Nowe se I God þis same hath sende.

Þis light comes all of Criste,

Þat seede, to saue vs nowe,

Þus is my poynte puplisshid.

But Symeon, what sais þou? 60

6. Symeon. Þhis, my tale of farleis feele,

For in þis temple His frendis me fande;

I hadde delite with Hym to dele,

And halsed homely with my hande.

I saide, 'Lorde, late thy seruaunt lele 65