Maria. The fadyr of hevyn and ȝe it is,
Other fadyr hath be non;
I dede nevyr forfete with man i-wys;
Wherfore I pray ȝow amende ȝour mon,—
This childe is Goddys and ȝour.
Joseph. Goddys childe! thou lyist, in fay;
God dede nevyr jape so with may,
And I can nevyr ther, I dare wel say,
ȝitt so nyh thi boure.
But ȝit I sey, Mary, whoos childe is this?