Þatt nan off hemm ne shollde ben
Weddedd wiþþ hæþenn macche,
Þatt nan ne shollde filedd ben
Wiþþ hæþenndom þurrh macche.
Line 1960
& tatt wass ned tatt ȝho wass þa
Wiþþ Godess laȝhe weddedd;
Forr ȝiff mann mihhte wurrþenn warr
Þatt ȝho wiþþ childe wære,
œr þann ȝho wære laȝheliȝ
Line 1965
Weddedd wiþþ aniȝ macche,
Ȝho munnde affterr þe laȝheboc
To dæþe ben istanedd.
Þe laffdiȝ wass wurrþenn þurrh Godd
Off Haliȝ Gast wiþþ childe;
Line 1970
[col 56] Acc þatt ne wisste naniȝ mann,
Ne forrþenn hire macche,
Ne ȝe¯¯ te deofell nisste itt nohht
Þatt ȝho wass swa wiþþ childe.
& nollde nohht Allmahhtiȝ Godd,
Line 1975
Þurrh whamm ȝho wass wiþþ childe,
Þatt ȝho, þatt all wass gilltelæs,
To dæþe wære stanedd.
Forr bettre wollde Drihhtin Godd,
Þatt mannkinn nohht ne wisste
Line 1980
O whillke wise Jesu Crist
To manne borenn wære,
