 | Joseph of Arimathie |  |
Now we leuen þe kyng and of Ioseph carpen;
“A! lord!” quaþ Ioseph “how may þis limpe
Of þis king Eualak þat con not vnderstonde?
Bote ȝif I turne him bi þis poynt ar he henne passe,
beos he neuermore I-tornd treweli I trouwe.
Nou I be-seche þe, Ihesu as þou art ful of Ioye,
þat speke to hem of Israel þorw Moyses speche,
And bad þei schulde leeuen for no-skunus þinge,
In non oþur straunge god bote studefast þe holde:
And wustest daniel in þe put þat he was inne I-worpe
Among þe leones feole þat he no scaþe lauȝte:
And for-ȝaf þe Maudeleyn mekelyche hire sunnes:
And siþen seidest to me mi preyere scholde sitte;
þou heiȝtest holichurche to haunsen hire strengþe,
to hiȝen þi godhed hit helpes nout elles;
Nou, gloriouse kyng graunte me mi boone.”
“A! lord!” quaþ Ioseph “how may þis limpe
Of þis king Eualak þat con not vnderstonde?
Bote ȝif I turne him bi þis poynt ar he henne passe,
beos he neuermore I-tornd treweli I trouwe.
Nou I be-seche þe, Ihesu as þou art ful of Ioye,
þat speke to hem of Israel þorw Moyses speche,
And bad þei schulde leeuen for no-skunus þinge,
In non oþur straunge god bote studefast þe holde:
And wustest daniel in þe put þat he was inne I-worpe
Among þe leones feole þat he no scaþe lauȝte:
And for-ȝaf þe Maudeleyn mekelyche hire sunnes:
And siþen seidest to me mi preyere scholde sitte;
þou heiȝtest holichurche to haunsen hire strengþe,
to hiȝen þi godhed hit helpes nout elles;
Nou, gloriouse kyng graunte me mi boone.”
| Joseph of Arimathie | |