Ane Ballat of our Lady

Haile, Sterne supeme ! Haile, in eterne,
In Godis sicht to schyne !
Lucerne in derne, for to discerne
Be glory and grace devyne ;
Hodiern, modern, sempitern,
Angelicall regyne !
Our tern inferne for to dispern,
Helpe rialest rosyne.
Aue Maria, gratia plena !
Haile, fresche flour femynyne !
Ȝerne ws, guberne, wirgin matern,
Of reuth baith rute and ryne.

Haile, ȝyng, benyng, fresche flurising !
Haile, Alphais habitakle !
Thy dyng ofspring maid ws to syng
Befor his tabernakle ;
All thing maling we dovne thring,
Be sicht of his signakle ;
Quhilk king ws bring vnto his ryng,
Fro dethis dirk vmbrakle.
Aue Maria, gratia plena !
Haile, moder and maid but makle !
Bricht sygn, gladyng our languissing,
Be micht of the mirakle.

Haile, bricht, be sicht, in hevyn on hicht !
Haile, day sterne orientale !
Our licht most richt, in clud of nycht,
Our dirknes for to scale :
Haile, wicht, in sicht, puttar to flicht
Of fendis in battale !
Haile, plicht, but sicht ! Haile, mekle of mycht !
Haile, glorious Virgine, haile !
Aue Maria, gratia plena !
Haile, gentill nychttingale !
Way stricht, cler dicht, to wilsome wicht,
That irke bene in travale.

Haile, qwene serene ! Haile, most amene !
Haile, hevinlie hie empryss !
Haile, schene, vnseyne with camale eyne !
Haile, ross of paradyss !
Haile, clene, bedene, ay till conteyne !
Haile, fair fresche flour-de-lyce !
Haile, grene daseyne ! Haile, fro the splene,
Of Jhesu genetrice !
Aue Maria, gratia plena !
Thow bair the prince of pryss ;
Our teyne to meyne, and ga betweyne,
Ane hevinle oratrice.

Haile, more decore, than of before,
And swetar be sic sevyne,
Our glore, forlore, for to restore,
Sen thow art qwene of hevyne !
Memore of sore, stern in Aurore,
Lovit with angellis stevyne ;
Implore, adore, thow indeflore,
To mak our oddis evyne.
Aue Maria, gratia plena !
With lovingis lowde ellevyn,
Quhill store and hore, my ȝowth devore,
Thy name I sall ay nevyne.

Empryce of pryss, imperatrice,
Brycht polist precious stane ;
Victryce of wyce, hie genetrice
Of Jhesu, lord souerayne :
Our wyss pavyss fra enemyss,
Agayne the feyndis trayne ;
Oratrice, mediatrice, salvatrice,
To God gret suffragane !
Aue Maria, gratia plena !
Haile, sterne meridiane !
Spyce, flour-de-lice of paradyse,
That bair the gloryuss grayne.

Imperiall wall, place palestrall,
Of peirless pulcritud ;
Trywmphale hall, hie tour royal
Of Godis celsitud ;
Hospitall riall, the lord of all
Thy closet did include ;
Bricht ball cristall, ross virginall,
Fulfillit of angell fude.
Aue Maria, gratia plena !
Thy birth has with his blude,
Fra fall mortall, originall,
Ws raunsound on the rude.

Quod Dumbar.