Altenglische legenden.

                                
                                  Thofe his tonge ware made ofe stele.
                                
                                  When Aglaes, his wife, herde þis
                                
                                  Þat he was hir sonne Alexis
                                
                                  Þat in bed dede laie þare,
                                  Line 565 
                                
                                  Scho beganne to roupe & rare,
                                
                                  And ofe hir heued scho drewe þe hare,
                                
                                  For had scho neuer so mikil care.
                                
                                  His wife kome þan wiþ sorowfull late,
                                
                                  Wiþ goulinge, & wiþ rewfull grate,
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                                  Als scho wald all to watir writhe —
                                
                                  So was scho sarie & vnblithe.
                                
                                  Will i of þis na langer spelle,
                                
                                  Bote forthe oure storie wil i tell.
                                
                                  When þis folk sawe þis ferlie,
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                                  Þai loued god all-mightie.
                                
                                  And þe pape and his clergie
                                
                                  To þe cors ȝede full dereworthelie [Ms. pape st. cors.] 
                                
                                  And wande ite in full riche folde,
                                
                                  Þat brighte schane als duse þe golde.
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                                  To þe kirk þai wald him bere;
                                
                                  Bote mighte naman þe corse stere
                                
                                  For prees of man þate was so strange, [Ms. man st. men.] 
                                
                                  Þat nane mighte stere for mikil thrange:
                                
                                  For seke men þat had vnhele
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                                  And dombe men þat miȝte noȝte mele,
                                
                                  Deefe men þat miȝte noȝte here
                                
                                  And halte men þat miȝte noȝte stere,
                                
                                  Blind men þat wantid sight,
                                
                                  Mesele men þat had no mighte:
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                                  All ware þai made hale & fere,
                                
                                  Als swithe als þai neghid þe bere
                                
                                  Þare sainte Alexe corse was loken,
                                
                                  For whaim þe steuen before had spoken.
                                
                                  For-thi was þare swilk prees & thrange,
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                                  Þat nane mighte gete gate to gange.
                                
                                  Þe wise men of Rome þe whiles
                                
                                  Vmbe-thoȝte þaim ofe wyles,
                                
                                  How þai mighte breke þate grete thrange,
                                
                                  To gete þaim gate for to gange:
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                                  Þai strewid penyes in þe strete
                                
                                  To ger þe pure luke to þaire fete;
                                
                                  Þe riche gatte þaim gate before,
                                
                                  Þe whilis þai gadird penyes þore.
                                
                                  Bote for all þis vnneþes mighte þai
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                                  Wynne to þe kirk þat ilk daie.

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Title: Altenglische legenden.
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 187
Publication: Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,; 1881.
Subject terms: Saints -- Legends; English poetry; Legends

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