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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Contents
- omitted half title
- omitted front matter
- TABLES OF CONTENTS IN THE FAIRFAX, GÖTTINGEN, AND LAUD MSS.
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PROLOGUE.
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[Cotton Vesp. A iii., British Museum, leaf 2]
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1 The Cursur o the world.1 -
Incipit de trinitate & creacione mundi
- part
- part
- part
- [Of the name Adam, and of Paradise.]
- part
- [Of Satan's scheme to tempt and ruin Adam.]
- Expulsio ade & transgressio euis
- [Of the state of the world after Adam's Sin.]
- part
- part
- [God speaks to Cain, and curses him.]
- De fine Ade & oleo misericordie
- part
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Genelogia Ade & seth
Genelog[ia] caym -
De corrupcione terre per peccatum -
Hic incipit secunda etas seculi de diluuio & archa noe -
De fine noe
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de incepcione sem
- De construccione turris babilon[ie]
- part
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Incipit tercia etas seculi de Abraham filio thare. -
de addiscione nominis abram -
De ortu & int[er]p[re]tacione ysaac -
De immolacione ysaac
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De etate & fine Sarre vxoris abrahe
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De nupcijs ysaac & rebecce
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De ysaac filio abrahe
- part
- De iacob & eius filijs & de exsompnia iacob
- [ Off moyses now wolle we telle Yf ye wolle a stounde duelle]
- [The Passover, and killing of the first-born.]
- [The Passage of the Red Sea.]
- [Off the tre of lyff shalle y telle And of the folk of Israelle]
- [The Battle with Amalek.]
- part
- part
- [The people set up a golden calf.]
- Hic incipiunt iudicia moysi tradita
- [Aaron's rod, and the death of Moses.]
- [Joshua leads the people into Canaan.]
- [The Judges in Israel, and their contemporaries.]
- [Of Samson and his strength.]
- [Samuel anoints Saul and David.]
- David and Goliath; war with the Philistines.
- Saul is jealous of David.
- part
- [The story of the three holy rods, or trees.]
- [David purposes to build a temple to God.]
- [The choice of David's successor.]
- [The wonderful childhood of Solomon.]
- [The story of David is finished.]
- part
- part
- [The building of the Temple.]
- The first martyr for Christ.
- [Solomon's great sin and repentance.]
- [The death of Solomon, and the names of his successors.]
- The fourth age of the world is finished.
- part
- Isaiah's prophecy of Christ.
- Re-capitulation, of Adam's Fall and the Scheme to save Mankind.
- [The Parable of a King and his four Daughters.]
- part
- [The parable of the Castle of Love and Grace.]
- [A Prayer to Our Lady.]
- Quomodo concepta erat maria mater dei
- Of the Childhood of Mary.
- part
- part
- Of John the Baptist.
- The Birth of Christ.
- The Three Kings make Offerings to Christ.
- The wonderful Childhood of Christ.
- part
- part
- How the angel broke the tree.
- part
- þar iesus did in his barnhide Sum-thing þat es of to rede.
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- Of John the Baptist and Christ's Baptism.
- part
- [The Death of John the Baptist.]
- The Beginning of Christ's Ministry.
- part
- part
- [The Obstinacy and Contrariousness of the Jews.]
- [The Jews plot against Christ's life.]
- [Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, and the Last Supper.]
- [The Betrayal and Last Hours of Christ.]
- [The Trial before Caiaphas and Pilate.]
- [The Crucifixion and Burial.]
- [A Discourse between Christ and Man.]
- [Of Joseph of Arimathea.]
- [OF THE RESURRECTION.]
- part
- [The Resurrection of Christ.]
- [The Resurrection of Simeon's two Sons.]
- [The writing of Carius and Lenthius as to Christ's entry into Hell.]
- [Pilate's Letter to Rome.]
- [Christ is like a Lion.]
- [Our Lord's Life after he had risen.]
- [The Ascension of Christ.]
- part
- part
- [The Descent of the Holy Spirit.]
- [The Falsehood of Ananias and Sapphira.]
- [The Apostles are imprisoned, and set free by an Angel.]
- part
- part
- [Simon Magus wishes to buy Holy Gifts.]
- [Of Paul and his Conversion.]
- [Peter sees a Vision and Preaches to the Heathen.]
- [Of the Assumption of Our Lady.]
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De Assu[m]pcione beate Marie
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- [The Virtues and Symbols of the Cross.]
