Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253.

                                
                                   [folio 55b] Alle herkneþ to me nou,
                                
                                  a strif wolle y tellen ou
                                
                                  of iesu ant of sathan,
                                
                                  þo iesu wes to helle ygan,
                                
                                  fforte vacche þenne hys,
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                                  ant bringen hem to parays.
                                
                                  þe deuel heuede so muche pouste,
                                
                                  þat alle mosten to helle te.
                                
                                  nas non so holy prophete,
                                
                                  seþþe Adam & eue þen appel ete,
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                                  ant he were at þis worldes fyne,
                                
                                  þat he ne moste to helle pyne.
                                
                                  ne shulde he neuer þenne come,
                                
                                  nere iesu crist godes sone.
                                
                                  vor þat wes seid to Adam ant eue,
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                                  þat were iesu crist so leeue,
                                
                                  ant so wes seyd to habraham,
                                
                                  þat wes sothfast holy man,
                                
                                  ant so wes seid to dauyd, þe kyng, [ant, ms. an.] 
                                
                                  þat wes of cristes oune of spryng,
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                                  ant to Johan þ baptist,
                                
                                  þat folewede iesu crist,
                                
                                  ant to Moyses, þe holy wyht, [wyht, ms. whyt.] 
                                
                                  þe heuede þe lawe to ȝeme ryht,

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Title: Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253.
Author: Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846-
Canvas: Page 270
Publication: Berlin,: Weidmann,; 1878.
Subject terms: English language -- Grammar; English poetry

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