[63b] 240 245 250 255 ze shal conceyve in zour wombe, indeede, a childe, the sone of the trynyte; his name of gow ih(es)u clepyd shalbe; he shal be grett, the son of the hyest, clepyd of kende, and of his ffadyr davyd the lord shal geve hym the se, Reynyng in the hous of Jacob, of which regne shal be n(o) end. Maria: Aungel, I sey to zow, in what maner of wyse shal this be? ffor knowyng of man I have non now: I have evyrmore kept and shal my virgynyte, But I aske how it shal be do. Gabryel: The holy gost shal come fro above to the, Therfore that holy gost of the shal be bore, and se Elyzabeth zour cosyn thore, [64a] of here that clepyd was bareyn. 260 nothynge is impossyble to goddys usage: they thynkyth longe to here what ze wyl seyn. here the aungel makyth a lytyl restynge and mary beholdyth hym, and the aungel seyth: Mary, come of and haste the, and take hede in thyn entent whow the holy gost, blyssyd he be, Abydyth thin answere and thin assent. Thorwe wyse werke of dyvinyte and the chosyn sowlys, this tyme of grace, As Adam, Abraham, and davyd in fere, gyff me myn answere now, lady dere, Maria with all mekenes I clyne to this acorde, 265 270 [64b] 280 285 290 272, 273, 276 282] MS has full 274 rescu] erased in MS and ther 279 preservere psever 264] MS has full form the forms thyn, and, and, these rescu substituted, H follows correction MS, presevere H F here the holy gost discendit with iij bemys to oure lady, the sone of the godhed ne[x]t with iij bemys to the holy gost, the fadyr godly with iij bemys to the sone, and so entre all thre to here bosom, and mary seyth: [65 a] Maria: A! now I fele in my body be parfyte god and parfyte man, havyng all schappe of chyldly carnalyte, evyn all at onys, thus god began, 295 Not takynge ffyrst o membyr and sythe another, but parfyte childhod ze have anon; 300 305 310 of your hand-mayden now have ge mad gour modyr, O, myn hyest ffadyr, in zour trone, It is worthy gour son, now my son, haue a p(re)rogatyff! I can not telle what joy, what blysse, now I fele in my body! Aungel Gabryel, I thank gow for thys, most mekely recomende me to my faderes mercy. how sche hath conseyvid, as ze dede specyfy. [65b] Gabryel: ffare weyl turtyl, goddys dowtere dere! ffare wel goddys modyr, I the honowre! ffare wel goddys sustyr, and his pleynge fere! 315 Maria: ffare wel Gabryel, specyalye! after 290, in stage-direction:] MS has the fadyr, the son nest MS, vest H has full form thus 299] MS has full form thus next} 305] MS And namely of gour comfortabyl massage, I p(ra)y zow take it into usage, be a custom ocupacion, to vesyte me ofte be mene passage, your p(re)sence is my comfortacion. Gabryel: At zour wyl, lady, so shal it be, ze gentyllest of blood and hyest of kynrede that reynyth in erth in ony degre, be pryncypal incheson of the godhede! I comende me onto gow, thu trone of the trinyte! 320 325 330 qwen of hefne, lady of erth, and empres of helle be ze [66a] socour to all synful that wol to gow sew. Thorozour body beryth the babe oure blysse shalrenew, 335 Ang(e)li cantando istam sequenciam : d(omin)us tecum, uirgo se[r]ena. 332 ihesu] 323 pray] py MS 326 presence] ôsence MS ihu MS after 338 Angeli] Angli MS gracia] gfa MS dominus] dûs MS serena] sesena MS, serena H quenciam ] MS had originally and mary sayth, now erased Fol. 66b is blank. after se [67 a] 10 [PLAY] 12. [JOSEPH'S RETURN.] Joseph: How, dame, how! undo goure dore, undo! Are ze at hom? why speke ze notht? Susanna: Who is ther? why cry ze so? telle us goure herand. Wy[l] ze ought? 5 Joseph: Undo goure dore I sey zow to, ffor to come in is all my thought. Maria: it is my spowse that spekyth us to; ondo the dore, his wyl were wrought. Wellcome hom, myn husband dere, how haue ze ferd in fer countre? Joseph: To gete oure lyvynge, withowten dwere, I haue sore laboryd for the and me. Maria: husband, ryght gracyously now com be ze; it solacyth me sore sothly to se zow in sy[ght]. 15 Joseph: Me merveylyth, wyff, surely goure face I can not se, 20 but as the sonne with his bemys, qu(han) he is most bry[ght]. Maria: husband, it is as it plesyth oure lord, that grace of hym grew. who that evyr beholdyth me veryly, they shal be grettly steryd to vertu, for this gyfte and many mo, good lord gramercy! Joseph how hast thu ferde, jentyl mayde, why I haue be out of londe? Maria: Sekyr, sere, beth now[ght] dysmayde, ry[ght] after the wyl of goddys sonde. 4 wyl] wy MS, wyl H 14 syght] syth MS H 16 23 nowght] nowth 24 ryght] ryth MS H quhan] qû MS bryght] bryth MS H MS H |