Primus Pastor <br /> <br />Haylle, comly and clene! Haylle, yong child! <br />Haylle, maker, as I meyne, of a madn so mylde! <br />Thou has waryd, I weyne the warlo so wylde; <br />The fals gyler of teyn, now goys he begylde. <br />Lo, he merys; <br />Lo, he laghys, my swetyng, <br />A wel fare metyng, <br />I have holden my hetyng; <br />Have a bob of cherys. <br /> <br /> <br />Secundus Pastor <br /> <br />Haylle, sufferan savyoure! for thou has us soght; <br />Haylle, frely foyde and floure that all thyng has wroght! <br />Haylle, full of favoure that made all of noght! <br />Haylle! I kneyll and I cowre. A byrd haue I broght <br />To my barne. <br />Haylle, lytylle tyne mop! <br />Of oure crede thou art crop; <br />I wold drynk on thy cop, <br />Lytyll day starne. <br /> <br /> <br />Tertius Pastor <br /> <br />Haylle, derlyng dere, full of godhede! <br />I pray the be nere when that I have nede. <br />Haylle! swete is thy chere! my hert wold blede <br />To se the sytt here in so poore wede, <br />With no pennys. <br />Haylle! put furth thy dalle! <br />I bryng the bot a balle: <br />Have a play the with-alle, <br />And go to the tenys.<br /><br />Anonymous Olde English<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/towneley-plays-the-shepherds-play-ii/
