diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/ssg.lib.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/ssg.lib.gradle
index 443abeb..78f61fa 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/ssg.lib.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/ssg.lib.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jetbrains/annotations
+    api 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.0.0'
+
     /**
      * Logging
      */
diff --git a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/SimpleStaticSiteGenerator.groovy b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/SimpleStaticSiteGenerator.groovy
index f2dd9cf..04504ed 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/SimpleStaticSiteGenerator.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/SimpleStaticSiteGenerator.groovy
@@ -69,21 +69,14 @@ class SimpleStaticSiteGenerator implements StaticSiteGenerator {
             }
             logger.debug('found template: {}', template)
 
-            // Render the text (i.e., transform text to html)
-            def textRenderResult = it.type.renderer.render(it, globals)
-            String renderedText
-            if (textRenderResult.v1.size() > 0) {
-                logger.debug('diagnostics for rendering {}: {}', it.path, textRenderResult.v1)
-                diagnostics.addAll(textRenderResult.v1)
-                logger.trace(exit, '')
-                return
-            } else {
-                renderedText = textRenderResult.v2
-                logger.debug('renderedText: {}', renderedText)
-            }
-
             // Render the template using the result of rendering the text earlier
-            def templateRenderResult = template.type.renderer.render(template, frontMatter, renderedText, parts, globals)
+            def templateRenderResult = template.type.renderer.render(
+                    template,
+                    frontMatter,
+                    it,
+                    parts,
+                    globals
+            )
             String renderedTemplate
             if (templateRenderResult.v1.size() > 0) {
                 diagnostics.addAll(templateRenderResult.v1)
diff --git a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/EmbeddablePart.groovy b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/EmbeddablePart.groovy
index 9e7d1ab..ceeb31b 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/EmbeddablePart.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/EmbeddablePart.groovy
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package com.jessebrault.ssg.part
 
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.EmbeddableText
 import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
 import groovy.transform.NullCheck
 import groovy.transform.TupleConstructor
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable
 
 @TupleConstructor(includeFields = true, defaults = false)
 @NullCheck
@@ -13,8 +15,16 @@ class EmbeddablePart {
     private final Map globals
     private final Closure onDiagnostics
 
+    @Nullable
+    private final EmbeddableText text
+
     String render(Map binding = [:]) {
-        def result = part.type.renderer.render(this.part, binding, this.globals)
+        def result = part.type.renderer.render(
+                this.part,
+                binding,
+                this.globals,
+                this.text
+        )
         if (result.v1.size() > 0) {
             this.onDiagnostics.call(result.v1)
             ''
diff --git a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/EmbeddablePartsMap.groovy b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/EmbeddablePartsMap.groovy
index 0db363b..5473bdc 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/EmbeddablePartsMap.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/EmbeddablePartsMap.groovy
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
 package com.jessebrault.ssg.part
 
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.EmbeddableText
 import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
-import groovy.transform.NullCheck
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable
 
-@NullCheck
 @EqualsAndHashCode(includeFields = true)
 class EmbeddablePartsMap {
 
     @Delegate
     private final Map<String, EmbeddablePart> partsMap = [:]
 
-    EmbeddablePartsMap(Collection<Part> parts, Map globals, Closure onDiagnostics) {
+    EmbeddablePartsMap(
+            Collection<Part> parts,
+            Map globals,
+            Closure onDiagnostics,
+            @Nullable EmbeddableText text = null
+    ) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(parts)
+        Objects.requireNonNull(globals)
+        Objects.requireNonNull(onDiagnostics)
         parts.each {
-            this.put(it.path, new EmbeddablePart(it, globals, onDiagnostics))
+            this.put(it.path, new EmbeddablePart(it, globals, onDiagnostics, text))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/GspPartRenderer.groovy b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/GspPartRenderer.groovy
index c1f783e..84e7812 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/GspPartRenderer.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/GspPartRenderer.groovy
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package com.jessebrault.ssg.part
 
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.Diagnostic
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.EmbeddableText
 import groovy.text.GStringTemplateEngine
 import groovy.text.TemplateEngine
 import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable
 
 @EqualsAndHashCode
 class GspPartRenderer implements PartRenderer {
@@ -11,15 +13,27 @@ class GspPartRenderer implements PartRenderer {
     private static final TemplateEngine engine = new GStringTemplateEngine()
 
