Forr ȝho wass swa bifundenn wif
Þatt naffde ȝho nohht tæmedd,
& ȝho wass þa swa winntredd wif
& off swa mikell elde,
Þatt naffde ȝho nan kinde þa
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Onn hire forr to tæmenn.
& forrþi wass itt all þurrh Godd
Þatt ȝho wass þa wiþþ childe,
Forr þatt ȝho shollde childenn an
U¯¯tnumenn child to manne.
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Þiss gode mann, þiss gode prest,
Þatt we nu mælenn offe,
Wass, alls I seȝȝde nu littlær,
Ȝehatenn Zacaryas;
& he wass, alls icc hafe seȝȝd,
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God prest, & Godd full cweme.
& he wass i þatt shifftinng sett
Þatt nemmnedd wass Abya,
Forr prestess þanne & dæcness ec
Shifftedenn hemm bitwenenn
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Whillc hĕre shollde serrfenn firrst,
Whillc siþþenn i þe temmple.
& he, þiss Zakaryas, wass
Bitwenenn oþre prestess
I þatt shifftinng to serrfenn sett
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Þatt nemmnedd wass Abya,
Affterr an hæfedd prest tatt wass
Off Aaroness chilldre,