- part
- [Of Antechrist.]
- part
- [What shall happen on Domesday.]
- [Description of Hell and its Nine Pains.]
- [Heaven, and the Seven Gifts of the Blessed.]
- [The State of the World after Domesday.]
- part
- [Prayer to Our Lady.]
- De lamentacione Marie
- [Apostrophe to Saint John.]
- Quomodo concepcio beate marie inuenta fuerit
- Pater noster
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- De confessione Cristi
- [Three means of penance.]
- part
- part
- part
- [Of the Seven Deadly Sins.]
- [Pride.]
- [Envy.]
- [Anger.]
- [Sloth.]
- [Coveteousness.]
- [Glutony and Drunkenness.]
- [Lechery.]
- [How to make shrift.]
- [Of the nine points of doing alms.]
- [Of Castigation.]
- part
- part
- [Of Absolution by the Pope.]
- [Of the Fifteen points of Cursing.]
- [Of Absolution by a priest.]
- [Of Communion with the cursed.]
- [Cursing.]
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[Fairfax MS. 14, Bodleian Library.]
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Þis is þe best boke of alle
þe cours of þe werlde men dos hit calle. - Of þe trinite and makinge of þe werlde.
- Of þe angelis and þe fallinge of lucifer and his felawes.
- Of mannis body.
- Of mannis saule.
- [Of the name Adam, and of Paradise.]
- Of þe state of þingis be-fore adam synnid.
- [Of Satan's scheme to tempt and ruin Adam.]
- How adam brake goddis comande|ment. of the appil.
- [Of the state of the world after Adam's Sin.]
- Of paradise.
- how cayme sloghe abel his broþer.
- [God speaks to Cain, and curses him.]
- of þe oile of merci.
- how adam endid.
- þe kinradin of adam þorou Seth his sone.
- Of þe corrupcioun of þe lande ofter synne.
- þe ij. elde of noe flode.
- part
- Of þe life of Sem.
- part
- þe kinradin of than.
- þe þrid elde of þe werlde; de abram.
- part
- part
- how abram offerred Isaac his sone.
- part
- part
- þe stori of Isaac abraham sone
- how Iacob passid in-to his cuntree. ofter he was flemid.
- [The story of Iacob begynnyþ here And also of his sonnys dere]
- Of þe folk of israel and Moises.
- [The Passover, and killing of the first-born.]
- [The Passage of the Red Sea.]
- Of iij. wandis fondin be moises in squeuin.
- part
- part
- how moises fastid for to haue lagh; and of x. comaundementis. and a calf of golde
- [The people set up a golden calf.]
- [lystenyþ now a lytyll thraw ffor I wille telle of moyses law]
- [Aaron's rod, and the death of Moses.]
- [Joshua leads the people into Canaan.]
- [The Judges in Israel, and their contemporaries.]
- [Of Samson and his strength.]
- [Samuel anoints Saul and David.]
- David and Goliath; war with the Philistines.
- Saul is jealous of David.
- þe iiij. elde of þe werlde. of king dauid.
- [The story of the three holy rods, or trees.]
- [David purposes to build a temple to God.]
- [The choice of David's successor.]
- [The wonderful childhood of Solomon.]
- [The story of David is finished.]
- how salamon king regnid ofter his fader dauid.
- how ij. wemmen ware iugged for a childe þe tane slogh in hir bedde
- [The building of the Temple.]
- The first martyr for Christ.
- [Solomon's great sin and repentance.]
- [The death of Solomon, and the names of his successors.]
- The fourth age of the world is finished.
- þe v elde of þe werlde. of cristis birth.
- Isaiah's prophecy of Christ.
- Re-capitulation, of Adam's Fall and the Scheme to save Mankind.
- [The Parable of a King and his four Daughters.]
- Off swete Ihesu the prophecy lestenyþ an I shalle sey on hy
- [The parable of the Castle of Love and Grace.]
- [A Prayer to Our Lady.]
- lystyn now to my lesson That wille here of the concepcion
- Of the Childhood of Mary.
- Why Ihesu Crist born wold be Of a spowsid mayde telle we
- ¶ How hir grete gabrielle Now is good here to telle
- Of John the Baptist.
- The Birth of Christ.
- The Three Kings make Offerings to Christ.
- The wonderful Childhood of Christ.
- part
- how þe tree bowed to ihesus
- How the angel broke the tree.
