Hail, reason of righteousness,
To each a caitiff comfort to know;
Hail, innocent of angerness,
Our takel, our tol, that we on trow;
Hail, friend to all that beoth forth flow;
Hail, light of love, and of beauty,
Hail, brighter than the blood on snow:
_You pray for us thy Sone free!_ AVE.


IV.

Hail, maiden; hail, mother; hail, martyr trew;
Hail, kindly yknow confessour;
Hail, evenere of old law and new;
Hail, builder bold of Christe's bower;
Hail, rose highest of hyde and hue;
Of all fruite's fairest flower;
Hail, turtle trustiest and true,
Of all truth thou art treasour;
Hail, pured princess of paramour;
Hail, bloom of brere brightest of ble;
Hail, owner of earthly honour:
_You pray for us thy Sone so free!_ AVE, &c.


V.

Hail, hendy; hail, holy emperess;
Hail, queen courteous, comely, and kind;