ffrom hevyn, thin hyȝ magesté,
Thu comyst hedyr ffrom dygnité,
Mannys sowle to wynne.
Jhesus. John Baptyste, thou be wyttnes,
The trewthe loke that thou nat hyde;
ffor now I passe forthe into wyldernes,
The Holy Gost xal be my gyde.
Hic Jhesus transit in desertum, dicens, etc.
In whylsum place of desertnes,
XL.ᵗⁱ days, a terme ful wyde,