mid hire þære yfelan scéonesse & fácne, beswác þone ærestan wífmon; forþon wæs se engel sprecende to ures Drihtnes meder & þus cwap, Wes þu hál, geofena ful; Drihten is mid þe.' Seo geofu wæs broht for þære synne þæs ærestan wifes. Heo wæs 'ful' cweden næs 'æmetugu,' forðon þe heo wæs mid gife gefylled, & seo synn wæs adilegod. Gehyron we nu to hwylcum gemete seo árwyrþe fæmne & seo halige, on hire cantice gefeónde and blissigende, sang & þus cwæþ, 'Þa
bingrigendan he gefylleþ mid gódum, & þa welegan he forlætep
on idelnesse.' He cwep se engel to hire, ' Wes þu hal, Maria,
geofena ful ; Drihten is mid þe, on þinre heortan & on þinum
innoþe, & eac on þinum fultome. Ac blissa þu, fæmne, for- Christ chose
Xon þe Crist of heofona heanessum & of þæm engelicum þrym- mother.
mum on þinne innop astigep ; and he hine to þon geeaþmedep
pæt he of his þæm fæderlican scéate þe him to meder' *[ .
salutation.
Mary for his
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Þy þe he bine onfehþ, ne belucep [he hijne no ; ac se geleafa
sceal beon fram eorþan up to heofonum areaht. Hwæt we nu She was a
gebyrdon þæt se heofonlica cyning ineode on pone medmycclan
innop þære á clænan fæmnan, þæt wæs þæt templ þæere ge-
þungennesse & ealre clennesse. He cwæp se engel to hire,
- Wes þu gebletsod betuh eall wifa cynn ; forþon se wæstm þines
innoþes is gebletsad.' On þæs engles wordum wes gehyred Bve's in þat þurh hire beorþor sceolde beon gebæled eall wifa cynn & kind to grief. Seo æreste modor þyses menniscan cynnes wræcwite pure temple. brought man- wera. middangearde brohte, þa heo Godes bebodu abræc; & on þis wræcwite aworpen wes. mæste wite & eallum hire cynne, ge þæt wite wæs to þæs strang þat æghwyle man sceolde mid sare on þas world cuman, & her on sorhgum béon, & mid sáre of gewitan ; ond nu þeos halige Mary brought fæmne Sancta Maria brohte eallum geleaffullum þæs bletsunga tion. & éce hælo. Lufian hie nu forþon eall wifa cynn & wera, & hie * weor8ian, wordum & dædum f[or. bewreah, heo onfeng on hire medmycclan bósm God Fæder Sunu, þone ne magon befón heofon and eorþe. Lufian we urne Sceppend & hine herian æfter urum gemete, calle mægene, swa we gehyran magon þæt seo halige fæmne dyde, seo hine lufode Heo hæfde hire sylfre geworht þæt eternal salva- ] mycel •p. 4. ....
