[fol. 62r] TEACHER 2 5 TEACHER 3 10 15 20 TEACHER 1 26 TEACHER 2 30 TEACHER 3 35 TEACHER 1 40 TEACHER 2 TEACHER 3 46 JESUS 50 TEACHER 1 55 TEACHER 3 60 JESUS TEACHER 1 66 JESUS 70 TEACHER 2 TEACHER 3 75 JESUS 80 TEACHER 2 JESUS TEACHER 1 86 90 95 100 JESUS TEACHER 1 106 TEACHER 2 110 JESUS TEACHER 3 116 JESUS 120 TEACHER 1 125 JESUS 130 135 140 TEACHER 1 146 JESUS [fol. 63v] 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 TEACHER 2 186 TEACHER 3 190 TEACHER 1 195 MARY 200 JOSEPH 206 [fol. 64r] 210 MARY JOSEPH 216 MARY 220 JOSEPH MARY 226 JOSEPH 230 MARY 235 JOSEPH 240 MARY 245 [fol. 64v] JESUS 250 MARY 255 JOSEPH 260 JESUS TEACHER 1 TEACHER 2 266 TEACHER 3 270 JESUS 275 MARY JOSEPH 280

Teacher 1 Teacher 2 Teacher 3 Jesus Mary Joseph […] That a madyn a barn shuld bere, And his name thus can thay tell: Fro the tyme that he born were He shal be callyd Emanuell. Counselloure, and God of strengthe, And Wonderfull also Shall he be callyd, of brede and lenghthe As far as any man may go. Masters, youre resons ar right good, And wonderfull to neven. Yit fynde I more by Abacuk. Syrs, lysten a whyle unto my steven. Oure bayll, he says, shall turn to boytt Herafterward som day; A wande shall spryng fro Jesse roytt, The certan sothe thus can he say, And of that wande shall spryng a floure That shall spryng up full hight; Therof shall com full swete odowre, And therapon shall rest and lyght The Holy Gost, full mych of myght; The goost of wysdom and of wyt Shall beyld his nest with mekyll right And in it brede and sytt. Bot when trow ye this prophecy Shal be fulfyllyd in dede, That here is told so openly As we in scrypture rede? A greatt mervell, forsothe it is, To us to here of sich mastry: A madyn to bere a chyld, iwys, Without mans seyde, that were ferly. The Holy Gost shall in hyr lyght And kepe hir madynhede full clene; Whoso may byde to se that sight, Thay ther not drede, I wene. Of all thise prophetys wyse of lore That knew the prophecy more and les Was none that told the tyme before, When he shuld com to by us peasse. Wheder he be commen or not No knowlege have we in certayn, Bot he shall com, that dowt we not; Fele prophetys have prechyd it full playn. Mekyll I thynk that thise prophetys Ar holden to God that is on hight, That have knowyng of his behetys, And for to tell of his mekyll myght. Tunc venit Jesus. 1 Masters, luf be with you lent, And mensk be unto this meneye. Son, hens away I wold thou went, For othere haft in hand have we. Son, whosoever thee hyder sent, Thay were not wyse, thus tell I thee, For we have othere tayllys to tent Then now with barnes bowrdand to be. Son, if thou lyst oght lere To lyf by Moyses lay, Com heder, and thou shall here The sawes that we wyll say. For in som mynde it may thee bryng To here oure sawes red by rawes. To lere of you nedys me no thyng, For I knaw both youre dedys and sawes. Hark, yonder barn with his bowrdyng! He wenys he kens more then he knawys. Nay, certys, son, thou art over-ying By clergy yit to know oure laws. I wote as well as ye How that youre lawes was wroght. Com sytt; soyn shall we se For certys so semys it noght. It were wonder if any wyght Untill oure resons right shuld reche, And thou says thou has insight Oure lawes truly to tell and teche. The Holy Gost has on me lyght, And anoynt me lyke a leche, And gyffen to me powere and myght The kyngdom of heven to preche. Whensever this barne may be That shewys thise novels new? Certan, syrs, I was or ye, And shall be after you. Son, of thi sawes, as we have ceyll, And of thi wytt is wonder thyng, Bot nevertheles fully I feyll That it may fayll in wyrkyng; For David demys ever ilk deyll And thus he says of chylder ying: Ex ore infancium et lactencium perfecisti laudem 2 Of thare mowthes, sayth David wele, Oure Lord he has perfourmed loving. Nevertheles, son, yit shuld thou lett Her for to speke in large, For where masters ar mett Chylder wordys ar not to charge. For certys, if thou wold never so fayn Gyf all thi lyst to lere the law, Thou art nawther of myght ne mayn To know it as a clerk may knaw. Syrs, I say you in certan That sothfast shall be all my saw, And powere have I plener and playn To say and answere as me aw. Masters, what may this mene? Mervell, me thynk, have I Whereever this barne has bene That carpys thus conandly. In warld as wyde as we have went Fand we never sich ferly fare. Certys, I trow the barn be sent Sufferanly to salfe oure sare. Syrs, I shall preve in youre present All the sawes that I sayde are. Which callys thou the fyrst commaundement, And the most in Moyses lare? Syrs, synthen ye syt on raw And hafe youre bookys on brede, Let se, syrs, in youre saw How right that ye can rede. I rede that this is the fyrst bydyng That Moyses told us hereuntyll: Honoure thi God over ilka thyng, With all thi wyt and all thi wyll, And all thi hart in hym shall hyng, Erly and late, both lowde and styll. Ye nede none othere bookys to bryng, Bot fownd this to fulfyll. The seconde may men profe, And clerly knaw