     @Override
-    Tuple2<Collection<Diagnostic>, String> render(Part part, Map binding, Map globals) {
+    Tuple2<Collection<Diagnostic>, String> render(
+            Part part,
+            Map binding,
+            Map globals,
+            @Nullable EmbeddableText text = null
+    ) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(part)
+        Objects.requireNonNull(binding)
+        Objects.requireNonNull(globals)
         try {
             def result = engine.createTemplate(part.text).make([
                     binding: binding,
-                    globals: globals
+                    globals: globals,
+                    text: text
             ])
             new Tuple2<>([], result.toString())
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            new Tuple2<>([new Diagnostic("An exception occurred while rendering part ${ part.path }:\n${ e }", e)], '')
+            new Tuple2<>(
+                    [new Diagnostic("An exception occurred while rendering part ${ part.path }:\n${ e }", e)],
+                    ''
+            )
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/PartRenderer.groovy b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/PartRenderer.groovy
index 7675fdd..2995b19 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/PartRenderer.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/PartRenderer.groovy
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 package com.jessebrault.ssg.part
 
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.Diagnostic
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.EmbeddableText
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable
 
 interface PartRenderer {
-    Tuple2<Collection<Diagnostic>, String> render(Part part, Map binding, Map globals)
+
+    Tuple2<Collection<Diagnostic>, String> render(
+            Part part,
+            Map binding,
+            Map globals,
+            @Nullable EmbeddableText text
+    )
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/GspTemplateRenderer.groovy b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/GspTemplateRenderer.groovy
index ec538b6..fc91f9d 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/GspTemplateRenderer.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/GspTemplateRenderer.groovy
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package com.jessebrault.ssg.template
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.Diagnostic
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.EmbeddablePartsMap
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.Part
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.EmbeddableText
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.FrontMatter
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.Text
 import groovy.text.GStringTemplateEngine
 import groovy.text.TemplateEngine
 import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
@@ -19,19 +21,21 @@ class GspTemplateRenderer implements TemplateRenderer {
     Tuple2<Collection<Diagnostic>, String> render(
             Template template,
             FrontMatter frontMatter,
-            String text,
+            Text text,
             Collection<Part> parts,
             Map globals
     ) {
         try {
             Collection<Diagnostic> diagnostics = []
+            def onDiagnostics = { Collection<Diagnostic> partDiagnostics ->
+                diagnostics.addAll(partDiagnostics)
+            }
+            def embeddableText = new EmbeddableText(text, globals, onDiagnostics)
             def result = engine.createTemplate(template.text).make([
                     frontMatter: frontMatter,
                     globals: globals,
-                    parts: new EmbeddablePartsMap(parts, globals, { Collection<Diagnostic> partDiagnostics ->
-                        diagnostics.addAll(partDiagnostics)
-                    }),
-                    text: text
+                    parts: new EmbeddablePartsMap(parts, globals, onDiagnostics, embeddableText),
+                    text: embeddableText
             ])
             new Tuple2<>(diagnostics, result.toString())
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/TemplateRenderer.groovy b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/TemplateRenderer.groovy
index 71e2b5a..62d2021 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/TemplateRenderer.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/TemplateRenderer.groovy
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ package com.jessebrault.ssg.template
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.Diagnostic
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.Part
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.FrontMatter
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.Text
 
 interface TemplateRenderer {
 
+    /**
+     * TODO: get rid of frontMatter param since we can obtain it from the text
+     */
     Tuple2<Collection<Diagnostic>, String> render(
             Template template,
             FrontMatter frontMatter,
-            String text,
+            Text text,
             Collection<Part> parts,
             Map globals
     )
diff --git a/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/SimpleStaticSiteGeneratorIntegrationTests.groovy b/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/SimpleStaticSiteGeneratorIntegrationTests.groovy
index dee6973..4ca52bc 100644
--- a/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/SimpleStaticSiteGeneratorIntegrationTests.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/SimpleStaticSiteGeneratorIntegrationTests.groovy
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SimpleStaticSiteGeneratorIntegrationTests {
     @Test
     void simple() {
         new File(this.textsDir, 'test.md').write('---\ntemplate: test.gsp\n---\n**Hello, World!**')
-        new File(this.templatesDir, 'test.gsp').write('<%= text %>')
+        new File(this.templatesDir, 'test.gsp').write('<%= text.render() %>')
 
         def result = this.ssg.generate(this.build)
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class SimpleStaticSiteGeneratorIntegrationTests {
             }
         }
 
-        new File(this.templatesDir, 'nested.gsp').write('<%= text %>')
+        new File(this.templatesDir, 'nested.gsp').write('<%= text.render() %>')
 
         def result = this.ssg.generate(this.build)
 
diff --git a/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/GspPartRendererTests.groovy b/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/GspPartRendererTests.groovy
index d905341..724b329 100644
--- a/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/GspPartRendererTests.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/part/GspPartRendererTests.groovy
@@ -1,18 +1,34 @@
 package com.jessebrault.ssg.part
 
