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_Legatio Baptistae ad Christum._ Matt. xi.

Oro, quis es? legat ista suo Baptista Magistro.

Illi quae referant, talia Christus habet.

Cui caecus cernit, mutus se in verba resolvit,

It claudus, vivit mortuus: oro, quis est?

_The message of the Baptist to Christ._

I ask, Who art Thou? is the Baptist's word.

Straight from his Master this reply is heard:

He by whose mighty power dumb speak, blind see,

Lame walk, dead live: Who is This? I ask thee. R. WI.

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