The Salutation
MARY
My lord of heaven, that sits on high,
and all thing sees with eye,
thee save, Elizabeth.
My lord of heaven, that sits on high,
and all thing sees with eye,
thee save, Elizabeth.
ELIZABETH
Welcome, Mary, blessed bloom!
Joyful am I that thou art come
to me from Nazareth.
Welcome, Mary, blessed bloom!
Joyful am I that thou art come
to me from Nazareth.
MARY
How stands it with you, for thy part?
How stands it with you, for thy part?
ELIZABETH
Well, my daughter and dear heart,
as can be for mine eld.
Well, my daughter and dear heart,
as can be for mine eld.
MARY
Full long I thought to speak with thee,
for ye with child in eld be,
ye that were barren called.
Full long I thought to speak with thee,
for ye with child in eld be,
ye that were barren called.
ELIZABETH
Full long shall I the better be
that I may speak my fill with thee,
my dear kinswoman;
to wit how thy friends fare,
in thy country where they are,
thereof tell me thou can,
Full long shall I the better be
that I may speak my fill with thee,
my dear kinswoman;
to wit how thy friends fare,
in thy country where they are,
thereof tell me thou can,
and how thou fares, my dear darling.
MARY
Well, dame, gramercy your asking
for good ye do enquire.
Well, dame, gramercy your asking
for good ye do enquire.
ELIZABETH
And Joachim, thy father, at home,
and Anna, my niece and thy dame,
how stands it with him and her?
And Joachim, thy father, at home,
and Anna, my niece and thy dame,
how stands it with him and her?
MARY
Dame, yet are they both alive,
both Joachim and Anna his wife.
Dame, yet are they both alive,
both Joachim and Anna his wife.
ELIZABETH
Else were my heart full sore.
Else were my heart full sore.
MARY
Dame, God that all may,
yield you that you say,
and bless you therefore.
Dame, God that all may,
yield you that you say,
and bless you therefore.
ELIZABETH
Blessed be thou of all women,
and the fruit that well I ken
within the womb of thee;
and this time may I bless
that my Lord’s mother is
come thus unto me.
Blessed be thou of all women,
and the fruit that well I ken
within the womb of thee;
and this time may I bless
that my Lord’s mother is
come thus unto me.
For since that time, full well I wot,
the sound of angel voice it smote
and rang now in mine ear;
a wondrous thing is me betide:
the child makes joy, as any bird,
that I in body bear.
the sound of angel voice it smote
and rang now in mine ear;
a wondrous thing is me betide:
the child makes joy, as any bird,
that I in body bear.
And also, Mary, blessed be thou,
that steadfastly would trow
the words of our heaven king;
therefore all thing shall now be kenned
that unto thee were said or sent
by the angel’s greeting.
that steadfastly would trow
the words of our heaven king;
therefore all thing shall now be kenned
that unto thee were said or sent
by the angel’s greeting.
MARY
Magnificat anima mea dominum:
My soul loves my lord above,
and my ghost is glad with love
of God that is my heal,
for in me he did regard
the meekness of his handmaid,
and kept me maiden loyal.
Magnificat anima mea dominum:
My soul loves my lord above,
and my ghost is glad with love
of God that is my heal,
for in me he did regard
the meekness of his handmaid,
and kept me maiden loyal.
Lo, thereof what shall me betide:
all nations on every side
blessed shall me call,
for he that is full of might
mickle thing to me has dight,
his name be blessed over all.
And his mercy is also
from kind to kind, to all those
that are him dreading.
Might with his arms he wrought,
and destroyed in his thought
proud men and high bearing.
all nations on every side
blessed shall me call,
for he that is full of might
mickle thing to me has dight,
his name be blessed over all.
And his mercy is also
from kind to kind, to all those
that are him dreading.
Might with his arms he wrought,
and destroyed in his thought
proud men and high bearing.
Mighty men forth from seat he did,
and he heightened in that stead
the meek men of heart.
The hungry with all good he filled,
and to the rich he left no yield
wherein to have their part.
and he heightened in that stead
the meek men of heart.
The hungry with all good he filled,
and to the rich he left no yield
wherein to have their part.
Israel has under law,
his own son in his awe,
by means of his mercy,
as he told before by name
to our father Abraham,
and said of his body.
his own son in his awe,
by means of his mercy,
as he told before by name
to our father Abraham,
and said of his body.
Elizabeth, mine aunt dear,
my leave of you I take here.
for I dwell now full long.
my leave of you I take here.
for I dwell now full long.
ELIZABETH
Will thou now go, God’s dear?
Come kiss me, daughter, with good cheer,
ere thou hence go.
Will thou now go, God’s dear?
Come kiss me, daughter, with good cheer,
ere thou hence go.
Farewell now, gentle maid,
I pray thee, be of comfort good,
for thou art full of grace.
Greet well all our kin of blood.
That lord that thee with grace endued,
he save all in this place.
I pray thee, be of comfort good,
for thou art full of grace.
Greet well all our kin of blood.
That lord that thee with grace endued,
he save all in this place.
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