To be Goddys chast servaunt whil lyff is in me,
But to be Goddys wyff I was nevyr wurthy;
I am the sympelest that evyr was born of body.
I have herd ȝow seyd God xulde have a modyr swete,
That I may leve to se hire, God graunt me for his mercy,
And abyl me to ley my handys undyr hire fayr fete.
Et genuflectet ad Deum.
Joachym. I-wys, dowtere, it is wel seyd,
ȝe answere and ȝe were twenty ȝere olde.
Anne. Whith ȝour speche, Mary, I am wel payd,