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And hi speke ech to oþer  in whiche manere hit were
Hou hit queynte so sodeynliche  þe liȝt þa^t hi bere
¶ As hi stode ⁊ speke þerof  in gr^et wounder echon
Seint Dunstanes moder taper  afure worþ anon
Þa^t heo huld on hire hond  heo nuste whannes hit com
Þa^t folc stod ⁊ bihuld  ⁊ gret wonder þerof nom
Ne non nuste wannes hit com  bote þurf oure louredes gr^ace
Þerof hi tende here liȝt  alle in þe place
¶ What was þa^t oure louerd crⁱst  þe liȝt fr^am heuene sende
⁊ þa^t folc þa^t stod aboute  here taperes þerof tende
Bote of þa^t holi child  þa^t was in hire wombe þere
Al Engelonde scholde þe bet beo iliȝt  þa^t hit ibore were
Þis child was ibore neoȝe hondred ȝer  ⁊ fyue ⁊ tuenti ariȝt
After þa^t oure suete louerd  in his moder was aliȝt
Þe furste ȝer of þe crouning  of þe king Adelston
His moder het Kenedride  his fader Herston
¶ Þo þis child was an vrþe ibore  his freond nome þerto hede
Hi lete hit do to Glastnebury  to norischi ⁊ to fete
To teche him eke his bileue  pater noster ⁊ crede
Þe child wax ⁊ wel iþeȝ  for hit moste nede
¶ Lute ȝeme he nom to þe wordle  to alle godnisse he drouȝ
Ech man þa^t hurde of himm speke  hadde of him ioye ynouȝ
Þo he was of manes wit to his vncle he gan go
Þe archebischop of Canterbury  seint Aldelm þat was þo
Þa^t makede wiþ him ioye ynouȝ  ⁊ euere þe lengere þe more
Þo he seȝ of his godnisse  ⁊ of his wyse lore
For deynte þa^t he hadde of him  he let him sone bringe
Bifore þe prⁱnce of Engelond  Adelstan þe kynge
Þe king him makede ioye ynouȝ  ⁊ gr^antede al his bone
Of what þinge so he wolde bidde  if hit were to done
Þo bad he him an abbei  þa^t he was forþ on ibroȝt
In þe toun of Glastnebure  þa^t he ne wornde him noȝt
¶ Þe king gr^antede his bone  ⁊ after him also
Edmund his broþer þa^tt was king  in his poer ido
To Glastnebury wende sone  þis gode man seint Dunstan
Þo beye þe kynges him ȝeue leue Edmund ⁊ Adelstan
¶ Of þe hous of Glastnebure  a gr^et ordeynour he was
⁊ makede moche of gode reule  þa^t neuerer among hem nas