& all swa birrþ þatt illke mann,
Þatt Drihhtin hafeþþ beoldedd
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& strengedd ohht þurrh Haliȝ Gast
To follȝhenn heȝhe mahhtess,
Aȝȝ birrþ himm habbenn hope o Godd
& soþfasst lufe & troww[þe]
[Coll. 69-76 wanting.] . . . . .
[col 77] . . . . .i clene unnwemeddnesse;
Line 2875
Forrþi þatt Jesu Cristess hird
Iss clene, & all unnwemmedd
Inn hire trowwþe towarrd Godd,
& ec inn hire lare.
Itt seȝȝþ þatt Josæp wass rihhtwis,
Line 2880
& tatt iss tunnderrstanndenn
Forr þatt hiss trowwþe wass full god,
Þatt Godess sune shollde
Ben borenn i þiss middellærd
Off maȝȝdenn þweorrt u¯¯t clene.
Line 2885
& tekenn þatt he wass rihhtwis,
He wass ædmod & milde,
I þatt tatt he ne wollde nohht
Unnshaþiȝ wimmann wreȝhenn;
Forr eȝȝþerr birrþ wiþþ oþerr ben,
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Ȝiff þatt itt Godd shall cwemenn;
Forr aȝȝ birrþ rihhtwisnesse ben
Þurrh mildheorrtnesse temmpredd,
