn  
That Christ was not of a maid borne  
Than said Steven ye are but lost   

¶ And all that believe in your lay.   

¶ Now is sprung the well of life  
Of Mary mother maid and wife  
Therefore the jews fell at strife  
¶ And with steven than dyspu●ed they,   

¶ The wicked jews at the last  
Stones at Steven they 'gan cast  
His head and arms they all to braced  
And made his body in foul array.   

¶ Steven that was full mild of mode  
Thought he were all reed in blood  
In his prayers still he stood  
And crying to good thus he died say   

¶ Lord god for thy myghtfull grace  
forgive the jews their trespass  
And give them grace to see thy face  
In the joy that lasteth aye.   

¶ To heaven he looketh soon on high  
To the father and sone truly  
And to the holy ghost he 'gan cry  
receive my soul I the pray.   

¶ God received his boon anon  
Down came angels many one  
They took his soul & to heaven did gone  
To blessedness that lasteth ay,   

¶ To that bliss that is so good  
Them that died upon the toode  
Grant us for his precious blood  
Our salvation at domes day.   
¶ Finis.   

¶ Of saint Iohn.  

¶ Pray for us to god on high  
blessed saint johan and our lady.   

O blessed johan ●●e evangelist  
Right dear beloved of jesus cryst  
The privity of heaven in earth thou wist  
As touching to the trinity.   

¶ That prince that is withouten peer  
To johan he took his mode dear  
All while she lived in earth here  
That virgins were both he and she.  
¶ This noble johan that we of read  
Informed us of Christ's deed  
The while that he on earth go  
In his gospel so find we.   

¶ when Chryst on cross hanged so hy  
He said unto his mother Marry  
Lo there thy son standing the by  
¶ And see thy mother johan said he   

¶ Now pray we to this saint eachone  
For us to pray to god in throne  
Out of this life when we shall gone  
To see him in his majesty   
¶ Finis.   

¶ A carol of the Innocentes.  

¶ Mark this song for it is true  
For it is true as clerks tell.   

In old time strange things came to pass  
 wonder &  marvel was  
In Israel.   

¶ There was one octavian  
octavian of Rome Emperor.  
As books old doth specify  
Of all the wide world truly.  
He was lord and governor.   

¶ The Jews that time lacked a king  
They lacked a king to guide them well  
The Emperor of power and might  
Chose one Herode against all right  
In Israel.   

This Herode than was king of Jews  
was king of Jews & he no jew  
For so the he was a panym borne  
wherefore on faith it may be sworn  
He reigned king untrue.   

¶ By prophesy one I say  
One I say/ at lest did tell  
A child should come wondrous newies  
the should be borne true king of Jews  
In Israel.   

This Herode knew one borne should be  
One borne should be of true lenage  
That should be right heritor  
For he but by the Emperor  
was made by usurpage.   

wherefore of through this king Herode  
This king Herod in  fere fell  
For all the days most in his mirth  
Ever he feared Christ's birth  
In israhel.   

¶ The time came it pleased god  
It pleased god so to come so pass  
For man's soul in deed  
His blessed son was borne with speed  
As his will was   

¶ tidings came to kynke Herode  
To king Herode/ and did him tell  
That one borne forfoth is he  
which lord and king of all shall be  
In Israel.   

¶ Herode than raged as he were wood  
As he were wode of this tiding  
And sent for all his scribes sure  
yet would he not trust the scripture  
Nor of their councelling.   

¶ Than this was the conclusion  
The conclusion of his council  
To send unto his knights anon  
To slay the children everichone  
In Israel.   

¶ This cruel king this tyranny  
This tyranny did put in ure  
between a day and years too  
All men children he did sloo  
Of christ for to be sure.   

¶ yet Herode missed his cruel pray  
His cruel pray as was gods will  
joseph with Mary than did i'll  
with Chryst to Egypt gone was she  
From Israel.   

¶ All this while this tyrants  
This tyrants would not convert  
But innocentes young  
That lay soaking  
They thirst to the heart.   

¶ This Herode sought the children  
This children younger with courage fell  
But in doing this vengeance  
His own son was slain by chance  
In Israel.   

¶ Alas I think the moders were woe  
The moders were woe it was  skill  
what motherly pain  
To see them slain  
In cradles lying still:   

¶ But god himself hath them elect  
Hath them elect/ in heaven to dwell.  
For they were bathed in their blood  
For their baptism forsooth it stood  
In Israel.   

¶ Alas again what hearts had they  
what hartis had they those babes to kill  
with swords when they him caught  
In cradles they lay and laughed  
And never thought ill.   
¶ Finis.   


This was the tenor of her talking  
Timor mortis conturbat me.   

¶ I asked that hired what she meant  
I am a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et ●ayre & gent  
For sear of deaths I am all shent  
Timor mortis conturbat me   

¶ when I shall die I know no day  
Country nor place I can not say  
wherefore this long sing I may  
Timor mortis conturbat me.   

