Altenglische legenden ...

                                
                                  Comen out of þe lond of estlond . to ierlm iwis
                                
                                  And seiden: whar is þe king of giwes . þat now iboren is?
                                  Line 720 
                                
                                  Vor in þe estlond ver . his sterre we iseiȝe,
                                
                                  And wiþ ȝiftus we beþ icome . vorte honuren him heiȝe.
                                
                                  þo þe king heroudes herde þis, . destourbed he was,
                                
                                  And vch mon of ierlm . mid him vor is cas. [Ms. is st. þis.] 
                                
                                  And alle princes & þe hexte . prestes of þe lawe
                                  Line 725 
                                
                                  And þe maistres of þe volk . to gadere he let drawe,
                                
                                  And enquerede of hem . whar crist were ibore.
                                
                                  And heo seiden: in bedleem; . vor þus it was bi fore
                                
                                  þorw þe prophetes iwrite . as in antiquite:
                                
                                  And þow, bedleem, þat art . lond of Jude, [in þe fehlt vor lond.] 
                                  Line 730 
                                
                                  A mong þe princes of Jude . lest ne artow nowt;
                                
                                  Vor þer worþ ȝet a duk . out of þe ibrouȝt,
                                
                                  þat gouerne schal . þe volk of israel.
                                
                                  Eroudes þo al stilleliche . enquerede fol wel
                                
                                  Of þe kinges ententifliche . þe time of þe sterre,
                                  Line 735 
                                
                                  How longe heo hire hedden iseiȝe, . þat heo seiȝen from ferre.
                                
                                  He sende hem þo to bedleem . and sede hem wordes milde:
                                
                                  Goþ now ententifliche . & enquereþ of þe childe!
                                
                                  And whanne ȝe him habbeþ ifounde, . bringeþ me aȝen tidinge,
                                
                                  þat ic come ek and onure him . and ȝiftes him bringe.
                                  Line 740 
                                
                                  þo heo hedden iherd þe king, . he wenden hem forþ lo.
                                
                                  Þe sterre, þat heo seiȝen er . in þe estlonde so,
                                
                                  Wende euer bi fore hem, . vorte heo cam and stod
                                
                                  Euene riȝt ouer þe stude . þer þe child was so god.
                                
                                  Glade, þo heo seiȝen þe sterre, . wiþ grete ioie heo were,
                                  Line 745 
                                
                                  And, þo heo comen wiþ inne þe hous, . þe child heo founde þere,
                                
                                  Mid marie is moder, . and adoun heo vellen to grounde
                                
                                  And kneleden and honoureden him . & here tresor vnbounde, [honour. Nach 648 folgen dann noch die 2 Verse: & þus endeþ þe gospel : a myd winter nyȝt Nowȝ crist vs sende helpe of soule : þat al may dele & dyȝt. amen.] 
                                
                                  And ȝiftes heo offreden to him . of stor and mirre and golde; [stor (= Weihrauch) ist richtige Lesart. [note alted based on Berichtigungen (p. XLIV); note originally read: Ms. tor; ist flor zu lesen?]] 
                                
                                  And þo a venge here onswere . in slepe, þat heo ne scholde
                                  Line 750 
                                
                                  As þe angel hem het bi eroudes . aȝen wende for eiȝe, [A. R.: Hic finitur euang(elium).] 
                                
                                  To here kinedom turne aȝen . al bi anoþer weiȝe. [ac fehlt vor To.]

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

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