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
_For soþe þouh I go before_
_Schalt þou no þing ben for lore._
_I schal bidde my leue sone,_
_þat þou may to vs come._
301-2, H. _beforn_ : _com_. D (283-4) has _manere_ : _there_.
303 ff., H. From this point F and D follow Add. (309-340).
320, Add. Here D (299-300) has two lines not in Add. or F:
_Telle þou me my leue fere_
_Whi þou makist so drere chere_
322, Add. _mon_. F (240): _Why I wepe anone_.
332, Add. F (301-2) and D (313-14) have two extra lines here:
_So helpe me Ihesus_
_y not how y come to thys howse._
355-6, Add. _wham_ : _cam_. F (305-6) _whom_ : _come_. D 317-18
_nouht_ : _brouht_.
347 ff., F. At this point there is a transposition in Add. D and F agree
in the main. After 346 A there follow in F (317-337):
_Come now forthe now with me_
_all before hur knele wee_
_And seyde lady well thou be_
_Thy sone vs hath sent to the_ 320
_To serue the & be the by_
_For now we be come to the lady_
_anodur thyng seynt John_
_To {the} apostolys oon be oon_
_loke whan ye come ther yn_ 325
_ye schall see many of hur kynne_
_That sory semblant they make_
_and sore wepe for hur sake_
_But make we alle feyre chere_
_For hur frendys that ben there_ 330
_Than went þe apostelys oon lasse þen {xii}_
_Euyn before oure lady hur selfe_
_Into the chaumbur þat sche was ynne_
_and many moo of hur kynne_
_On kneys they sett them ylke oon_ 335
_As them badd seynt John_
_They seyde lady heuene queue_ etc.
357-8, Add. _alle_ : _falle_. Cf. 331-2 above; also D 343-4.
360, Add. _bi and bi_. Cf. F 348: _And welcomyd þe apostelys tendurly_.
D 358: _& welcomid hem hendeli_.
363-6, Add. _þere_ : _were_, _þouȝt_ : _ybroȝt_. F (351-4) has _forme_ :
_come_, _noght_ : _broght_. 363-4, Add. are wanting in D. For 365 Add.,
D has: _þei seyde_ : _ladi doute þow nouht_.
369, Add. _come_. D 365 has: _Than seyde oure ladi as was hire wone_.
309-10, H. _he_ : _be_. F (359-60) has:
_I am hys modur þat he me cutt_
_Full fayne I am þat he me fett._
D (367-8) has:
_I am his modur þat is full of myght_
_ful fayne he haþ ȝow to me dight._
375-8, Add. Not in F or D.
315-16, H. _name_ : _shame_. Not in D.
326, H. _laue_. F (376) has _scathe_. D (382) _gabbe_.
329, H. _badde here bone_. F (383) has _speke theron_.
327-30, H. Not in D.
331-2, H. _stede_ : _bede_. F (381-2) and D (383-4) have _hur by_ :
_mary_.
339-40 H. Not in D.
341, H. _went to aray_. F (391) _dud hur ley_. D (391) _ȝede and ley_.
344, H. _here body sikerly_. F (344) _hur os hys lady_. D (394) _wiþ al
hire myght oure ladi_.
409 ff., Add. F and D agree with H here. The address of Jesus to the
angels is peculiar to Add.
365-6, H. _heuene_ : _seuene_. F (415-16) _meyne_ : _plente_.
348, H. Some leaves in D at this point are lost. D resumes at 477 H.
373-4. _trone_ : _sone_. F (423-4) _blys_ : _with owt mys_.
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