¶ jesus christ when he should die  
To his father 'gan he cry  
Father he said in trinity  
Timor mortis conturbat me   

¶ All christian people behold & see  
This world is but a vanity  
For therein is but necessity  
Timor mortis conturbat me.   

¶ wake or sleep/ eat or drink  
when I on my last end do think  
For great fere my soul doth sink  
Timor mortis conturbat me.   
¶ Finis.   


¶ blessed Stephan we the pray  
Pro nobis preces fund   

I Shall you tell this ilk night  
Of saint Stephan gods knight  
He told the jews that it was right  
That Cryst was borne of a maid  
blessed Stephan. etc.   

¶ Then said the jews with  scorn  
That gods son might not be borne  
Stephan said ye be forlorn  
And all that believeth on that lay  
blessed Stephan. etc.   

¶ This Stephan when he was most perfit  
In Crystes law illuminate  
The Jews him took with  despite  
without the town to lapidate  
blessed Stephan. etc.   

¶ The cursed Jews at the last  
Stones at Stephan they 'gan cast  
They bet him and bound him fast  
And made his body in foul array  
blessed Stephan. etc.   

¶ when the angel ave began  
Flesh and blood together ran  
Mary bore both god and man  
Through the virtue of benignity.   

¶ So saith the gospel of saint Iohan  
God and man is made both one  
In flesh and breed/ blood and bone  
One god in persons three.   

¶ And the prophet jeremy  
Told in his prophecy  
That the son of Mary  
For us should die on tree.   

¶ He hath joy to you granted  
And in earth peace hath plaunted  
when yborn was that fainted  
In the land of Galilee   

¶ Marry grant us the bliss  
where thy son dwelling is  
And of that we have done amiss  
Thou pray for us for charity.   
¶ Finis.   

❧ Salue regina matter miseridordie. Vita dulcedo et spes nostra salve.  

O Very life of sweetness and hope  
Of thy mercy send us a drop  
As thou bore jesus the our kind did grop  
Salue regina matter mine. vita. etc.   

¶ Unto our health thou bore that child  
with spot of sin thou were never defyld  
Mary mother both meek and mild  
Salue regina matter mine. vita. etc.   

¶ we sinners lady to the we cry  
In this world to have mercy  
we sing to the yet or we die  
Salue regina matter mine. vita. etc.   

¶ To the we call ever at our need  
A friend special for all man's need  
Thou flower on field of A dams sede  
Salue regina matter mine. vita. etc.   

¶ Thy eyes of pity from us not hide  
while we here in this world abide  
Thou govern us and be our guide   

THis voice both sharp & also  
shallbe herd from heaven to h●●●  
All middle earth it shall fulfil  
Venite ad judicium.  
A voice. etc.   

¶ Venite is a blessed song  
For them that for joy doth long  
And shall forsake pains strong  
Venite ad judicium.  
A voice. etc.   

¶ Glad in heart may they be  
when Chryst sayeth Venite  
ye blessed children come to me  
In to vitam eternam  
A voice. etc.   

¶ when I hungered ne gave me meat  
ye clothed me against the wet  
In trouble ye died me not forgeat  
Venite ad judicium  
A voice. etc.   

¶ ye succoured me at your door  
And for my sake gave to the poor  
●●●rfore will I you socoore  
Venite ad judicium.  
A voice. etc.   

¶ Sorry in heart may they be  
That heareth this heavy word, Ite  
ye cursed children go fro m●  
In to ignem eternum  
A voice. etc.   

¶ When for need that I died cry  
comfortless ye let me die  
Therefore now I you deny  
Venite ad judicium  
A voice. etc.   

¶ For by me ye set no store  
ye shall abye right dear therefore  
In hell with devils for evermore  
Venite ad judicium  
A voice. etc.   
Finis.   

¶ jesus Christ fili dei vivi mise● bis. Alleluya.  

most sovereign lord Chryst●.  
Born of a maid that ever was true  
with grace and goodness thou us endue  
That now singeth this. Miserė nobis.  
jesus christ fili dei vivi.   

¶ Lord of mercy by proper condition  
That of mankind made the redemption  
Grant us now this petition  
That now singeth this. Miserė nobis.  
jesus christ fili dei vivi. etc.   

¶ jesus preserve us/ and be our speed  
with grace to succour us at our need  
To do thy pleasure in word and deed  
That now singeth this. Miserė nobis.  
jesus christ. etc.   

¶ Punish not sinners by thy might  
But with mercy meddled with right  
So that we may live in thy sight  
That now singeth this. Miserė nobis.  
jesus christ fili dei vivi. etc.   

●od grant us repentance  
●nd space for to do penance  
And good life to have continuance  
That we may sing this. Miserė nobis   
❧ Finis. ❧ ¶ A voice from heaven to earth shall come Venite ad judicium.