Jhesu. An old man, Joseph, as I ȝow say,
Here weddyd be meracle onto his wyff;
Here for to fede and kepe alway,
And bothyn in clennesse be maydenys olyff.
Secundus doctor. What nede was it here to be wedde
Onto a man of so grett age?
Lesse than thei myght bothe a go to bedde,
And kept the lawe of maryage.
Jhesus. To blynde the devyl of his knowlache,
And my byrthe from hym to hyde,—