Whoops. Missed the obvious, as usual. I can do what I want
using default templates but applying them with modes.

ie

<xsl:template match="text()" mode="embedded_xml">
...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:apply-templates mode="embedded_xml" />

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Warren Hedley


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