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A Stanzaic Life of Christ

Compiled from Higden's Polychronicon and the Legenda Aurea

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Nota de octauo ad vltinum per quid missus est

Now by what thyng he wos sent
gode is þat we all see,
ffyrst, As I fynd verament,
he wos send by thynges thre:
One wos deuoute orisoun;
ffor whill þe Apostils wer praying,
ffrom heuen to hom hit lyȝt Adovn,
As we in holy chirche con syng:
Orantibus Apostolis deum venisse nunciat.
Item Lucas iijo: Orante Ihesu descendit spiritus sanctus, &c.