Forr þatt he wass þe firrste mann
Þatt brohhte word onn eorþe,
Þatt mannkinn shollde newenn ben
U¯¯tlesedd fra þe deofell,
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& winnenn heoffness kinedom
Þurrh clene lifess wæpenn.
& ȝe¯¯ he seȝȝde þuss till himm;
Þatt child tatt tu shallt streonenn
Shall ben biforenn Drihhtin Godd
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Full mahhtiȝ mann & mære,
Ne shall he næfre drinnkenn drinnch
Þatt drunnkennesse follȝheþþ·
[col 11] Þiss seȝȝde Godess enngell þær;
& uss birrþ alle trowwenn,
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Þatt he forrwarrp forr lufe off Godd
All þwerrt u¯¯t gluterrnesse,
He — þatt wass full off Haliȝ Gast
Œr þann he borenn wære;
Forr Haliȝ Gast forrseþ & fleþ
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Þwerrt u¯¯t all þatt iss sinne.
& Gabriæl spacc þær off þiss
Till Zacariȝe, & seȝȝde;
& he beþ full off Haliȝ Gast
Ȝe¯¯t inn hiss moderr wambe.
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& sone summ he cuþe ben
Himm ane bi himm sellfenn,
