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thys Iohne, þat had þe happy name,
wes ful brothir to mare sancte Iame.
þare faddir hecht ȝebedee,
and þar modyr wedit he,
mary, cristis aunt, les no mare,
and þe ȝungaste þat anna bare.
and þis Iohne, þat I spak of fyrste,
þat appostil wes & ewangeliste,
quhen al þe appostulys scalit var
In syndry landis wyd-quhare
eftir þe feste of vitsonday,
In asya Iohne held his way,
and prechit faste þar or he fane,
and fowndyt kirkis mony ane.
for-þi domiciane, [þe] fell
emprioure, quhen he hard tel,
how sancte Iohn þar prechit þane,
and mony to cristis lare wane,
he gert bringe hym til hym sone
and in a mekile towne be done
ful of brynand olȝe. but he
come of It hale but hurt, al fre
In till althinge, rycht as he wes,
for-owt ony hurt of flesche,
and prechit furth ay goddis word,
þat he had plentuisly in hurd.
and quhene þis fel domiciane
saw to preche he na fane,
he banyste hym of þe lande
In till ane Ile, wes nere hand,
quhare he þe ypocolipss mad,
and þat Ile patmos to nam had.
bot domiciane, fel and fere,
for his fellouny wes slane þat ȝere,
and þe senaturis a-gane can call
þe sentence, þat he gefine had all.
þan a-gane wes sancte Iohn brocht in honore,
quhen ded wes þe emprioure,
to þe citte of effesy,
quhare all þe puple in-to hy
sad he wes rycht welcum hame,
þat þar of god com in þe name.