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
_Then seid Marie to þat angel fre._
_What is thi name tel thu me._
139-146, C. Cf. F (101-4):
_The aungell to heuene wande_
_Whan he had seyde hys errande_
_Mary toke that palme in honde_
_and thoght moche of þat sonde._
D (135-8) has substantially the same. H (135-8) has, _yede_ : _seide_,
_hond_ : _sond_.
151-2, C. _idon_ : _on_. Cf. F (109-10) _ydo_ : _to_, D (143-4) _ido_ :
_to_.
162, C. _vnriȝt_. Cf. F (154): _boþe be dayes & be nyght_; do. D (154),
H (154).
164, C. _dred_. H, F, and D have _qued_ : _for I dowte me of þe quede_,
F 156.
177-180 C. _wo_ : _fo_, _so_ : _to_. F (137-40) has _bone_ : _sone_,
_also_ : _to_. D (171-4) has the same rimes. H (171-4) has _bone_ :
_sone_, _also_ : _tho_.
190, C. _idriȝt_. F (148), D (172), and H (182) have _plight_.
193-4, C. _ded_ : _ned_. F (151-2), D (185-6) have _pyne_ : _tyme_. H
does not have these verses.
199-200, C. Cf. F (157-60):
_And sayde lady how may thys be_
_yf thow wynde sory we bee._
_lady thou haste seruyd vs so_
_allas how schall we the for goo._
D (191-4) has _be_ : _we_, _so_ : _go_. H (189-92) has:
_and seid lady how may this be_
_Yf þu wendist how shal we do_
_lady whi dos thu serue vs so_
_how shal we then lady do._
213-14, C. _to_ : _so_. Cf. F (173-4):
_ye schall see a wondur dreche_
_whan my sone wole me fecche._
D (207-8):
_schal no sorwe me drecche_
_for my sone wile me fecche._
H (203-6):
_ther shal me no sorow dery_
_for my sone wol me wery._
_my body shal haue no woo_
_for Ihesus sake to whom y go._
219-20, C. _kyng_ : _geng_. Cf. F (179-80):
_he þat y bare my leue sone_
_schall sende me aungellys {soon}_
D (213-14):
_he þat I bar my leue sone_
_wile þat good folk to me come._
H (209-10):
_he þat y bare my lef sone_
_he wol sende other come._
226, C. Two lines are omitted here. Cf. F (187-8).
_Seynt John wyste ther of noght._
_what tydyng þat the angell broȝt._
With F agree D (221-2) and H (217-18).
231-4, C. _chere_ : _dere_, _blis_ : _is_. Cf. F (193-96):
_Than thou haddyst ony schame_
_where þorow Ihc myȝt me blame._
_and y schall neuyr blythe bee_
_Tyll y wott what eyleyth {the}._
D (227-30) agrees with F. H (223-26) has the rimes, _shame_ : _blame_,
_the_ : _be_.
247, H. _glad_. F (210) has:
_Thou haste me bothe fedd and ladd._
C (244) has:
_boþe þou feddist me & clad._
251-262, H. Not in D.
261-2, H. _sone_ : _come_. F 223-4 has _abouen_ : _comen_.
274, H. _foly_. F (236) and D (258) have _velane_.
275, H. _oure allere dright_. F (237) has: _that ys so bryght_. D (199)
has: _king ful of Right_.
277-80, H. D has only two lines (261-2):
_Seynt John answerid tho_
_Swete ladi what schal I do._
289-92 H. _deth_ : _meth_, _fro_ : _woo_. Not in D. F (251-4) has
_dyght_ : _ryght_, _froo_ : _twoo_.
298, H. At this point there follow in D (277-80):
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