26 'But now I have it reapen,
And some laid on my wain,
Ready to fetch and carry
Into my barn again.'
27 'Turn back,' says the captain,
'Your labor and mine's in vain;
It's full three quarters of a year
Since he his seed has sown.'
28 So Herod was deceived,
By the work of God's own hand,
And further he proceeded
Into the Holy Land.
29 There's thousands of children young
Which for his sake did die;
Do not forbid those little ones,
And do not them deny.
30 The truth now I have spoken,
And the truth now I have shown;
Even the Blessed Virgin
She's now brought forth a son.
a.
81. West land.
162. spring; perhaps a preposition has been dropped.
b.