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Jesu, for thy mercy endless,
Save thy people and send us peace.
Blessed Jesu,
Blessed Jesu!
Jesu for thy woundes five,
Save from shedding Chrisian blood
[mankindes]
Cease all great trouble of malice and strife,
And of our neighbours send us tidings good.
Blessed Jesu,
Blessed Jesu!
Jesu, for thy mercy endless,
Save thy people and send us peace.
Blessed Jesu,
Blessed Jesu!
In The Early English Carols, ed. R.L. Greene, 2nd Edition
(revised and enlarged), OUP 1977, no.435, p.266
British Library MS. Addit. 5665. f.44v, XVI cent.
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