He flæh till wesste fra þe follc,
Forr þatt he nollde gilltenn,
Ne forrþenn þurrh an idell word
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To mælenn her o life.
& i þe wesste þær he wass
Hiss fode wass unnorne,
Forr nass nan esstemete þær
Þatt follȝheþþ gluternesse;
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Ne þær ne fand he nænne drinnch
Þatt drunnkennesse follȝheþþ;
& tohh het¯¯ owwhar funde þær,
Ne wollde het¯¯ næfre cunnenn,
Forr he wass filledd all þurrh Godd
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Off Haliȝ Gastess drinnchess.
& Godess enngell seȝȝde off himm
Ȝe¯¯t tuss till Zacaríȝe;
& he shall turrnenn þurrh hiss spell,
& þurrh hiss hallȝhe bisne,
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Well mikell flocc till þeȝȝre Godd
Off Israæless chilldre.
& tatt he dide ful iwiss,
Son summ he toc to spellenn,
He turrnde mikell follc till Godd
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Ȝa læwedd follc, ȝa læredd,
Þurrh fulluhht & þurrh haliȝ spell,
& þurrh hiss hallȝhe bisne;
Forr þurrh þatt he wass haliȝ mann
Onn alle kinne wise,
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