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
when y first to erthe came,
of this body flesħ y name. 468
y was of this body bore,
ther-for, Petr{e}, go thu be-fore,
and thi bretheren forth w{i}t{h} the
vnto Iosaphatħ that vale, 472
and leueth it ther{e} sone anon{e};
When I furst in þis worlde cam,
Off hure bodi flesche I nam;
Off hure bodi, I was born,
Petyr, go forþe þou be forn, 588
Thou {and} alle þine feres w{i}t{h} þee,
To Iosephat, to þat vale,
And leiþ þe bodi in a stone;
and drede ye nothyng of yo{ur} foon{e},
To Ierusalem thurgh that toun{e}
goth feire w{i}t{h} your{e} p{ro}cession{e}. 476
Haueþ no drede of ȝoure fone; 592
Goth with faire processioun
To ier{usa}l{e}m þorwe þe toun.
Doþ þe belles alle to ryngen,
And loke þat ȝe mury syngen. 596
Loke þat ȝe haue candele,
Torches boþe faire {and} fele.
foure of them shul bere þ{e} bere,
for one shal kepe my mod{er} dere.
and for no thyng dredeth ye,
for y my self wol w{i}t{h} yow be.” 480
when Ih{esus} had thus y-seyd,
and the body in bere was leyd,
he yeaue them alle his blessyng,
and styed to heuene, þ{er} he was kyng. 484
which blessyng he geue tiłł vs,
our{e} blessid lord, swete Iesus.
Foure of þe apostles schal bere þe beere;
Ther-on schal ligge me modre deere. 600
[Sidenote: [leaf 74, back]]
Haueþ no drede of no Iew,
For I my self schal be w{i}t{h} ȝow.”
When ih{es}u hadde him so seide,
And þe bodi was on bere leide, 604
He ȝaf hem alle his blessinge
And stye to heuen, þ{er} he is kynge.
Tho to them seyd seynt Ioh{a}n,
“go we thed{er} right anon{e}, 488
and g{ra}y we tħis p{ro}cessioun{e},
[Sidenote: [leaf 82, back]]
And go we syngand thurgh þ{e} toun{e}.”
¶ To hym þo seide seynt Ion,
“Felawes, go we soone anon, 608
And t{ur}ne we þis p{ro}cessioun,
And synge we faire þorw þis toun.”
four{e} of the apostelis that ther wer{e},
that holy body fourth dud ber{e}. 492
ful mery thei song, {and} that was right;
many tapers ther-w{i}t{h} thei light.
The Iewis that wer{e} Cristes foon{e},
this thei herd sone anon{e}. 496
[_See the parallel lines to these, below, on page 130, col. 2._]
[[a491-516 = h689-704]]
[Headnote: _The Jews attack the procession, but are rendered
motionless._]
thei asked what was the crye.
we seid it was seynt Marie,
that seynt Petr{e} and his fere
bare Marye apon{e} a bere. 500
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