Prayers to the Virgin (with account of Joys and Sorrows) and Jesus — 181
lines in couplets
Subjects: Virgin Mary, prayers to; prayers, to Virgin Mary
Versification: —
two-line —
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1.Source: Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Richardson 22, ff. 78-82
v
First Lines:
Aue quene of heuen ladi of erþe welle of all
bownte
Emperice of helle & of mekenes þe souereynte
Ryht briht
sterre schynynge of all fayrnes þe flour
Throw ȝow haue we
grace counfort and socour…
Last Lines:…Sende me þan at þat tyme soche ioye &
comfortynge
That I schal come & dwelle wiþ þe in blysse
euerlastinge
Lord ihesu god ȝyf it be þyn wylle
Note: Fourth line originally left out, but added by scribe at bottom margin
with caret at end of line 3.