Ȝyf þey come nat [noghte O.] also þurgh [comyn only of D.] þoght,
Þe wysë clerk [clerk, om. D.] hadde tolde hyt noght,
Ne suffryd hyt [suffryd to D.] be wrytyn yn boke [folio 3b:2]
Þat men alle day rede yn, [þat may we alday redyn D.] and loke.
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Þus þe wyse clerk seyþ, [seyþ om. D.] Catun,
And techyþ chyldryn þys [Lernyth childryn in her D.] lessun,
'Ȝeue no charge to [þy] [non entent vn-to þi D.] dremys,
Þey been but as [glasyng] [for it ben but glasyng D.] glemys
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Þat yn þe þouȝt [stertys &] [þy þoghte O, in þi þouȝt it stertyth and D.] lepys
A-nyȝt [nyghte O.] whan þou [restys &] [On nyȝt qwan þou restyst & D.] slepys:
[sumtyme þou on nyȝt þinkys D.] þat you wakyng [sumtyme] þenkes, [wakynge þenkys O.]
Beforë þy yȝen [þyn eȝyn O.] hyt [and be-forn þin yȝe D.] blenkys.'
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Ȝyf þey ne come [it come not D.] þurgh pryuyte [þryuyte O.]
Þat god [god O.] wyl shewë [shew H, shewe O, ȝeue þe or me D.] me or þe,
Iosep of dremys had ȝyue [ȝeue O, ȝouyn D.] no kepe
what [qwhan D.] hym was shewed yn hys slepe,
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þat fadyr and modyr & al hys kynde,
Þurgh hym shuld þey wurshyp [wrshepe O, wurshepe D.] fynde.
yn þe byble men redë [redyn D.] þys
In þe fyrst boke of genesys.
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Also hyt was [al was it D.] shewyd pryuyly
To iosep þat wedded oure lady,
Þat with þe chyld þey shuldë [shulde þey O, schulde þei D.] fle
To egypt, [Egypte O, in to Egipt þat c. D.] þat yche [yche om. D.] cuntre.
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þys ys clepyd [klepyde O.] reuelacyun,
To shewe byfore what ys to doun. [be-forn qwat is to comyn D.]
Ȝyf þey com noght þurgh stodyyng, [stodyynge O, stodyyng D.]
þat tokene ys [takyn it D.] of selkouþe þyng, [selkowþ þynge O.]
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Danyel had noght wyst [wyst O; not wyst D; Harl. omits wyst.] byfore
