V.

NOW ys Crystemas y-cum,

Fadyr and Son togedyr in oon,

Holy Goste, as ye be oon,

in fere-a,

God sende us a good n(e)w yere-a.

I wolde yow synge for and I mygȝhgt,

Off a chylde ys fayre in syghgȝt,

Hys modyr hym bare thys yndyrs nyghȝt

so stylle-a,

And as yt was hys wylle-a.

There cam iij kynges fro Galylee

Into Bethleem, that fayre cytee,

To seke hym that ever shulde be

by ryghȝt-a

Lorde and kynge and knyghȝt-a.

As they cam forth with there offrynge,

They met with Herode that mody kynge,

thys tyde-a,

And thys to them he sayde-a.

“Off wens be ye, yow kynges iij.?

Off the Este, as ye may see,

To seke hym that ever shulde be

by ryghgȝt-a

Lorde and kynge and knyghȝt-a.”

“Wen yow at thys chylde have be,

Cum home aȝeyne by me,

Tell me the syghȝtes that yow have see,

I praye yow;

Go yow no nodyr way-a.”

They toke her leve both olde and yonge

Off Herode that mody kynge;

They went forth with there offrynge

by lyghȝth-a,

By the sterre that shoone so bryghȝt-a.

Tyll they cam in to the place

There Jhesu and hys modyr was,

Offryd they up with grete solace

in fere-a

Golde and sence and myrre-a.

The fadyr of hevyn an awngylle down sent,

To thyke iij kynges that made presente

thys tyde-a,

And thys to them he sayd-a.

“My lorde have warnyd yow everychone,

By Herode kynge yow go not home;

For and yow do, he wylle you slone

and strye-a.

And hurte yow wondyrly-a.”

Forthe them wente thys kynges iij,

Tylle they cam home to there cuntré

Glade and blyth they were alle iij,

Off the syghȝtes that they had see,

by-dene-a.

The cumpany was clene-a.

Knele we now here a-down,

Pray we in good devocioun

To the kynge of grete renown,

of grace-a,

In hevyn to have a place-a.