To serve the at foot and honde.
And thi chylde bothe to undyrstonde,
To wurchep hym with good affeccion;
And therfore telle me, and nothinge whonde,
The holy matere of ȝour concepcion.
Maria. At ȝowre owyn wylle, as ȝe bydde me;
Ther came an aunge hyght Gabryelle,
And gret me ffayr and seyd Ave,
And ferther more to me gan telle
God xulde be borne of my bodé,