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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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