Quenys xul karpe,

And of sorwe synge.

Barnys ȝonge,

They xul be stunge,—

Thurwe levyr and lunge

We xal hem stynge.

Angelus. Awake, Joseph, and take thi wyff,

Thy childe also ryd be-lyff!

ffor kynge Herowde, with sharpe knyff

His knyghtes he doth sende.