SECUNDUM MATHEUM XIIII.
Defuncto autem Herode, ecce angelus Domini apparuit in sompnis Joseph dicens, Surge accipe puerum et matrem ejus, et vade in terram Israel.
Affterr þatt tatt Herode king
Wass endedd inn hiss sinne,
Drihhtiness enngell comm anan
Till Josæp inn Egippte,
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& tær he comm till himm o nahht
& fand himm þanne o slæpe,
& tære he spacc anan wiþþ himm
& seȝȝde þuss wiþþ worde;
Josæp, ris upp & tacc þe child,
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& tacc þe childess moderr,
& farr till Issraæless land
Inntill þin aȝhenn birde;
Forr alle þa þatt hafenn sohht
Þe child, forr himm to cwellenn,
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Nu sinndenn dæde & farenn u¯¯t
Off life i þeȝȝre sinness.
& he ras up & toc þe child,
& toc þe childess moderr,
& fór till Issraæless land
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Inntill hiss aȝhenn birde.
& alls he comm onnȝæn well neh
Inntill hiss aȝhenn birde,
Mann seȝȝde himm þa þatt Arrchelaw
Wass hofenn upp to kinge,
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