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Howe dacyan commaundyd saynt George to be cast in dongyon to be reseruyd to more greuous tourment / & howe the aungell of god apered to hym in pryson and helyd all his woundys agayne. Capitulum. xix.
Thus was ye martyr / ye bolde & famous knyght
In wofull maner / conueyed from presence
vnto a dongeon / there to remayne yt nyght
Tyll he on the morne shulde come to audyence
The holy martyr / toke al in pacience
His mynde was stabled / for to despyse no peyne
The heuenly ioy / by tourment to obteyne.
In wofull maner / conueyed from presence
vnto a dongeon / there to remayne yt nyght
Tyll he on the morne shulde come to audyence
The holy martyr / toke al in pacience
His mynde was stabled / for to despyse no peyne
The heuenly ioy / by tourment to obteyne.
The day ouerpast / the nyght approched nere:
Both felde and towne / was quyet in sylence.
The glemynge sterres / shone radiant and clere
Lucyna laughynge / presented hyr presence
Clerynge the Skye / and clowdes chasynge thence
Mydnyght drewe nere / commaundynge sleape and rest.
The knyght in pryson / in peynes lay opprest.
Both felde and towne / was quyet in sylence.
The glemynge sterres / shone radiant and clere
Lucyna laughynge / presented hyr presence
Clerynge the Skye / and clowdes chasynge thence
Mydnyght drewe nere / commaundynge sleape and rest.
The knyght in pryson / in peynes lay opprest.
Alone he lay / in fowle and darke pryson
Hys woundes bledynge / alas / ryght dolefully
Uyle was the sent / of the fowle Dongyon
But al he suffred / ryght meke and paciently
Thankynge our lorde / and saynge inwardly
My gracious lorde / I thanke thy mageste
That by this mean / my sowle may come to the
Hys woundes bledynge / alas / ryght dolefully
Uyle was the sent / of the fowle Dongyon
But al he suffred / ryght meke and paciently
Thankynge our lorde / and saynge inwardly
My gracious lorde / I thanke thy mageste
That by this mean / my sowle may come to the
Thus whyle the martyr / alone lay wythout lyght
The pryson smellynge / wyth fowle and dedely sent
A messanger / cam downe from god almyght
wyth lyght of heuen / and bawme moste redolent
Into the pryson / whan he was come present
The mysty Dongyon / where as the martyr lay
was swetely smellynge / and bryghter than the day
The pryson smellynge / wyth fowle and dedely sent
A messanger / cam downe from god almyght
wyth lyght of heuen / and bawme moste redolent
Into the pryson / whan he was come present
The mysty Dongyon / where as the martyr lay
was swetely smellynge / and bryghter than the day
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What tyme the martyr / this ioyfull lyght had sene
He thought it confort / sent downe from cryst Iesu
Anone his care / and payne was quenchyd clene
His ioy and conforte / anone dyd than renewe
Suche wordys of solace / the aungell dyd hym shewe
That all his mynde / was rauysshed by gladnes
Nat dowtynge paynes / nor worldly wretchydnes
He thought it confort / sent downe from cryst Iesu
Anone his care / and payne was quenchyd clene
His ioy and conforte / anone dyd than renewe
Suche wordys of solace / the aungell dyd hym shewe
That all his mynde / was rauysshed by gladnes
Nat dowtynge paynes / nor worldly wretchydnes
The aungell / by / commaundement dyuyne
Hys woundys touched / fresshe bledynge all in payne
Anoyntynge them / with heuynly medycyne
That all his woundys / where hole and sounde agayne
Moche heuynly talkynge / was than betwene them twayn
Which to the martyr / was greatly delectable
And in his tourment / a hope most confortable
Hys woundys touched / fresshe bledynge all in payne
Anoyntynge them / with heuynly medycyne
That all his woundys / where hole and sounde agayne
Moche heuynly talkynge / was than betwene them twayn
Which to the martyr / was greatly delectable
And in his tourment / a hope most confortable
For why the aungell / with hym all nyght present
Strengthyd his mynd / with heuynly doctryne
With dyuers sayengys / of ioy most excellent
Which neuer cessyth / and neuer doth declyne
And of the aungellys / and the ordres nyne
Howe all theyr ioy / blysse / and felycyte
Is in beholdynge / the blyssyd trynyte
Strengthyd his mynd / with heuynly doctryne
With dyuers sayengys / of ioy most excellent
Which neuer cessyth / and neuer doth declyne
And of the aungellys / and the ordres nyne
Howe all theyr ioy / blysse / and felycyte
Is in beholdynge / the blyssyd trynyte
The aungell hym / infourmyd in lyke wyse
Of other sayntes / descendynge / of mankynde
What ioy they haue / in euynly paradyse
Inestymably / sourmountynge mannys mynde
And what rewarde / that man in heuyn should fynde
Which for the faythe / wolde martyrdom sustayne
For loue of cryst / indurynge / worldly payne
Of other sayntes / descendynge / of mankynde
What ioy they haue / in euynly paradyse
Inestymably / sourmountynge mannys mynde
And what rewarde / that man in heuyn should fynde
Which for the faythe / wolde martyrdom sustayne
For loue of cryst / indurynge / worldly payne
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The martyr maruaylyd / suche confort glad to here
In mynde desyrynge / that ioy with eyen to se
Suche was the comonynge / of this messanger
That one dyspysse wolde / worldly vanyte
And nat refuse / to indure aduersyte
In hope of heuyu / and ioy intermynable
Herynge suche speche / and wordys confortable
In mynde desyrynge / that ioy with eyen to se
Suche was the comonynge / of this messanger
That one dyspysse wolde / worldly vanyte
And nat refuse / to indure aduersyte
In hope of heuyu / and ioy intermynable
Herynge suche speche / and wordys confortable
After that the aungell / shynynge by heuynly lyght
As was the pleasour / of god omnypotent
Had helyd agayne / the woundys of the knyght
And strengthed hym / by conforte excellent
Agayn he mountyd / aboue the fyrmament
The pryson smellyd all swete and redolent
Avoydyd clene / was the olde lothly sent
As was the pleasour / of god omnypotent
Had helyd agayne / the woundys of the knyght
And strengthed hym / by conforte excellent
Agayn he mountyd / aboue the fyrmament
The pryson smellyd all swete and redolent
Avoydyd clene / was the olde lothly sent
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