I shall you tell this ylke nyght
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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Available in a Middle English font: I shall you tell this ylke nyght
And see: The Holy Marter Steven We Pray (Richard Greene)
(Initial stanzas missing from source?)
Ble~~yd Stephan we the praye
Pro nobis preres funde
I shall you tell this ylke nyght
Of ~aynt Stephan goddes knyght
He tolde the Jewes that it was ryght
That Cry~t was borne of a mayde
Ble~~yd Stephan. &c.
Then ~ayd the Jewes w grete ~corne
That goddes ~one myght not be borne
Stephan ~ayd ye be forlorne
And all that byleueth on that lay
Ble~~yd Stephan. &c.
This Stephen whan he was mo~t pfyte
In Cry~tes lawe illumynate
The Jewes hym toke with grete dy~pyte
Without the towne to lapidate
Ble~~yd Stephan. &c.
The cur~yd Jewes at the la~t
Stones at Stephan they gan ca~t
They bette hym and bounde hym fa~t
And made his body in foule aray
Ble~~yd Stephan. &c.
(Concluding stanzas missing from source)
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