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
[Sidenote: Sepultu{r}a s{an}c{t}e M{ar}ie]
ther-in was body neu{er} non{e}. 584
frendes and sibbe that þ{er} were,
for her{e} wepte many a tere.
[Sidenote: [leaf 84]]
when she was in the ston don{e},
ayen{e} thei turned eu{er}ychon{e}. 588
all the apostelis then wer{e} sory
for the deth of our{e} lady;
and ther a voice cam them among,
that ne lasted not full long, 592
and bade them alle for to gon{e}
wher{e} thei had for to don{e}.
The apostelis went hem ayen{e}
in-to the Burgħ of Ierusalem; 596
and as thei sate atte mete,
of many thynges thei gon speke.
als thei wer{e} out of that place,
[Sidenote: resussitac{i}o corp{or}is M{ari}e]
Iesus, w{i}t{h} his holy grace, 600
he gon to take vp anon{e}
his moder body of the ston{e}.
he hym self dud þ{er}ynne,
that neu{er} had y-don{e} synne. 604
he wolde not in no manere
that the body lafte there.
in that body he dud a leme,
bright{er} then the sonne beme, 608
and made her{e} quene of heuene blisse;
in that place she was and ys.
And bileft alle in þat stede,
As oure ladi hadde hem bede, 760
And woke þ{er} al þat nyȝt
With many torches {and} candle lyȝt.
On þe morwe when it was dai,
Thei loked where þat bodi lai. 764
Thei ou{er}t{ur}ned þ{a}t ilke stone;
Bodi þei founde þ{er} none;
But þei sawe in þat stede þana
Liand as it were a mana. 768
[Sidenote: [leaf 78]]
That ma{n}na bitokned hure clene lyf,
That sche was modre, maide, {and} wyf.
Tho wist þe apostles, I wis,
The bodi was in to p{ar}adis, 772
Also godes wille was.
Thei seide, “Deo gracias.”
[Headnote: _Mary lets fall her girdle to Thomas._]
[Sidenote: Thomas yndie]
Seynt Thom{a}s of ynde thed{er}ward com,
also swithe as he myght gon{e}, 612
and wold haue ben{e} at her{e} berying,
yf he myght haue come be tyme.
as he loked hym be syde,
[Sidenote: [leaf 84, back]]
he saw then a bright thyng glide 616
in that stede as he come,
ther our{e} lady to heuene was nome.
Seynt Thom{a}s of ynde þiderward cam
Also blyue as he myȝt gan, 776
And wolde haue ben at hure fyne,
Ȝif he myȝt haue come bi tyme.
As he loked him bi side,
He sawe a briȝtnesse bi hi{m} glide; 780
Bi þat stede þer he come,
Oure ladi to heuene was nome.
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