¶ On the Annunciacion of oure ladye which is oure layde daye in lent / the Epistle.
ANd the lorde spake to Achas sayenge.* 1.1 Axe ye a signe of the lorde thy God / frō alowe beneth / or from an hie aboue. But Achas answered I will not a ye / nether wyll tempte the lorde. Wherfore the lorde sayde: Herken ye of ye house of Dauid: Is it so small a thynge for you / to be greuous to men / but y• ye shuld also be paynfull vnto God? neuerthe later yet y• lorde / he will geue you a signe. Be∣holde a vyrgyn shalbe wt child / & shall beare a sonne / and shall call his name Emanuel. He shall eate butter & honye / yt he maye have vn∣derstōdynge to refuse y• euell & to chose ye good