- how ihesu come in-to egipt and þer a childe [spilt] his leke.
- How Ihesu did in Childhed Som-thyng I wille you rede
-
how a prest sone turnid þe lake fra fra Ihesu (
sic ). - how Ihesus was first lad to scole for to lere þai wende.
- how ihesus raisid a dede childe fallin out of a loft.
- hou ihesus bare þe water in his lap. quen þe potte was brokin.
- how þe quete multiplied at ihesus sawed.
- how þe lions & þe quelpis honoured ihesus.
- how ihesus drogh þe short tree.
- how þai lede ihesus eft to þe scole
- how þai led ihesus þe þrid time to þe scole.
- Of an Ioseph raisid be Ihesus.
- how ihesus slogh þe nedder.
- how þe liȝt of heiuen shane on ihesus slepande.
- how ihesus disputed wiþ þe doc|tours.
- þe kinradin of saint Anne. & hir þre housbandis.
- Of John the Baptist and Christ's Baptism.
- how ihesus was temptid with þe feinde.
- [The Death of John the Baptist.]
- The Beginning of Christ's Ministry.
- // þe geddering of þe apostolis. cong apostolorum
- how ihesus turnid water in-to wine atte þe bridale.
- [The Obstinacy and Contrariousness of the Jews.]
- [The Jews plot against Christ's life.]
- [Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, and the Last Supper.]
- [The Betrayal and Last Hours of Christ.]
- [The Trial before Caiaphas and Pilate.]
- [The Crucifixion and Burial.]
- [A Discourse between Christ and Man.]
- Off Ioseph off aramathy To speke now spede wolle y
- [The Resurrection of Christ.]
- [The Resurrection of Simeon's two Sons.]
- [The writing of Carius and Lenthius as to Christ's entry into Hell.]
- [Pilate's Letter to Rome.]
- [Christ is like a Lion.]
- [Our Lord's Life after he had risen.]
- [The Ascension of Christ.]
- Of þe fairnes of crist; & his bodeli liknes in erþ.
- how þai chese Mathy apostel þorou þe haligast ofter þe resurreccioun.
- [The Descent of the Holy Spirit.]
- [The Falsehood of Ananias and Sapphira.]
- [The Apostles are imprisoned, and set free by an Angel.]
- how saint Steuin was stanid.
- Of þe Conuersioun of saint Paule.
- [Simon Magus wishes to buy Holy Gifts.]
- [Of Paul and his Conversion.]
- [Peter sees a Vision and Preaches to the Heathen.]
- [Of the Assumption of Our Lady.]
- Of þe life of our lauedi.
- Of our lauedi bodi.
- how þe apostles þaire life endid.
- Andrew.
- Iacob þe mare.
- Iohn. apostel & euaungelist.
- Philip.
- Thomas.
- Bartelmew.
- Mathew.
- Iacob þe lasse.
- Iudas. þe gode.
- Mathie.
- Simon
- Luke.
- Barnabe.
- Mark
- how þe hali cros was fundin. be seint Elaine.
- [The Virtues and Symbols of the Cross.]
- þe vij. elde of þe werlde. Of antecrist be-for þe dome.
- [Of Antechrist.]
- Of þe xv. signis be-for þe dome.
- [What shall happen on Domesday.]
- [Description of Hell and its Nine Pains.]
- [Heaven, and the Seven Gifts of the Blessed.]
- [The State of the World after Domesday.]
- A predicacioun wiþ þe conclusioun þer-a-pon.
- [Prayer to Our Lady.]
- Compassioun of our lauedi for þe passioun of hir sone.
- [Apostrophe to Saint John.]
- Of þe concepcioun of our lauedi. puplist bi an angel. on þe see.
- pater noster
- an orisoun of þe trinite.
- Matinis of þe cros.
- Atte laudis.
- Atte prime.
- Atte vndorne.
- Atte midday.
- Atte none.
- at euin sange.
- Atte Complin.
- A predicacioun of þe faiþ.
- how man agh to shriue him þre-falde.
- þe secunde pointe of shrift.
- Shrift wiþ mouþ.
- Of þe office of prest.
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- part
- [Glutony and Drunkenness.]
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Þis is þe best boke of alle
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[Göttingen MS. theol. 107.]
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[Þe tret]is þat men cals cursor mundi.
