Make we mery in hall and boure
De Circumci~ione domini
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To encrea~e our ioy and bly~~e,
Chri~tus natus e~t nobis
Make we mery in hall and boure
And this gloryous lady honor we
That to vs hath borne our ~auyour
Home ~ine femine
To encrea~e. &c.
For as the ~onne that ~hyneth bryght
Perceth no glas that we may ~e
So conceyued ~he Je~u full of myght
Cum virginitatis honore
To encrea~e. &c.
I~ay prophecyed longe beforne
How this Emanuel borne ~holde be
To ~aue his people that were forlorne
Dux exurget regere
We were all in great dy~tre~~e
Tyll this lorde dyd make vs free
Wherof this fe~te beryth wytnes
Uenit nos redimere
To encrea~e. &c.
A token of loue he fyr~t now ~hewed
That he on vs wolde haue pytye
Whan he for vs was crucyfed
Ut declaratur hodie.
To encrea~e. &c.
Mo~t gloryous lady we the pray
That bereth the crowne of cha~tyte
Brynge vs to the bly~~e that la~teth aye
Feliciter congaudere
To encrea~e. &c.
Finis.