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.Diagnostic
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.*
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when
 
 class GspPartRendererTests {
 
+    /**
+     * TODO: move to a fixture
+     */
+    private static Text mockRenderableText(String text) {
+        def textRenderer = mock(TextRenderer)
+        when(textRenderer.render(any(), any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], text))
+        def frontMatterGetter = mock(FrontMatterGetter)
+        def excerptGetter = mock(ExcerptGetter)
+        new Text('', '', new TextType([], textRenderer, frontMatterGetter, excerptGetter))
+    }
+
     private final PartRenderer renderer = new GspPartRenderer()
 
     @Test
     void rendersWithNoBindingOrGlobals() {
         def part = new Part('', null, 'Hello, World!')
-        def r = this.renderer.render(part, [:], [:])
+        def r = this.renderer.render(part, [:], [:], null)
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
     }
@@ -20,7 +36,7 @@ class GspPartRendererTests {
     @Test
     void rendersWithBinding() {
         def part = new Part('', null, "<%= binding['greeting'] %>")
-        def r = this.renderer.render(part, [greeting: 'Hello, World!'], [:])
+        def r = this.renderer.render(part, [greeting: 'Hello, World!'], [:], null)
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
     }
@@ -28,9 +44,28 @@ class GspPartRendererTests {
     @Test
     void rendersWithGlobals() {
         def part = new Part(null, null, "<%= globals['greeting'] %>")
-        def r = this.renderer.render(part, [:], [greeting: 'Hello, World!'])
+        def r = this.renderer.render(part, [:], [greeting: 'Hello, World!'], null)
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void textAvailable() {
+        def part = new Part('', null, '<%= text.render() %>')
+        def textDiagnostics = []
+        def r = this.renderer.render(
+                part,
+                [:],
+                [:],
+                new EmbeddableText(
+                        mockRenderableText('Hello, World!'),
+                        [:],
+                        { Collection<Diagnostic> diagnostics -> textDiagnostics.addAll(diagnostics) }
+                )
+        )
+        assertTrue(textDiagnostics.isEmpty())
+        assertTrue(r.v1.isEmpty())
+        assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/specialpage/GspSpecialPageRendererTests.groovy b/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/specialpage/GspSpecialPageRendererTests.groovy
index 15c3b20..d949a37 100644
--- a/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/specialpage/GspSpecialPageRendererTests.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/specialpage/GspSpecialPageRendererTests.groovy
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ package com.jessebrault.ssg.specialpage
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.Part
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.PartRenderer
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.PartType
-import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.FrontMatterGetter
-import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.MarkdownExcerptGetter
-import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.Text
-import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.TextRenderer
-import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.TextType
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.*
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith
 import org.mockito.Mock
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ class GspSpecialPageRendererTests {
 
     @Test
     void rendersPartWithNoBinding(@Mock PartRenderer partRenderer) {
-        when(partRenderer.render(any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], 'Hello, World!'))
+        when(partRenderer.render(any(), any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], 'Hello, World!'))
         def partType = new PartType([], partRenderer)
         def part = new Part('test', partType , '')
 
@@ -47,11 +43,16 @@ class GspSpecialPageRendererTests {
 
     @Test
     void rendersPartWithBinding(@Mock PartRenderer partRenderer) {
-        when(partRenderer.render(any(), argThat { Map m -> m.get('greeting') == 'Hello, World!'}, any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], 'Hello, World!'))
+        when(partRenderer.render(any(), argThat { Map m -> m.get('greeting') == 'Hello, World!'}, any(), any()))
+                .thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], 'Hello, World!'))
         def partType = new PartType([], partRenderer)
         def part = new Part('test', partType, '')
 
-        def specialPage = new SpecialPage("<%= parts['test'].render([greeting: 'Hello, World!'])", null, null)
+        def specialPage = new SpecialPage(
+                "<%= parts['test'].render([greeting: 'Hello, World!'])",
+                null,
+                null
+        )
         def r = this.renderer.render(specialPage, [], [part], [:])
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
@@ -59,11 +60,16 @@ class GspSpecialPageRendererTests {
 
     @Test
     void rendersText(@Mock TextRenderer textRenderer, @Mock FrontMatterGetter frontMatterGetter) {
-        when(textRenderer.render(any(), any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], '<p><strong>Hello, World!</strong></p>\n'))
+        when(textRenderer.render(any(), any()))
+                .thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], '<p><strong>Hello, World!</strong></p>\n'))
         def textType = new TextType([], textRenderer, frontMatterGetter, new MarkdownExcerptGetter())
         def text = new Text('', 'test', textType)
 
