To our Blessed Laidy the Aduocate of Sinners – Scholarly Edition

All haile o virgin crowned w^th 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
          y^t flies for helpe to thee
 
Thou knowest thou art more deare to me
          Then anie cane expresse
And that I doe congratulate
          w^th 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 y^e glorious praise
          By all be giuen thee
Which Iesus thy beloued Sonne
          Ordain’d Eternallie
For thee; whome he exalts in heauen
          aboue y^e 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.