Altenglische legenden ...

                                
                                  Dede men in some contre : me clepiþ god̛ al so,
                                
                                  As iubyter & plato, : þt is mys I do;
                                
                                  & I be leue on ihū crist, : þt is ful of myȝt,
                                
                                  þat wold fro heuin for vs in to erþe alyȝt;
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                                  & of amayde he was bore, : þo he hidir com;
                                
                                  Of seint ihon, þe baptist, : he fong cristindom;
                                
                                  Of þe blis of heuin moche he gan preche,
                                
                                  & þt he was soþfast god : wt fayre meraklis teche;
                                
                                  At þe last men hym nome : & dede hym on þe rode,
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                                  Gilt, I woot, had he non, : it was for oure gode.
                                
                                  þ̛ prechid nacor al day : of þe fey wel ryȝt,
                                
                                  þat þer nas no saraȝyn : þat hym answere myȝt.
                                
                                  ffor þis predycacyoun was : Josaphat glad þo,
                                
                                  þat cristindom was prechid : þorwȝ ihū crist̛ fo.
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                                  þe king was for þis dede : in herte ful wo,
                                
                                  & bad þt þe company : departid were in two,
                                
                                  To fond a ȝen on morwȝ : to be þenche more,
                                
                                  To torn þis child̛ þouȝt : þorwȝ nacor Is lore.
                                
                                  þo seyde iosephat: : my mayster þu most me take,
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                                  þat we mowe to gedere : of þis þing speche make;
                                
                                  & tak wit þe þy conseyl, : as þu auȝtist to do,
                                
                                  Some conseyl ȝe mowe make, : ȝif ȝe sentiþ þer to;
                                
                                  But þu graunte þis, : þu worchist nouȝt þe ryȝt;
                                
                                  Wel þu myȝt vs dele a two : þorwȝ þy grete myȝt.
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                                  Nowȝ þe king grantiþ : þt nacor wit hym go,
                                
                                  & nauȝt but for he hopiþ : his beleue he schal vn do; [Ms. hoþiþ st. hopiþ.] 
                                
                                  þe king þan grantyþ : þat þey go her in fere,
                                
                                  & come on morw to þe court, : for he hem wold here.
                                
                                  So þey went to gydere. : Josaphat to hym seyde:
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                                  I woot þu art nauȝt barlam, : as my fadir seyde,
                                
                                  Nacor is þy ryȝte name; : drede is in þe steke, [Ms. stoke st. steke.] 
                                
                                  þat þu ne darst for al þe world : a word aȝen me speke;
                                
                                  þowȝ þu haue al day : prechid cristindom,
                                
                                  I woot wel, of þy good wil : no þing it ne com;
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                                  But ȝif þu wolt, nacor, : do by my lyste
                                
                                  & lete þy false god̛ : & leue on ihū criste,

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Title: Altenglische legenden ...
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 141
Publication: Paderborn,: F. Schöningh,; 1875.
Subject terms: English poetry; Legends

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