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De anunciacione dominica
Seinte Marie day in Leinte among oþer dawes gode
Riȝt is forto holde heiȝe wo so him vnderstode
For þulke day an eorþe uerst com þe gode tyþinge
[Þat] oure Louerd an eorþe aliȝte of þe pine of helle us to bringe
Atte beginnynge eke of þe world as in þulke daie
Adam dude þe uerste sunne us alle to bitraie
Riȝt is forto holde heiȝe wo so him vnderstode
For þulke day an eorþe uerst com þe gode tyþinge
[Þat] oure Louerd an eorþe aliȝte of þe pine of helle us to bringe
Atte beginnynge eke of þe world as in þulke daie
Adam dude þe uerste sunne us alle to bitraie
Suþþe after ward in þulke day ȝute þer uel anoþer
For Caym þe luþer bern slou Abel is broþer
Þat was þe uerste martirdom þat me euere an eorþe isay
Þe þe eoldere slou þe ȝongore as it fel þulke day
And Abraham þe patriarc in þulke day also
Asle wolde Ysaac ys sone is sacrefise to do
For Caym þe luþer bern slou Abel is broþer
Þat was þe uerste martirdom þat me euere an eorþe isay
Þe þe eoldere slou þe ȝongore as it fel þulke day
And Abraham þe patriarc in þulke day also
Asle wolde Ysaac ys sone is sacrefise to do
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Þe angel suþþe in þulke day to oure Leuedi com
And oure swete Louerd inis moder fleiss and blod nom
Sein Iohan also þe Baptist as in þulke daye
Was is heued ysmite of þe quene forto paye
And þer after þo a twelf monþe in þulke day also
Our Louerd þolede for us deþ and in þe rode was ido
And sein Iame þe apostel ek þat [of] oure Louerdes ante com
As it fel in þulke daye þolede martirdom
And oure swete Louerd inis moder fleiss and blod nom
Sein Iohan also þe Baptist as in þulke daye
Was is heued ysmite of þe quene forto paye
And þer after þo a twelf monþe in þulke day also
Our Louerd þolede for us deþ and in þe rode was ido
And sein Iame þe apostel ek þat [of] oure Louerdes ante com
As it fel in þulke daye þolede martirdom
Þeos seue þinges atteleste bi þulke day were
So þat on of þe [heȝiste] day hit aȝte be[o] in þe ȝere
Nou bidde we Iesus Godes sone þat þulke heiday wroȝte
Þat we mote come to þulke ioie þat he to us broȝte
So þat on of þe [heȝiste] day hit aȝte be[o] in þe ȝere
Nou bidde we Iesus Godes sone þat þulke heiday wroȝte
Þat we mote come to þulke ioie þat he to us broȝte
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