& Drihhtin ȝaff hemm sware o nihht
Þær þeȝȝ o bedde slepptenn,
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& radde hemm þatt teȝȝ sholldenn ham
Wiþþ oþerr weȝȝe wendenn,
& till Herode king onnȝænn
He þeȝȝm forrbæd to turrnenn.
& wel þeȝȝ wisstenn Godess raþ,
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& wel þeȝȝ alle itt heldenn,
Forr alle samenn forenn ham
Wiþþ all an oþerr weȝȝe,
& forenn inntill þeȝȝre land
Wiþþ fulle læfe o Criste.
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& all þatt ȝer Herode king
Ba¯¯d affterr þeȝȝre come,
[col 163] To witenn ȝiff þeȝȝ haffdenn Crist
Owwhar onn eorþe fundenn;
Acc þeȝȝ ne comenn nohht himm to;
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& tatt wass Godess wille,
Forr þatt he wollde cwellenn Crist,
Ȝiff þatt he mihhte himm findenn.
Her endeþþ nu þiss Goddspell þuss,
& icc ȝuw wile shæwenn,
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Hu mikell god itt læreþþ ȝuw
Off ȝure sawless nede.
Herode king bitacneþþ uss
Þe laþe gast off helle,
