ffor it is the fyrst in degré,
That ȝour lytyl childe so ȝynge,
Presentyth to day be my shewyng,
To ȝour hyȝ magesté,
Of his sympyl poverté,
Be his devocion and my good wylle;
Upon ȝour awtere receyve of me,
ȝour sonys offrynge, as it is skylle!
Fac Simile from the MS. of the Coventry Mysteries Mus. Brit. Coit. Vesp. D VIII. fol. 100, vᵒ (printed ed. p. 178.)