Louie God mid ure hierte,
And mid all ure mihte,
And ure emcristene swo us self,
Swo us lereth drihte."
ANON.: _Johnson's Hist. Eng. Lang._, p. 21.

IX. ANGLO-SAXON OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY, COMPARED WITH ENGLISH.

60. _Saxon,--11th Century_.[50]

LUCAE, CAP. I.

"5. On Herodes dagum Iudea cynincges, waes sum sacred on naman Zacharias, of
Abian tune: and his wif waes of Aarones dohtrum, and hyre nama waas
Elizabeth.

6. Sothlice hig waeron butu rihtwise beforan Gode, gangende on eallum his
bebodum and rihtwisnessum, butan wrohte.

7. And hig naefdon nan bearn, fortham the Elizabeth waes unberende; and hy on
hyra dagum butu forth-eodun.

8. Sothlice waes geworden tha Zacharias hys sacerdhades breac on his
gewrixles endebyrdnesse beforan Gode,

9. AEfter gewunan thaes sacerdhades hlotes, he eode that he his offrunge
sette, tha he on Godes tempel eode.

10. Eall werod thaes folces waes ute gebiddende on thaere offrunge timan.

11. Tha aetywde him Drihtnes engel standende on thaes weofodes swithran
healfe.

12. Tha weard Zacharias gedrefed that geseonde, and him ege onhreas.

13. Tha cwaeth se engel him to, Ne ondraed thu the Zacharias; fortham thin
ben is gehyred, and thin wif Elizabeth the sunu centh, and thu nemst hys
naman Johannes."--_Saxon Gospels_.

_English.--14th Century_.

LUK, CHAP. I.

"5. 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.

6. And bothe weren juste bifore God, goynge in alle the maundementis and
justifyingis of the Lord, withouten playnt.

7. And thei hadden no child, for Elizabeth was bareyn; and bothe weren of
greet age in her dayes.

8. And it befel that whanne Zacarye schould do the office of presthod in
the ordir of his course to fore God,

9. Aftir the custom of the presthood, he wente forth by lot, and entride
into the temple to encensen.

10. And al the multitude of the puple was without forth and preyede in the
our of encensying.

11. And an aungel of the Lord apperide to him, and stood on the right half
of the auter of encense. 12. And Zacarye seyinge was afrayed, and drede fel
upon him.

13. And the aungel sayde to him, Zacarye, drede thou not; for thy preier is
herd, and Elizabeth thi wif schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal
be clepid Jon."

_Wickliffe's Bible_, 1380.

_English.--17th Centu