 | Joseph of Arimathie |  |
“Þat I tolde þe þo I telle þe ȝitte;
I nul forsake my word for no maner þinge.”
Op stondes þis clerk and seis him þise wordes,
“ȝif þise þreo persones þat þou þe fore puttest
han bote on godhede þei nare not goddes alle;
ȝif vchon haue a godhede I graunte, bi him-selue,
I seie þat on is also good as þe þreo hole.
I nul forsake my word for no maner þinge.”
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“ȝif þise þreo persones þat þou þe fore puttest
han bote on godhede þei nare not goddes alle;
ȝif vchon haue a godhede I graunte, bi him-selue,
I seie þat on is also good as þe þreo hole.
þat on is a verrei god I sei bi god greyþe;
þis oþer two nare none in no maner þinge.”
He sprong in his sputison and speek harde wordes,
þat Ioseph hedde no space while his speche laste.
þis oþer two nare none in no maner þinge.”
He sprong in his sputison and speek harde wordes,
þat Ioseph hedde no space while his speche laste.
Op stondes Iosaphe and þe fader sittes,
Speek wiþ an heiȝ vois þat al þe folk herde,
“Nou þe greteþ, sir Euelak God of israel
þorw his seruauntes mouþ and seye þe I wile.
Speek wiþ an heiȝ vois þat al þe folk herde,
“Nou þe greteþ, sir Euelak God of israel
þorw his seruauntes mouþ and seye þe I wile.
þou hast I-seȝe to-niht signefies summe,
þow hast diskeueret hem þer he nis not payet,
Heere þou schalt ha vengaunce verreyliche and sone,
þat al þi reume schal seo þat þou wrong siggest;
þow hast diskeueret hem þer he nis not payet,
Heere þou schalt ha vengaunce verreyliche and sone,
þat al þi reume schal seo þat þou wrong siggest;
For he, þis ilke Tholomer þat þou weore wont to hunte,
þat is kyng of Babiloyne hiderward he buskes;
þreo dayes with þe niht nou he þe schal driue,
Siþen lacche þe atte laste and þe þi lyf bi-reuen;
He þat dorste nere ȝut þe nouȝwhere a-byde,
nou schal winne his wille of þe for þi wrong bi-leeue.”
þat is kyng of Babiloyne hiderward he buskes;
þreo dayes with þe niht nou he þe schal driue,
Siþen lacche þe atte laste and þe þi lyf bi-reuen;
He þat dorste nere ȝut þe nouȝwhere a-byde,
nou schal winne his wille of þe for þi wrong bi-leeue.”
þenne stod vp þis clerk and wolde est dispuite;
þenne him þouȝte þat on heold him bi þe tonge,
And he roungede an heiȝ and rorede so harde,
his eiȝen flowen out of his hed and biforen him fallen.
þenne him þouȝte þat on heold him bi þe tonge,
And he roungede an heiȝ and rorede so harde,
his eiȝen flowen out of his hed and biforen him fallen.
| Joseph of Arimathie | |