 | Joseph of Arimathie |  |
He seiȝ an Auter I-cloþed wiþ cloþes ful riche;
Vppon þat on ende lay þelaunce and þe nayles,
And vppon þat oþer ende þe disch wiþ þe blode,
and a vessel of gold geynliche bi-twene.
Vppon þat on ende lay þelaunce and þe nayles,
And vppon þat oþer ende þe disch wiþ þe blode,
and a vessel of gold geynliche bi-twene.
Ihesu made for to greiþe Iosaphe in þat geyn weede,
And sacrede him to Bisschop wiþ boto his hondes,
And tolde him of his vestimens what þei signefyen;
In vche Cite þere he come sacren on he scholde
wiþ þe selue oygnemens þat he to him wrouȝte,
And an-oyg[n]ten oþer kynges þat to crist torneden.
And sacrede him to Bisschop wiþ boto his hondes,
And tolde him of his vestimens what þei signefyen;
In vche Cite þere he come sacren on he scholde
wiþ þe selue oygnemens þat he to him wrouȝte,
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ȝit he leres him more loueliche him-seluen—
“I beo-take þe her, Iosaphe soules to kepe;
ȝif eni þorw þi defaute falle fro my riche,
At þe day of Iuggement þou beost ioyned harde;
“I beo-take þe her, Iosaphe soules to kepe;
ȝif eni þorw þi defaute falle fro my riche,
At þe day of Iuggement þou beost ioyned harde;
I seiȝe, Ioseph þi fader schal bodiliche hem ȝeme,
And þou gostliche nou ȝemes hem boþe.
wiþ-drawe þe of þi vestimens and do hem vp to holde;
Go now to-ward þe court þe kyng for to turne.”
And þou gostliche nou ȝemes hem boþe.
wiþ-drawe þe of þi vestimens and do hem vp to holde;
Go now to-ward þe court þe kyng for to turne.”
| Joseph of Arimathie | |