James Ryman (?), A carol of the Annunciation — thirteen 6-line stanzas (aabaab) and 4-line burden (cdcd), or 4-line stanzas with leonine rhyme in odd-numbered lines (as it is written in MS); burden: ‘Thys ys fulle tru þis ys fulle tru / Who can sey Nay to thys / Mary ys modere of Ihesu / And god hys fadere ys’

Note: For a variant text see 3980.

Author(s): James (?) Ryman

Subjects: Virgin Mary, Annunication to; carols, Annunciation

Versification: — six-line, four-line — abab, aabaab, aabaac

First Lines:

Last Lines:

Note: Not attributed to Ryman in the MS.

Editions: