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Ryse, hyrd-men heynd
Angelus cantat «Gloria in excelsis»; postea dicat: A n g e l u s 920 Ryse, hyrd-men heynd, For now is he borne That shall take fro the feynd That Adam had lorne; That warloo to sheynd, 925 This nyght is he borne. God is made youre freynd Now at this morne, He behestys. At Bedlem go se 930 Ther lygys that fre In a cryb full poorely, Betwyx two bestys. ll. 920–932. Secunda Pastorum. The Wakefield Master. MS. HM 1, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. c. 1450.
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Sóþlíce we gesáwon hys steorran on east-daéle
1. Eornustlice ðá se Haélend ácenned wæs on Iudeiscre Bethleem, on ðæs cyninges dagum Herodes, ðá comon ða tungol-wítegen fram east-dæle to Hierusalem, 2. And cwaédon, Hwær ys se, Iudea cyning ðe ácenned ys? sóþlíce we gesáwon hys steorran on east-daéle, and we comon us him to ge-eadmédenne. 3. Ðá Herodes ðæt gehýrde ðá wearþ he gedréfed, and eal Hierosolim-waru mid him. 4. And ðá gegaderode Herodes ealle ealdras ðæra sacerda, and folces wríteras, and áxode, hwær Crist ácenned waére. 5. Ðá saédon hí him, On Iudeiscere Bethlem; wítodlíce ðus ys áwriten þurh ðone wítegan, 6. And ðú, Bethleem, Iudea land, wítodlíce ne eart ðú læstþ on Iuda ealdrum; of…
