King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady
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King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Legends; Romances, English
And þ{a}t he scholde nime{n} his red.
Þa{n}ne seide þe Admiral,
“If þu dost bi mi consail, 800
Bilef wiþ me; ne wend naȝt hom,
Ihc wulle ȝeue þe a kinedom
Also long {and} also brod,
Also eure ȝet þi fader ibod.” 804
[Sidenote: Floris makes rich presents in parting,]
Hom{e} he went w{i}t{h} royal array,
And was crownyd w{i}t{h}-in a short day.
(_Follows. _The batełł of Troye_,
sithe þ{a}t god þis world~ wrouȝt~
Heuen and erthe made of~ nouȝt~
leaves 111-134. Then _Amys and Amylion_, leaves 134-147. MS. ends
with one leaf of _Sir Eglamour_._)
Ac floriz nolde for no wi{n}ne;
Leu{er}e hi{m} were wiþ his ki{n}ne.
Þe Admiral he bid god day,
And þo{n}kede Clariz þ{a}t faire may, 808
And to hire he haþ iȝolde
Twenti pond of ride golde.
And to Daris þ{a}t hi{m} so taȝte,
Twenti pund he araȝte. 812
And alle þ{a}t for him dude{n} eidel,
He ȝeld here while suþe wel.
[Headnote: _Floris and Blauncheflur depart for their native land._]
[Sidenote: and comes home, where he and Blauncheflur reign as king
and queen.]
He bitaȝte he{m} alle godalmiȝte
And com hom whane he miȝte. 816
He was king wiþ Muchel hon{ur},
And heo his quene blau{n}cheflur.
Nu ȝe habbeþ iherd þane ende
Of floriz {and} his le{m}man hende, 820
Hu aft{er} bale comeþ bote;
God leue þ{a}t vs so mote,
Þ{a}t we him mote louie so,
Þ{a}t we mote to heuene go. AMEN. 824
E-X-PLI-C-IT.
¶ ASSUMPCIOUN DE N{OT}RE DAME
_Cambr. Univ. MS. Gg. 4. 27. 2._
++MErie tale telle ihc þis day
Of sei{n}te Marye þ{a}t swete may.
Al is þe tale {and} þis lescoun
Of hire swete asso{m}pcioun, 4
Hu heo was fram erþe ynome
In to blisse wiþ hire sone.
Þe kyng of heuene hem blessi
Þ{a}t þis listneþ {and} wel herkni. 8
Alle moten hi iblessed beo,
Þat vnderstonde wel þis gleo.
HIC INCIPIT ASSUMPC{I}O B{EA}TE MARIE
_Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 10,036, lf. 62._
++IN honorance of ih{es}u cryst
Sitteþ stille {and} haueþ lyst;
And ȝif ȝe wille to me here,
Off oure ladi ȝe mai lere, 4
Floure of heuene, ladi {and} quene,
As sche auȝt wel to bene,
To wham au{n}geles dou{n} here myȝt
To serue hure boþe day {and} nyȝt. 8
P{ar} auent{ur}e ȝe haue noȝt iherde
How oure ladi went out of þ{i}s werde:
Sitteþ stille {and} herkeneþ to me;
Now ih{es}u cryst oure helpe be! 12
¶ Whan ih{es}u c{ri}st was don on rode,
{And} þolede deþ for vre gode, 12
He clepede to hym sei{n}t Iohan
Þ{a}t was his oȝe qenes man,
{And} his oȝene moder also;
Ne clepede he hym fere{n} no mo. 16
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