Altenglische legenden.

                                
                                  And rych gyftes gyfen thare;
                                
                                  Þare was myrth maken(!) and gle, [myrth a. R. nebengeschr.] 
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                                  Of all ryches grete plente,
                                
                                  Þare was almus and ioye ynoghe,
                                
                                  And sythen ilk man home drowhe.
                                
                                  When þis bryd-gome suld go to bed,
                                
                                  Þat rychely wiþ pal was spred —
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                                  Gladly was þe chambre graythett
                                
                                  Wiþ ryche cleþes, in flor layd:
                                
                                  He graythed hym on all manere
                                
                                  Als he suld lyg by hys fere.
                                
                                  Þo wheder he ne wald noght: [þo st. þe.] 
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                                  Ane oþer thyng was in hys thoght.
                                
                                  When all ware owt of chaumer gane [Ms. chāmer.] 
                                
                                  Saf he and hys wyf al-ane,
                                
                                  He preched hyr of mayden-hede
                                
                                  And als-so of þat mekel mede
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                                  Þat þai sall haue þat ȝemes here
                                
                                  Þaire maydenhed on gud manere —
                                
                                  Wiþ-owt any pryue pryde [Ms. pryue pryue.] 
                                
                                  Þat many women wyll kyde
                                
                                  In þaire hert for þaire maydenhede:
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                                  Þat gerrs þam lathly tyne þaire mede:
                                
                                  For who so dos gud dede in ros,
                                
                                  He tines all þat euer he dos. —
                                
                                  When he had sayd þus what he walde,
                                
                                  Hys Jeweles he gaf hyr tyll halde
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                                  And sythen he gaf hyr a rynge,
                                
                                  Bytwene þaim to be toknynge.
                                
                                  He sayd: "wyf, I wyll my erand(!),
                                
                                  Bot I wate neuer in-tyll what land".
                                
                                  Scho sayd: "syr, at ȝour wyll yt be.
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                                  God bryng ȝow sone agayne to me!"
                                
                                  He toke wiþ hym gold plente
                                
                                  And went hym forth full priuele.

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Title: Altenglische legenden.
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 176
Publication: Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,; 1881.
Subject terms: Saints -- Legends; English poetry; Legends

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