 | Joseph of Arimathie |  |
“Now I þonke my lord,” seide Ioseph “þat lente me of his grace;
me þinkeþ but þreo niȝt al þis ilke þrowe.”
me þinkeþ but þreo niȝt al þis ilke þrowe.”
þenne Ioseph askes fontston & is I-folwed blyue;
þei folewen him and his wyf & with him ful monye.
þei folewen him and his wyf & with him ful monye.
Siþen com vaspasians and was furst sped,
In þe nome of þe fader Ioseph him folewede,
And hedde I-turned to þe feyþ fifti with him-seluen.
In þe nome of þe fader Ioseph him folewede,
And hedde I-turned to þe feyþ fifti with him-seluen.
Siþen he fette his fader with a ferde and a-ȝeyn fondet,
þer þei bosked hem out þat hudden hem in huirenes,
Made hem to huppe half an hundret foote,
forte seche boþem þer þei non seiȝen.
þer þei bosked hem out þat hudden hem in huirenes,
Made hem to huppe half an hundret foote,
forte seche boþem þer þei non seiȝen.
þus þei ladden þe lyf and lengede longe,
þat luyte liked his leyk þer as he lengede.
þat luyte liked his leyk þer as he lengede.
Feole flowen for fert out of heore cuþþhe
in-to Augrippus lond was heroudes eir,
þere monye lenginde weore for-let of heore oune.
in-to Augrippus lond was heroudes eir,
þere monye lenginde weore for-let of heore oune.
| Joseph of Arimathie | |