And Goddys sone in here is pygth,
The aungelle doth telle what he xal hyght,
And namyth the chylde Jhesus.
Tertius vexillator.
In the xij. pagent, as I ȝow telle,
Joseph comyth hom fro fer countré,
Oure ladyes wombe with chylde doth swelle,
And than Joseph ful hevy is he;
He doth forsake here with hert ful felle,
Out of countré he gynnyth to fle,