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A Stanzaic Life of Christ

Compiled from Higden's Polychronicon and the Legenda Aurea

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Secundum quum xl diebus ieiunauit; soluit decimas dierum, quia non habebat, vnde solueret decimas rerum.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Secundum quum xl diebus ieiunauit; soluit decimas dierum, quia non habebat, vnde solueret decimas rerum.

The secunde remedy also
In hym he toke, as mon may se,
quen he ȝaf teth deuoutly tho
to his fadir in maieste
Of his flesch & blode both two,
quen þat he fast, as rede we,
ffourty daies with-out mo,
verray teth þen offride he.
ffor he hade no wordly thyng
to teth to his fadir der,
he tethide days with fastyng
And so gaf teth for al þe ȝer.