Come to Bethleem and ye ~hall ~e
A caroll of the byrth of Chry~t
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: A woman a mayd in thought and deede
Come to Bethleem and ye ~hall ~e
Puer natus e~t hodie.
A woman a mayd in thought & deede
A fayrer with eyen myght no man ~ee
With her vgin paps her babe did fede
Puer natus e~t hodie.
The chyldes name is called Je~us
Gabryel ~ayde it ~hulde ~o be
Joye we togyther and ~yng we thus
Puer natus e~t hodie.
To make vs rych, pore was he than
With mekenes and humylytie
Doutles he is bothe god and man
Puer natus e~t hodie.
Kynges & prynces of this dyd here
Togyther they came a mayden to ~ee
Lullyng her babe her ble~~ed ~on dere
Puer natus e~t hodie.
Now (damage) oly~ful mayde y^ bare y^ byrthe
Pray to thy ~on that we may hym ~e
(Concluding stanzas missing from source)
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