Altenglische legenden ...

                                
                                  He stod, as he were inome, . he nuste whare ewas,
                                
                                  Ne, ȝif he were quic oþer ded, . bote in meting as he were.
                                
                                  Lord, muche is þi miȝte, . as þo was sene þere!
                                
                                  Hit ne laste bote astounde, . þt þe leome ne wiþ drow; [541-625 fehlen in Ms. Ashm.] 
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                                  Ac, þeiȝ it lute while laste, . heo weren ful inow.
                                
                                  þe kniȝt stod & bihuld, . & is stat vnderstod;
                                
                                  So fol he was of þe leme, . þt delicious was & god:
                                
                                  Him þouȝte, þeiȝ he liuede euer . & no mete ne ete,
                                
                                  He schulde to no mete luste . vor þe lem so swete.
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                                  Lo, seide þis maister . þat him schewede þat place,
                                
                                  Now þou hast somdel iseiȝe . of oure lordes grace:
                                
                                  Of pine what wrecche gostes . habbeþ for here misdede, [Ms. of of pine.] 
                                
                                  And of þe ioie þat gode soules . in paradis doþ lede,
                                
                                  And somdel of þe ioie . þat in heuene is;
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                                  Eche day we beþ ones fed . mid such ioie & blis,
                                
                                  þanne we beþ folle inow, . vorte god vs more sende;
                                
                                  And heo þat in heuene beþ . han such wiþ outen ende,
                                
                                  & ȝut in more, . vor it waneþ neuer mo; [in vor more ist zu tilgen.] 
                                
                                  We beþ bote enes ved adai, . vorte þt we þider go;
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                                  Whanne we þider comeþ, . we schulen wiþ outen ende,
                                
                                  And ȝif wolt(!) deserui, . þider vorto wende;
                                
                                  As þou wolt þou miȝt do, . whan þu comest to erþe iwis;
                                
                                  þider þou most anon aȝe, . vor al time hit is;
                                
                                  ȝif þou wolt god lif lede, . þi mede þou miȝt seo,
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                                  And also, whoche pines, . ȝif þou wolt luþer beo.
                                
                                  Aȝen þow most wende, . go vorþ in godes name!
                                
                                  Go baldeliche, for no deuel . ne schal do þe no schame:
                                
                                  Adrad hi beþ of þe, . & aschamed bi eche side; [Vor und nach ȝif fehlt þou.] 
                                
                                  A godes name go þi wey, . þu ne schalt no leng abide!
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                                  Sire, merci, quaþ þe kniȝt, . what so me euer bitide,
                                
                                  A fote inelle henne go, . wrechede geþ so wide;
                                
                                  Lat me bi leuen her, . vor, ȝif ic from ȝou wende,
                                
                                  Adrad icham of þe deuelen . mid sunne wolleþ me schende. [In der 2. Halbz. fehlt þat oder heo.] 
                                
                                  Beu frere, quaþ þis oþer, . þou miȝt as wel be stille,
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                                  Vor þu schalt to erþe go, . þer þow miȝt do þi wille;
                                
                                  ȝif þou seruest oure lord, . siker þou miȝt beo
                                
                                  Aȝen to come to vs, . & suþþe to heuene vleo;
                                
                                  In godes half wende aȝen, . vor siker þou schalt so.
                                
                                  Alas, alas, quaþ þe kniȝt, . what schal i now do?
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                                  þe ioie þt ich now iseiȝe . worþ me now bi nome,
                                
                                  To þe wrecchede of þe world, . alas, ischal come.

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Title: Altenglische legenden ...
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 206
Publication: Paderborn,: F. Schöningh,; 1875.
Subject terms: English poetry; Legends

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