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Aliud mirabile. Orosius & Innocencius papa iijus
Another wonder fel þat day,
As both Oras & Innocent
beren witnes in gode fay,
As I to telle now am in-tent.
As both Oras & Innocent
beren witnes in gode fay,
As I to telle now am in-tent.
A walle of water by Rome þer was,
that al þat day fro morne to nyȝt
was turnet to oile & wallet vp has
oile hastily in mennus siȝt.
that al þat day fro morne to nyȝt
was turnet to oile & wallet vp has
oile hastily in mennus siȝt.
Ouerthwert Tiber, þe water of Rome,
hit ran a streme al day ful strong,
of that walle þat thethen come
thurgh-out þe water his way con fong.
hit ran a streme al day ful strong,
of that walle þat thethen come
thurgh-out þe water his way con fong.
So Sibille propheciet bifore,
that oile out of þe erth shuld spryng
quen Goddes son shuld be Ibore,
As soth was founden & no lesyng.
that oile out of þe erth shuld spryng
quen Goddes son shuld be Ibore,
As soth was founden & no lesyng.
That day was seen als sikerly
thre sonnes on þe firmament,
that afterward ful wonderly
Into one substaunce al þai went.
thre sonnes on þe firmament,
that afterward ful wonderly
Into one substaunce al þai went.
Quich sight may wel signifye
thre thyngus, as I shal now say her,
saule, flesch, godhede, as leue I,
that þen wer gederet alle in fer,
thre thyngus, as I shal now say her,
saule, flesch, godhede, as leue I,
that þen wer gederet alle in fer,
And thre persouns als spiritualy,
I vnderstonde in gode maner,
to one substaunce wenten in hy,
that verray God was, bout wer.
I vnderstonde in gode maner,
to one substaunce wenten in hy,
that verray God was, bout wer.
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