Adam lyued nyne hundride ȝere
& þritty wynter also in fere
When he was deed soone anoon
His soule was to helle goon
Line 1436
And alle þat deȝed fro þis to þon
þat iesu deȝed god and mon
Hem myȝte helpe no holy hede
But þei to helle most nede
Line 1440
He myȝte þinke þe stude strong
þat in þat place was so long
Foure þousande ȝeer in þat woo
Line 1443
þre hundride ȝeer also
So long fro Adam was to telle
Til oure lord harwede helle
. . . . .
. . . . . [no gap in the MS.]
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.,
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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 19, 2024.