- Here bigines of þe trinite and of þe making of all þe worlde
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Of angelis and lucifer hou he fell. For his pride fra heuen to hell.
- Of bodili substance if þu wil witt, Manis saule þat es it.
- [Of Man's Soul.]
- [Of the name Adam, and of Paradise.]
- Of þe state þe world was inne, Bifor þe time of adam sinne.
- [Of Satan's scheme to tempt and ruin Adam.]
- Hou adam brac þe comandment, Quarfor mani a man was schent.
- Of þe state þe world was inne Efter the time of adam sinne.
- [Description of Paradise.]
- Hou caym þe cursed with wid wohw His aune broþer abel he slohw.
- [God speaks to Cain, and curses him.]
- Of adam ending telle wil i, And als of þe oile of merci.
- Of adam and oþer eldris.
- Þe genialogi of adam þe ald, Of seth and caym nu sal be tald.
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How manes sinne þat i of mene, Corrupt all þis world bidene.
- Here bigines at noe þe lede þe toþer world for to sede.
- [Of Noah and his three sons.]
- Bigine we now to tell of sem, And siþen of his barn tem.
- [Of the building of the Tower of Babylon.]
- part
- Of þe thrid elde i sal ȝou tell Quo so will a stound nou duell.
- [Of the addition to Abraham's name.]
- [Of the birth of Isaac, and of Ishmael.]
- Of ysaac nou wil i neuen [That louyd was with god in heven].
- [Of the death of Sarah, and the search for Isaac's wife.]
- [Of the marriage of Isaac.]
- Nou es gode to vndertake, þe stori to tell of sir ysaace.
- [Jacob returns to his own land, and meets Esau.]
- þe stori of iacob be-gines here, And alsua of his sonis sere.
- Of moyses nou wil i tell, If ye wil a stound duell.
- [The Passover, and killing of the first-born.]
- [The Passage of the Red Sea.]
- Of þe tre of lijf nou sal i tell, And alsua of þe folk of israell.
- [The Battle with Amalek.]
-
Listens nou vnto mi saw,
And tell i sal of moyses law. - [The people set up a golden calf.]
- Listens nou a litel thraue, For i sal tell of þe iuus lawe.
- [Aaron's rod, and the death of Moses.]
- [Joshua leads the people into Canaan.]
- [The Judges in Israel, and their contemporaries.]
- [Of Samson and his strength.]
- [Samuel anoints Saul and David.]
- David and Goliath; war with the Philistines.
- Saul is jealous of David.
- Here biginnys ful witterli, þe feird elde, at [þ]e king daui.
- [The story of the three holy rods, or trees.]
- [David purposes to build a temple to God.]
- [The choice of David's successor.]
- [The wonderful childhood of Solomon.]
- [The story of David is finished.]
- [Solomon's choice.]
- [The judgment of Solomon between the two women.]
- The building of the Temple.
- The first martyr for Christ.
- [Solomon's great sin and repentance.]
- [The death of Solomon, and the names of his successors.]
- The fourth age of the world is finished.
- The Fifth Age of the World. The Family of the Virgin Mary.
- Isaiah's prophecy of Christ.
- Re-capitulation, of Adam's Fall and the Scheme to save Mankind.
- The Parable of a King and his four Daughters.
- þe prophecye of suete iesu, Listen, and i sal tell ȝou nou.
- [The parable of the Castle of Love and Grace.]
- [A Prayer to Our Lady.]
- Listens now wid gode deuocion And i sal tell of þe suete concepcion.
- Of the Childhood of Mary.
- Qui iesu crist born wald be Of a spousid may, nou tell i þe.
- Hou þat þe angel gabriell Grett mari, i will ȝou tell.
- Of John the Baptist.
- [The Birth of Christ.]
- The Three Kings make Offerings to Christ.
- The wonderful Childhood of Christ.
- Hou þe tre boued to saint mari.
- How the tree bowed to Jesus.
- Inde ange[l] brac þe tre.
- part
- Hou iesus did in his barn-hedde, Sum thing þat i will rede.
- [How Jesus kills two boys and brings one to life again.]
- [How Jesus was first put to School.]
- [How Jesus brought a dead Child to Life.]
- [How Jesus carried the Water to his Mother without a Pot.]
- Hou iesus sew þe quete.
- Hu þe leonis fauned iesus.
- [How Jesus pulled the Short Tree Long.]
- [How they brought Jesus again to School.]
