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Fel folk in affeccione
has christofor, & deuocione;
& trewis wele, þat þai[m] ne may
ony mysawentoure fal þat day,
þat þai one his ymage cane se,
suppos few wat quhen he be,
ore quhat he tholit for goddis sak,
sa gret reward here to tak;
fore men sais, sudand ded þat day
he deis nocht his ymage se may.
fore-þi I set me fore to sek—
sa gret deuocione fore to eke—
of his lyf al þe begynnynge,
& þe mydis, & als þe endynge;
& I sal tel ȝow, ore I blyne,
þe legeand as I fand with-In.
þe quhilk, ore he had baptyme tan,
reprobus had to name;
bot christofore, as sais þe buk,
fra þe tyme he baptyme tuk
he was callit; fore he had
cryst borne on his schuldris brad.