& tære he ledde himm ane hiss lif
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Fra þatt he wass full litell
Till þatt he waxenn wass, & neh
Off þrittiȝ winnterr elde.
& siþþenn toc he þær þe follc
To spellenn & to fullhtnenn,
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Forr þatt he wollde ȝarrkenn hemm
Onnȝæness Cristess come.
& here icc wile off hiss fulluhht
& off hiss lare spellenn,
& off þatt he wass sennd þurrh Godd
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Biforenn Cristess come,
Rihht allse bidell birrþ beon sennd,
To ȝarrkenn & to greȝȝþenn
Onnȝæn hiss Laferrd þær þær he
[col 227] Shall cumenn ske¯¯t to túne;·
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Þe Goddspell seȝȝþ þatt Sannt Johan
Bigann off Crist to spellenn
U¯¯t i þe wesste bi þe flumm,
O þatt Kaseress tíme
Þatt wass i Rome Kaserrking,
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Tiberiuss ȝehatenn.
& o þatt ȝer þatt Sannt Johan
Bigann off Crist to spellenn,
O þatt ȝer wass þatt illke King
Onn hiss fiftende winnterr,
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