The Beginning of Christ's Ministry.
Iesus þan wist well þis strijf,
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Quarfore iohn was done o lijf,
To þe Iuus, þat war felune,
In his louing he made sarmune.
Fra nazareth to capharnaun,
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Fra neptalim to Zabulom,
went he prechand of þe lai.
In auerill, on þat oþer dai,
was it he bigan to preche,
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And opinlik þe folk to teche.
þe synagoges alle soght he,
Ouer all þe land of galile;
Of his sarmon spac mani man,
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And of þe loueword þat wan.
Quen he herd tell saint ion was slaine,
To nazareth he went a-gaine,
In till his auen kindli contre,
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Tua dais in aueril entre.
He sarmoned wid his lou[li] spek,
And helid mani þat war seke,
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þe vnfer fast tille him þai soght,
þair heling groched he þaim noght,
