Luke 1:35-80 And the angell answered, & sayde vnto her. The holy goost shall come vpon the, and the power of the hyest shall ouer shaddowe the. Therfore also that holy thynge which shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁵ And the angell answered, & sayde vnto her. The holy goost shall come vpon the, and the power of the hyest shall ouer shaddowe the. Therfore also that holy thynge which shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God. ³⁶ And beholde, thy cosyn Elizabeth, she hath also conceaued a sonne in her age. And this is her syxt moneth, which was called barren: ³⁷ for with God shall nothinge be vnpossible. ³⁸ And Mary sayde: beholde the hande mayden of the Lorde, be it vnto me according to thy worde, And the angell departed from her. ³⁹ And Mary arose in those dayes, & went into the mountayns with haste into the cytie of Iewrie, ⁴⁰ and entred into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And it fortuned, that whan Elizabeth hearde the salutacyon of Mary, the babe sprange in her wombe. And Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost, ⁴² & cried with a loude voyce, and sayde: Blessed art thou among wemen, and blessed is the frute of thy wombe. ⁴³ And whence happeneth this to me, that the mother of my Lorde shulde come to me? ⁴⁴ For lo, as sone as the voyce of thy salutacion sownded in myne eares, the babe sprange in my wombe for ioye. ⁴⁵ And blessed art thou that hast beleued: for those thinges shalbe performed, which were tolde the from the Lorde. ⁴⁶ And Mary sayde. My soule magnifieth the Lord. ⁴⁷ And my sprete hath reioysed in God my sauyour ⁴⁸ For he hath loked on the lowe degre of hys hande mayden: for lo: now from hence forth shall all generacions call me blessed. ⁴⁹ Because he that is myghty, hath done to me greate thinges, & holye is his name. ⁵⁰ And his mercy is on them that feare him, from generacion to generacion. ⁵¹ He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered them that are proude in the ymaginacyon of their herte. ⁵² He hath putte downe the myghty from theyr seates, and exalted them of lowe degre. ⁵³ He hath fylled the hongrye with good thynges: and sent awaye the ryche emptye. ⁵⁴ He hath helped hys seruaunt Israel, in remembraunce of hys mercye. ⁵⁵ Euen as he promysed to oure fathers, Abraham, and to his seede for euer. ⁵⁶ And Mary abode with her aboute a .iij. monethes, and retourned agayne to her awne house. ⁵⁷ Elizabeths tyme came that she shulde be delyuered, and she brought forth a sonne. ⁵⁸ And her neyghboures and her cosyns hearde howe the Lorde had shewed greate mercy vpon her, and they reioysed with her. ⁵⁹ And it fortuned that in the eyght daye, they came to circumcyse the chylde: and called his name Zacharias, after the name of hys father. ⁶⁰ And his mother answered and sayde: not so but he shalbe called Iohn. ⁶¹ And they sayd vnto her: Ther is none in thy kynred, that is named with this name: ⁶² And they made sygnes to his father, howe he wolde haue him called. ⁶³ And he asked for wrytinge tables, and wrote, saying: his name is Iohn. And they maruelled all. ⁶⁴ And hys mouth was opened immediatly, & his tonge also, & he spake, and praysed God. ⁶⁵ And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto them. And all these sayinges were noysed abroade throughout all the hyll countre of Iurie: ⁶⁶ and all they that herde them layde them vp in their hertes, saying: What maner of chylde shall this be? And the hande of the Lorde was with him: ⁶⁷ And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy goost, and prophisyed sayinge? ⁶⁸ Praysed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redemed his people: ⁶⁹ And hath raysed vp an horne of saluacion vnto vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. ⁷⁰ Euen as he promysed by the mouth of his holy prophetes, which were sens the worlde began. ⁷¹ That we shulde be saued from oure enemies, and from the hande of all that hate vs. ⁷² That he wolde deale mercifully with oure fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt. ⁷³ And that he wolde performe the oothe, which he sware to oure father Abraham, ⁷⁴ for to geue vs. That we deliuered oute of the handes of oure enemies, might serue him with out feare, ⁷⁵ all the dayes of oure lyfe, in such holynes and rightewesnes as are accept before him ⁷⁶ And thou chylde shalt be called the Prophet of the hiest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes: ⁷⁷ to geue knowlege of saluacyon vnto his people for the remission of synnes. ⁷⁸ Through the tender mercy of oure God, wherby the daye springe from an hye hath visited vs. ⁷⁹ To geue light to them that sate in darcknes & in the shadowe of deathe, to gyde oure fete into the waye of peace. ⁸⁰ And the child grewe and wexed strong in sprete, and was in wildernes, tyll the daye came, when he shulde shewe him selfe vnto the Israelites.