 | Joseph of Arimathie |  |
Þenne Ioseph hente a staf þat stod him bi-syde,
strikes to þis Appolin with a strong wille,
þat his nekke to-barst and brak al to pouder,
and þe fend of his bodj fleyȝ to þe lufte.
strikes to þis Appolin with a strong wille,
þat his nekke to-barst and brak al to pouder,
and þe fend of his bodj fleyȝ to þe lufte.
þenne þei leuen him þer and goþ touward oþure;
þe kyng bowes to his pors him offring to beode.
“Let beo,” seis Iosaphe “I leeue þe beo bettre;
For and þou profre him eny I schal do [þe] to preue,
vppon sodeyne deþ þou schalt sone dye.”
“Let beo,” seis Iosaphe “I leeue þe beo bettre;
For and þou profre him eny I schal do [þe] to preue,
vppon sodeyne deþ þou schalt sone dye.”
“Do tel me,” seis þe kyng “I haue þe muche truste,
Of þis tholomer and me hou schal hit tyden?”
And he onsweres aȝeyn “I dar not wel sigge,
for þis cristene men þat vmbe mong ȝongen.
Of þis tholomer and me hou schal hit tyden?”
And he onsweres aȝeyn “I dar not wel sigge,
for þis cristene men þat vmbe mong ȝongen.
Se ȝe not þe tweyne Angeles leden hem a-boute?
þat on bereþ a cros þat oþer a swerd kene;
wher-so-euere þei ben stad such is heore strengþe,
Vre maystrie is nouȝt in no maner þinge.”
Vre maystrie is nouȝt in no maner þinge.”
þenne seis Iosaphe “for us ne schalt þou wonde;
Vppon þe heiȝe trinite I halse þe to telle,
Spek al þat þou const & let þe kyng here.”
“Of newe þing þat is to come,” he seis “con I not telle.”
Bi þat was a Messager i-come and to þe kyng menes,
And seis him þat tholomer has taken of his londes.
Vppon þe heiȝe trinite I halse þe to telle,
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“Of newe þing þat is to come,” he seis “con I not telle.”
Bi þat was a Messager i-come and to þe kyng menes,
And seis him þat tholomer has taken of his londes.
“þe riche Cite of Nagister nomen he has forsoþe;
Siþen he keueres vppon and takes bi-fore clene
þe Castel of a-longines and hiderward he ioynes,
with sixti þousent,” he seide “of clene men of Armes,
And Fifti þousend fot-men þat redi beþ to fihte,
þei han geten þat holt for certeyn soþe;
þer is non in þat lond þat schal hem wiþstonden.”
Siþen he keueres vppon and takes bi-fore clene
þe Castel of a-longines and hiderward he ioynes,
with sixti þousent,” he seide “of clene men of Armes,
And Fifti þousend fot-men þat redi beþ to fihte,
þei han geten þat holt for certeyn soþe;
þer is non in þat lond þat schal hem wiþstonden.”
þenne þe kyng was a-ferd I hete þe forsoþe,
leste þe tale of Iosaphe ferede trewe.
leste þe tale of Iosaphe ferede trewe.
| Joseph of Arimathie | |