[Barnabas.]
[B]arnabas was of a naciun
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Of a cite of cypriun,
wid pauel emang þe haþen lede
He wan vnto þe apostil-hede.
In lau he was selcuthli lele,
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In vertus foluand sua fele,
Mani oþer men in strijf
Fanded for to folu his lijf;
In all þe stedis þar he ȝede, [[MS. ȝode]]
Of goddes word he seu þe sede.
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Of saint matheu þe godd-spell bock
Quiderward sum-euer he toke,
widuten lett wid him he bare
þar he fand ani seke or sare,
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