A   It fortuned at the same tyme, that there w&ebar;te out a c&obar;maundement fr&obar; Augustus the Emperoure, that the whole worlde shulde be taxed. And this taxynge was the first that was executed, whan Syrenius was leftenaunt in Siria. And they wente all, euery one to his owne cite to be taxed. Then Ioseph gat him vp also fr&obar; Galile, out of the cite of Nazareth, in to Iewry, to þe; cite of Dauid, ^note which is called Bethleem, (because he was of þe; house and lynage of Dauid) that he might be taxed &wt; Mary his spoused wife, which was &wt; childe.

And it fortuned whyle they were there, þe; tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered. ^noteAnd she brought forth hir first begott&ebar; sonne, ∧ wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger: for they had els no rowme in the ynne.

B   And there were in þe; same region shepherdes in the felde by the foldes, and watchinge their flocke by night. And beholde, þe; angell of the LORDE stode by th&ebar;, and þe; brightnes of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them, and they were sore afrayed. And the angell sayde vnto them: Be not afrayed. Beholde, I brynge you tyd&ibar;ges of greate ioye, which shall happen vnto all people: for vnto you this daye is borne þe; Sauioure, eu&ebar; Christ þe; LORDE, in the cite of Dauid. And take this for a token: Ye shal fynde the babe swadled, and layed in a maunger. And straight waye there was by the angell a multitude of heauenly hoostes, which praysed God, and sayde: Glory be vnto God an hye, ∧ peace vpon earth, and vnto men a good wyll.

C   And it fortuned wh&abar; the angels were gone from th&ebar; in to heau&ebar;, the shepherdes sayde one to another: let vs go now euen vnto Bethleem, and se this thinge that is happened, which þe; LORDE hath shewed vnto vs. And they came &wt; haist, ∧ founde both Mary and Ioseph, ∧ the babe layed in þe; maunger. And whan they had sene it, they published abrode the sayenge, þt; was tolde th&ebar; of this childe. And all they that herde it, wondred at the wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them. But Mary kepte all these sayenges, and pondred them in hir hert. And the shepherdes returned, praysinge and laudinge God, for all that they had herde and sene, euen as it was tolde them.

^noteAnd whan eight dayes were ended, that the childe shulde be circumcysed, his name was called Iesus, ^note which was named of þe; angell, before he was conceaued in his mothers wombe.

D    ^noteAnd wh&abar; the dayes of their purificacion after the lawe of Moses, were come, they brought him to Ierusal&ebar;, that they might present him vnto the LORDE (As it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE: ^note Euery m&abar;childe that first openeth the Matrix, shalbe called holy vnto þe; LORDE) and that they might geue the offerynge, as it is wrytt&ebar; in the lawe of the LORDE (namely) a payre of turtle doues, or two yonge pigeons.

And beholde, there was a man (at Ierusal&ebar;) whose name was Symeon, and the same m&abar; was iust, and feared God, and l&obar;ged for the consolacion of Israel, and the holy goost was in him. And an answere was geu&ebar; him of the holy goost, that he shulde not se death, before he had sene þe; LORDES Christ. And he came by inspiracion in to the t&ebar;ple.

E   And whan the elders brought the childe Iesus in to the temple, to do for him after þe; custome of the ^note lawe, then toke he him vp in his armes, and praysed God, and sayde:

LORDE, now lettest thou thy serua&ubar;t departe in peace, acordinge to thy promesse.

For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure, wh&obar; thou hast prepared before all people.

^noteA light for the lightenynge of the Heyth&ebar;, ∧ for the prayse of þi; people of Israel.

And his father and mother marueyled at the thinges that were spok&ebar; of him. And Symeon blessed them, and sayde vnto Mary his mother: Beholde, this (childe) shalbe set to a fall, and to an vprysinge agayne of many in Israel, and for a token, which shalbe spok&ebar; agaynst. And the swerde shal pearse thy soule, that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened.

F   And there was a prophetisse, one Anna, the doughter of Phanuel of the trybe of Aser, which was of a greate age, and had lyued seuen yeares with hir hu&esset;b&abar;de from hir virginite, ∧ had now bene a wedowe aboute foure score ∧ foure yeares, which came neuer fr&obar; the t&ebar;ple, seruynge God &wt; fastynge and prayenge, daye and night: the same came forth also the same houre, and praysed the LORDE, and spake of him vnto all that loked for the redempcion at Ierusalem.

And whan they had perfourmed all acordinge to the lawe of the LORDE, thy returned &ibar; to Galile, to their owne cite Nazareth. And the childe grewe, and wexed stronge in sprete, full of wy&esset;dome, ∧ the grace of God was with him.

And his elders wente to Ierusalem euery yeare at the feast of Easter. And whan he was twolue yeare olde, they wente vp to Ierusalem, ^note after the custome of the feast. And whan they had fulfilled the dayes, and were gone home agayne, ^note the childe Iesus abode styll at Ierusalem. And his elders knewe it not, but thought he had bene in the company, and they came a dayes iourney, and sought h&ibar; am&obar;ge their kyn&esset; folkes ∧ acqu&abar;taunce. And wh&abar; they founde him not, they w&ebar;te agayne to Ierusal&ebar;, and sought him.

G   And it fortuned after thre dayes, þt; they founde him in the temple, syttinge amonge the teachers, hearynge th&ebar;, and opposynge them. And all they that herde him, w&obar;dred at his vnderstondynge and answeres. ^noteAnd whan they sawe him, they were astonnyed. And his mother sayde vnto him: My sonne, why hast thou done this vnto vs? Beholde, thy father and I haue sought the sorowynge. And he sayde vnto them: ^note What is it, that ye haue sought me? Wyst ye not, þt; I must go aboute my fathers busynes? And they ^note vnderstode not the sayenge þt; he spake vnto them. And he wente downe with th&ebar;, and came to Nazareth, and was obedi&ebar;t vnto them. And his mother kepte all these wordes in hir hert. And Iesus increased in wy&esset;dome, age and fauoure with God and men.

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