-        def specialPage = new SpecialPage("<%= texts.find { it.path == 'test' }.render() %>", null, null)
+        def specialPage = new SpecialPage(
+                "<%= texts.find { it.path == 'test' }.render() %>",
+                null,
+                null
+        )
         def r = this.renderer.render(specialPage, [text], [], [:])
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('<p><strong>Hello, World!</strong></p>\n', r.v2)
diff --git a/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/GspTemplateRendererTests.groovy b/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/GspTemplateRendererTests.groovy
index 8fac879..d0c6470 100644
--- a/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/GspTemplateRendererTests.groovy
+++ b/lib/src/test/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/template/GspTemplateRendererTests.groovy
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ package com.jessebrault.ssg.template
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.Part
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.PartRenderer
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.part.PartType
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.ExcerptGetter
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.FrontMatter
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.FrontMatterGetter
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.Text
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.TextRenderer
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.TextType
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith
 import org.mockito.Mock
@@ -13,11 +18,33 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension)
 class GspTemplateRendererTests {
 
+    /**
+     * TODO: move to a fixture
+     */
+    private static Text mockBlankText() {
+        def textRenderer = mock(TextRenderer)
+        def frontMatterGetter = mock(FrontMatterGetter)
+        def excerptGetter = mock(ExcerptGetter)
+        new Text('', '', new TextType([], textRenderer, frontMatterGetter, excerptGetter))
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * TODO: move to a fixture
+     */
+    private static Text mockRenderableText(String text) {
+        def textRenderer = mock(TextRenderer)
+        when(textRenderer.render(any(), any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], text))
+        def frontMatterGetter = mock(FrontMatterGetter)
+        def excerptGetter = mock(ExcerptGetter)
+        new Text('', '', new TextType([], textRenderer, frontMatterGetter, excerptGetter))
+    }
+
     private final TemplateRenderer renderer = new GspTemplateRenderer()
 
     @Test
@@ -28,11 +55,17 @@ class GspTemplateRendererTests {
                 null
         )
 
-        when(partRenderer.render(any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], 'Hello, World!'))
+        when(partRenderer.render(any(), any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], 'Hello, World!'))
         def partType = new PartType([], partRenderer)
         def part = new Part('test', partType, null)
 
-        def r = this.renderer.render(template, new FrontMatter(null, [:]), '', [part], [:])
+        def r = this.renderer.render(
+                template,
+                new FrontMatter(null, [:]),
+                mockBlankText(),
+                [part],
+                [:]
+        )
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
     }
@@ -45,11 +78,18 @@ class GspTemplateRendererTests {
                 null
         )
 
-        when(partRenderer.render(any(), argThat { Map m -> m.get('person') == 'World' }, any())).thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], 'Hello, World!'))
+        when(partRenderer.render(any(), argThat { Map m -> m.get('person') == 'World' }, any(), any()))
+                .thenReturn(new Tuple2<>([], 'Hello, World!'))
         def partType = new PartType([], partRenderer)
         def part = new Part('greeting', partType, null)
 
-        def r = this.renderer.render(template, new FrontMatter(null, [:]), '', [part], [:])
+        def r = this.renderer.render(
+                template,
+                new FrontMatter(null, [:]),
+                mockBlankText(),
+                [part],
+                [:]
+        )
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
     }
@@ -57,7 +97,13 @@ class GspTemplateRendererTests {
     @Test
     void rendersFrontMatter() {
         def template = new Template("<%= frontMatter['title'] %>", null, null)
-        def r = this.renderer.render(template, new FrontMatter(null, [title: ['Hello!']]), '', [], [:])
+        def r = this.renderer.render(
+                template,
+                new FrontMatter(null, [title: ['Hello!']]),
+                mockBlankText(),
+                [],
+                [:]
+        )
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello!', r.v2)
     }
@@ -65,15 +111,27 @@ class GspTemplateRendererTests {
     @Test
     void rendersGlobal() {
         def template = new Template("<%= globals['test'] %>", null, null)
-        def r = this.renderer.render(template, new FrontMatter(null, [:]), '', [], [test: 'Hello, World!'])
+        def r = this.renderer.render(
+                template,
+                new FrontMatter(null, [:]),
+                mockBlankText(),
+                [],
+                [test: 'Hello, World!']
+        )
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
     }
 
     @Test
-    void rendersText() {
-        def template = new Template('<%= text %>', null, null)
-        def r = this.renderer.render(template, new FrontMatter(null, [:]), 'Hello, World!', [], [:])
+    void textAvailableToRender() {
+        def template = new Template('<%= text.render() %>', null, null)
+        def r = this.renderer.render(
+                template,
+                new FrontMatter(null, [:]),
+                mockRenderableText('Hello, World!'),
+                [],
+                [:]
+        )
         assertTrue(r.v1.size() == 0)
         assertEquals('Hello, World!', r.v2)
     }