[Luke the Evangelist.]
[L]ucas was cristes goddspeller,
And of þe apostlis dedis writer,
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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 21, 2025.
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Leche of craft, lerid of greu,
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Of lare he cuth noght of ebru,
Disciple of pauel ai foluand fere
In wele and wo wid-vten sere.
Als he was born in chastite,
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þat was na man might chaster be.
þe mistrouand he toke to teche,
Bath of lijf and saule leche;
þar-for wroght he bokis tuin
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þat medicine of saule es in,
Of goddspelling þe tane he kidd,
þe toþer of þat þapostlis didd.
þe seuentiand and feird ȝere
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Efter þat he had liued here,
Quen he was dede in bethani,
þar was he doluen for to lij.
Bot in þe tune of costantin,
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þat wele was loued wid drightin,
[folio 141b:1] þai did saint andreu relikis and him
Bring to constantine apolim.