- part
- [Jesus restores to life a Burgess of Capernaum.]
- [How Jesus slew the Adder.]
- [How the light of heaven shone on Jesus asleep.]
- [Christ disputes with the Doctors in the Temple.]
- [The Progeny of Saint Anne and her three Husbands.]
- [Of John the Baptist and Christ's Baptism.]
- The Temptation.
- [The Death of John the Baptist.]
- The Beginning of Christ's Ministry.
- Christ chooses the Apostles
- [The Miracles and Sayings of Christ.]
- [The Obstinacy and Contrariousness of the Jews.]
- [The Jews plot against Christ's life.]
- [Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, and the Last Supper.]
- The Betrayal and Last Hours of Christ.
- [The Trial before Caiaphas and Pilate.]
- [The Crucifixion and Burial.]
- [A Discourse between Christ and Man.]
- [Of Joseph of Arimathea.]
- part
- [The Resurrection of Christ.]
- [The Resurrection of Simeon's two Sons.]
- [The writing of Carius and Lenthius as to Christ's entry into Hell.]
- [Pilate's Letter to Rome.]
- [Christ is like a Lion.]
- [Our Lord's Life after he had risen.]
- [The Ascension of Christ.]
- [A description of the Person of Christ.]
- [The Acts of the Apostles.]
- [The Descent of the Holy Spirit.]
- [The Falsehood of Ananias and Sapphira.]
- [The Apostles are imprisoned, and set free by an Angel.]
- [The Stoning of Stephen.]
- [The Persecution of the Christians, and Saul's hand in it.]
- [Simon Magus wishes to buy Holy Gifts.]
- [Of Paul and his Conversion.]
- [Peter sees a Vision and Preaches to the Heathen.]
- [Of the Assumption of Our Lady.]
- part
- [Of our Lady's body.]
- [Of the Works and Death of each of the Apostles.]
- [Andrew.]
- [James the Greater.]
- [John the Evangelist.]
- [Philip.]
- [Thomas Didymus.]
- [Bartholomew.]
- [Matthew the Evangelist.]
- [James the Less.]
- [Judas the Good.]
- [Mathew.]
- [Simon Zelotes.]
- [Luke the Evangelist.]
- [Barnabas.]
- [Mark.]
- [The Finding of the Holy Cross.]
- [The Virtues and Symbols of the Cross.]
- [The Sixth Age of the World; the Day of Doom.]
- [Of Antechrist.]
- [N]v sal ȝe here, i will ȝu rede, Hu þat antecrist sal brede,
- [The Fifteen Signs that shall come before Domesday.]
- [What shall happen on Domesday.]
- [Description of Hell and its Nine Pains.]
- [Heaven, and the Seven Gifts of the Blessed.]
- [The State of the World after Domesday.]
- [The Author's Exhortation to his Fellow Men.]
- [Prayer to Our Lady.]
- [The Sorrows of Mary.]
- [Apostrophe to Saint John].
- [The Story of Elsey, and the Festival of the Conception].
- [An Exposition of the Creed].
- [The Lord's Prayer, & its Exposition.]
- [Prayer to the Trinity.]
- [A Prayer for the Hours of the Passion.]
- [Lauds.]
- [Prime.]
- [Undern.]
- part
- [Noon.]
- [Even-song.]
- [Complins.]
- [A Song of the Five Joys of Our Lady.]
- [A Prayer to God the Father.]
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[Þe tret]is þat men cals cursor mundi.
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[MS. R. 3. 8. Trinity College, Cambridge.]
- Here bigynneþ þe boke of storyes þat men callen cursor mundi
- Hereþ now of þe trinite dere And of þe makyng of þis world here
- part
- Of bodily substaunce for to witt Monnes soule þat is hitt
- [Of Man's Soul.]
- [Of the name Adam, and of Paradise.]
- Of þe astate þe word was Inne Bifore þe time of Adames Synne
- [Of Satan's scheme to tempt and ruin Adam.]
- ow adam brak goddes commaunde|ment Wherfore kynde of mon was shent
- Of þe astate þe world was Inne Aftir tyme of adames synne
- [Description of Paradise.]
- How caym cursed wiþ wowȝe Abel his broþere slowȝe
- [God speaks to Cain, and curses him.]
- Of Adames endyng telle wol I. And of þe oyle of mercy.
