Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

Altenglische legenden.

With furye off Danys brouht vnto ruyne, 455 Crystene feith brouht to destruccioun, The seuene sacrementis hangyng in Jup|partye, [sacramentis. Jupartye.] Wil was Juge, power extorsioun, And fforce, allas! tornyd to robberye. [tournyd.] Fully concludyng: ther was no remedye 460 In al thys myscheff, to saue this woffullond, [myscheef. wooful.] But grace off god and Fremund ley to hond. In this mater merueillous to here [mateere. heere.] Seynt Fremund stood in a perplexite, Gan to change face, look and chere, 465 Caste in his herte and peised thynges thre: [Cast.] His ffadres mescheff, the Danys cruelte, [fadrys.] And cheff off alle he dradde for his partie [cheef. dred.] Lyst newe Intrusioun brouhte in ydolatrie; [lest. brought.] Considered also in what pliht that he stood [Consydred.] 470 In his professioun forto lyue solitarye, Teschewe werre and shedyng eek off blood — Fro which entent he cast him not to varye, [For. nat varye, ohne to.] And to been armyd he thouhte that it was contrarye [that fehlt.] For an hermyte that hath the world for|sake, 475 Deedis off armys for-to vndyrtake. Thus atween tweyne hangyng in ballance, Most specially o thyng he gan to dreede: [to fehlt.] The furious Ire, the vnmerciful vengance Off paynymes swerd cristene blood to sheede. [paynymys.] 480 But in this cas for his eternal meede [caas.] He was ay redy off hool affeccioun [ay fehlt.] For Cristes feith to haue suffred passioun. [suffryd.] And forto sette alle thynge in feurte, [al thyng in Reeste(!).] Off conscience the wyndes forto cleere 485 (A)nd cloudy mystes off ambiguyte, Hooly Fremund took hym to praiere: [prayeere.] Besouhte the lord off hool herte and enteere [besought. entieere.] That off his power, most mercyfull and benygne, [poweer.] What he shall do to shewen hym som signe. [shal doo. shewyn. sum.] 490 The nexte nyht an Angell dyde appere, [next. aungil did appeere.] Whil he slepte, and by auysioun [by a visyoun.] Bad that he sholde been off riht good chere [cheere.] And haste hym hom in-to his regioun; [hoom.] "Be strong in speryt, lik Crystes champioun, [spirit.] 495 Mescreantis off Denmark for-to werreye: And Cryst Jhesu shal for the feeld purueye." Wyth two and twenty from his fader sent [froom. fadir.] Off chose personys in this ambassiat, [choose. Embassyat.] Noumbred tho tweyne with Fremund ay present: [nowmbryd XXIIti.] 500 Made foure and twenty, notable off estat — [maade.] And god be grace made hem fortunat, [by.] And ech of them thoruh goddis grete myht [greet.] Sempte a thousend in ther enemyes syht. [thousand. enmyes.] Conueyed be grace, maad in vertu strong — [by.] 505 Wher god helpith, ther doth no force faile — [faylle.] Gan haste hem forth, ther passage was nat long, [hym, ther. not.] Took a smal shippe, hadde redy arryuaile, [ship.] Gan haste hem forth toward ther bataile. Fond his fader, wepyng whan he beheeld, [fadir wepyn.] 510 With cristene peeple oppressid in the feeld. Bvt whan Ingwar herde off ther komyng, [whan fehlt.] To hooly Fremund an herawde sente doun: [sent.]
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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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