Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

Altenglische legenden.

Was al thy body, Crystis feith tenhance: [Crystes.] O blyssyd kyng, off mercyful pite [blyssed. pitee.] Pray for thenherytour off Ingelond and France! Settyst a-syde al thy royal noblesse 1465 For Crystis sake, gemme off vyrgynyte, Lefftyst thy kyndham, thy tresour, thy rychesse; [kyndam.] So feruently brentyst in charyte, That dreed off deth nor duplycyte [nor no.] Myhte make the gruchch in thy mortal greuance: [myght. grucche.] 1470 Wherfore, O martir, off mercyful bounte Pray for thenherytour off Inglond and France! [Ingelond.] Be thow our swerd, al foreyn ffoon toppresse, [to o.] Our sheeld, our pauys, castel off surete, [sheld. pavys. suerte.] Our portecolys, boolewerk off stabylnesse, [poortcolys.] 1475 Gate off dyffence: so kepyng the entre [keepyng.] That noon enemy may breke our liberte! [enmy.] O gracyous martir, haue alway remem|brance [alwey.] To pray the lord in the celestyal se [in his.] For thenherytour off Inglond and France! [1480 ff.) Yngelond.] 1480 Pray that the chirche may stonde in parfytnesse, [parfightnesse.] Pray for prynces, to keepe ther dygnyte Vertuously, withoute doubylnesse, Pray for knyhthod, to lyue lyk ther degre, [knyghthood.] Pray for the lawe, that noon extorsioun be, 1485 And off marchauntis hold Justly the ballance, [hoold.] Pray for the plowh, pray for the pouerte, And for thenherytour off Inglond and France! Encresse prelatis in ther holynesse, [encrece.] And folk Religious in ther humylite, 1490 Vertuous wydwes in ther stedfastnesse, Wyues in ther trouthe, maydenhod in chastyte, Keep Innocentis from al aduersite, [froom.] Pray for al nedy: god send hem suffisance! [sende.] By a prerogatyff pray to the Trynyte 1495 For thenheritour off Ingelond and France! Pray for artiffyceres in ther besynesse [artyficerys.] Trewe to perseuere, deuoyd off sotylte, [devoyde of al sotiltee.] For laboureres teschewen ydylnesse, [labourerys teschewyn ydelnesse.] As they been ordeyned off god in ther degre! [degree.] 1500 Saue trewe pilgrymes from al aduersite, And maryners from wyndy disturbance! Pray for pes and for tranquyllite! Pray for thenheritour off Inglond and France! Folk at debat reconcyle and redresse, [debaat. reconsyle.] 1505 Refourme dyscordys to pes and vnyte! [dyscoordys. pees.] Folk langwysshyng and bedred for syk|nesse [languysshyng. bedrede.] Sende hasty counfort to ther Infirmyte! [send.] Folk exylyd restore to ther contre, [exiled reestore.] To presounnerys mercyful delyuerance! [prysownerys.] 1510 And, blyssyd Edmund, in long prosperyte [blyssed Edmond.] Conserue thenherytour off Inglond and France! Encresse our kyng in knyhtly hih prow|esse, [encrece.] With al his lordys off the spiritualte, [alle. spyrytualte.] Pray god to grante conquest and worthy|nesse [wourthynesse.] 1515 By ryhtful tytle to al the temporalte, [be.] And to syxte Herry Joie and felycyte, [and to ffourte Edward.] Off his two Rewmys feith, loue, and obeissance, [Reemys] Longe to perseuere in his victorious se, As iust enheritour off Ingelond and France! 1520
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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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