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 | Joseph of Arimathie |  |
Þenne spekes a vois and on heiȝ sigges,
“Ioseph, haue þou no care þe kyng schal sone torne:
Go þou most to þi wyf gete þou most nede
A child, Galaad schal be hoten þat goodnesse schal reise
þe Auenturus of Brutayne to haunsen and to holden.”
And he dos as he bad and to his bed buskes.
“Ioseph, haue þou no care þe kyng schal sone torne:
Go þou most to þi wyf gete þou most nede
A child, Galaad schal be hoten þat goodnesse schal reise
þe Auenturus of Brutayne to haunsen and to holden.”
And he dos as he bad and to his bed buskes.
In þe morwe he was vppe and roises þis oþure.
þenne hit þester bi-gon and þonderde swiþe,
þat þe graue quakede and þei a-grisen alle.
þenne hit þester bi-gon and þonderde swiþe,
þat þe graue quakede and þei a-grisen alle.
He bi-þenkes him þo and to his whucche weendes,
And feole preiers he made þat Ihesu crist herde,
And spekes to hem wiþ loueliche wordes.
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And spekes to hem wiþ loueliche wordes.
“I-blesset be ȝe to day alle myne leoue children”—
And he tolde hem of his crucifiing hou he [þe] cros souȝte,
And of heore fadres bi-fore þat he fond vn-kuynde—
“Er þei speeken to me feire and faynede me wiþ wordes,
Bote þei hateden me and hedden de-deyn.
Bote beo ȝe stable in oure fei and foleweþ vre werkes,
for ȝe han more of þe lawe þen prophetes hedden.
And he tolde hem of his crucifiing hou he [þe] cros souȝte,
And of heore fadres bi-fore þat he fond vn-kuynde—
“Er þei speeken to me feire and faynede me wiþ wordes,
Bote þei hateden me and hedden de-deyn.
Bote beo ȝe stable in oure fei and foleweþ vre werkes,
for ȝe han more of þe lawe þen prophetes hedden.
Þei nedden bote þe holygost and so ȝe han eke,
and siþen bodiliche me to ben at or wille.
and siþen bodiliche me to ben at or wille.
I nul not fastenen on þe sone þe Fadres gultus,
I for-ȝiue ow clene þe harm þat I hedde.
And cum þou hider, Iosaphe for þou art Iugget clene,
And art digne þer-to þat dos me to lyke;
Ichul bi-take þe to-day in a good tyme
on þe hiȝeste þing holden on eorþe,
non oþer of me hit murili to habben,
but elles vche mon of þe þat takes hit aftur.”
He bad him lifte vp and þe lide warpes:—
I for-ȝiue ow clene þe harm þat I hedde.
And cum þou hider, Iosaphe for þou art Iugget clene,
And art digne þer-to þat dos me to lyke;
Ichul bi-take þe to-day in a good tyme
on þe hiȝeste þing holden on eorþe,
non oþer of me hit murili to habben,
but elles vche mon of þe þat takes hit aftur.”
He bad him lifte vp and þe lide warpes:—
| Joseph of Arimathie | |