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De circumsicione Domini
Ȝeresday þe holy feste hey day is and god
For þulke day oure swete Louerd ssadde verst is blod
Ar he ycircumsised were as it fel in þe olde lay
After þat he was ibore þane eiȝteþe day
Þere he ssadde verst is blod fo[l] ȝong he was þerto
For oure gult & noȝt for his al it was ydo
Her beoþ wo so hym wel byþincþ þre[o] þinges oþer voure
War þoru þis holy Ȝeresday god is to honoure
For þulke day is þe vtaues of Midwinter day
And for oure Louerd was icircumsiced as it fel in þe lay
And for he ssadde þo ferst is blod to bringe us out of ssame
And for þulke day he was veorst icluped eor[þ]lych name
For þulke day oure swete Louerd ssadde verst is blod
Ar he ycircumsised were as it fel in þe olde lay
After þat he was ibore þane eiȝteþe day
Þere he ssadde verst is blod fo[l] ȝong he was þerto
For oure gult & noȝt for his al it was ydo
Her beoþ wo so hym wel byþincþ þre[o] þinges oþer voure
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For þulke day is þe vtaues of Midwinter day
And for oure Louerd was icircumsiced as it fel in þe lay
And for he ssadde þo ferst is blod to bringe us out of ssame
And for þulke day he was veorst icluped eor[þ]lych name
Þre[o] names he hadde here an eorþe þat me clupeþ hym bywone
Iesu verst & Crist also þe þridde was Godes sone
Icyrcumsised he was also vor four þinges oþer for þre[o]
Þe on was for he nolde noȝt aȝen þe olde lauwe be[o]
Þe oþer þyng was þat echman ssolde wel wite and ise[o]
Þat he was man of fleiss & blod to bugge us in þe tre[o]
Þe þridde þing was þat þe Giwes ne sede noȝt efsone
Þat he ne toke noȝt on as hore faderes were wond to done
Abraham and is ospring þat icircumsised were echon
& þat oure [Louerd] ham nere noȝt ilich ac wiþsede here lauwe anon
Þe veorþe encheson was þat þe deuel þat hadde to hym onde
Ne vnderȝet noȝt þat he were icome þoru Godes sonde
Ne þat he were Godes sone ak mannes kunde al one
Byȝute þoru Iosep & Marie þoru flesses ymone
Oure Louerd for þis vour þynges let him circumsise
Þe day is wel to holde heiȝe of men þat beoþ wise
Iesu verst & Crist also þe þridde was Godes sone
Icyrcumsised he was also vor four þinges oþer for þre[o]
Þe on was for he nolde noȝt aȝen þe olde lauwe be[o]
Þe oþer þyng was þat echman ssolde wel wite and ise[o]
Þat he was man of fleiss & blod to bugge us in þe tre[o]
Þe þridde þing was þat þe Giwes ne sede noȝt efsone
Þat he ne toke noȝt on as hore faderes were wond to done
Abraham and is ospring þat icircumsised were echon
& þat oure [Louerd] ham nere noȝt ilich ac wiþsede here lauwe anon
Þe veorþe encheson was þat þe deuel þat hadde to hym onde
Ne vnderȝet noȝt þat he were icome þoru Godes sonde
Ne þat he were Godes sone ak mannes kunde al one
Byȝute þoru Iosep & Marie þoru flesses ymone
Oure Louerd for þis vour þynges let him circumsise
Þe day is wel to holde heiȝe of men þat beoþ wise
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