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Þen com a vois to Ioseph and seide him þise wordes,
Biddes him and his wyf and his sone eke,
And alle þat þey mouȝten gete and to god tornen,
Biddes him and his wyf and his sone eke,
And alle þat þey mouȝten gete and to god tornen,
Gon out of Ierusalem & prechen hise wordes,
And neuer more come a-ȝeyn whon þei weore enes þenne.
And neuer more come a-ȝeyn whon þei weore enes þenne.
In þe morwe he was sone boun don as he biddes;
Ioseph and his cumpanye keueren on swiþe.
Ioseph and his cumpanye keueren on swiþe.
Ioseph ferde bi-foren and þe flote folewede;
in-to þe lond of betanye þis buirnes nou wenden.
in-to þe lond of betanye þis buirnes nou wenden.
þei carke for here herbarwe summe be-hynde;
whon Ioseph herde þer-of he bad hem not demayȝen:
“He þat ledes vs þis wei vre herborwe schal wisse.”
þei founden hit newely so wel weore þei neuere.
whon Ioseph herde þer-of he bad hem not demayȝen:
“He þat ledes vs þis wei vre herborwe schal wisse.”
þei founden hit newely so wel weore þei neuere.
A-morwe þei weore diȝt and don hem to ȝonge,
And come to a Forest with floures ful feire,
þat was called Argos þat þe kyng ouȝte,
in þe lond of damas þe cuntre was dere.
And come to a Forest with floures ful feire,
þat was called Argos þat þe kyng ouȝte,
in þe lond of damas þe cuntre was dere.
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