Altenglische legenden ...

                                
                                  þe fool semblaunt of þe women : clene he gan for sake.
                                
                                  þese wome cam aboute hym : & gonne hym clippe faste; [cam übergeschrieben.] 
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                                  Here hond̛ he sore handlid : & gan hem fro hym caste.
                                
                                  He be took hym to ihū crist, : & blessid hym wel swyþe.
                                
                                  þo þe women þis syȝ, : iwis þey were vnblyþe.
                                
                                  þe wikkede gost̛, : þt to hym were I sent
                                
                                  þorwȝ teodas nygremauncy, : to don hym turment,
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                                  þo iosaphat hym hadde blessid, : þey held hem schent echon.
                                
                                  & to teodas, here mayster, : a ȝen þey beþ a gon.
                                
                                  Teodas hem askid, : what þey hadde don.
                                
                                  & þey hym answerid : & seyde þus anon:
                                
                                  Er he hym gan blesse, : we hadde ny þe maystryȝe;
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                                  Wt þe cros he vs ouer com, : wher to scholde I lyȝe?
                                
                                  We seggeþ þe for soþe, : we ne mowe þe nouȝt do; [þe in der 2. Hlbz. wol st. hym.] 
                                
                                  ffonde þu, ȝif þu myȝt, : whan þu wolt to hym go.
                                
                                  To Josaphat wente þo : þe king & teodas.
                                
                                  Josaphat preched so, : þt teodas cristned was, [vor so ist þo wegpunktirt.] 
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                                  & good lyf gan lede : & his folyis for sook.
                                
                                  þ̛ he was take wt þe fysch, : þt he þouȝt take wt crok.
                                
                                  þorwȝ conseyl of his frend̛ : þe king gan do wel,
                                
                                  & ȝaf Josaphat his sone : þe kingdom haluendel.
                                
                                  Sumdel a ȝen his wille : þe lond̛ he took:
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                                  þo he hem fong bodyliche, : wit soule it for sook; [he fehlt vor it.] 
                                
                                  He took hem, for he wolde : echin godd̛ lawe,
                                
                                  & alle þe false god̛ : out of his lond drawe.
                                
                                  ffayre emagis of þe cros : in ech toun he leet verche,
                                
                                  & ordeynyd bysschop̛ & prest̛, : to singe in holy cherche.
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                                  þe meste party of þe lond : to crist he haþ brouȝt.
                                
                                  & euere he fondid day & nyȝt : to torne his fadir þouȝt.
                                
                                  So at þe ende, : as god ȝaf þe cas,
                                
                                  þe king tornyd to god : & cristenyd was.
                                
                                  Now haþ iosaphat : moche to his wille;
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                                  þer of he þonkid god : boþe loud & stille.
                                
                                  þe king ȝald vp þo : al þe kingdom
                                
                                  In to his son̛ hond, : & he it nom.

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Title: Altenglische legenden ...
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 146
Publication: Paderborn,: F. Schöningh,; 1875.
Subject terms: English poetry; Legends

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