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
“y-blessed mote that tyme be
that thu wer{e} born{e} of me.
hit is sene, y am thi moder
when thu comest þi self hider. 380
Furst þ{o}u sendest thyn apostelis to me;
now thu comest w{i}t{h} thi meyne,
to fette me vnto that blisse
that eu{er} lasteth w{i}t{h} ałł gladnesse. 384
Sone thu art hider y-come
w{i}t{h} thyn angelis from a-bone.
do þ{o}u now what thi wille ys;
me hath longed to the, y-wys.” 388
“Sone, blessid mote þou be,
That þou bicome man of me; 488
Hit is wel sene, I am þee dere,
Now þi self art comen here.
Thine apostles þou sendist furst to me,
And now þou art come w{i}t{h} þi meyne, 492
To fecchyn me in to þi myȝt:
Was neu{er} modre sone so bryȝt.
Mi leue sone, now art þou come
With þi meyne, here a bone. 496
Do, my sone, þat þi wille is;
To þee me þinkeþ longe I wis.”
[Sidenote: Ih{es}us]
Then Iesus to Marie sede,
[Sidenote: [leaf 81]]
“Moder, w{i}t{h} ioye y wołł the lede.
of all wy{m}men the worth best,
in heuene blisse that shal lest. 392
ther y am kyng; thu shalt be quene;
in grete ioye thu shałł bene.”
[_No gap in MS._]
“Modre,” he seide, “come with me;
Of alle wymen best þee be. 500
[_No gap in MS._]
Thou schalt to heuen {and} be made quene;
Wel bliþe may þine hert bene.”
[Sidenote: Maria]
“leue sone, y be-seche the
o thyng that thu telle me. 396
shall y any deuyłł se,
or any w{i}t{h} the shałł be?
“for y loue them neu{er} on{e},
thei ben{e} noght, so mote y gon{e}.” 400
“Sone,” sche seide, “I be-seke þee
O þing þat þou graunt me, 504
[Sidenote: [leaf 72, back]]
That I noȝt þe deuel se,
Ne none þat eu{er} w{i}t{h} him be.
“I loue hem nouȝt; þei arn my fone;
Ne wolde I neuer sene hem none.” 508
[Headnote: _Jesus promises mercy to man for Mary’s sake._]
[Sidenote: Iesus]
“Moder, y sey, drede thu noght;
ne stode it neu{er} on my thoght,
for thu shalt no deuyłł se,
y wołł go be-fore the; 404
ne þ{o}u shalt no deuyłł heren{e},
but only me {and} my feren{e}.
Maiden {and} mod{er}, eu{er} thu be wełł;
thu shalt of sorwe wete no dełł. 408
alle the spirettes that meten w{i}t{h} the,
buxom to the shałł they be.
Moder, one thyng y gef to the;
thu shalt be in heuene w{i}t{h} me. 412
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