Credo
I believe in the Lord from heaven,
splendid creed, He was kind,
Protector who keeps me from misadventure,
4 blessing of the multitude, may God lead.
Let him give freely, perfect Prince,
some advice to me how to praise
Jesus and Mary dearly and fittingly
8 [to protect me] against dire need.
It is right for everyone, name without settled form,
to praise God before all else.
Jesus the chosen one was good
12 and his father and mother were good.
Christ's father was the best father
of all the fathers of Christendom, bright bringer of joy.
May the host of heaven take us in!
16 His mother was the best mother.
He will be a warrant for every word of truth.
The son of Mary is the very best son.
The best girl beneath a golden crown,
20 she is the fairest and most generous.
It was good to bear a man from heaven
as our kinsman, mark of goodness.
This is the one whom [the prophets] promised to Israel.
24 He was old and young and generous.
He was born to suffer willingly
as a golden man and God of heaven.
The Lord Jesus made many
28 of his followers apostles and saints.
He made the Lord's Prayer and the mass,
He made prayers and learned books.
He gave belief to the common people,
32 He distributed amongst them bread and wine.
He gave his body on the rood tree
to redeem all the people of the world without forfeit.
For forty hours, fair glory,
36 generous Jesus was in the grave.
After our kinsman rose up
to fetch everyone from prison,
after the complete martyrdom,
40 my Lord went up to heaven
where the cross of God will be placed, says Saint Jerome,
and Christ the Lord will be proclaimed.
Neither the devil nor any of his kind
44 will come (he cannot protect his progeny),
true son of Mary, promise of love,
to conquer the kingdom of the Father.
Uttering [the name of] Jesus is a beneficial word,
48 and it was Mary's favourite word.
It is a word of love from the throne
and the Blessed Son was conceived from the word.
God is the word, faultless love,
52 and the word is God our true Father.
May God be our support and helper,
Amen, we wish for no more.