Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...

[Fairfax MS. 14. (Bodl. Libr.)]

[ [folio 1a:1] ] (Scribbling, 'Willelmus Belyng|ham' and some Latin, English, and French lines.)

[ [folio 2a:1] ] Capitulum

j.

Of þe trinite and making of þe werlde. (p. 24)

ij.

of þe angels and falling of lucifer. (p. 32)

iij.

of mannis bodi. (p. 36)

iiij.

of mannis saule. (p. 40)

v.

of þe state of þingis be-fore adam synnid in paradis. (p. 44)

vj.

how adam brak goddis com|aundement. of þe appil. (p. 52)

vij.

Of paradis. (p. 66)

viij.

how cayme slogh abel. (p. 68)

of þe oyle of merci. (p. 78)

how adam endid. (p. 90)

of þe oyle of merci. (p. 78)

how adam endid. (p. 90)

ix.

þe kinradin of adam. be Seth. (p. 90)

x.

of þe corrupcion of þe lande ofter synne. (p. 96)

xj.

Of the ij. eldis of þe werlde. þat is to wite of noe flode. (p. 102)

xij.

Of þe life of Sem. (p. 130)

xiij.

þe kinradin of Chan. (p. 134)

xiiij.

þe þrid elde of þe werlde. of Abraham. (p. 140)

how sodome and gomor sanke. (p. 164)

how esau saldis his lande to Iacob his broþer. (p. 208)

þe stori of Ioseph Iacob sone.

Of þe folk of israel and moises. (p. 320)

xv.

how Abraham offerred Isaac. (p. 186)

xvj.

þe stori of Isaac abraham sone. (p. 192)

how sodome and gomor sanke. (p. 164)

how esau saldis his lande to Iacob his broþer. (p. 208)

þe stori of Ioseph Iacob sone.

Of þe folk of israel and moises. (p. 320)

xvij.

how Iacob passid in-to his cuntre ofter he was flemid be esau. (p. 230)

how sodome and gomor sanke. (p. 164)

how esau saldis his lande to Iacob his broþer. (p. 208)

þe stori of Ioseph Iacob sone.

Of þe folk of israel and moises. (p. 320)

how sodome and gomor sanke. (p. 164)

how esau saldis his lande to Iacob his broþer. (p. 208)

þe stori of Ioseph Iacob sone.

Of þe folk of israel and moises. (p. 320)

xviij.

Of iij wandis. fondin be moyses in squeuin. (p. 364)

xix.

how moises fastid for to haue lagh of þe x. comaunde|mentis and how þai made

of sampson and his wife. (p. 410)

Of þe first king þat euer was hiȝt saule to name. and þen next king Dauid. (p. 424)

of sampson and his wife. (p. 410)

Of þe first king þat euer was hiȝt saule to name. and þen next king Dauid. (p. 424)

xx.

þe iiij. elde of þe werlde. Of king Dauid. (p. 454)

xxj.

how salamon king regnid ofter his fader Dauid. (p. 492)

[folio 2a:1] xxij.

how ij. wemmen ware ad|iugged for a childe þe tane slogh. (p. 494)

xxiij.

of þe v. elde of þe werlde.

of cristis birþ. (p. 532) [From our p. 536, l. 9325, to p. 666, l. 11614, has been torn out of the Fairfax MS 14, and is supplied in the text below from the Laud MS 416.]

[xxiiij.

þe propheci of cristis birþ. (p. 564)

[xxv.

[The chapters with headings in brackets are wanting in the MS. itself.] ensaumple of a meruailous castel. (p. 568)

[xxvj.

of our lauedi birþ. (p. 608)

[xxvij.

quar-fore mari was spousid. (p. 618)

[xxviij.

þe annunciacion. [of seint Iohn baptist] [Crossed through with the pen.] (p. 622)

[xxix.

how ihesus was borne. (p. 642)

[xxx.

of worshepe of þe iij. kingis. &

[xxxj.

how Ioseph resceyued ham. (pp. 652, 660)

[xxxij.

how þe Innocentis ware slaine.]

xxxiij.

how Ioseph and mari flagh in|to egipt wiþ ihesu for drede of herode þe king. (p. 664)

xxxiiij.

how þe tree bowed to ihesus. (p. 670)

xxxv.

how ihesus come in-to egipt and þer a childe spilt his lake of water. [The former half of this piece is scratched out in the text.] (p. 684)

xxxvj.

how a prest sone turnid þe lake fra ihesu. (p. 688)

xxxvij.

how ihesus was lad to scole. (p. 692)

xxxviij.

how ihesus raisid a dede childe. fallin out of a loft. (p. 704)

xxxix.

how ihesus bare þe water in his lap quen þe pot was brokin. (p. 706)

xl.

how þe quete multiplied atte ihesus sewed. (p. 706)

xlj.

how þe lions and þe quelpis honoured ihesus. (p. 708)

[folio 2b:1] xlij.

how ihesus drogh a short tree lange. (p. 710)

xliij.

how þai led ihesus eft to þe scole. (p. 712)

xliiij.

how þai led ihesus þe þrid time to þe scole. (p. 714)

xlv.

Of an Ioseph raisid be ihesus. (p. 716)

xlvj.

how ihesus slogh þe nedder. (p. 718)

xlvij.

how þe liȝt of heiuen shane on ihesus slepande. (p. 720)

xlviij.

how ihesus disputid wiþ þe doctours. (p. 722)

xlix.

þe kinradin of seint Anne and hir iij. housbandis. (p. 726)

þe vj. elde of þe werlde.

Of saint Iohn þe baptist. and þe baptim of ihesu crist bi him. (p. 736)

þe vj. elde of þe werlde.

Of saint Iohn þe baptist. and þe baptim of ihesu crist bi him. (p. 736)

l.

þe geddering of þe apostolis. (p. 762)

lj.

how ihesus turnid water in|to wine atte þe bridale. (p. 766)

lij.

þe passioun of ihesu crist. (p. 854)

liij.

A Predicacion ofter the pas|sioun. (missing in the text: see ch. lxxj, p. 1470)

liiij.

how ihesus spolied helle ofter þe resurreccioun. (p. 1022)

lv.

Of þe fairnes of Ihesu crist. and his bodeli liknes in erþ. (p. 1078)

lvj.

how þai chese Mathie apos|tel þorou þe hali gaste. (p. 1080)

lvij.

Of þe comyng of þe haligast on witsonday. (p. 1084)

lviij.

how saint steuin was stanid. (p. 1110)

lix.

Of þe Conuersion of saint Paule. (p. 1122)

lx.

Of þe life of our lauedi. (p. 1148)

lxj.

Of þe bodi of our lauedi. (p. 1182)

lxij.

how þe apostles endid. (p. 1192)

lxiij.

how þe hali cros was fundin be Elaine. (p. 1222)

lxiiij.

þe vij. elde of þe werlde.

Of antecrist come be-for þe dome. (p. 1258)

lxv.

Of the xv. signis. be-for þe dome. (p. 1282)

lxvj.

A predicacion wiþ þe conclu|sioun. (p. 1354)

lxvij.

Compassioun of our lauedi for þe passioun of hir sone. (p. 1367)

lxviij.

Of þe concepcion of our lauedi puplist be an abbot. (p. 1416)

[Additions to the Cursor: See the author's Prologue, p. 21.]

þe crede. expouned. (p. 1430)

þe Pater noster. (p. 1436)

þe crede. expouned. (p. 1430)

þe Pater noster. (p. 1436)

lxix.

An orisoun of þe trinite. (p. 1454)

lxx.

þe matinis of þe cros. (p. 1458)

[The Book of Penance.]

lxxj.

A predicacioun of þe faiþ. (p. 1470)

lxxij.

how man agh to shriue him iij. falde. (p. 1480)

þe secund point of shrift. (p. 1484)

Shrift wiþ mouþ. (p. 1485)

þe secund point of shrift. (p. 1484)

Shrift wiþ mouþ. (p. 1485)

lxxiij.

shrift þat fallis to þe bisshope. (p. 1490. See too p. 1581)

lxxiiij.

Abstinaunce fra penaunce.

lxxv.

Of the Office of prest. (p. 1514)

lxxvj.

þe vij. dedeli synnis. (p. 1524) [☞The quire or quires containing the end of chap. lxxvj (from Drunken|ness, p. 1546, l. 27,900 below) and chapters lxxvij to the first part of lxxxx (ch. 90, p. 1668 below), Cato, have been torn out of the Fairfax MS. and are given below from Cotton Galba E ix (with Vespasian E iii).]

[lxxvij.

Confessioun of venial synnis. (p. 1558, l. 28558)

[lxxviij.

How venial synnis sulde be clansid. (p. 1559, l. 28576)

An shrift of al be-fore saide. (p. 1559, l. 28588)

[Of penaunce. (p. 1575)

catoun mykil. [ [folio 3b:1] , has some scribbling, and some Latin lines, in a later hand.] (incomplete: Appendix IV, p. 1668) [

[On Fairfax 14, leaf 1, foot,? late 16th-cent. hand, 9 Worthyes

3	Jewes	Josua	Dauid	Maccabeus
3	gentils	Hector	Alexander	Julius Cesar
3	christians	Arthur	Charlemayn	godfrey Boleyne that won holy crosse

At back, a note about 'nycholas batson . . . . . of the Cytie of york'.

On back of slip attacht, the names Tomas Bellyngham, Robartus Bellyng|ham, Tomas of Canterbere, Robertus Crank.

]

[ [folio 3a:1] lxxix.

[lxix, MS.] Of satisfaccioun. (p. 1560)

[lxxx.

Of tempering of mannis flesshe. (p. 1570)

[lxxxj.

Of fastinge. (p. 1571)

[lxxxij.

Of discipline. (p. 1573)

An shrift of al be-fore saide. (p. 1559, l. 28588)

[Of penaunce. (p. 1575)

catoun mykil. [ [folio 3b:1] , has some scribbling, and some Latin lines, in a later hand.] (incomplete: Appendix IV, p. 1668) [

[On Fairfax 14, leaf 1, foot,? late 16th-cent. hand, 9 Worthyes

3	Jewes	Josua	Dauid	Maccabeus
3	gentils	Hector	Alexander	Julius Cesar
3	christians	Arthur	Charlemayn	godfrey Boleyne that won holy crosse

At back, a note about 'nycholas batson . . . . . of the Cytie of york'.

On back of slip attacht, the names Tomas Bellyngham, Robartus Bellyng|ham, Tomas of Canterbere, Robertus Crank.

]

[lxxxiij.

casis in þe quilk þe pape salle assoile. (p. 1577)

[lxxxiiij.

how man is cursid þorou his awen dide. (p. 1578)

[lxxxv.

he þat smitis a clerk/ [MS. crek.] in þer casis mai noȝt be assoilid bot of þe bisshope. [The Cotton MS. Vespasian A 3 agrees with the Fairfax 16 in giving the power to the Bishop, while Cotton Galba E 9 gives it to the priest, 'A simple prest': see p. 1581-2, l. 29373, 29383-5, 29397, 29409.] (p. 1581)

[lxxxvj.

how þou mai comune wiþ a cursid man and þou noȝt cursid. (p. 1583)

[lxxxvij.

how cursinge is double. (p. 1584)

[lxxxviij.

how þe cursid mai noȝt be cursid. (p. 1585)

[lxxxix.

how mani maner of sentence is calde vn-riȝtwise. (p. 1585, l. 29505)]

lxxxx.

Catoun litil.

An shrift of al be-fore saide. (p. 1559, l. 28588)

[Of penaunce. (p. 1575)

catoun mykil. [ [folio 3b:1] , has some scribbling, and some Latin lines, in a later hand.] (incomplete: Appendix IV, p. 1668) [

[On Fairfax 14, leaf 1, foot,? late 16th-cent. hand, 9 Worthyes

3	Jewes	Josua	Dauid	Maccabeus
3	gentils	Hector	Alexander	Julius Cesar
3	christians	Arthur	Charlemayn	godfrey Boleyne that won holy crosse

At back, a note about 'nycholas batson . . . . . of the Cytie of york'.

On back of slip attacht, the names Tomas Bellyngham, Robartus Bellyng|ham, Tomas of Canterbere, Robertus Crank.

]