Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere

¶ The Gospel on the Annūcyacyō of our lady. the. i. cha. of luke. C

ANd in the. vi. moneth the aūgell Gabryel was sent frō god vnto a cytie of Galile na∣med nazareth to a virgyn spoused to a mā whose name was Ioseph of the hous of da¦vid / & the virgyus name was Mary / & the angell wēt ī vnto her / & sayd: hayle full of grace / the lorde is with the / blyssed arte thou amonge women. whē she sawe hym she was abasshed at his sayenge / & caste ī her mīde / what maner of salutacyū that shulde be. & the angell sayde vnto her / feare nat Mary / for thou hast foūde grace with god / loo thou shalle con∣ceyue ī thy wōbe / & shalt beare a sone / & shalte call his name Iesus. He shall be greate and shal be called the sōne of the hyeste / and the lord god shall gyue vn to hī the seate of his father Dauid / & he shall raygne ouer the house of Iacobe for euer / & of his kyngdom shal be none ende. Thē sayde mary vnto the angel / how shal this be / seynge that I knowe nat a man? & the angell answered & sayd vnto her / the holy ghost shall come vpō the / & the power of the hyest shal ouer shadow the. Therfore also that holy thīge which shal

be borne / & shall be called the sone of god and marke / thy cosyn. Elizabeth / she hath also conceaued a sone in her olde age & this is the. vi. monethe to her which was called baraine for with god shall nothynge be vnyossyble. Mary sayde? Beholde the hande maydē of the lorde / be it vnto me euen as thou haste sayde.