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 16, 2024.

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[Matthew the Evangelist.]

                  
                    [M]atheu, apostil and wangelist,
                  
                    Of leui cald and cosin of crist,
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                    First he was a publican
                  
                    And siþen of godspellers ane;
                  
                    He spelled first in iudea,
                  
                    And siþen in macedonea
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                    For sarmoning of goddes word,
                  
                    Men sais þat he stiked was wid suord.
                  
                    He lijs on þe munt of parth,
                  
                    Of heuen it has his saule part.
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