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 | Legends of the Saints in the Scottish Dialect of the Fourteenth Century |  |
To spek of þe thred nov me liste,
þat is, of Iohn þe ewangeliste.
for Iohne vndone is goddis grace.
for foure prewilege hym gewyn wes:
ane, fore god luffyt hym mare
þane al þe lafe, þat with hym ware,
and scheu hym mar hamlynes;
and þe to-dyr prewilege wes,
þat criste hym chesit fore to be
but smyt of flesche in chastite;
þe thyrd, þat god gaf hym wittinge
atoure athire of prewe thinge;
and þe ferd prewilege mycht be,
þat quhen criste hangit one þe tre,
his modyr þat he luffit maste,
be-taucht hym, ar he ȝald þe gaste.
þat is, of Iohn þe ewangeliste.
for Iohne vndone is goddis grace.
for foure prewilege hym gewyn wes:
ane, fore god luffyt hym mare
þane al þe lafe, þat with hym ware,
and scheu hym mar hamlynes;
and þe to-dyr prewilege wes,
þat criste hym chesit fore to be
but smyt of flesche in chastite;
þe thyrd, þat god gaf hym wittinge
atoure athire of prewe thinge;
and þe ferd prewilege mycht be,
þat quhen criste hangit one þe tre,
his modyr þat he luffit maste,
be-taucht hym, ar he ȝald þe gaste.
| Legends of the Saints in the Scottish Dialect of the Fourteenth Century | |