Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... MIRABILE MISTERIUM Mirabile misteriutn ! x The Son of God is man become Fifteenth Century. A Marvelous thing I have mused in my mind, How that Veritas sprang right of the ground, And Justicia, for all mankind, From heaven to earth he came adown. Mirabile misterium! The Son of God is man become. Then Mary, that merciful may, Seeing man damned for his trespass Hath sent down Sapientia, the sooth to say; Man is redeemed and brought to grace. Mirabile misterium! The Son of God is man become. Celestial citizens, for us that you pray To Him that is both Alpha and O, That we may be saved on Doomsday, And brought to that bliss He bought us to! Mirabile misterium! The Son of God is man become. 1 MS. Lansdowne 379, fol. 83. The Flower of Jesse About 1426. John Awdlay? There is a Flower sprung of a tree, The root thereof is called Jesse; A Flower of price, There is none such in Paradise! This Flower is fair and fresh of hue; It fadeth never, but ever is new; The blissful branch this Flower on grew Was Mary mild that bare Jesu. A Flower of grace, Against all sorrow it is solace! The seed hereof was God's command,1 That God Himself sowed with His hand In Bethlehem, in that holy land; Amidst her harbour there he 2 her found. This blissful Flower Sprang never but in Mary's bower. When Gabriel this maiden met, With " Ave Maria " he her gret; 8 Between them two this Flower was set, And kept [It] was, no man shall wit; But on a day In Bethlehem It gan spread and spray. 1 Text: Godessond. 2 The angel. 'Greeted, When that Flower began to spread, And His blossom forth He led,1 Rich and poor in every stead,2 They marvelled how this Flower might spread, And kinges three That blissful Flower came to see. Angels there came out of their tower To look upon this...
