That is:
The kings went (them), and they saw the star that went before them
until it came over the house where our Lord was; and as-soon-as they
had found our Lord, so (they) honoured him, and offered him their
offerings, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. The night after that
(there) appeared an angel from heaven in their sleep, in a dream,
and said to-them and commanded, that they should not wend again
near Herod, but by another way wend to their lands.
In the days of Edward II (1307-27) flourished William of Shoreham,
named from Shoreham (Kent), near Otford and Sevenoaks, who was
appointed vicar of Chart-Sutton in 1320. He translated the Psalter
into English prose, and wrote some religious poems, chiefly relating
to church-services, which were edited by T. Wright for the Percy
Society in 1849. His poem "On Baptism" is printed in _Specimens of
Early English_, Part II. I give an extract:
In water ich wel the cristny her{1}
As Gode him-self hyt dight{e}{2};
For mide to wessch{e}{3} nis{4} nothynge
That man cometh to so light{e}{5}
In lond{e}{6};
Nis non that habben hit ne may{7}
That habbe hit wil{e} found{e}{8}.
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