Moo~t ~ouerayn lorde 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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Je~u Chri~te fili dei viui mi~e (damaged)
bis. Alleluya.
Moo~t ~ouerayn lorde Chry~te
Born of a mayd y^ euer was true
With grace and goodne~~e yu vs endue
That now ~ingeth this. Mi~ere nobis.
Je~u chri~te fili dei viui.
Lorde of mercy by propre condycion
That of mankynd made the redemption
Graunt vs now this petycion
That now ~yngeth this. Mi~ere nobis.
Je~u chri~te fili dei viui. etc.
Je~u pre~erue vs, and be our ~pede
With grace to ~ocour vs at our nede
To do thy plea~ure in worde an dede
That now ~ingeth this. Mi~ere nobis.
Je~u chri~te &c.
Puny~h not ~ynners by thy myght
But with mercy medled with ryght
So that we may lyue in thy ~yght
That now ~yngeth this. Mi~ere nobis.
Je~u chri~te fili dei viui. &c.
(damage) od graunt vs repentaunce
(damage) d ~pace for to do penaunce
And good lyfe to haue contynuaunce
That now ~yng this. Mi~ere nobis.
Finis.
A voyce from heuen to erth ~hall com
Uenite ad iudicium.
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