OLD ENGLISH.

~ ULLAY, lullay! lytel child, myn owyn dere fode ;
How xalt Thou sufferin be nayled on the rode,
So blyssid be the time..

Lullay, lullay ! lytel child, myn owyn dere smerte ;
How xalt Thou sufferin the scharp spere to Thi herte :
So blyssid be the time |

- Lullay, lullay ! lytel child—I synge all for Thi sake;
Many on is the scharpe schour to Thi body is schape.
So blyssid be the time!

Lullay, lullay! lytel child, fayre happis The befalle;
How xalt Thou sufferin to drynke ezyl and galle?
So blyssid be the time !

Lullay, lullay! lytel child, I synge al beforn ;
How xalt Thou sufferin the scharp garlond of thorn ? °
So blyssid be the time!

Lullay, lullay! lytel child, gwy wepy Thou so sore? —
Thou art bothin God and man, gwat woldyst Thou be
more?
So blyssid be the time!
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