- part
- þe genealogy of Adam olde Of Seth & Caym shal be tolde
- How mannes synne þat I of mene Corrupte al þis World bi dene
- Here bigynneþ of Noe lede þe secounde world for to sede
- [Of Noah and his three sons.]
- Bigynne we now to telle of Sem And siþþen of his barnetem
- [Of the building of the Tower of Babylon.]
- part
- Of þe þridde elde is now to telle Who so wol a stounde dwelle
- [Of the addition to Abraham's name.]
- [Of the birth of Isaac, and of Ishmael.]
- Of ysaac now wol we neuen þat loued was wiþ god of heuen
- [Of the death of Sarah, and the search for Isaac's wife.]
- [Of the marriage of Isaac.]
- Now is good to vndirtake þe story to telle of sir ysaake
- [Jacob returns to his own land, and meets Esau.]
- þe stori of iacob bigynneþ here And also of his sones dere
- Of moyses now wol we telle If ȝe wole a stounde dwelle
- [The Passover, and killing of the first-born.]
- [The Passage of the Red Sea.]
- Of þe tre of lif shal I tel And of þe folke of israel
- [The Battle with Amalek.]
- listeneþ now to my sawe Telle I wol of Moises lawe
- [The people set up a golden calf.]
- listeneþ now a litil þrawe For I wol telle of Moises lawe
- [Aaron's rod, and the death of Moses.]
- [Joshua leads the people into Canaan.]
- [The Judges in Israel, and their contemporaries.]
- [Of Samson and his strength.]
- [Samuel anoints Saul and David.]
- David and Goliath; war with the Philistines.
- Saul is jealous of David.
- here bigynneþ witturly þe ferþe elde at kyng dauy
- [The story of the three holy rods, or trees.]
- [David purposes to build a temple to God.]
- [The choice of David's successor.]
- [The wonderful childhood of Solomon.]
- [The story of David is finished.]
- [Solomon's choice.]
- [The judgment of Solomon between the two women.]
- The building of the Temple.
- The first martyr for Christ.
- [Solomon's great sin and repentance.]
- [The death of Solomon, and the names of his successors.]
- The fourth age of the world is finished.
- The Fifth Age of the World. The Family of the Virgin Mary.
- Isaiah's prophecy of Christ.
- Re-capitulation, of Adam's Fall and the Scheme to save Mankind.
- The Parable of a King and his four Daughters.
- Of swete iesu þe prophecye listeneþ & I shal saye on hye
- [The parable of the Castle of Love and Grace.]
- [A Prayer to Our Lady.]
- listeneþ now to my lessoun þat wol here þe concepcioun
- Of the Childhood of Mary.
- Whi iesu crist borne wolde be Of spoused mayden telle we
- How hir grette gabriel Now is good for to tel
- Of John the Baptist.
- [The Birth of Christ.]
- The Three Kings make Offerings to Christ.
- The wonderful Childhood of Christ.
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- How the tree bowed to Jesus.
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- How ihesu dud in his childehede Som þing I wol ȝou rede
- [How Jesus kills two boys and brings one to life again.]
- [How Jesus was first put to School.]
- [How Jesus brought a dead Child to Life.]
- [How Jesus carried the Water to his Mother without a Pot.]
- [How Jesus sowed Wheat.]
- [How the Lions fawned on Jesus.]
- [How Jesus pulled the Short Tree Long.]
- [How they brought Jesus again to School.]
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- [Jesus restores to life a Burgess of Capernaum.]
- [How Jesus slew the Adder.]
- [How the light of heaven shone on Jesus asleep.]
- [Christ disputes with the Doctors in the Temple.]
- [The Progeny of Saint Anne and her three Husbands.]
- [Of John the Baptist and Christ's Baptism.]
- The Temptation.
- [The Death of John the Baptist.]
- The Beginning of Christ's Ministry.
- Christ chooses the Apostles
- [The Miracles and Sayings of Christ.]
- [The Obstinacy and Contrariousness of the Jews.]
- [The Jews plot against Christ's life.]
- OF þe passioun speke we here How he vs bouȝte ihesu dere Secundum euangelium
- The Betrayal and Last Hours of Christ.
- [The Trial before Caiaphas and Pilate.]
- [The Crucifixion and Burial.]
- [A Discourse between Christ and Man.]
- Of Ioseph of aramathi: To speke now spede wol .I.
- [The Resurrection of Christ.]
- [The Resurrection of Simeon's two Sons.]
