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Holy hat berys as rede as any rose,
The foster þe hunters kepe hem fro þe dos.
Nay iuy, nay, hyt, &c.
Iuy hath berys as blake as any slo,
Ther com þe oule & ete hym as she goo.
Nay iuy, nay, hyt, &c.
Holy hath byrdys a ful fayre flok,
The nyghtyngale, þe perpyinguy, þe gayntyl lauyrok.
Nay, &c.
Gode iuy what byrdys ast þ^u?
Non but þe howlat þ^t kreye how how.
Nay iuy, nay, hyt shal not, &c.

 

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ΧΡ̅O PAREMUS CANTICAM EXCELSIS GLĨA.

When cryst was born of mary fre
In bedlem, ĩ þ^t fayre cyte,
Angellis songen w^t mirth & gle,
in excelsis gɫia.
herdmē beheld þ^s angellis bryzt
To hem apperyd w^t gret lyzt,
and seyd goddis sone is born þ^s nyzt,

in excelsis gɫia.