WILLIAM DUNBAR

Encense his altar, read and sing In holy kirk, with mind degest, Him honouring attour all thing Qui nobis Puer natus est.

Celestial foulis in the air,

Sing with your nottis upon hicht, In firthis and in forrestis fair

Be myrthful now at all your mycht;

For passit is your dully nicht, Aurora has the cloudis perst,

The Sone is risen with glaidsum licht, Et nobis Puer natus est.

Now spring up fiouris fra the rute,

Revert you upward naturaly, In honour of the blissit frute

That raiss up fro the rose Mary;

Lay out your levis lustily, Fro deid take life now at the lest

In wirschip of that Prince worthy Qui nobis Puer natus est.

Sing, hevin imperial, most of hicht !

Regions of air mak armony ! All fish in flud and fowl of flicht

Be mirthful and mak melody !

All Gloria in excels is cry ! Heaven, erd, se, man, bird, and best,

He that is crownit abone the sky Pro nobis Puer natus est!

attour] over, above. perst] pierced. raiss] rose,

best] beast.

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