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Þenne com on fro þe fiht þat foule was wemmed,
was striken of þat on Arm and bar hit in þat oþer.
þen Ioseph asked þe kynges scheld And bad þat mon knele,
þe arm helede a-ȝeyn hol to þe stompe.
þenne com Seraphe and fullouȝt furst askes.
In þe nome of þe fader Ioseph him fulwede,
And calles him Naciens and his nome tornde:
he was þe forme þat day þat fongede trouþe.
whon he Baptised was þis oþere bi-heolden,
Heom þouȝte he leomede as liht al on a lowe;

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þei seȝen þe holy-gost at his mouþ descenden,
And he speek þenne þat bi-foren ne kneuȝ.