SECUNDUM LUCAM I.
Fuit in diebus Herodis Regis Judee sacerdos quidam nomine Zacharias.
An preost wass onn Herodess daȝȝ
Amang Judisskenn þeode,
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& he wass, wiss to fulle soþ,
Ȝehatenn Zacaríȝe,
& haffde an duhhtiȝ wif, þatt wass
Off Aaroness dohhtress;
& ȝho wass, wiss to fulle soþ,
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Elysabæþ ȝehatenn.
& teȝȝ wærenn biforenn Godd
Rihhtwise menn & gode.
Forr eȝȝþerr here ȝede swa
Rihht affterr Godess lare,
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Þatt nan mann nohht ne fand onn hemm
To tælenn ne to wreȝenn,
[col 3] Noff whatt menn mihhtenn habbenn niþ
Ne wraþþe ȝæn heore owwþerr.
& swa þeȝȝ leddenn heore lif
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Till þatt teȝȝ wærenn alde,
Þatt naffdenn þeȝȝ þurrh þeȝȝre streon
Ne sune child, ne dohhterr,
Forr ȝho wass swa bifundenn wif
Þatt ȝho ne mihhte tæmenn.
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& forr þatt he wass Godess preost
To þeowwtenn i þe temmple,
