‘When you at this Child have been,
Come you home this way again;
Tell me the sight that you have seen;
I pray-a,
Go you none other way-a.’
VII
They took their leave both old and ying[628]
Then of Herod that moody king;
They went forth with their offering
By light-a
Of the star that shone so bright-a.
VIII
Till they came into the place
Where Jesu and his mother was;
Offer’d they up with great solace
In fere-a
Gold, incense and myrrh-a.
IX
When they had their offering made
As the Holy Ghost them bade,
Then they were both merry and glad
And light-a;
It was a good fair sight-a.
X
Anon, as on their way they went,
The Father of heaven an angel sent
To these three kings that made present
This tide-a,
And this to them he said-a:—