Altenglische legenden.

                                
                                  Cure leeprys, and folkys that be blynde
                                
                                  With newe liht he shall hem enlumyne,
                                  Line 205 
                                
                                  To furious men he shall yive wit and mynde, [witt.] 
                                
                                  And sturdy hertis to grace he shal enclyne,
                                
                                  Tourne mescreantis by his prudent doc|tryne
                                
                                  To Crystes lawe, and make creplis goon,
                                
                                  Delyuere his kyngdham from al ther mortal foon; [kyndam. ther fehlt.] 
                                  Line 210 
                                
                                  And he shal be kyng, martyr, and vir|gyne.
                                
                                  And in tokne that al this thyng is trewe,
                                
                                  A Reynbowe shal shewe daies nyne
                                
                                  Vpon his paleis with fresh beemys newe,
                                
                                  And euer alych of colour and of hewe, [euere.] 
                                  Line 215 
                                
                                  And contynue in oon his glad liht, [con|tynewe. glade.] 
                                
                                  Whan he is born, and gynne the same nyht";
                                
                                  Tolde openly a-mong the folkes alle, [Toold opynly. thoo folkys.] 
                                
                                  For a signe to putte al in certeyn,
                                
                                  How al the peeple Fremund sholde hym calle, [shulde.] 
                                  Line 220 
                                
                                  That no tokne shewid were in veyn; [wer.] 
                                
                                  And how his mooder, that was afforn bareyn, [modir.] 
                                
                                  Sholde ber a child be grace of god sent doun, [shulde bere.] 
                                
                                  Which sholde enlumyne al this regioun.
                                
                                  And whan the child hadde alle these thynges told,
                                  Line 225 
                                
                                  Beyng of age but only daies thre,
                                
                                  He gan requere with cryeng manyfold,
                                
                                  As alle folkes myhte heere and se:
                                
                                  In the name off the Trenyte
                                
                                  Be baptised. in presence off echon
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                                  Afftir his baptym gaff up the speryt anoon. [225—231) fehlen.] 
                                
                                  The tyme approched and faste upon hath hied: [aprochyd.] 
                                
                                  The Qween conceyued be grace of goddis myht,
                                
                                  Lyk as the child toforn hath prophesied.
                                
                                  The Reynbowe affter appered anoon ryht [afftyr apperyd.] 
                                  Line 235 
                                
                                  And daies nyne shewed a-brood his liht, [shewyd.] 
                                
                                  To signefie: a sonne was sent doun,
                                
                                  That sholde enlumyne al this regioun.
                                
                                  As newe greyn out off feeldis olde
                                
                                  And leues greene growe out off trees gray; [levys. treeys.] 
                                  Line 240 
                                
                                  And as the bawme which in wyntres colde [coolde.] 
                                
                                  Deepe in the ground, which in the roote lay, [depe.] 
                                
                                  Vpward ascendeth in Aprylle and in May: [ascendith.] 
                                
                                  So semblably from Offa and Botyld
                                
                                  Be grace off god conceyued was this chyld. [the st. this.] 
                                  Line 245 
                                
                                  Whan Jhesu(!) was born, old was Ely|sabeth, [Ms. Jhesu st. John.]  [John st. Jhesu. Eliȝabeth.] 
                                
                                  And old also was hooly Ȝacharye,
                                
                                  The blissid tyme, to-gidre in Naȝareth
                                
                                  Whan in the Mountayn she mette with Marie. [mounteyn.] 
                                
                                  And thus by grace and sperit of prophecie, [spirit.] 
                                  Line 250 
                                
                                  Whan kyng Offa and Botyld were bothe old, [wer.] 
                                
                                  Off Fremundis birthe tofforn a child hath told.
                                
                                  Affter whos berthe, for short con|clusioun, [afftir whoos birthe.] 
                                
                                  As myn auctour in ordre hath deuysed,
                                
                                  Whan he to yeeris kam of discrecioun, [cam.] 
                                  Line 255 
                                
                                  Off bisshoppe Oswy Fremund was baptised
                                
                                  And among crystene the feste solemp|nysed,
                                
                                  Ech man for Joie syngyng in his degre:
                                
                                  "Laude and preisyng be to the Trenyte." [lawde. Trinite.] 
                                
                                  To teche the peeple Fremund dide excelle [did.] 
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                                  And them conuerted from ydolatrye, [And fehlt. convertyd.] 
                                
                                  Off Cristis baptem fulled hem in the welle, [Crystes. fullyd.] 
                                
                                  The feith off Jhesu tenhance and magnefie.
                                
                                  And his sogetis deuoutly gan hem hye, [sogettys.]

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Title: Altenglische legenden.
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 418
Publication: Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,; 1881.
Subject terms: Saints -- Legends; English poetry; Legends

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