 | Joseph of Arimathie |  |
Penne þei wenden heore wei and to þe court ȝongen,
And al a-boute þe paleys haly water þei spreynden,
for mony a wikkede gost woned hedde þere.
And al a-boute þe paleys haly water þei spreynden,
for mony a wikkede gost woned hedde þere.
wiþ-outen, on þe paleys as þei bi passeden,
werdes of Ebreu weren I-writen of ȝore,
And sein, ‘daniel of Babiloyne whon he fro Batayle wente
Fro nabugodonosor þe kyng þat him hade,
called þis paleis “Auntres” and forsoþe seide,
þat hit scholde trewely in sum tyme aftur,
called beo þe paleis merueilouse for werkes,
þat þer scholde beo seyȝen þorw sonde of vr lord.’
werdes of Ebreu weren I-writen of ȝore,
And sein, ‘daniel of Babiloyne whon he fro Batayle wente
Fro nabugodonosor þe kyng þat him hade,
called þis paleis “Auntres” and forsoþe seide,
þat hit scholde trewely in sum tyme aftur,
called beo þe paleis merueilouse for werkes,
þat þer scholde beo seyȝen þorw sonde of vr lord.’
Bi þat was A Messager come after þis men sone;
whon þei comen to þe halle þei maden þe signe
on hem of þe verrey cros and toward þe kyng eoden.
whon þei comen to þe halle þei maden þe signe
on hem of þe verrey cros and toward þe kyng eoden.
þe kyng hedde geten him a clerk on of þe beste,
nouȝwhere in heore lawe was such a-nother holden,
to take Ioseph in his tale ȝif he wrong seide.
nouȝwhere in heore lawe was such a-nother holden,
to take Ioseph in his tale ȝif he wrong seide.
“þou toldest me ȝusterday,” quod þe kyng “þou wost wel þi-seluen,
Of þise þreo persones and alle þei beoþ goddes;
And siþen of a-noþer wonder forsoþe,
þat Ihesu with-outen wem won in a Mayden.”
Of þise þreo persones and alle þei beoþ goddes;
And siþen of a-noþer wonder forsoþe,
þat Ihesu with-outen wem won in a Mayden.”
| Joseph of Arimathie | |