All mydle erthe it ~hall fulfyll
Source: Edward Bliss Reed, ed., Christmas Carols Printed in the 16th Century Including Kele's Christmas Carolles Newly Inprynted. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1932).
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In a Middle English font: All mydle erthe it shall fulfyll
[Opening Stanza Missing From Source]
This voyce both ~harp & al~o (damage)
Shall be herd from heuen to (damage)
All mydle erthe it ~hall fulfyll
Uenite ad iudicium.
A voyce. &c.
Uenite is a bly~~ed ~ong
For them that for ioye dooth longe
And ~hall for~ake paynes ~trong
Uenite ad iudicium
A voyce. &c.
Glad in hert may they be
Whan Chry~t ~ayeth Uenite
Ye bly~~ed chyldren come to me
Into vitam eternam
A voyce. &c.
Whan I hongred ne gaue me meat
Ye clothed me agayn~t the weat
In trouble ye dyde me not forgeat
Uenite ad iudicium
A voyce. &c.
Ye ~ocoured me at your doore
And for my ~ake gaue to the poore
Therfore wyll I you ~ocoore
Uenite ad iudicium.
A voyce. &c.
Sory in hert may they be
That hereth this heuy worde, Jte
Ye cur~ed chyldren go fro me
In to ignem eternum
A voyce. &c.
Whan for nede that I dyde crye
Confortle~~e ye lete me dye
Therfore now I you deny
Uenite ad iudicium
A voyce. &c.
For by me ye ~et no ~tore
Ye ~hall abye ryght dere therfore
In hell with deuyls for euermore
Uenite ad iudicium
A voyce. &c.
Finis.
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