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In the dayes of Eroude kyng of Judee ther was a prest Zacarye by name, of the sort of Abia: and his wyf was of the doughtris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth.
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And bothe weren juste bifore God, goynge in alle the maundementis and justifyingis of the Lord, withouten playnt.
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And thei hadden no child, for Elizabeth was bareyn; and bothe weren of greet age in her dayes.
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And it befel that whanne Zacarye schould do the office of presthod in the ordir of his course to fore God, 9.