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 15, 2024.

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how adam endid.

                  
                    Adam liued ix. hundre ȝere.
                  
                    and þretty winter þar to sere
                  
                    quen he was dede sone an-nane
                  
                    his saule forþ to hel con gane.
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                    and alle at deyed bi-twix and þan.
                  
                    þat ihesus rase baþ god and man.
                  
                    ne muȝt ham help na hali-hede.
                  
                    attyn to hel þai most nede.
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                    him muȝt þink his stounde ful strang
                  
                    þat in þat stede was stad sa lang.
                  
                    þat lasted foure þousande ȝere in wa.
                  
                    þre hundre and foure ȝere al-squa
                  
                    sa lange fra þat. þe soþ to tel.
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                    and þat our lorde heried helle.
                  
                    . . . . .
                  
                    . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] 
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