A   UVhen Iesus was borne at Bethleem in Iury / in the tyme of Herode the kynge. Beholde / there came wyse m&ebar; from the eest to Ierusalem saynge: Where is he þt; is borne kynge of þe; Iues? We have sene his starre in þe; eest / ∧ are come to worship him.

When Herode þe; kynge had herde thys / he was troubled / and all Ierusalem with hym / and he gathered all þe; chefe Prestes and Scribes of the people / and axed of them where Christ shulde be borne. And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethle&ebar; in Iury. For thus it is written

by the Prophet. ^noteAnd thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury / art not the leest concernynge the Princes of Iuda. ^noteFor out of the shall come the captayne / that shall govern my people Israhel.

B   Then Herod prevely called the wyse men / and dylig&ebar;tly enquyred of them / þe; tyme of the starre that appered / and sent th&ebar; to Bethleem saynge: Goo and searche dylig&ebar;tly for þe; chylde. And when ye have founde hym / bringe me worde / þt; I maye come ∧ worshippe hym also.

When they had heard the kynge / they departed: and lo the starre which they sawe in þe; eeste / went before them / tyll it came and stode over the place where the chylde was. When they sawe the starre / they were marvelously glad: and went into the house / and found the chylde with Mary hys mother / and kneled doune and worshipped hym / ∧ opened their treasures / and offred vnto hym gyftes / gold / fr&abar;ckynsence and myrre. And after they were warned of God in a dreame / that they shuld not go ageyne to Herod / they retourned into their awne countre another waye. &cross3;

C   When they were departed: beholde the angell of the Lorde appered to Ioseph in dreame sayinge: aryse / and take the chylde and his mother / and flye into Egypte / ∧ abyde there tyll I brynge the worde. For Herod will seke the chylde to destroye hym. Th&ebar; he arose / and toke the chylde and his mother by night / and departed into Egypte / and was there vnto þe; deeth of Herod / to fulfill that which was spoken

of the Lorde / by þe; Prophet which sayeth / out of Egypte haue I called my sonne. ^note

Then Herod perceavynge þt; he was moocked of the wyse men / was excedynge wroth / and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem / and in all the costes there of / as many as were two yere olde and vnder / accordynge to the tyme which he had dilig&ebar;tly searched oute of the wyse men.

^noteThen was fulfilled þt; which was spoken by the Prophet Ieremy sayinge: On the hilles was a voyce herde / mornynge / wepynge / ^note and greate lamentacion: D   Rachel wepynge for her chyldren / and wolde not be conforted / because they were not. &cross3;

&cross2; When Herode was deed: beholde / an angell of þe; Lorde appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte sayinge: arise ∧ take þe; chylde ∧ his mother / ∧ go into þe; londe of Israel. For they are deed which sought þe; chyldes life. Th&ebar; he arose vp / ∧ toke þe; chylde ∧ his mother / ∧ cam into the londe of Israhel. But wh&ebar; he hearde þt; Archelaus did raygne in Iury / in þe; roume of his father Herode / he was afrayde to goo thither. Not withstondynge after he was warned of god in a dreame / he turned a syde into þe; parties of Galile / ^note ∧ w&ebar;t ∧ dwelt in a cite called Nazareth / to fulfill þt; which was spoken by þe; Prophetes: he shalbe called a Nazarite &cross3;

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