Qven herodis of his lijf was farn,
An angel com ioseph to warn,
And said, "time es ȝe busk ȝou,
þu and mari, and alsua iesu,
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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 20, 2024.
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Into ȝor kith in godes name,
I bidd ȝou þat ȝe wend nu hame,
For þai þat soght þe child to quelle
Er nu alle dede, for soth i telle."
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Ioseph was of þis tiþand faine, [folio 81a:2]
And buned him to wend againe,
Bot toward þat side of þat land,
þar archelaus was regnand,
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(þat was þe land þat hight iude),
þider to turn þaim suld he,
Bot went he into galilee,
To tun and burgh and mani cite.
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