¶ This tale y haue tolde w{i}t{h} mouthe, w{i}t{h} wordes that ben{e} ful couthe. it is cleped the Assumpciou{n}; Iesus gef vs his benesou{n}. 708 Iesu crist, for his myght, [Sidenote: [leaf 86]] we p{ra}y to hym w{i}t{h} herte light, and w{i}t{h} his holy grace, gef vs bothe myght {and} space, 712 soche workes for to worche, thurgh the lore of holy churche, that we may to heue[ne] wende, that is w{i}t{h} oute begy{n}nyng {and} ende. 716 Amen! Explicit Sextus liber s{an}c{t}e Marie. ++WE biseche þee for alle þ{a}t hereþ þ{i}s vie Off oure ladi seynt marie, 880 That Ih{es}u schelde hem fram g{ra}me, Fro dedly synne {and} fro schame. Ne mys auent{ur}e schal bi falle þ{a}t man That þis a vie here can. 884 Ne no wo{m}man þat ilke dai That of oure ladi hereþ þis lai, Dien ne schal of hure childe, For oure ladi hure schal be mylde. 888 [Sidenote: [leaf 80, back]] Ne none mys auenture schal be-falle In felde, in strete, ne in halle, In stede þ{er} þis vie is rad, For oure ladi hure sone it bad. 892 And þe archibisshop seynt Edmou{n}d Haþ g{ra}unted xl. daies to p{ar}dou{n} To alle þat þis vie wol here Or with good wille wol lere. 896 Ih{es}u, for þi modre loue, That woneþ in heuene vs aboue, Graunt vs, ȝif þi wille is, The mochil Ioye of p{ar}adis! 900 A p{ra}ier þer-to seie alle we, A Pater n{oste}r p{ur} charite, And an Aue marie þer-to, That Ih{es}us vs graunt so. Amen! 904 ¶ Celi regina sit sc{ri}ptori medicina. NOTES. KING HORN. 4, H. _Allof_. An undoubted trace of the influence of the French version on the H text of the English version. The French has _Aaluf_. 6. _laste_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 7017: _þe while þe hit ilæste_. 8. _Fairer ..._ Cf. ‘The Erl of Tolous’ (ed. by G. Lüdtke, Berlin, 1881): _were no fayrer undyr hevyn, That any man myght see, Fayre myght none bee_. 354. Cf. also 980-1. Further, ‘The King of Tars.’ (Engl. Stud. xi. pp. 1 ff.): _Feirer miȝt non ben oliue_ 8. 10, C. _miste_. In many southern texts the _s-_ initial has the phonetic value _sh-_. Hence here it is to be assumed that medial _-st-_ has the pronunciation _-sht_, a loose way of representing the pronunciation of the _-ht_, _-ȝt_ like German _-cht_ in _nicht_, etc. 11, 12. _rine_ : _schine_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 31889-90: _þa sunne gon to scine, Þe rein bigon to rine_; 28303, _muchel rein him gon rine_; 31086-7, _nis nan feirure wifmon þa whit sunne seineð on_. 14. _briȝt so þe glas_. Cf. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ (Weber, Early Engl. Romances, II.). 75. _And a lady þerinne was bryght as the sunne thorough glas._ 15. _whit so þe flur_. Cf. ‘Rich. C. de L.’: _off that lady whyt so flour_, 128.