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And there were in the same countrey shepheards abiding in ye field, keeping watch ouer their flocke by night.

And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.

And the Angel said vnto them, Feare not: For behold, I bring you good tidings of great ioy, which shall be to all people.

For vnto you is borne this day, in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a signe vnto you; yee shall find the babe wrapped in swadling clothes lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heauenly hoste praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good wil towards men.

And it came to passe, as the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, the shepheards said one to another, Let vs now goe euen vnto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to passe, which the Lord hath made knowen vnto vs.

And they came with haste, and found Mary and Ioseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

And when they had seene it, they made knowen abroad the saying, which was told them, concerning this child.

And all they that heard it, wondered at those things, which were tolde them by the shepheards.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

And the shepheards returned, glorifying & praising God for all the things that they had heard and seene, as it was told vnto them.