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 17, 2025.

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[Thomas Didymus.]

                  
                    Thomas didimus þat hiȝt
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                    Longe he douted in þe riȝt
                  
                    Þat he wolde not leue bi ere
                  
                    wiþ eȝe siȝt aftir he hit bere
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                    He preched wide aboute & ȝede
                  
                    To peres & parthi þe folk of mede
                  
                    And to þe folke of irtane
                  
                    To hem of Inde & batriane
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                    Fast he souȝte þe eftren þede
                  
                    And went into heþen lede
                  
                    Þere he ȝode wiþ sermoun
                  
                    Til tyme of his passioun
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                    In a cite hett calamynee
                  
                    Of Inde þere his ende toke he
                  
                    Smyten þourȝe was he wiþ a spere
                  
                    And his body is buryed þere

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