Here mone was deol to ihure, : ne gamede hem no gle;
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Ac he ne mened hem noȝt : aȝen oþer bifore, [hem st. him.]
Vor he nas noȝt to deþe ibroȝt, : ar god were ibore;
Ac he lyuede, vorte he him isei : & in armes nom, [Ms. iseie u. inome mit unterpungirtem e.]
þo he acandelmasse dai : to þe temple com.
Louerd, wel may ous beo : bet, þen hem miȝte þo,
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þt miȝte nowar fleo : ac to helle scholde go.
þer oure lord sede, : þo he was ibore, [þer st. þerfore.]
þt we miȝte beo wel glad : ouer oþer þt were bifore.
þe prophetes wilnede uorte se : & mony kynges also,
þt we iseeþ, ȝif it miȝte be, : ac hi ne miȝte noȝt do;
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We mowe nou as it were : for noȝt to heuene come,
Seþþe our lord ous haþ iboȝt : & þe deueles power bynome;
Ac hi þt such grace nadde, : þt to fore ous come,
After oure lord hi gradde : In prophecie ilome;
After him hi gradde : wiþ grete wille & longe,
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No mendement hi ne seie : bote þe pine stronge.
So longe þt hi weri were : & lete al beo stille,
& here aredinge forbere : & turnde to godes wille, [aredinge, st. gredinge verschrieben?]
Vor hi ne seie non oþer won : as ose seieþ uor sore,
Vche of hem to reste drouȝ : & ne speke of him nammore:
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þt swete bern our kunde : boþe of flesch & felle. [Nach kunde fehlt wol nam.]
Of þe kunde of wan we come : somwat ic mot telle. [we come fälschlich st. he com.]
A good mon þt me clupede isacar : was bi olde dawe
In bedlehem, þt doȝtren hadde two : In þe olde lawe:
þt on was s. anne, : þt ber our leuedi marie,
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þt oþer elizabethes moder, : þt het Ismarie;
Elisabhet bar of hire : s. Jon þe baptist,
& marie, anne doȝter, : bar our lord ihū crist.
A good mon þer was In galilee, : me clepede ioachym,
Scephurde he was & holi mon, : gode grace was wiþ him. [gode st. godes.]
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