SECUNDUM JOHANNEM XXX.
Ihc audiens quia murmurabant Pharisei quod baptizaret.
Affterr þatt ure Laferrd Crist
Þe follc bigunnenn haffde
To fullhtnenn i Judealand
Þurrh hise Lerninngcnihhtess,
He cnew well, alls itt writeþþ uss
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Johan þe Goddspellwrihhte,
Þatt tatt Farisewisshe follc
Strang wraþþe takenn haffde
Ȝæn himm, þatt wass att Sannt Johan
Bapptisste wurrþenn fullhtnedd,
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& heldenn, alls hemm þuhhte wel,
Wiþþ Sannt Johan Bapptisste.
He wisste þatt tatt laþe follc
Ȝæn himm wass wurrþenn bollȝhenn,
Forr þatt teȝȝ haffdenn herrd off himm,
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Þatt miccle mare genge
Off Lerninngcnihhtess wass att himm
Þann att Johan Bapptisste;
& ec forr þatt mann haffde hemm seȝȝd
Þatt he fullhtnede lede,
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Forrþi þeȝȝ haffdenn niþ wiþþ himm
& sinnfull hete & wraþþe.
& Crist sellf ne fullhtnede nohht,
Acc hise Lerninngcnihhtess
