Ich ansuerde, 'þat I ne miȝth for derk gon.'
þe vois me bad goo, for liȝth ne shuld ich faile non,
And þat I ne shulde lette for noþing,
þat ich shulde shewe þe kyng my metyng.
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fforþ ich went swiþe onon,
Estward as me þouȝth ich miȝth gon:
þe liȝth of heuene me com to,
As ich in my waye shulde go.
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"Lorde, my body ich ȝelde þee to,
What ȝoure wille is wiþ me to do.
Ich take to witnesse god of heuene,
þat soþlich ich mette þis ilche sweuene ["The Lady protests too much, methinks."—Hamlet, III. ii. 240.] !
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I ne reiche what ȝee myd my body do,
Als wisselich Iesus of heuene my soule vndergo."
ÞE þursday next þe beryng of oure lefdy [Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Sept. 8.—Nicolas.] ,
Me þouȝth an Aungel com sir Edward by:
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þe Aungel bitook sir Edward on honde;
Al bledyng þe foure forþer clawes so were of þe lombe.
At Caunterbiry, bifore þe heiȝe autere, þe kyng stood,
ycloþed al in rede: murre he was of þat blee red as blood.
God, þat was on gode-friday don on þe rode,
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So turne my sweuene niȝth & day to mychel gode!
Tweye poyntȝ þere ben þat ben vnshewed, [folio 27b]
ffor me ne worþe to clerk ne lewed;
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Bot to sir Edward oure kyng,
hym wil ich shewe þilk metyng.
¶ Ich telle ȝou forsoþe wiþouten les,
Als god of heuene maide marie to moder ches,
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þe Aungel com to me, Adam Dauy, & sede,
"Bot þou, Adam, shewe þis, þee worþe wel yuel mede!"
þerfore, my lorde sir Edward þe kyng,
I shewe ȝou þis ilk metyng,
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As þe Aungel it shewed me in a visioun.
