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And they wente out, and preached euery where. And the LORDE wrought with them, and confirmed the worde with tokens folowynge.

like as they delyuered the vnto vs, which from the begynnynge sawe them their selues, and were mynisters of the worde,

They were both righteous before God, and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably.

And they had no childe, for Elizabeth was baren, and they were both well stricken in age.

And wha he wete out, he coude not speake vnto them. And they perceaued, that he had sene a vision in the teple. And he beckened vnto them, and remayned speachlesse.

And hir neghbours and kynsfolkes herde, yt the LORDE had shewed greate mercy vpo her,& they reioysed with her.

And it fortuned vpon the eight daye, they came to circumcyse ye childe, and called him Zachary after his father:

And they sayde vnto her: There is none in yi kynne, yt is so called.

And they made signes vnto his father, how he wolde haue him called.

And he axed for wrytinge tables, wrote & sayde: His name is Ihon. And they marueyled all.

And all they yt herde therof, toke it to hert, and sayde: What maner of man wil this childe be? For the hande of the LORDE was with him.

And they wente all, euery one to his owne cite to be taxed.

And it fortuned whyle they were there, ye tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered.

And she brought forth hir first begotte sonne, & wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger: for they had els no rowme in the ynne.

And beholde, ye angell of the LORDE stode by the, and ye brightnes of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them, and they were sore afrayed.

And they came wt haist, & founde both Mary and Ioseph, & the babe layed in ye maunger.

And whan they had sene it, they published abrode the sayenge, yt was tolde the of this childe.

And all they that herde it, wondred at the wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them.

And the shepherdes returned, praysinge and laudinge God, for all that they had herde and sene, euen as it was tolde them.

And wha the dayes of their purificacion after the lawe of Moses, were come, they brought him to Ierusale, that they might present him vnto the LORDE