- [The writing of Carius and Lenthius as to Christ's entry into Hell.]
- [Pilate's Letter to Rome.]
- [Christ is like a Lion.]
- [Our Lord's Life after he had risen.]
- [The Ascension of Christ.]
- [A description of the Person of Christ.]
- [The Acts of the Apostles.]
- [The Descent of the Holy Spirit.]
- [The Falsehood of Ananias and Sapphira.]
- [The Apostles are imprisoned, and set free by an Angel.]
- [The Stoning of Stephen.]
- [The Persecution of the Christians, and Saul's hand in it.]
- [Simon Magus wishes to buy Holy Gifts.]
- [Of Paul and his Conversion.]
- [Peter sees a Vision and Preaches to the Heathen.]
- [Of the Assumption of Our Lady.]
- who so desireþ greet pardoun Here of oure lady assumpcioun
- [Of our Lady's body.]
- [Of the Works and Death of each of the Apostles.]
- [Andrew.]
- [James the Greater.]
- [John the Evangelist.]
- [Philip.]
- [Thomas Didymus.]
- [Bartholomew.]
- [Matthew the Evangelist.]
- [James the Less.]
- [Judas the Good.]
- [Mathew.]
- [Simon Zelotes.]
- [Luke the Evangelist.]
- [Barnabas.]
- [Mark.]
- [The Finding of the Holy Cross.]
- [The Virtues and Symbols of the Cross.]
- Now is good for to wende To speke of þis worldes ende
- [Of Antechrist.]
- Now is good to here hit red How þat anticrist shal be bred
- Of fiftene dayes is to say Shul com bifore domes day
- Now we be þus ferforþ come Speke now mot we of þe dome
- [Description of Hell and its Nine Pains.]
- [Heaven, and the Seven Gifts of the Blessed.]
- [The State of the World after Domesday.]
- [The Author's Exhortation to his Fellow Men.]
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- [Prayer to Our Lady.]
- Incipiunt dolores Beate Marie.
- [Apostrophe to Saint John].
- [The Story of Elsey, and the Festival of the Conception].
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Pater noster qui es in celis . . . . .
- [Envy.]
- [Anger.]
- [Sloth.]
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- [Glutony and Drunkenness.]
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De ix modis faciendi elemosinam
- De diuersis m castigacionis
- Cum ieiunatis nolite fieri sicut ipocrite tristes.
- Vigilate and orate ne intretis in temptacionem.
- De sex casibus pape reseruatis
- Of þe fiftene pointes of cursing.
- When prest mai assoil viij cases er wretin þam þat prest or clerk has smitten
- When þou es noght cursed þan If comun with cursed man.
- [Cursing.]
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Pater noster qui es in celis . . . . .
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[Cotton Vesp. A iii., British Museum, leaf 2]
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APPENDIX I.
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MS. IN THE LIBRARY OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, EDINBURGH.
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- [The Apostles are imprisoned, and set free by an Angel.]
- [The Stoning of Stephen.]
- [De lapidacione beati Stephani pro|thomartyris]
- [De conuersione sancti Pauli apostoli]
- [Simon Magus wishes to buy Holy Gifts.]
- [Of Paul and his Conversion.]
- [Peter sees a Vision and Preaches to the Heathen.]
- [Of the Assumption of Our Lady.]
- Nota de vita et morte excellentissime Vir[ginis] Marie a tempore cruci|fixionis.
- [Of the Works and Death of each of the Apostles.]
- [De] Paulo
- De Andrea
- Nota de Iacobo Maiore
- [John the Evangelist.]
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[
Philip. ] - [Thomas Didymus.]
- De Bart.
- De Matheo
- De Iacobo Minore
- De adventu domini ante Iudicium
- [Of Antichrist.]
- [The Fifteen Signs that shall come before Domes day.]
- Hic vocantur omnes ad Judicium
- [Description of Hell and its Nine Pains.]
- [Heaven, and the Fourteen Gifts of the Blessed.]
- [The State of the World after Domes|day.]
- [The Author's Exhortation to his Fellow Men.]
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MS. IN THE LIBRARY OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, EDINBURGH.
- APPENDIX II.
- APPENDIX III. The Prologue; from the only other MSS. (besides the four principal texts) in which it has yet been found; namely, Laud 416 (Bodleian), Bedford, and Herald's College, Arundel 57.
- APPENDIX IV
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