That holy wedlok was grett stopage,
The devyl in dowte to do abyde.
Also, whan sche xulde to Egypte gon,
And fle from Herowde, for dowte of me;
Becawse she xulde nat go alon,
Joseph was ordeyned here make to be,
My ffadyr, of his hyȝ magesté,
Here for to comforte in the way:
These be the cawsys, as ȝe may se,
Why Joseph weddyd that holy may.