_Contemplacio._ Cryst conserve this congregacion Fro perellys past, present, and future, And the personys here pleand, that the pronunciacion Of here sentens to be seyd mote be sad and sure. And that non oblocucyon make this matere obscure, But it may profite and plese eche persone present, ffrom the gynnynge to the endynge so to endure, That Cryst and every creature with the conceyte be content. This matere here mad is of the modyr of mercy, How be Joachym and Anne was here concepcion, Sythe offred into the temple, compiled breffly, Than maryed to Joseph, and so folwyng the salutacion. Metyng with Elyzabeth and therwith a conclusyon, In fewe wurdys talkyd, that it xulde nat be tedyous, To lernyd nyn to lewd nyn to no man of reson, This is the processe, now preserve ȝow Jhesus! Thereffore of pes I ȝow pray alle that ben here present, And take hed to oure talkyn what we xal say, I be-teche ȝow that lorde that is evyr omnypotent, To governe ȝow in goodnes, as he best may, In hevyn we may hym se. Now God that is hevyn kynge, Sende us alle hese dere blyssynge, And to his towre he mote us brynge. Amen, ffor charyté! _Ysakar._ The prestys of God offre sote ensens Unto here God, and therfore they be holy; We that mynistere here in Goddys presens, In us xuld be fownd no maner of ffoly. Ysakar, prynce of prestys, am I, That this holyest day here have mynystracion, Certyfyenge alle tribus in my cure specyaly, That this is the hyest fest of oure solennyȝacion. This we clepe _festum Encenniorum_, The new ffest of whiche iij. in the ȝere we exercyse; Now alle the kynredys to Jerusalem must cum, Into the temple of God here to do sacryfyse; Tho that be cursyd my dygnyté is to dysspyse, And tho that be blyssyd here holy sacrefyse to take; We be regal sacerdocium, it perteyneth us to be wysse, Be fastyng, be prayng, be almes, and at du tyme to wake. _Joachym._ Now alle this countré of Galylé, With this cetye of Nazareth specyal, This ffest to Jerusalem must go we, To make sacrefyce to God eternal. My name is Joachym, a man in godys substancyalle, Joachym is to say, he that to God is redy, So have I be and evyr more xal, ffor the dredful domys of God sore drede I.