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a nostre saulueur jhesucrist. Or Encens et Mirre
lors qu'il estoit reposant en la cresbe apres sa benote
natiuite. comme dieu et filz de dieu quil estoit. Et ce
sceurent ilz par le grant sens et entendement dastro
nomie dont ilz estoient dovez et fondez. En celle re
gion darabe croist lencens et le murre. et se ya moult
de poeuples et de diverses gens. Il ya aussi en egip
te une region qui est appelle assyre. Et la region de
fenice y est. la quelle tient son nom dun oyseau ap
pelle fenix. dont par tout le monde il nen est pour
le jour dhuy que ung seul en vie. Et quant il meurt
tantost en renaist ung aultre dicelui meismes. il
est grant et moult bel de grandeur et de corsaige
Si a une creste en la teste comme porte le paon. La
poitrine et la gorge lui reluist et traist sur la pro
pre couleur de fin or. Et est dessus au long du doz
aussi vermeil comme est une fresche rose. Et de
vers la queue est de couleur tyrant sur lazur com
me est le ciel quant il est veu net et pur Et quant
il est moult viel et eagie il se retraist en ung beau
et hault lieu a merveilles ou il se va renouveller

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gifts of gold, incense, and myrrh to Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ
when he was resting in the crib after his blessed
birth, being God and the Son of God. The kings knew
this by the great wisdom and understanding of astronomy,
in which they were gifted and established. In this region
of Arabia incense and myrrh grow, and there are many
and diverse peoples there. In Egypt there is also
a region that is called Assyria. And the region of
Phoenicia is there, which gets its name from a bird
called the phoenix. In all the world there is only one
living phoenix at a time. And when it dies,
immediately another is reborn from it. It is
large and very beautiful in its bearing and figure.
It has a crest on its head like that of a peacock.
Its stomach and throat are luminous and have the
color of fine gold. All along its back it is
as red as a fresh rose. Towards its tail
its feathers tend toward a blue like a clear, pure sky.
When it is very old and aged, it retires in a beautiful,
high, and marvelous place where it will renew itself.

Lv:--

a nostre saulueur jhesucrist. Or Encens et Mirre
lors qu'il estoit reposant en la cresbe apres sa benote
natiuite. comme dieu et filz de dieu quil estoit. Et ce
sceurent ilz par le grant sens et entendement dastro
nomie dont ilz estoient dovez et fondez. En celle re
gion darabe croist lencens et le murre. et se ya moult
de poeuples et de diverses gens. Il ya aussi en egip
te une region qui est appelle assyre. Et la region de
fenice y est. la quelle tient son nom dun oyseau ap
pelle fenix. dont par tout le monde il nen est pour
le jour dhuy que ung seul en vie. Et quant il meurt
tantost en renaist ung aultre dicelui meismes. il
est grant et moult bel de grandeur et de corsaige
Si a une creste en la teste comme porte le paon. La
poitrine et la gorge lui reluist et traist sur la pro
pre couleur de fin or. Et est dessus au long du doz
aussi vermeil comme est une fresche rose. Et de
vers la queue est de couleur tyrant sur lazur com
me est le ciel quant il est veu net et pur Et quant
il est moult viel et eagie il se retraist en ung beau
et hault lieu a merveilles ou il se va renouveller

60

gifts of gold, incense, and myrrh to Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ
when he was resting in the crib after his blessed
birth, being God and the Son of God. The kings knew
this by the great reason and understanding of astronomy,
in which they were gifted and established. In this region
of Arabia there grows incense and myrrh, and there are many
and diverse peoples there. In Egypt there is also
a region that is called Assyria. And the region of
Phoenicia is there, which gets its name from a bird
called the phoenix. In all the world there is only one
living phoenix at a time. And when it dies,
immediately another is reborn from it. It is
large and very beautiful it is bearing and figure.
It has a crest on its head like that of a peacock.
Its stomach and throat are luminous and have the
color of fine gold. All along its back it is
as red as a fresh rose. Towards its tail
it tends toward a blue like a clear, pure sky.
When it is very old and aged, it retires in a beautiful,
high, and marvelous place where it will renew itself.