1When Iesus was borne at Bethleem in Iury in the tyme of Herode the kynge. Beholde there came wyse me from the eest to Ierusalem saynge:
2Where is he that is borne kynge of the Iues? We have sene his starre in the eest and are come to worship him.
3When Herode the kynge had herde thys he was troubled and all Ierusalem with hym
4and he gathered all the chefe Prestes and Scribes of the people and axed of them where Christ shulde be borne.
5And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethlee in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet.
6And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury art not the leest concernynge the princes of Iuda. For out of the shall come the captayne that shall govern my people Israhel.
7Then Herod prevely called the wyse men and dyligetly enquyred of them the tyme of the starre that appered
8and sent the to Bethleem saynge: Goo and searche dyligetly for the chylde. And when ye have founde hym bringe me worde that I maye come and worshippe hym also.
9When they had heard the kynge they departed: and lo the starre which they sawe in the eeste went before them tyll it came and stode over the place where the chylde was.
10When they sawe the starre they were marvelously glad:
11and went into the house and found the chylde with Mary hys mother and kneled doune and worshipped hym and opened their treasures and offred vnto hym gyftes gold frackynsence and myrre.
12And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shuld not go ageyne to Herod they retourned into their awne countre another waye.
13When they were departed: beholde the angell of the Lorde appered to Ioseph in dreame sayinge: aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypte and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde. For Herod will seke the chylde to destroye hym.
14The he arose and toke the chylde and his mother by night and departed into Egypte
15and was there vnto the deeth of Herod to fulfill that which was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophet which sayeth out of Egypte haue I called my sonne.
16Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked of the wyse men was excedynge wroth and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the costes there of as many as were two yere olde and vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligetly searched oute of the wyse men.
17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the Prophet Ieremy sayinge:
18On the hilles was a voyce herde mornynge wepynge and greate lamentacion: Rachel wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted because they were not.
19When Herode was deed: beholde an angell of the Lorde appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte
20sayinge: arise and take the chylde and his mother and go into the londe of Israel. For they are deed which sought the chyldes life.
21Then he arose vp and toke the chylde and his mother and cam into the londe of Israhel.
22But when he hearde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury in the roume of his father Herode he was afrayde to goo thither. Not withstondynge after he was warned of god in a dreame he turned a syde into the parties of Galile
23and wet and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth to fulfill that which was spoken by the Prophetes: he shalbe called a Nazarite