Ryse, hyrd-men heynd

Angelus cantat «Gloria in excelsis»; postea dicat:

A n g e l u s

920 Ryse, hyrd-men heynd,
For now is he borne
That shall take fro the feynd
That Adam had lorne;
That warloo to sheynd,
925 This nyght is he borne.
God is made youre freynd
Now at this morne,
He behestys.

At Bedlem go se
930 Ther lygys that fre
In a cryb full poorely,
Betwyx two bestys.

ll. 920–932. Secunda Pastorum. The Wakefield Master.
MS. HM 1, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. c. 1450.