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
As soone as he hadde seide þis bede,
He was al hole in þat stede: 664
Off fote, of honde, he hadde myȝt;
Alle his lymes bi come ful ryȝt.
He stode vp swiþe anone
Bi-fore þe Iewes eu{er}echone, 668
That suche a myracle haþ done,
Ih{es}u crist, godes sons,
Of a wilde hou{n}de haþ made a lomb,
To p{re}che his worde in eche a lond. 672
Tho seynt Petr{e}, that holi man{e},
that Iewe Crystened aft{er} anon{e}; 564
he taught hym his by-leue;
he knew he was to god y-yeue;
he ordeyned hym to prest anon{e},
and bade hym that he shuld gon{e}, 568
and p{re}che ou{er}ałł, of goddis sone,
in eu{er}y lond where he be-come.
[Sidenote: [leaf 76]]
Seynt Petir, þat holi man,
The Iew he crystened anone,
He tauȝt him al his bi leue;
He wist he was to godes biheue; 676
He ordeyned him to p{re}st anone,
And bad him soone for to gone
And p{re}chen al of godes sone,
In eche a lond where he come. 680
The palme þ{a}t Petr{e} had in hond,
he toke it hym, thurgħ godd{es} sond, 572
and bade hym godd{es} word to telle
to the Iewis that wer{e} so felle.
That palm þat Petir helde in his honde,
He toke it him þorw godes sonde,
And bad him godes wordes telle
Among þe Iewes þat were so felle. 684
[Sidenote: Iudeus conu{er}sus p{re}dicabat i{ta} {christu}m]
Tho he spake the fourthe day,
he t{ur}ned into goddes fay 576
xx thousant, {and} somdel mo,
thurgh the word þ{a}t he spake tho.
all the apostolis that þ{er} were,
that holy body fourth thei bere 580
So he spak þe furst day,
That he t{ur}ned to godes lay
Twenty þousand {and} so{m}medel mo,
Thorw wordes þat he spak þo. 688
[_See the parallel lines to these, on p. 127, col. 1, at foot,
and p. 128, col. 1, at top._]
[[a495-516 = h689-704]]
Foure of þe apostles þat were þere,
That swete bodi forþe þei bere,
The Iewes þat were godes fone,
Thei herde þe cri sone anone, 692
And þei asked what was þat crie,
And men seiden it was mari,
That seynt Petir {and} his fere
Bare þare apou{n} a beere. 696
[Sidenote: [leaf 76, back]]
“Alas,” seide þei, “for schame,
Ascape þei vs, we schulle haue blame.
Arme we vs alle sone anone,
And take we hem alle þ{er} þei gone. 700
That bodi þ{a}t þei bere, nyme we it,
And cast we it in a foule pit,
Or brenne we it, {and} do it so{m}me where,
Or cast we it in a foule sere.” 704
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