Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

Altenglische legenden.

Gret multitude, alle off oon assent, 265 Off holy baptem to take the sacrament; The Kyng, the Queen, in ther daies olde Be holy Fremundis informacioun,— Lyk as the child be prophecye tolde How by ther sonys predicacioun 270 Off feithful herte and humble affeccioun They shulde receyue in ther Roial estat Baptem be Fremund and be regenerat. [by.] Thus be the grace off our lord Jhesu [by.] Fro day to day, the trouthe was weel seene, [wel sene.] 275 Fremund encressed fro vertu to vertu, [encresyd.] As any sonne his fame shon so sheene; [ony. shoon. shene.] Wrouhte myracles, made leprys cleene: [wrout.] The grace off god dide hym so magnefie [did.] That he cured euery malladie. [curyd.] 280 His ffadir Offa feeble wex for age [wex feble.] And blissid Botild, his moodir most benygne; As they that gan approchen to the stage Off decrepitus, expert be many a sygne, By prudent counsail cast hem to resygne [caste.] 285 Sceptre and crowne with al the Regalie To yonge Fremund, the kyngdham forto guye. [yong. kyndam.] The herte off Fremund to god so strang was knet, [stronge.] In Cryst Jhesu stablisshed his plesance: To serue the lord he thouhte it was weel bet 290 In parfitnesse be long contynuance, Than haue in erthe Roial gouernance On the peeple heer in this present lyff: [here.] Sithe he hym caste to be contemplatyff. [sith.] But ther-ageyns ther was so gret in|stance [there.] 295 That yonge Fremund sholde be crownyd kyng: [yong. shulde.] As trewe enheritour by goddis ordynance, Doun fro the stok off kynges descendyng [discendyng.] The pe-de-gre by lyneal conueyyng, [Ms. pe de gre.] [pe de gre.] He next in ordre, cronycles who list rede, [cronyclees. reede.] 300 Affter his ffader ordeyned to succede. [afftir. fadir.] Off his persone and off his stature Was noon so likly that tyme, doutles. [doutlees.] First considered his Roial engendure, [consydred.] His hooly liff, his vertuous encres; [encrees.] 305 Cherysshere off concord, louere off trouthe and pes: All thes thynges peised in his persone, [al thes.] Dempte him most worthy forto regne allone [wourthy.] Vois off ryche and vois off the poraylle, [of the.] And hool the uoise gostly and temporall: [Ms. noise.] [holly.] 310 Was noon so hable to haue gouernaylle [able.] As was Fremundus, born off the stok royall. [Royal.] And thus the clamour bothe off oon and all, [al.] By many resoun alle off oon entent, To regne as kyng made Fremund to assent. 315 The feeste yholde and the solempnyte [yhoolde.] Off his notable coronacioun, [this.] Nat-withstandyng his Roial dignyte He aduertised off prudence and resoun How that al wordly domynacioun [worldly.] 320 Hath in erthe but a short abydyng, Nouther off Pope, Emperour nor Kyng. [nouthir.] On hooly bookys his lust was forto reede, Redressed all wronges, sustened riht|wisnesse, [redressyd alle. sustenyd.] His hand mynystre to almesse-deede, 325 Cherysshyng presthod for ther holynesse, [preesthood.] Off maidnes, widwes supportyng the clen|nesse, [maydenys.] Hauyng compassion on euery poore wiht, [whyght.] Ay more enclynyd to mercy than to riht. [enclyned.] And whan he hadde regned but a yeer, [whanne. regnyd.] 330
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Altenglische legenden.
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Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
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Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,
1881.
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Saints -- Legends
English poetry
Legends

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