Altenglische legenden.

                                
                                  And as the story doth in ordre telle,
                                
                                  These thre virgynes retourned been ageyn, [retournyd. been fehlt.] 
                                
                                  Kam to a ryuer that namyd was Charwelle, [riveer.] 
                                
                                  And faste-by they fond a ful fayr pleyn. [founde.] 
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                                  And for they wolde no thyng were in veyn,
                                
                                  For the hooly martir off Alabawstre whit [Allabastre whyte.] 
                                
                                  They dyde ordeyne a toumbe off gret delit: [did. delighte.] 
                                
                                  Ther-in was graue the Natyuyte [inne.] 
                                
                                  Off Crist Jhesu abouten enuyroun, [aboutyn.] 
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                                  The riche presentis off the kynges thre,
                                
                                  Feste off Candilmesse receyued be Sy|meoun, [The ffeeste. by.] 
                                
                                  His meek suffrance, his Resureccioun: [meeke.] 
                                
                                  In which toumbe they haue fully purposid
                                
                                  That the body off Fremund shal be closid.
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                                  And on this pleyn passyng-fair to seene
                                
                                  Be-side this ryuer, because it drouh to nyht,
                                
                                  They took a yerde off salwh with leuys greene, [yeerde of saluh.] 
                                
                                  Markyng the place and fet it ther vpryht. [there.] 
                                
                                  And toward morwe whan the day was lyht,
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                                  They kam ageyn, anoon as they aroos, [cam.] 
                                
                                  To burye the body holdyng ther purpoos.
                                
                                  Bvt they fond nouther the body nor the ston, [founde neythir. boody. stoon.] 
                                
                                  Nor no tokne ther-off koude see: [cowde.] 
                                
                                  Saue the yerde, left there whan they were gon, [sauff. wer.] 
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                                  Was growe that nyht into a large tre.
                                
                                  For which the maidnes, that were in noumbre thre, [maydenys. wer.] 
                                
                                  Gan sore weepe and compleyne for di|stresse, [soore wepe.] 
                                
                                  For losse only off ther wordly rychesse. [wourthy.] 
                                
                                  God saw how sore the absence dide hem greue [abscence. did.] 
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                                  Off hooly Fremund in ther affeccioun:
                                
                                  He off his mercy, ther compleyntis to releue, [compleyntes.] 
                                
                                  Maad hem to knowe by reuelacioun [made.] 
                                
                                  How by dyuyn disposicioun
                                
                                  He by myracle and gracious auenture
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                                  Prouyded hath for his sepulture;
                                
                                  Bad ther-affter they sholde no more enquere, [And st. Bad. afftir. shulde.] 
                                
                                  (B)ut paciently suffre ther penance,
                                
                                  With glad herte and with ryht good cheere
                                
                                  Meekly abyde goddis ordynance:
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                                  For thoruh his myhty gracious purueyance [purviaunce.] 
                                
                                  He shal ordeyne be mysteryes ful pro|founde
                                
                                  A tyme prouyded whan he shal be founde.
                                
                                  But, wher he lay, the pleyn that was a|loffte
                                
                                  Was plenteuous off floures and pasture, [plentevous. flours.] 
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                                  The gras, the herbys holsom, smothe and soffte, [soote holsoom & soffte.] 
                                
                                  And vertu hadde, nat only be nature [not. by.] 
                                
                                  But be myracle, syk beestis to recure: [by. seek.] 
                                
                                  Fed with the hay or gras in his grennesse [hey.] 
                                
                                  They were maad hool of newe or old syknesse. [weer.] 
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                                  The place was had in gret reuerence
                                
                                  Off alle folkis that dwellyd faste-by, [fast.] 
                                
                                  Worsheped it with al ther dilligence, [worshipped. it fehlt.] 
                                
                                  For myracles that fille sodenly. [fyl sodeynly.] 
                                
                                  And to declare the ground and cause why:
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                                  I doute not, al was doon be grace [by.] 
                                
                                  Off hym that rested in that hooly place. — [restyd.] 
                                
                                  Than fil it so: a pilgrym off this Rewm, [it ffil so. Reem.] 
                                
                                  Callid Edelbertus, the story tellith heere, [Ethelbertus.] 
                                
                                  Beyng present at Jherusalem, [beeyng. Jerusaleem.] 
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Title: Altenglische legenden.
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 426
Publication: Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,; 1881.
Subject terms: Saints -- Legends; English poetry; Legends

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