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
_I beleue at þe forme come_
_þat ihesu crist is goddis sone_
551-2, H. Not in D.
552, H. _thurgh your biddynge_. F (606), _þat y am yn_.
554, H. _anone_. D (458), _swiþe sone_.
561-2, H. Not in D.
562, H. Here follows in F (617-18):
_Of an hounde he hath made hys knyȝt_
_To preche of hym day and nyght._
565-6, H. _by-leue_, _y-yeue_. F (621-2):
_he wyste he was to goddys be hove_
_he taght hym all goddys beleue._
569-72, H. D (471-4):
_In eueri lond wher he becam_
_ouer al to preche {in} goddis name_
_a good palme of þe lond_
_he betauht him in his hond._
571-2, H. Not in F.
574, H. _that were so felle_. D (476), _for to spelle_.
576, H. _fay_. F (630), D (478), _lay_.
577-8, H. Not in D.
691 ff., Add. The order here is peculiar to Add. F and D agree with H.
581-2, H. _Iosephas_ : _was_. F (635-6):
_In to the vale of Joseph_
_Os ihesu cryste them badd hath._
D (481-2):
_to þe vale of Josaphath þei lad_
_as ihesu crist him self bad._
587-94. Not in D.
587-8, H. _done_ : _euerychone_. F (641-2):
_Whan þey had beryd þat body_
_home þey goon sekurlye._
592, H. _long_. F (646), _and a full mery songe_.
598, H. Here follow in F (653-4):
_as soone as they were at þe borde_
_They began goddys worde._
603-4, H. Not in F or D.
607-8, H. _leme_ : _beme_. F (661-2):
_he broght the sowle in to þe body aȝen_
_That was bryghter þen þe sunne beme._
D (499-500) has the same as F transposed, _beme_ : _aȝen_.
609-10, H. _blisse_ : _ys_. F (663-4) _has ywys_ : _ys_. D (501-2),
_quen Iwis_ : _heuene blis_.
611-16, H. F (665-72):
_Thedurward come seynt Thomas_
_as soone as he myght passe_
_he was not at hur forthfare_
_Therfore he was in moche care_
_he wolde fayne haue be there,_
_yf that goddys wyll hyt were._
_as he thedur toke the way_
_a bryghtnes hym thoght he say._
D (503-10) agrees in thought and rime with F, save in verses 509-10,
which are:
_& as he thedirward went_
_a brightnes he saw in þe firmamente._
625-632, H. Cf. F 681-90:
_To my felows some tokenyng_
_That y was toward thyn endyng_
_lady graunte me my boone_
_Ellys y not what y schall done_
_They will not leue for nothyng_
_That y was at thy berying_
_abowte hur myddyll was a gyrdyll_
_That hur selffe louydd mekyll_
_Of sylke ymade wele wythall_
_adowne to Thomas sche let hyt falle._
D (519-24) has:
_to my felawis sum tokenyng_
_of thi bodili vpsteyeng._
_and certis þer aboute hire myddil_
_sche had vpon a wel good girdil_
_al of silk well wrouht wiþ alle_
_& doun to Thomas sche lete it falle._
636, H. _yede_. D (528) has _dede_.
639-642. F (697-702) has:
_In the tempull of Jerusalem_
_at mete he fonde them_
_Whan he þem sye he grett þem anoon_
_and they hym chydd euerychon_
_and sayde all to Thomas of ynde_
_Euyr more thow art be hynde._
D (531-6) agrees in thought with F, and has, _ierusalem_ : _hem_,
_Inouh_ : _wouh_, _Inde_ : _behynde_.
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