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Till iesu lokid on hir blith,
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And drede bad hir nane to kith,
"Moder," he said, "haue þu no ward,
Nouþer of lion ne of lippard,
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For þai cum noght vs harm to do,
Bot for þair seruis at serue vs to."
Bat[h] asse and ox þat wit þam ware,
And bestes þat þair harnais bare,
vte of ierusalem þair kith,
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þe leonis mekeli ȝode þaim with,
wid-vten harm of ox or asse,
Or ani best þat wid þaim was. [folio 79b:1]
þan was fulfild þe prophesie
þat said was thoru Ieremie,
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"wolf, weþir, lion, or ox,
Sal comme samen, and lamb and fox."
. . . . .
. . . . . [no gap in the MS.]
A waine þai had þare ger widin,
þat drauen was wid oxen tuin,
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Forth þai went þar wai fra þan
widvten teching of ani man.
MAria forth þaim foluand rade,
Gret hete in wildrenes it made,
Of gret trauaile scho was weri,
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A palme thre scho sau hir bi,
"Ioseph," scho said, "faine wald i rest,
vnder þis tre me thinc war best;"
"Gladli," he said, "þat will resune."
Sone he stirt and tok hir doune.
Quan scho had siten þar a wey,
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Scho bi-held þis tre was hey,
And sau a frout þar-on hingand,
Men clepes palmes in þat land.
"Ioseph," scho said, "faine wald i ete
Of þis frutt if i might it gete."
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