Song or verses to be recited by virgins greeting Henry VI as part of the entry
into London after his coronation
Note: Four 4-line stanzas, aaab, with 2-line refrain, bb, which is written before first
stanza and after last.
Subjects: occasional verse; Henry VI
Versification: —
four-line —
aaabbb
1.Source: London, Corporation of London Records Office [formerly Guildhall] MS COL/AD/01/010, f. 104
v
First Lines:Soueraign lord to your Cite
With alle reuerence Welcome ye
be
Thanked be god of his goodnesse
þat you hath kept from
hevynesse…
Last Lines:…Hi lord þi prince þi kyng by right
wherfor nowe syng
and saye with me
Soueraign lord to your Cite
with alle reuerence welcome
ye be
Note: Each of the two-line refrains have inclusive brackets to right of them,
and each stanza written three lines to left with inclusive brackets to right and
then the fourth line to right of that.