Hail, little tiny mop [little tiny pate] ...
Little day-starn [star].”
And the third shepherd said:
“Hail, darling dear, full of Godheed!
I pray Thee be near when that I have need....
Hail, put forth Thy dall [hand],
I bring Thee but a ball:
Have and play Thee with all,
And go to the tennis.”
Mary, bending down to the shepherds, then spoke to them gently, telling them that she would pray her Son to keep them from woe, and bidding them spread the glad tidings of His birth. After a while the shepherds left her presence, singing glad songs in honour of the new-born King.