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Devotions to the Virgin Mary, continued.

A hymn to the Virgin Mary. The author hails her as the mother of the saviour, bearer of the world, vessel of modesty, made fruitful by God the father, the temple of God, an example to all etc. He invites her to rejoice, as the mother of Christ, who was also her father; as a field filled with flowers, moistened by spiritual dew; as the star who bore a sun, having as her child the king of heaven etc.

Ave mater salvatoris
mundum gerens\ vas pudoris
Ave felix et bea\
virgo patris fecundata
Ave\ sanctum dei templ
universis dans\ exemplu
Ave deo prepara
semper manens\ illibata
Ave pia consolatr
via potens ad\vocatrix
Ave regis ornament
creatoris indumentum
Ave cuius per concept
hostis\ fallax est deceptu
Ave forma honestati
thronus summe deitatis
Ave mentis conso\lam
nostri casus relevamen

Gaude Christi pia\ mater
cuius idem ipse pater.
Gaude ager plenus\ flore
spiritali madens rore.
Gaude stella por\tans solem,\
regem celi habens prolem.\
Gaude dulcis fons ortorum,
certa quoque spes\ lapsorum.
Gaude sponsa summi regis,
capel\lata fine legis.
Gaude cunctis veneranda\
universis imitanda.
Gaude cella sanctitatis,
lyliumque castitatis.
Gaude in qua man\sit vita
domus supra montem sita.
Gaude vi\