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CHAP. II.

HEN therfore was * borne in Bethlehem of Juda in the dayes of Herod the King, ″ behold, there came Sages from the East to Hierusalem, saying, where is he that is borne King of the Jewes? For we have seene his ″ starre in the East, and ″ are come to adore him. And Herod the King hearing this, was troubled, & al Hierusalem with him. And assembling together al the high Priestes and the Scribes of the people, he ″ inquired of them where Christ should be borne. But they sayd to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the Prophet: And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda, art not the least among the Princes of Juda: for out of thee shal come forth the Capitaine that shal rule my people Israel. Then Herod secretly caling the Sages, learned diligently of them the time of the starre which appeared to them; and sending them into Bethlehem, said: Goe, & inquire diligently of the childe; and when you shal finde him, make reporte to me, that I also may come and adore him.

Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the starre which they had seen in the East, went before them, until it came and stoode over, where the childe was. And seing the starre they rejoyced with exceeding great joy. And entring into the house, they found the childe with his mother, & falling downe ″ adored him; and opening their ″ treasures, they offered to him * ″ guiftes: gold, frankincense, and myrrhe. And having received an answer in sleepe that they should not returne to Herod, they went backe an other way into their contrey. ✠

And after they were departed, Behold an Angel of our Lord appeared in sleepe to Joseph, saying: Arise, & take the childe and his mother, and fly into Ægipt; and be there until I shal tel thee. For it wil come to passe that Herod wil seeke the childe to destroy him. Who arose, & tooke the childe and his mother by night, and retired into Ægypt: and he was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of our Lord by the Prophet, saying, ″ Out of Ægypt have I called my Sonne. Rh