A Stanzaic Life of Christ Compiled from Higden's Polychronicon and the Legenda Aurea |
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Secunda causa quare septuagesima fuerat instituta.
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 | A Stanzaic Life of Christ |  |
Secunda causa quare septuagesima fuerat instituta.
Another cause alegge I may
qvy septuagesme ordeynt was,
In significacioun, soth to say,
As þe same Ion mynde mas,
qvy septuagesme ordeynt was,
In significacioun, soth to say,
As þe same Ion mynde mas,
ffor septuagesme in gode fay
may signifie for our trespas
time of our puttyng away
from paradise þat ioyful plas,
may signifie for our trespas
time of our puttyng away
from paradise þat ioyful plas,
ffor our forme-fadir syn
exilet vs from þat same blis,
til þat Crist come forto wyn
that wele aȝayn forsoth i-wys.
exilet vs from þat same blis,
til þat Crist come forto wyn
that wele aȝayn forsoth i-wys.
But al-þa[ȝ] Crist vs so for-boȝt
after our deth, ȝif we gode wer,
to come to blis, ȝet wold he noȝt
that Adam syn wer fully cler,
after our deth, ȝif we gode wer,
to come to blis, ȝet wold he noȝt
that Adam syn wer fully cler,
ffor qvo-ser lyuen most at lykyng,
wer neuer bout tribulacioun
sithen þe worldes bygynnyng
quyl body & soule to-geder be moun.
wer neuer bout tribulacioun
sithen þe worldes bygynnyng
quyl body & soule to-geder be moun.
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Therfore fro time Adam did mys
til þe day of dome shal be
I may calle, forsoth i-wys,
time of trespas, leue ȝe me,
til þe day of dome shal be
I may calle, forsoth i-wys,
time of trespas, leue ȝe me,
And time also of exilyng
this world is now & euer ȝet was,
ffor ay qvil we ben her lyuyng
trauaile we han for our trespas.
this world is now & euer ȝet was,
ffor ay qvil we ben her lyuyng
trauaile we han for our trespas.
for al-thagh we thurȝe Cristes deth
when we deȝen comen to blis,
qvil in þe body is lif or breth
fulle rest shul we neuer haf i-wis.
when we deȝen comen to blis,
qvil in þe body is lif or breth
fulle rest shul we neuer haf i-wis.
And this time qvil we exilet bene
bi seuen days is ay turnyng,
And closet also bout wene
In seuen thousande ȝer rennyng.
bi seuen days is ay turnyng,
And closet also bout wene
In seuen thousande ȝer rennyng.
ffor after clerkes opinioun
from þe worldes bygynnyng
til Ihesu Cristes ascencioun
sex thousande ȝer wer, bout lesyng,
from þe worldes bygynnyng
til Ihesu Cristes ascencioun
sex thousande ȝer wer, bout lesyng,
And from thethen forth i-wys
til þe world shal endid be,
the seuen thousande taken is,
but after þat time witen not we
til þe world shal endid be,
the seuen thousande taken is,
but after þat time witen not we
Hou long þe world shal last i-wys,
for þat terme may no mon se
saue God hym-self, leues wel this,
by no gode autorite.
for þat terme may no mon se
saue God hym-self, leues wel this,
by no gode autorite.
But in this six eld, as I say,
we that vnwisely exilet wer,
to hope of ioy that lastes ay
restoret we wer in gode manere.
we that vnwisely exilet wer,
to hope of ioy that lastes ay
restoret we wer in gode manere.
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After our doyng day for day
And gode lyuying qvil we ben her,
quen we ben dede, trist we may
thurȝe Cristes deth to won in fer,
And gode lyuying qvil we ben her,
quen we ben dede, trist we may
thurȝe Cristes deth to won in fer,
ffor thurȝe fulloght in gode fay
of Adams gylt we wesch vs cler,
then gostly exil went away
And we restoret to first power.
of Adams gylt we wesch vs cler,
then gostly exil went away
And we restoret to first power.
Therfore iche ȝer noȝt amys
vside is and alway has,
qven septuagesme bigunnen is,
time of exilyng & trespas,
vside is and alway has,
qven septuagesme bigunnen is,
time of exilyng & trespas,
We bigynnen to wayue i-wis
song of ioy & of solas,
Alleluya, nothing amys,
til time come representyng gras.
song of ioy & of solas,
Alleluya, nothing amys,
til time come representyng gras.
On pasch euen, ȝe sene wel þis,
Alleluya aȝayn mon tas,
And then bygynnes a newe blis
quen holi chirch þat mynde mas,
Alleluya aȝayn mon tas,
And then bygynnes a newe blis
quen holi chirch þat mynde mas,
But one alleluya bout mo
we syngen þen, to represent
that in þe sext eld thurȝe Crist tho
hope of fulle ioy we han hent.
we syngen þen, to represent
that in þe sext eld thurȝe Crist tho
hope of fulle ioy we han hent.
A tracte þen is after suyng,
the quych wel may signifie
that gret trauail her lyuyng
suffre we most continuely
the quych wel may signifie
that gret trauail her lyuyng
suffre we most continuely
To fulfille Goddis biddyng
til we moun com to his mercy,
ffor in þe seuent eld, bout lesyng,
dede bitides vs bodily.
til we moun com to his mercy,
ffor in þe seuent eld, bout lesyng,
dede bitides vs bodily.
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then in þe eȝt eld, bout lesyng,
from deth to lif, as rede I,
er then no rest is ne lykyng
to no mon lyuyng fullily.
from deth to lif, as rede I,
er then no rest is ne lykyng
to no mon lyuyng fullily.
Septima etas est moriencium, octaua resurgencium.
So the sixt elde wonnen is
the wele from quich we wayuet wer,
the seuent eld þat is deth i-wys,
that bodily we most haue her.
the wele from quich we wayuet wer,
the seuent eld þat is deth i-wys,
that bodily we most haue her.
then afterward shal we not mys
the ioy þat is in heuen cler,
Ihesu bryng vs to þat blys,
that Mary of hir body ber!
the ioy þat is in heuen cler,
Ihesu bryng vs to þat blys,
that Mary of hir body ber!
Therfore that selue Seterday
that septuagesme shal endet be,
two alleluyas, in gode fay,
both to-gedir syngen we,
that septuagesme shal endet be,
two alleluyas, in gode fay,
both to-gedir syngen we,
In significacioun
that double merit shul we haue,
ȝif we godely lif moun,
our saule from syn forto saue.
that double merit shul we haue,
ȝif we godely lif moun,
our saule from syn forto saue.
Then septuagesme, as saide I,
that tokenys monkynde exilyng,
makes an ende al fullily
And we in ioy euer-lastyng.
that tokenys monkynde exilyng,
makes an ende al fullily
And we in ioy euer-lastyng.
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