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qw[h]ene Iohne had prechit to & fra
In to þe land of asya,
al þa þat mad sacrifice
til mawmentis, as folk vnwyse,
Ine þe puple [raisit] seduccione
a-gane sancte Iohne, but resone,
[and] to þe tempil of dyane
drew hym rudly, ore þai fane,
for to strenȝe hym to sacrify.
bot he amesit þam in hy,
proponand þam þat distinctiue
to lat þame with hym for to stryfe,
þat oþire þai, to dame dyane
prayand, suld cristis kirk onane
ger don thru hyr cassine be,
and [he] but mare of his wil fre
til ydolis suld sacrify;
or he þe tempil suld in hy
of dame diane gere Ryve done
of criste thru Invocacione,
þane þai in criste [suld] trew & [in] his lare.
þar-to þe maste part þat wes þare,
consentit, and gert remow all
ovt of þe tempil, gret & smal.
þane sancte Iohne mad his vrisone
to god in gud deuocione,
and sodanly to erd can fall
þe tempil & þe Idolis all,
and of deme dyane þe fygure
ware brokine smal but recowere.