therby: Youre neyghburs shall ye lofe Right as yourself, truly. Thus commaunded Moyses tyll all men In his commaundes clere. In thise two bydyngys, shall ye ken, Hyngys all the law we aght to lere. Whoso fulfylles thise two then With mayn and mode and good manere, He fulfyllys truly all ten That after thaym folows in fere; Then shuld we God honowre With all oure myght and mayn, And luf well ilk neghboure Right as oureself, certayn. Now, son, synthen thou has told us two, Which ar the aght, can thou oght say? The thyrd bydys whereso ye go That ye shall halow the holy day. From bodely wark ye take youre rest; Youre household looke the same thay do, Both wyfe, chyld, servande, and beest. The fourt is then, in weyll and wo, Thi fader, thi moder, thou shall honowre, Not only with thi reverence, Bot in thare nede thou thaym socoure, And kepe ay good obedyence. The fyft bydys thee no man slo, Ne harme hym never in word ne dede, Ne suffre hym not to be in wo If thou may help hym in his nede. The sext bydys thee thi wyfe to take, Bot none othere lawfully; Lust of lechery thou fle and fast forsake, And drede ay God whereso thou be. The seven bydys thee be no thefe feyr, Ne nothyng wyn with trechory; Oker ne symony thou com not nere, Bot conscyence clere ay kepe truly. The aght byddys thee be true in dede, And fals wytnes looke thou none bere; Looke thou not ly for freynd ne fede, Lest to thi saull that it do dere. The neyn byddys thee not desyre Thi neghburs wyfe ne his women, Bot as holy kyrk wold it were, Right so thi purpose sett it in. The ten byddys thee for nothyng Thi neghburs goodys yerne wrongwysly, His house, his rent, ne his hafyng, And Crysten fayth trow stedfastly. Thus in tabyls shall ye ken Oure Lord to Moyses wrate; Thise ar the commaundementys ten, Whoso will lely layt. Behald, how he lege oure lawes And leryd never on booke to rede. Full sotell sawes me thynk he says, And also true if we take hede. Yei, lett hym furth on his wayes, For if he dwell, withoutten drede, The pepyll will ful soyn hym prayse Well more then us, for all oure dede. Nay, nay, then wyrk we wrang; Sich spekyng will we spare. As he cam, let hym gang, And mefe us not no mare. Tunc venient Ioseph et Maria et dicet Maria, 3 A, dere Joseph, what is youre red? Of oure greatt bayll no boytt may be; My hart is hevy as any lede, My semely son to I hym se. Now have we soght in every sted Both up and downe thise dayes thre, And wheder he be whik or dede Yit wote we not, so wo is me. Sorow had never man mare. Bot mowrnyng, Mary, may not amend. Farther do I red we fare To God som socoure send. Abowtt the tempyll if he be oght, That wold I that we wyst this nyght. A, certys, I se that we have soght! In warld was never so semely a sight. Lo, where he syttys. Se ye hym noght Amangys yond masters mekyll of myght? Blyssyd be he us heder broght; In land now lyfys there none so light. Now, dere Joseph, as have ye seyll, Go furth and fetche youre son and myne; This day is goyn nere ilka deyll, And we have nede for to go hien. With men of myght can I not mell, Then all my travell mon I tyne; I can not with thaym, that wote ye well; Thay are so gay in furrys fyne. To thaym youre erand forto say, Surely that thar ye drede no deyll. Thay will take hede to you alway Because of eld, this wote I weyll. When I com ther, what shall I say? For I wote not, as have I ceyll, Bot thou will have me shamyd for ay, For I can nawthere crowke ne knele. Go we togeder, I hold it best, Unto yond worthy wyghtys in wede, And if I se, as have I rest, That ye will not, then must I nede. Go thou, and tell thi tayll fyrst; Thi son to thee will take good hede. Weynd furth, Mary, and do thi best; I com behynd, as God me spede. A, dere son, Jesus! Sythen we luf thee alone, Whi dos thou tyll us thus, And gars us make this mone? Thi fader and I, betwix us two, Son, for thi luf has lykyd yll; We have thee soght both to and fro, Wepeand sore as wyghtis wyll. Wherto shuld ye, moder, seke me so? Oft-tymes it has bene told ye tyll: My Fader warkys, for wele or wo, Thus am I sent for to fulfyll. Thise sawes, as have I ceyll, I can not understonde. I shall thynk on them weyll, To fownd what is folowand. Now sothly, son, the sight of thee Has comforthed us of all oure care. Com furth now with thi moder and me; At Nazareth I wold we ware. Beleyf then, ye lordyngys fre, For with my freyndys now wyll I fare. Son, whereso thou shall abyde or be, God make thee good man evermare. No wonder if thou, wife, Of his fyndyng be fayn; He shall, if he have lyfe, Prefe to a full good swayn. Son, looke thou layn, for good or yll, The noyttys that we have nevened now, And if thou lyke to abyde here styll And with us won, welcom art thou. Gramercy, syrs, of youre good wyll. No longer lyst I byde with you; My freyndys thoght I shall fulfyll And to thare bydyng baynly bow. Full well is me this tyde; Now may we make good chere. No longer wyll we byde. Farewell, all folk in fere. 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