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 20, 2024.

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how ihesus raisid a dede childe fallin out of a loft.
Þen went Ioseph & mari boun wiþ ihesus til a-noþer toun. Line 12270 þat meynye was milde & meth. þai went ham in-to nazareth. þat is þe toun þer mari bade quen þe angel hir bode-worde made. ¶ Ihesus went him forþ to play. Line 12275 and oþer childer a-pon a day. in a loft was in þat toun. A childe keste a-noþer doun. out of þe loft vn-to þe grounde. Line 12279 dede he felle in litel stounde. ¶ his frendis herde þat worde in hy. þai ran to Ioseph & to mary. loude on ham þai con cry. Line 12283 quy do ȝe squa quar-fore & quy. [folio 56b:1] Lete ȝe ȝour sone wiþ enuy & strife. our dere childe reue þe life. alle if þai saide of him þaire wille Ihesus helde him euer stille. Line 12288 þat nane ansquare walde he speke. til atte mary come and Ioseph. ¶ þen saide mary leue sone me say. queþer þou putte þe barne or nay. Line 12292 ¶ and he saide nauþer il ne gode. pot (sic) doun out of þis loft he ȝode. Til he come þer þe licame lay. and þus be-gan til him to say. Line 12296

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Line 12296 tel me childe how faris þou. and he saide wele sir fare I. now. if I. þe putte þe soþ þou say. Line 12299 and he saide lorde for-soþ nay. þe barne frendes quare ihesus fare. fra þat time þai loued him mare.
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