Altenglische legenden.

                                  
                                    In-to þe cenacle, solemply þer soupene alle trew;
                                  
                                    & þer a marcialle hyr mette wt menske alder-grattest [marciall = marshal.] 
                                  
                                    & wt reuerence a rowme he raȝt hyr for euer.
                                  
                                    I heere þerof my heghe god & also þe, bysshop,
                                  
                                    Fro bale has broȝt vs to blis! blessid þou worth!"
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                                    Wyt this cessyd his sowne, sayd he no more.
                                  
                                    Bot sodenly his swete chere swyndid & faylide
                                  
                                    And alle the blee of his body wos blakke, as þe moldes,
                                  
                                    As rotene as þe rottok þat rises in powdere.
                                  
                                    For assone as þe soule was sesyd in blisse,
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                                    Corrupt was þat oþer crafte þat couert þe bones —
                                  
                                    For þe ay-lastande life, þat lethe shalle neuer,
                                  
                                    Deuoydes vche a vayne glorie, þat vayles so litelle. [loves = hands, so K. Alexand. p. 71 u. Allit. P. B. 987 (Altnord. lofi).] 
                                  
                                    Þene wos louynge oure lorde wt loves vp haldene,
                                  
                                    Meche mournynge & myrthe was mellyd to-geder.
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                                    Þai passyd forthe in processione, & alle þe pepulle folowid,
                                  
                                    And alle þe belles in þe burghe beryd at ones.

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Title: Altenglische legenden.
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 274
Publication: Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,; 1881.
Subject terms: Saints -- Legends; English poetry; Legends

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