Altenglische legenden ...

                                
                                  In ierlm heo was ibore . in hire fader house iwis
                                
                                  Bi side þe ȝate of iosaphat, . þer an abbey now is
                                
                                  In þe honour of oure ledi, . a blak nonnerie, [Statt of oure ledi lesen Ash. 43 u. Bodl. 779 of s. anne.] 
                                
                                  In þe stude þt heo was ibore . þe swete maide marie.
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                                  Holi chirche nuste nouȝt . whuc day heo was ibore,
                                
                                  Ar now late þorw miracle . þat god dude  fore.
                                
                                  A god mon now late euer vch ȝer . gret ioie in heuene say
                                
                                  Vrom ȝere to ȝere in septembre, . as valleþ oure ledi day.
                                
                                  Oure lord he bad ententifliche . som tokne him sende þere,
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                                  Whi more ioie in heuene þo . þan in oþer time were.
                                
                                  An angel him seide þat oure ledi . was ibore þulke day,
                                
                                  And of hire burþtime was al þe ioie . þt he in heuene isay;
                                
                                  And bad him warne holichurche . þat men on erþe al so
                                
                                  Maden feste of þulke day, . as he say in heuene do.
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                                  Hire burþtime al holichirche . wusten on þis manere.
                                
                                  Telle we now of hire lif, . þat heo ladde on erþe here!
                                
                                  Anon þo heo was þreo ȝer old, . as hit fel in þe lawe,
                                
                                  Offred to þe temple heo was, . as me vsede bi olde dawe,
                                
                                  þo heo bi leuede hire moder breste, . þt heo ne sek na more.
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                                  And þo heo to þe temple com, . me miȝte iseo godes ore:
                                
                                  Vor þer were viftene degres . imad bifore þe auter [folio 29] 
                                
                                  In þe honuraunce of viftene salmes . þat beþ in þe sauter;
                                
                                  þis maide clomb vch after oþer, . vor te heo come an heiȝ,
                                
                                  As heo were of gret elde, . ne com hire no mon neiȝ;
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                                  Heo ne bi heold after fader ne moder, . þo heo vppard steiȝ.
                                
                                  Gret wonder hadde vch mon of hire . þat þis þing iseiȝ.
                                
                                  Chastite heo bihet al bi hire lif, . ȝif hit godes wille were.
                                
                                  Mid oþer maidnes in þe temple . heo was forto lere.
                                
                                  So renable heo was and queinte . of wit & of dede,
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                                  þat vch mon of a so ȝong þing . wonder hedde and drede.
                                
                                  Heo nas neuer iseiȝe wroþ . ne enes liȝynge gon
                                
                                  Ne onus word sigge to man, . bote euer more in on.
                                
                                  Heo sewede and span and wafȝ . boþe wollene and lynne,
                                
                                  Heo hedde oþer lutel erþliche god . hire mete to winne.
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                                  Vche werke day bi riȝt time . þe day heo delede aþreo: [Ms. b riȝt st. bi riȝt.]

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Title: Altenglische legenden ...
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 75
Publication: Paderborn,: F. Schöningh,; 1875.
Subject terms: English poetry; Legends

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