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Secunda causa quare Herodes timuit & iratus fuit de aduentu Christi.
Anoþer cause he dred hym fore
myȝt wel be þis that I shal say,
for alle kynges las & more
thurȝe-out þe world of ich cuntray
myȝt wel be þis that I shal say,
for alle kynges las & more
thurȝe-out þe world of ich cuntray
Weren sent from Rome to vche londe,
as Heroud was into Iude,
Ȝif he had lafte that of his honde,
schamele schent thenne had ben he.
as Heroud was into Iude,
Ȝif he had lafte that of his honde,
schamele schent thenne had ben he.
ffor Romaynes haden a statute maad,
that noghwher God schuld callet be
ne keng, but thay that leue hade
of Rome and lordes of that cite.
that noghwher God schuld callet be
ne keng, but thay that leue hade
of Rome and lordes of that cite.
Therfore ȝif he had suffert ther
any keng boute hor assent,
or callet God aboute oghwher
in his lond ther he was lent,
any keng boute hor assent,
or callet God aboute oghwher
in his lond ther he was lent,
The Romaynes migh haue had a way
Heroud schamely to haue schent,
that made hym dredyng in gode fay,
to destruye Crist more feruent.
Heroud schamely to haue schent,
that made hym dredyng in gode fay,
to destruye Crist more feruent.
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