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MISSUS EST ANGELUS GABRIEL.
God sent his Aungell Gabriell
To Nazareth the chefe cite
Of Galile, as Luk will telle,
To Marie mylde and mayden fre.
The which was weddid to a man
Of David hows, that Joseph hight;
To her the Aungell entrid than
And seyde unto that mayden bryght,
Hayl, ful of grace, the Lord of all
He is with thee, blessyd mote thou be
Among all wymen grete & small;
Thus salwed he that Lady fre.
When sche this herde sche was affrayede,
And thought with in hir hert wytly
Of this worde howe it was sayde;
And than to her he seyde in highe,
Drede nought, Marye, for thou hast founde
The grace of God in mekenesse trewe;
Thow schalt conseyve and bere a sone,
And thou schalt clepe his name Jh͏̃u.
