SECUNDUM MATHEUM XX.
Ductus est IHC in desertum a spiritu ut temptaretur a diabolo.
Forrþrihht se Jesuss fullhtnedd wass,
He wennde himm inntill wesste.
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Þe Goddspell seȝȝþ þatt he wass ledd
Þurrh Gast inntill þe wesste,
Annd tatt forr þatt he shollde þær
Beon fandedd þurrh þe deofell.
& Crist bilæf i wessteland,
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Forr þatt he wollde fasstenn,
& he toc þa to fasstenn þær
Þær he wass i þe wesste.
& all wiþþutenn mete & drinnch
Heold Crist hiss fasste þære
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Fowwerrtiȝ daȝhess aȝȝ onnan
Bi daȝhess, & bi nahhtess.
& whanne hiss fasste forþedd wass
Þa lisste himm affterr fode;
& forrþrihht comm þe laþe gast,
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Forr þatt he wollde himm fandenn,
& le¯¯t himm staness seon anan,
& seȝȝde þuss wiþþ worde;
Ȝiff þatt tu Godess Sune arrt wiss,
Macc bræd off þise staness.
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& ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
Ȝaff sware onnȝæn & seȝȝde;
