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Seinte Marie day in Leinte among oþer dawes gode
Riȝt is forto holde heiȝe wo so him vnderstode
For þulke day an eorþe uerst com þe gode tyþinge
[Þat] oure Louerd an eorþe aliȝte of þe pine of helle us to bringe
Atte beginnynge eke of þe world as in þulke daie
Adam dude þe uerste sunne us alle to bitraie
Riȝt is forto holde heiȝe wo so him vnderstode
For þulke day an eorþe uerst com þe gode tyþinge
[Þat] oure Louerd an eorþe aliȝte of þe pine of helle us to bringe
Atte beginnynge eke of þe world as in þulke daie
Adam dude þe uerste sunne us alle to bitraie
Suþþe after ward in þulke day ȝute þer uel anoþer
For Caym þe luþer bern slou Abel is broþer
Þat was þe uerste martirdom þat me euere an eorþe isay
Þe þe eoldere slou þe ȝongore as it fel þulke day
And Abraham þe patriarc in þulke day also
Asle wolde Ysaac ys sone is sacrefise to do
For Caym þe luþer bern slou Abel is broþer
Þat was þe uerste martirdom þat me euere an eorþe isay
Þe þe eoldere slou þe ȝongore as it fel þulke day
And Abraham þe patriarc in þulke day also
Asle wolde Ysaac ys sone is sacrefise to do
| The South English Legendary | |