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& thou shalt haue ioye and gladnesse: and many shal reioyce at his byrth,

for he shal be greate before the LORDE. Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke. And he shalbe fylled wt the holy goost, euen in his mothers wombe.

And it fortuned wha the tyme of his office was out, he wente home in to his house.

And after those dayes Elizabeth his wife conceaued, and hyd hir self fyue monethes, & sayde:

Wha she sawe him, she was abasshed at his sayenge, and thought: What maner of salutacion is this?

Beholde, thou shalt coceaue in thy wobe, & beare a sonne & shalt call his name Iesus:

he shalbe greate, & shalbe called ye sonne of the Hyest. And the LORDE God shal geue him ye seate of Dauid his father,

& he shal be kinge ouer ye house of Iacob for euer & there shalbe no ende of his kyngdome.

For he hath loked vpo the lowe degre of his hande mayde. Beholde, fro hence forth shal all generacions call me blessed.

For he that is Mightie, hath done greate thinges vnto me, and holy is his name.

And his mercy endureth thorow out all generacions, vpon them that feare him.

He sheweth strength with his arme, and scatreth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hert.

He remebreth mercy, and helpeth vp his seruaunt Israel.

Euen as he promysed vnto oure fathers, Abraham and to his sede foreuer.

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

And his mother answered, and sayde: No, but he shalbe called Ihon.

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 immediatly was his mouth and his toge opened, and he spake, & praysed God.

And Zachary his father was fylled with the holy goost, and prophecied, and sayde: