¶ [I]Acob, alphei barntem, [folio 119a:1]
Was first biscop of iurselem,
Right-wis to call him was men won,
And was our lauerd sistur sun,
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Quarfor men cald him vr lauerd broþer,
þai war ontinkel an and oþer.
Man o sothfastnes and right,
Sua mikel halines & light,
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Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...
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- Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...
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- London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co.,
- 1874-93.
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"Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AJT8128.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2025.
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þat folk ilkan wald oþer stemm,
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Qua rin moght titest on his hemm.
In iurselem he prechid fast,
þe juus sett him attelast
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Vp apon þe temple hei,
Bot for he spelland wald noght lei,
Dun o þe temple þai him suang,
And siþen stans at him slang,
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[ [[from Laud MS. 416]] With wyckyd hed and fals wrong
Sethyn smote hym with a walker staue]
þat he him brast his harn pann:
þe cristen men þar delf him þan.