In Bethlehem in Jewry, a city there was
Where Joseph and Mary together did pass,
All for to be taxSdwlth many one moe,
For Cesar commanded the same should be so.
My smile beneath the tyrant's
frown, In shame my glory and my crown :
In want my plentiful supply,
In weakness my almighty power,
In bonds my perfect liberty,
My light in Satan's darkest hour,
In grief my Joy unspeakable,
My life In death, my heaven in hell