Sammlung altenglischer legenden, grösstentheils zum ersten male hrsg. von C. Horstmann.

                                
                                  Mani on to cristinedom: heo brouȝhte, and out of sunne,
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                                  Fram lecherie and horedom,: þoru schrift, to joye and alle wunne.
                                
                                  Aftur ore louerdes passione: in þe þritten þe ȝere
                                
                                  Giwes weren proute and grimme,: olme and of luþere chere: [olme, altn. ólms = furious.] 
                                
                                  Seint Steuene to deþe huy stenden,: þat was ore louerd ful deore,
                                
                                  And manie men huy flemden: þat Cristes limes were.
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                                  Non apostle ne moste liue: in giwene londe,
                                
                                  Alle huy weren of londe idriue: with wrathþe and nyþe and onde.
                                
                                  Seint Maximus was þo: with godes apostles bicome;
                                
                                  Sixti ant ten deciples: togadere heom hadden inome;
                                
                                  Marie þe Maudeleyne: and hire broþur Lazarus
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                                  And heore suster Martha: and þe bischop Maximus,
                                
                                  Mani mo of cristine men,: wel mo þane i can nemne,
                                
                                  Weren ihote fleme,: and some to quelle and brenne.
                                
                                  Huy weren in a schip ipult: withouten ster and ore,
                                
                                  Þat huy scholden beon furfaren: and ne libben nomore; [furfaren st. spilt.] 
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                                  Þare nas noþur ido with heom: noþur watur ne bred,
                                
                                  For huy scholden of-hongrede beon: and sone þare-afturward ded.
                                
                                  Huy schypeden in þe salte se,: ase Jesu Crist it wolde,
                                
                                  Forto þat tyme scholde beo: þat huy ariui scholde.
                                
                                  To Marcile þe wynd heom drof,: a gret name-couth cite.
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                                  Euerech of heom oþur schrof,: are huy comen out of þe se.
                                
                                  Huy ne founden þare no freond: þat wolde heom hereboruwe,
                                
                                  Cristine man ne no giv,: an eue noþur a moruwe,
                                
                                  Ne ȝyuen heom mete ne drinke noþur: ne lissen heore soruwe,
                                
                                  Ne noman, for loue ne for swunch: þat huy miȝhten of bugge ne borewe.
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                                  In one olde porche: huy stunten al þat nyȝht,
                                
                                  Withoute liȝht of torche,: withoute fuyr and candle briȝht:
                                
                                  Þe porche was an old hous,: of olde weorke iwrouȝt; [Ms. hold mit wegpunctirtem h.] 
                                
                                  Þudere in huy weren alle wel vouse: þat of þe se weren ibrouȝht,
                                
                                  For huy nusten elle-ȝware: þat huy stunte miȝhte, [elle st. elles.] 
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                                  Bote huy hadde gre(t) schame and teone,: and giwes with heom to fiȝhte. [Ms. gre st. gret.] 
                                
                                  Þare huy duelden al þat nyȝht: forto it was day a moruwe.
                                
                                  Þe sarasins heom boden fiȝht,: to echen heore soruwe.
                                
                                  Alle þe men þat fram þe se: þuder weren icome,
                                
                                  Huy nusten ȝwodere huy miȝhte fleo;: forþi huy weren inome.
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                                  Huy weren ihote ope lyf and lime: Jesu Crist fursake,
                                
                                  And, with þretningue and with strif,: to heore false godus take.
                                
                                  Þe Marie Maudeleine: heo saiȝh þat folk arise,
                                
                                  Riche and pouere, knyȝht and sweyn,: to don þat sacrefise:
                                
                                  Heo was anuyd and of-drad,: þat hire bigan to grise;
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                                  To speken of god heo was ful rad,: and so dude on hire wise.
                                
                                  Op heo stod with wordes bolde,: with briȝht neb and glade chere,
                                
                                  And seide: "herkniez to me, ȝunge and elde,: þat wullez beon Cristes: [Das Reimwort fehlt.]

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Title: Sammlung altenglischer legenden, grösstentheils zum ersten male hrsg. von C. Horstmann.
Author: Horstmann, Carl, b. 1851.
Canvas: Page 152
Publication: Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,; 1878.
Subject terms: Legends; English poetry; Saints

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