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17 [Note: Ðys godspel sceal innan hærefeste to sce iohannes mæssan. Misit herodes & tenuit iohannem. A. B. ] Soðlice herodes sende & hët iohannem gebindan on cwerterne. for þære herodiadiscan his broðar läfe philippus. for þam ðe he nam hi;
18 Þa sæde Iohannes heröde. nys þe alyfed to hæbbenne þines broðer wïf;
19 Ða syrwde herodias ymbe hine & wolde hine of-slean & heo ne mihte;
20 Soðlice herodes on-dred Iohannem & wiste þt he wæs rihtwis. & halig. & he heold hine on cwerterne. & he ge-hyrde þt he fela wundra worhte & he luflice him hyrde;
21 Þa se dæg com herodes gebrydtïde he ge-gearwode mycele feorme his ealdor-mannum. & þam fyrmestum on galilea.
22 & þa ða þære herodiadiscan dohtor inneode & tumbode. hit licode heröde. & eallum þam ðe him mid sæton; Se cing cwæð þa to ðam mædene. bide me swa hwæt swa þu wylle & ic þe sylle;
23 And he swör hire. soðes ic þe sylle swa hwæt swa þu me bitst. þeah þu wylle healf min rice;
24 Ða heo üt eode heo cwæð to hyre meder; Hwæs bidde ic; Þa cwæþ heo. iohannes heafod þæs fulluhteres;
25 Sona þa heo mid ofste inn to þam cinincge eode. heo bæd & þus cwæð; Ic wylle þt ðu me hrædlice on anum disce sylle iohannes heafod;
26 Þa wearð se cinincg geunrët for þam aðe. & for þam ðe him mid sæton; Nolde þeah hi ge-unretan.
27 ac sende ænne cwellere & bebead þt man his heafod on änum disce brohte; And he hine þa on cwerterne beheafdode.