To euery man that is vnkynde
For Second Coming
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In a Middle English font: To euery man that is vnkynde
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).
(Initial stanzas missing from source)
To euery man that is vnkynde
What ~hulde I man do for the more
Than my lyfe to be vntwynde
Thou arte the fayre~t creature to fynde
For I the made lyke vnto me
And gaue the rea~on, wyt and mynde
Quit vltra. &c.
I loue the man aboue all thinge
I wyll be borne for the therfore
Bycau~e I wolde to blys the brynge
What ~hulde I man do for the more
By Adams ~yn thou was forlore
Euermore puny~~hed for to be
But for thy mys I bought the fore
Quit vltra. &c.
My handes (damage) cro~~e be ~pread
To yelde the merry yf thou wylt craue
Mercy to a~ke be nat adred
For yf thou wylt I wyll the ~aue
Whan thou art dead and layd in graue
And all thy frendes from the flee
Yet thy ~soule wyll I haue
Quit vltra. &c.
Finis
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