"certain" inThe First Noel

[Stephen Goranson]

Years ago I did wonder about a certain verb. Now I see that many early copies
read not "...was to certain poor shepherds..." but "...was to three poor
shepherds...."
(And another, different early text has "...certain poor shepherds....")

Stephen Goranson

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