_Ave maris stella_
The star on the sea,
_Dei Mater alma_
Blessed mot[29] she be,
_Atque semper virgo_
Pray thy son for me,
_Felix caeli porta,_
That I may come to thee.
Gabriel that archangel,
He was messenger;
So fair he gret our Lady
With an ’ave’ so clear:
‘Hail be thou, Mary,
Be thou, Mary,
Full of Goddes grace,
And Queen of Mercy.’
[29] May.