‘A salutacion of oure Lady’ — seven l2-line stanzas
(ababababcdccd)
Note: For a similar version by John Audelay see
2909.
Title(s): ‘A salutacion of oure Lady’
Subjects: Virgin Mary, salutation to
Versification: —
twelve-line —
ababababcdcd
1.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ff.2.38, ff. 31
va-32
ra
First Lines:Heyle fareest þat euyr god fonde
Heyle modyr & mayden
free…
Last Lines:…That we in heuene maie haue a sete
And dwelle with the blessyd
floure Amen
Attributed Title: Here…begynneþ a salutacion of our lady (f. 31va);
Here endyþ þe salutacion of oure lady (colophon, f.
32ra)
Facsimiles: McSparran, Frances, and Pamela R. Robinson.
“Introduction.”
Cambridge University Library MS Ff.2.38.
London: Scolar Press, 1979.
Editions: Person, Henry Axel.
Cambridge Middle English Lyrics.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1953; rev. ed. 1962: 11-13.
2.Source: Cambridge UK, Magdalene College Pepys 1584, ff. 102
v-104
First Lines:Heile fairist þat euer was founde
Heile modir and maydon
fre…
Last Lines:…That we in heuyn may haue a sete
And Duell with þe
blissid floure Amen
Attributed Title: Here begynnyth þe salutacioun of owre lady (rubric heading, bottom, f.
102r); salutacion of our lady (RT)