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
645-6, H. Not in D.
647-50, H. F (707-712):
_Sore me for thynkyth quod Thomas_
_That y was not there sche beryed was_
_as y myght not there come_
_That wyste wele goddys sone_
_I blessyd be that quene so mylde_
_That ys in heuyn wyth hur chylde._
D (539-544) agrees in matter with F, and has, _Thomas_ : _was_, _come_ :
_sone_, _quen_ : _schen_.
657-60, H. F (719-24) has:
_Or thou sye hys blody syde_
_and hys wounde depe and wyde_
_Of false be leue thou haste ybee_
_Thou art so we may well see_
_Thou art of an euyll beleue_
_we kepe no soche maner fere._
D (551-6) agrees with F, save in v. 555: _þou art of a lither manere_.
662, H. F (726), _wole ye all vpon me goone_. D (558), _I wile answer
the a non_.
Here follow in F (727-8):
_Be iħc þat was in bedlem borne_
_me lyste to answere of yon neuer oon._
664, H. F (730) has, _os me thynkyth in my mode_.
Then follow in F (731-2):
_I sey hyt yow be my hode_
_In the place there y stode._
D (559-62) has, _gode_ : _mode_, _hode_ : _blode_.
667-8, H. Cf. D (565-8):
_Quod petir this is no les_
_In þis seynt sche beryed wes_
_Me þinkiþ wunder þat it is here_
_for it was beried with bere._
F (735-38) agrees with H in thought, but inverts the last two lines, the
last of which reads: _For hyt was beryed with hur in fere_.
675, H. _yede_. Cf. D (573): _Ferth þei went of þat stede_.
679-82, H. Not in D. D ends thus (576 ff.):
_But a flour in þe grounde_
_þei seyde ihesu goddis sone_
_þi sonde to vs is welcome_
_Jhesu crist ful of myght_
_among þe apostlis þer a light_
_& þe aungelis þat wiþ him were_
_Grette þe apostelis alle in fere._
_& þan oure lord ihesu crist_
_hem ouersprad wiþ a myst_
_& brouhte hem alle in a stounde_
_In selcouth place fro þe toumbe_
_þei com alle to hire contray_
_but non wiste be what way._
_Beseke we now þat swete may_
_þat sche prey for vs nyght & day_
_& bere oure arnde to hire sone_
_þat we may to him come._
_In to heuene þer he is king_
_& ȝeue vs alle good ending. amen._
686, H, _sayng_. F (754) reads: _and þat þou wolde sende vs good
tydyng_.
687-8, H. Not in F.
689-90, H. F (755-6):
_cryste of heuyn full ryght_
_among þe apostelys he sente a lyght._
695 ff., H. F ends thus (761-790):
_Soone aftur to heuyn wente cryste_
_Vpon the apostelys spreed a myste_
_and broȝt them all fro þat grounde_
_In to sondry placys in a stounde_
_Come they all in to ther cuntrey_
_wyste noon how thedur come they._
_moche wondur þan þem thoght_
_how they were thedur broght._
_cryste we thanke in euery place_
_That hath sent vs thys grace._
_here endyth thys lesson_
_That ys clepydd the assumpcion_
_Of seynt mary meke and mylde_
_That ys in heuyn wyth hur chylde._
_Beseche we all that swete may_
_To pray for vs nyght and day_
_and pray for vs to hur sone_
_That we may to heuyn come_
_To haue þat blys þere he ys kyng_
_and gyf vs all goode endynge. amen._
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