The Song of blessed Marie, called Magnificat

My soule doth magnifie the Lord,
My spirit eke evermore
Rejoyceth in the Lord my God,
Which is my Saviour.
And why? because he did regard,
And gave repsect unto
So base estate of his handmaid,
And let the mighty go.

For now behold all nations,
And generations all,
From this time forth for evermore
Shall me right blessed call
Because he hath me magnified,
Which is the Lord of might:
Whose name be ever sanctified,
And praised day and night.

For with his mercy and his grace
All men he doth inflame:
Throughout all generations,
To such as fear his Name.
He shewed strength with his great arme,
And made the proud to start,
With ll imaginations
That they have in their heart.

He hath put downe the mighty ones
From their supernall seat;
And did exalt the meek in heart,
As he hath thought it meet.
The hungry he replinshed
With all things that were good;
And through his power he made the rich
Oft times to want their food.

And calling to remembrance
His mercy every deale;
Hath holpen up assistantly
His servant Israel.
According to his promise made
To Abraham before:
And to his sed successively,
To stand for evermore.


Source: The Whole Booke of Psalmes: collected into English meeter #F7

• MIDI file from The Whole Booke of Psalmes: collected into English meeter #F7