A Stanzaic Life of Christ Compiled from Higden's Polychronicon and the Legenda Aurea |
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Quarto per creaturam que habet esse, viuere, sentire & discernere, vt homo.
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 | A Stanzaic Life of Christ |  |
Quarto per creaturam que habet esse, viuere, sentire & discernere, vt homo.
The furth maner, in gode fay,
shewide was his natiuite
by creatur þat haue may
ffour prerogatiues, ȝe shun se,
shewide was his natiuite
by creatur þat haue may
ffour prerogatiues, ȝe shun se,
that is to wit, forsoth i-wys,
beyng, lyuyng & felyng,
discrecioun also þe furth is;
that nas non oþer erthly thing
beyng, lyuyng & felyng,
discrecioun also þe furth is;
that nas non oþer erthly thing
Saue only mon þat has þes all,
the quich knew his birth, as say I,
no creatur, so fair me falle,
saue angel knew so verrayly.
the quich knew his birth, as say I,
no creatur, so fair me falle,
saue angel knew so verrayly.
ffor to mon profit most hit myȝt,
therfore hit semet he shuld knowe
Cristes come by verray sight
And signe, as I shal fully showe.
therfore hit semet he shuld knowe
Cristes come by verray sight
And signe, as I shal fully showe.
ffor first mon knewe by prophecy
that Crist wold come into our kynde,
And quen he comen was in hy,
signes showen, as I fynde,
that Crist wold come into our kynde,
And quen he comen was in hy,
signes showen, as I fynde,
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Right as I haue tolde bifore,
to emperour, to kynges thre,
that seghen thing was told ful ȝore
And tokenynges quen þat comen was he.
to emperour, to kynges thre,
that seghen thing was told ful ȝore
And tokenynges quen þat comen was he.
And the emperour made onon
that he segh knowen in þat cite,
the kynges to Crist as þai conen gon,
als maden hit opun, leue ȝe me.
that he segh knowen in þat cite,
the kynges to Crist as þai conen gon,
als maden hit opun, leue ȝe me.
So that to mon, with-outen drede,
showide hit was most opunly,
And mon forth showide hit, as was nede,
to conferme olde prophecy.
showide hit was most opunly,
And mon forth showide hit, as was nede,
to conferme olde prophecy.
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