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
full wełł y shałł his bone here,
for thi loue, my moder dere.
I schal here his p{ra}iere,
For þi loue, modre dere,
Al þat þou wolt bi seke fore,
Be it lasse, be it more, 552
[Sidenote: [leaf 73, back]]
Hit schal ben aftur þi wille,
For I it wille, {and} þat is skille,
Þat no þing with seie þee,
Off þat þou wolt biseke me.” 556
Alle tho that thu wolt bidde fore
and blesse the tyme þ{a}t thu wer{e} bore. 444
of all{e} thyng y-blessid thu be,
for that y bidde, thu g{ra}untes me.”
++Oure ladi knelid him bi forn,
And seide, “þe tyme þ{a}t þ{o}u were born,
Ou{er} alle oþ{er} blessed þou be,
For alle þat I wol, þou g{ra}untest me.” 560
Then Ih{esus} his hand vp heue,
and to his mod{er} his blessyng yeue, 448
and called to hym seynt Mighełł,
and seid, “kep thu my mod{er} wełł,
that she fele no man{er} fere;
ther is no thyng to me so dere.” 452
¶ “So I auȝt, moder, {and} so I wille;”
He left vp his hond {and} blessed hure stille;
His blessing sche þouȝt good,
And he hure soule vndrestode. 564
He callid to him seynt myȝhel,
“Thou kepe me þis soule wel,
Thou and alle þine fere;
Is no þinge me so dere.” 568
[Sidenote: Ih{esus} assu{m}psit a{n}i{m}am matris]
and when he had the soule hent,
and she was fro the body went,
Then all the verdoun{e} of heuene
[Sidenote: [leaf 82]]
fett that soule full aboue; 456
w{i}t{h} the verdoun{e} to heuene thei come,
w{i}t{h} gret ioye she was yn nome.
she was made quene of heuene
and blessid hir{e} sone w{i}t{h} mylde steuene. 460
Alle þat mayne þat cam fro heuene,
Thei syngen w{i}t{h} a myry steuene;
Men myȝt wite bi here songe
That moche ioie was hem amonge. 572
With alle þat mayne to heue{n} he hure nam;
And as soone as he þer cam,
He made hure quene of heuen liȝt;
Blessid be hure sones myȝt! amen! 576
[Headnote: _The apostles in procession bear the body through
Jerusalem._]
[Sidenote: no{t}a modum assumpc{i}onis anime Marie p{er} ih{es}um]
++Now shałł ye here how she was nome,
wher she was, {and} whed{er} be-come.
when þe soule fro þe body was nome,
god bede seynt Petr{e} to hym come: 464
“for the loue y owe to the
my mod{er}-is body thu kep to me.
[Sidenote: [leaf 74]]
++Now schal we here of þe bodi,
Where it bi cam, {and} where it li.
When þe soule was þ{er}e fro hure nomen,
Than bad god Pet{er} to him comen, 580
And seide, “Pet{er}, I comaunde þee,
Mi moder bodi kepe þou me.
Ioh{a}n {and} alle þine fere,
Nis no þinge me so dere; 584
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