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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 Ju.