Legends of the holy rood; Symbols of the passion and cross poems. In Old English of the eleventh, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. Edited from Mss. in the British Museum and Bodleian Libraries, with introduction, translations, and glossarial index, by Richard Morris.

                                
                                  Þe holy Crois þat he fond þere· þat vr lord was onne i-do,
                                
                                  A-doun he nom wiþ gret honour· and ladde wiþ him also
                                
                                  To þe Borwh of Ierusalem·, and þo he com þer bi-syde
                                
                                  Vppe þe Hul of Olyuete· a stounde he gon a-byde;
                                  Line 440 
                                
                                  Al þe folk a-boute him com· mid gret honour wiþ-alle
                                
                                  And þonkeden God· of þat cas· þat hem was bi-falle,
                                
                                  Þat þe swete holi Crois· a-ȝein moste come,
                                
                                  Þat þe luþur kyng Cosdre· hem hedde er bi-nome;
                                  Line 444 
                                
                                  ¶ A-doun of þe hul wende þe Emperour· mid feir procession
                                
                                  Þulke wey þat vr lord wende· to-ward his passion;
                                
                                  Þo he com to þe borwh· and wolde in atte ȝate
                                
                                  A feir Miracle vr lord sende· þat he ne mihte in þer-ate;
                                  Line 448 
                                
                                  For þe stones þat a-boute were· a-doun a-non a-lihte
                                
                                  And stooden euene a-boute bi þe oþur wal· þat no mon in ne mihte;
                                
                                  Sori was þe Emperour· and al his folk also
                                
                                  And dredden þat heo not worþi weoren· a such holy þing to do;
                                  Line 452 
                                
                                  Þer was wepynge and cri i-nouh on god· þat he hem sende
                                
                                  Sum grace·, ȝif his wille were·, þat heo to þe Borwh wende;
                                
                                  ¶ Þo stod þer-bi an Aungel· a Crois hee heold an honde:
                                
                                  "Sir Emperour," he seide·, "þulke tyme· þat vr lord was here a-londe,
                                  Line 456 
                                
                                  Þo he com in atte ȝate· to deþe to ben i-do,
                                
                                  Vppon a sely Asse he Rod· in feble cloþus also,
                                
                                  He com wiþ no gret nobleye· so as þou dest now,
                                
                                  Wiþ riche cloþus· ne wiþ oþer pruyde·, þeih he were as heih as þou":
                                  Line 460 
                                
                                  ¶ Mid þis word he wende a-ȝeyn· þe Emperour a-non
                                
                                  A-lihte a-doun· and his cloþus· of caste euerichon,
                                
                                  Anon to his schurte· and his Brech· sore weopinde wiþ|alle;
                                
                                  Þis stones risen vp aȝeyn· þat weren er doun i-falle,
                                  Line 464 
                                
                                  And lay· vche in his rihte stude· as heo hedden er i-do,
                                
                                  And þat ȝat opene as hit was er· and þe wey clene also;

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Title: Legends of the holy rood; Symbols of the passion and cross poems. In Old English of the eleventh, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. Edited from Mss. in the British Museum and Bodleian Libraries, with introduction, translations, and glossarial index, by Richard Morris.
Author: Morris, Richard, ed. 1833-1894,
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1871.
Subject terms: Crosses -- Legends.

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