Altenglische legenden ...

                                
                                  þis olde king sone after : drouȝ to his ende,
                                
                                  & þorwȝ godd̛ grace : his soule to heuin wende.
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                                  Josaphat þorwȝ godd̛ myȝt : þe folk to heuin gan wyse,
                                
                                  & bad hem do here wel : to godd̛ seruise.
                                
                                  To barachyȝe, an oþer king, : þt good mon was & fre,
                                
                                  (þt) þorwȝ destene of erytage : his eyr scholde be, [Im Anfange fehlt & oder þat.] 
                                
                                  Hym he sente to segge : preuilich in consayle,
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                                  How he wold to wildirnesse : wende wt oute fayle,
                                
                                  & þat he was in wille : al þis world for sake;
                                
                                  & bad hym to þe kingdom : good kep take,
                                
                                  & tech wel cristin dom, : as he hadde er do.
                                
                                  But of þis be stille he bad, : fort he were ago.
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                                  Ofte he þouȝt ascape, : but long it was for nouȝt, [vor it ist he weg|punktirt.] 
                                
                                  For euer of his oune men : aȝen he was I cauȝt.
                                
                                  At þe last he scapid, : & went forþ his way,
                                
                                  þt in to þe wildirnes : of samar ryȝt lay.
                                
                                  As he wente in his way, : apore man he mette,
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                                  & wt fayr speche : anon he hym grette,
                                
                                  & seyd: leue broþer, : for loue nowȝ I bidde þe [vor for ist anon wegpunktirt.] 
                                
                                  þat þu þy cloþ̛ to day : chaunge wit me;
                                
                                  þou myne be þe beter, : I hem þe wille ȝeue;
                                
                                  þu myȝt hem dere selle, : & longe þe beter lyue.
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                                  þe pore mon took þe king : his cloþ̛ anon I wis,
                                
                                  & wente forþ in his way : myldeliche syþ.
                                
                                  þe fend brouȝte Josaphat : anon in gret doute,
                                
                                  In þe desert of samar : þo he went aboute:
                                
                                  Ofte in fourme of man : grislich he hym mette,
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                                  & wt swerd I drawe : of his wey hym lette,
                                
                                  & swor grete oþ̛ : þat he hym wolde sle,
                                
                                  But he to his kingdom : tornyd hom a ȝe.
                                
                                  In fourme of a wilde best : he hym turnyd al so,
                                
                                  Al redy wt his myȝt : to don hym alle wo.
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                                  He hym blessid al wey, : whan hym by fel so,
                                
                                  & þer wit cuere more : he ouer com his fo.
                                
                                  Ofte Josaphat seyd: : whyl þt god helpiþ me,

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Title: Altenglische legenden ...
Author: Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 147
Publication: Paderborn,: F. Schöningh,; 1875.
Subject terms: English poetry; Legends

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