APPENDIX.
I.
DISPUTE BETWEEN MARY AND THE CROSS.
I [The numbers are those of the corresponding stanzas in the text, pp. 131-149, the order being somewhat different.] .
O litel whyle lesteneþ to me [[Royal MS. 18 A 10, [folio 126b] ]]
Ententyfly, so haue ȝe blys,
Gode ensaumple here schul ȝe,
Of noble Mater wrouȝt it is,
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How Mary spak to þe rode tre,
Whan her sone was in angvys;
Þe Cros answeryd þat lady fre,
Ful myldely seiȝe clerkys wys,
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¶ Þat þis tale haue made couþe;
Þei haue expouned it by siȝt,
A good ensaumple and a bryȝt;
But Apocrifum þei holde it riȝt,
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For tre spak neuere wiþ mouþe.
II.
¶ Oure lady fre,
To þe rode tre,
Sche made her mone,
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And seyde, "on þee
Is fruyt of me
Full wo-bygone:
With blody ble
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My fruyt I gan see,
