O Ble~~yd Johan the euangely~t
Of ~aynt Johan
This carol requires the installation of the "Old Blacketter" font for best display.
In a Middle English font: O Blessyd Johan the euangelyst
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).
Pray for vs to god on hye
Bly~~ed ~aynt Johan and our lady.
O Ble~~yd Johan the euangely~t
Ryght dere beloued of Je~u cry~t
The preuyte of heuen in erthe thou wy~t
As touchynge to the trynyte.
That prynce that is withouten pere
To Johan he toke his mode dere
All whyle ~he? lyued in erthe here
That vyrgyns were bothe he and ~he.
This noble Johan that we of rede
Informed vs of Chry~tes dede
The whyle that he on erthe yede
In his go~pell ~o fynde we.
Whan Chry~t on cro~~e hanged ~o hy
He ~ayd vnto his moder Mary
Lo there thy ~one ~tandynge the by
And ~e thy moder Johan ~ayd he
Nowe pray we to this ~aynt echone
For vs to pray to god introne
Out of this ~yfe whan we ~hall gone
To ~e hym in his maye~te
Finis.
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