¶ Als i tald ar þat kyng of craft
wald mensked be wyth tuinkyn scaft,
Bath of aungel and of man.
Line 513
Adam þer-for was wroght þan
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 19, 2024.
Pages
Page 38
þe tent ordir for to fullfill,
þat lucifer did for to spill.
Line 516
Of erth allan ne was he noght,
Bot of four element[e]s worght;—
O watur his blod, his fless o lair,
His hete o fir, hijs and [[MS wynd, in a later hand.]] of air;
Line 520
. . . . .
. . . . . [no gap in the MS.]
His heued with in has eien tuin.
þe lift has sōn and mon wit-in,
Line 524
þat als men sen er sett to sight,
Sua serues sun and mon o light;
Seuen maister sterns er sette in heuen,
and mans hefd has thirls seuen,
Line 528
þe quilk if þow wil þe vm-think,
þow may þam find with litul suink.
þis aand þat men draus oft
Betakens wynd þat blaws o loft,
Line 532
O quilk es thoner and leuening ledd,
Als aand with host in brest is spred;
In to þe see all watres sinkes
And mans womb all licur drinkes;
Hijs fete him bers up fra fall,
Line 537
Als þe erth vp haldes all;
þe ouer fir gis man his sight,
þat ouer air of hering might;
Line 540
þis vnder wynd him gis his aand,
þe erth þe tast, to fele, and faand;
þe hardnes þat men has in banes
It cums him o þe kynd o stanes;
Line 544
Of þe erth it groues tres and gress,
And neis [[read neil]]
wit bestes doumb man has his fele,
O thyng man liks, il or welle.
Line 548
Of þir things i haf her said [folio 5a:1]
was adam cors to-gedir graid;
