5 On herode dagen iudea cyninges wæs sum sacerd on namen zacharias of abian tune ⁊his wif wæs of aarones dohtren ⁊hire name wæs elisabeth.
Eornestlice þa se hælend akenned wæs on iudeissere beethleem on þas kynges dagen herodes. þa coman þa tungelwitegen. fram eastdæle to ierusalem
Ða cwæð se ængel hym to. ne ondred þu þe zacharias. for þan þin bene is geherd ⁊þin wif elisabeth þe sune kenð ⁊þu nemnest hys name Iohannes
Soðlice æfter dagen elisabeth his wif geeacnode ⁊hy bedyglede hyo fif monðas ⁊cwæð.