& Symeon þatt hallȝhe mann
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Ȝaff hemm blettsinnȝe baþe,
& seȝȝde to þe laffdiȝ þuss,
Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
Þiss child iss borenn her to þann
Þatt fĕle shulenn fallenn,
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& fĕle shulenn risenn upp
I þiss Judisskenn þeode.
& tiss child iss to merrke sett
Bitwenenn menn onn eorþe,
& maniȝ mann þiss merrke shall
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Wiþþstanndenn & wiþþseggenn.
& te shall þurrh þiss childess swerd
Þurrhwundedd beon þin sawle,
[col 175] Þurrh whamm shall maniȝ dærne þohht
Beon oppnedd all & awwnedd.
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& ec þær comm an widdwe forþ
Þatt wass Drihhtin full cweme,
& ȝho wass full off Haliȝ Gast
To spekenn þær off Criste,
& ȝho spacc þære off Crist till þa
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Þatt ȝeorrndenn Cristess come,
& seȝȝde hemm whatt tatt wennchell wass,
& whatt he shollde forþenn.
Þatt widdwe wass an haliȝ wif,
& ȝho wass hatenn Anne,
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