For well it is with that child
That with sin is not defiled,
My lief child.
The blessing of God may’st thou have, and of His mother bright,
Of all angels and archangels and every holy wight![[109]]
And may’st thou have grace to wend thy way full right,
To the bliss of heaven, where God sits in His might!”
Amen.
HOW THE WISE MAN TAUGHT HIS SON
LISTEN, lordlings, and ye shall hear how the wise man taught his son. Take good heed to this matter and learn it if ye can, for this song was made with good intent to make men true and steadfast, and a thing well begun makes often a good ending.