1 Her birth was of the womb of morning dew, 2 And her conception of the joyous prime,

prime > sunrise; springtime

3 And all her whole creation did her show

show > [show to be, prove to be]

4 Pure and unspotted from all loathly crime,

unspotted from > innocent of loathly > loathsome crime > {Wrongdoing; sins taken collectively}

5 That is ingenerate in fleshly slime.

ingenerate > inborn; engendered fleshly slime > [human flesh; "slime" = "clay": cf. e.g. 209.21:5]

6 So was this virgin born, so was she bred,

So > Thus, in this manner