18 Soðlice þus wæs cristes cneores. Ða þas hælendes moder Marie wæs iosepe beweddeð. ær hyo tosomne coman hyo wæs gemet on innoðe hæbbende of þam halge gaste.
Her onginð matheus boc þas halga god spelleres. Soðliche wel is to understanden þæt æfter matheus gerechednysse her is on cneornysse boc. hælendes cristes dauiðes suna. abrahames suna.
Þa he þas þing þa geat spæc to þam mænege. þa stod his moder ⁊his gebroðra þærute secende spæcen to hym.
⁊geoden into þam huse hyo metten þt child mid marian hys moder ⁊hyo aþeneden hyo ⁊hyo to hym gebæden. And hyo untyndon heora goldhordes ⁊him lac brohten. þæt wæs gold ⁊stor ⁊mirre.
Soðlice me drihten gedyde þus on þam dagen þe he geseah mine hosp betwux mannen afyrran.
þæt he ferde mid marian þe hym gewedded wæs ⁊wæs geeacnod.