To our Blessed Laidy the Aduocate of Sinners – Scholarly Edition

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All haile o virgin crowned wth starres
          And Moone vnder thy feet1“And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars” (Apocalypse 12:1, Douay-Rheims Bible).
Obteine vs pardon of our sinnes
          of Christ our Sauiour sweet
For though th’art Mother of my God
          Yet thy humilitie
Disdaineth not this simple wrech
          yt flies for helpe to thee
 
Thou knowest thou art more deare to me
          Then anie cane expresse
And that I doe congratulate
          wth ioye thy happines
Thou who art Queene of heauen & Earth
          Thy helping hand me lend
That I may loue & praise my God
          And haue an happie End
 
And though my sinnes me terrifie
          yet hoping still in thee
I find my Soule refreshed much
          when to thee I doe flie,
For thou most willingly to God
          Petitions do’st present
And do’st obteine much grace for vs
          In this our banishment
 
The honour and ye glorious praise
          By all be giuen thee
Which Iesus thy beloued Sonne
          Ordain’d Eternallie
For thee; whome he exalts in heauen
          aboue ye Angels all
And whome wee sinners finde a Mother
          When vnto thee wee call.
 
O Mater Dei, Memento Mei.2“O Mother of God, remember me.”
                              Amen.





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Source: Line A version (Bodleian, pp. 16-17)