[Poems from the Vernon MS] | ||
Whon he hed seid, þei gonne to gon.
To þat churche þei comen anon.
Theodorus In good Manere
Kneled a-doun, bad his preyere,
And aftur þat wiþ good visage
Went hym vp to þat ymage,
And tok hit bi þat on hond,
And bad þe Ieuh scholde to him fond,
And seide: “sire, so god me saue,
ffor my Borwh þis ladi haue,
Þat i schal paye þe at my day
Treweliche and wel al þi Monay
Þat þou schalt me nou take,
Al my disese wiþ to slake.”
To þat churche þei comen anon.
Theodorus In good Manere
Kneled a-doun, bad his preyere,
And aftur þat wiþ good visage
Went hym vp to þat ymage,
And tok hit bi þat on hond,
And bad þe Ieuh scholde to him fond,
And seide: “sire, so god me saue,
ffor my Borwh þis ladi haue,
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Treweliche and wel al þi Monay
Þat þou schalt me nou take,
Al my disese wiþ to slake.”
Þe Ieuh him tok a summe of gold,
Good Moneye and wel I-told,
And sette hym þer a certeyn day
Him to paye hit wiþ-oute delay.
Good Moneye and wel I-told,
And sette hym þer a certeyn day
Him to paye hit wiþ-oute delay.
Þe Cristen Mon þen was ful fayn,
Þey wenten hom ful fayn a-ȝayn.
And he arrayed him ful fast
A schip wiþ seil and eke a Mast:
Þey wenten hom ful fayn a-ȝayn.
And he arrayed him ful fast
A schip wiþ seil and eke a Mast:
To Alysaundre he gon sayle.
Þer he a-Ryued wiþ-outen fayle.
Þenne he bouȝte faste and solde,
And eueri day þe pons tolde
He won faste day by day.
Þe ȝeer passed sone a-way.
He þouhte so muche on his wynnyng
ffor-ȝat þe day of his paȝyng,
Til þe Euen was I-comen
A-Morwe schulde paye þat he hedde nomen.
Þer he a-Ryued wiþ-outen fayle.
Þenne he bouȝte faste and solde,
And eueri day þe pons tolde
He won faste day by day.
Þe ȝeer passed sone a-way.
He þouhte so muche on his wynnyng
ffor-ȝat þe day of his paȝyng,
Til þe Euen was I-comen
A-Morwe schulde paye þat he hedde nomen.
[Poems from the Vernon MS] | ||