King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady
General
King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Legends; Romances, English
718, C. _biknewe_. Cf. Glossary.
1007, T. _ne getest not_. Scribal error. Cf. C and A.
1009, T. _on lyue_. Mod. Engl. alive. Cf. _adown_, _a-fishing_, etc.
1011-12, T. _byne_ : _moyne_. _byne_ not clear; _moyne_ error for
_myne_. (?)
1017, T. _tyre_ (tear), did struggle toward her.
814, C. _ȝeld here while_, paid for their pains. Cf. ‘worth while.’
ASSUMPTION.
4, C. _lescoun_, reading. Lat. _lectiones_.
7, 8, C. _blessi_ : _herkni_. Cf. _blessyth_ : _herkenythe_ F, _blis_ :
_herkenis_ D.
15, 16, C. _also_ : _mo_. H and F have _also_ : _two_.
19-22. Add. Not in H or D, or F.
21-2, C. _red_ : _ded_. The scribe has neglected to cross his _d_ to
make _ð_. D 21-2 has _beth_ : _deth_.
17-44, C. Omitted in F.
29-30, C. _weop_ : _fet_. _let_ : _fet_ in H and D.
33-4, C. _fless_ : _was_. H and D have _blode_ : _mode_.
41-2, C. Not in H, or F, or D.
51-56, C. In D (49-54) all is told in a command to John. F (25-32)
follows D rather than C in rimes.
59-60, C. _were_ : _forbere_. F (35-5) has _saumpull_ : _tempull_. D
(57-8) has _exemple_ : _temple_.
61-2, C. _þore_ : _more_. Cf. F (37-8) _more_ : _ore_, D (59-60) _more_
: _lore_.
63-4, C. Not in F or D.
69-70. _fedde_ : _bedde_. Cf. F (43-4), D (65-6): _Therfore þey loued
hur well all_ (D is substantially, not exactly, the same as F): _And
sche hyt seruyd wele with all_ F.
[[The rimes are at 65-66, C, and 71-72, A.]]
70-1, C. _slep_ : _kep_. Cf. F (45-6) and D (67-8):
_Besy sche hur made þat swete may_
_hur sone to serue nyght and day._ F.
and H 67-8:
_besy shee was day and nyght_
_for to serue god almyght._
75-88, C. Not in F.
80-86, C. Cf. D (76-80):
_al þat sche wolde he dide sone_
_Crist hem sette boþe Iliche_
_In to þe blisse of heuene riche_
_But whan mane þat mayden hende_
_Schulde out of þis world wende._
Cf. also H (75-78):
_Crist ham blessid bothe y liche_
_that sone hem brought to heuen riche._
_Tho Marie that mayden hende_
_shuld out of this world wende,_
_Crist here sent an Angel fro heuen._
97-8, C. _quen_ : _ben_. Cf. F (57-8):
_That hye flowre þat groweþ on a tree_
_Mary modyr he sent to the._
also D (91-2):
_þe lilye flour þat grew on the_
_Mayden & moder wel the be._
also H (89-90):
_lady þe flour that come of the_
_mayde and moder y-heried þu be._
103-4, C. _þinge_ : _bringe_. Cf. _brynge_ : _tithynge_. F (61-2), D
(97-8), H (95-6).
107-8, C. _beo_ : _þe_. Cf. _come_ : _wone_. F (65-6), D (101-2), H
(99-100).
110, C. _meigne_. Cf. F 68, D 104, H 102, _plente_.
121-2, Add. F, D, and H have these verses and an additional couplet:
_lady swete y say to the That here schall þow no lengur be_. F (75-6.) D
and H have substantially the same.
116, C. _hire by_. F, D, and H have _belamy_ in agreement with Add.
121-2, C. _kenesmen_ : _beon_. Cf. H 118: _and of my frendes that y
kene_.
127-8, C. _come_ : _aboue_. Cf. H (123-4), _come_ : _doune_.
131-2, C. _lefdy_ : _belamy_. Cf. H (127-8):
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account