Or telle him why this song was in usage.
“His felow, which that elder was then he,
Answerede him thus: ‘This song, I have herd seye
Was maked of our blisful Lady free,
Hir to salue, and eek hir for to preye
To been our help and socour when we deye.’
“‘And is this song maked in reverence
Of Christe’s moder?’ seyde this innocent: