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Alia causa quare circumcisio fiebat octaua die. Raby Moyses.
Anoþer skil I wil now say,
As raby Moyses beris witnes,
qver-fore ay the eghtide day
circumcisioun ȝyuen wes.
As raby Moyses beris witnes,
qver-fore ay the eghtide day
circumcisioun ȝyuen wes.
ffor the child als tender is
Aght days after hit is born
As in þe moder wombe i-wys,
quen hit was þer-in biforn,
Aght days after hit is born
As in þe moder wombe i-wys,
quen hit was þer-in biforn,
And then encreces more & more
In strength & stifnes day for day,
[Go]d ordeynt penaunce wel þer-fore
hym forto suffre in gode fay.
In strength & stifnes day for day,
[Go]d ordeynt penaunce wel þer-fore
hym forto suffre in gode fay.
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