A Stanzaic Life of Christ Compiled from Higden's Polychronicon and the Legenda Aurea |
Matheus in euangelio: Cum esset desponsata mater Ihesu.
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Matheus in euangelio: Cum esset desponsata mater Ihesu.
When he segh ho with child was,
then hade Ioseph in hert any,
supposyng in hir gret tresspas,
And thoȝt to leue hir pryuely.
then hade Ioseph in hert any,
supposyng in hir gret tresspas,
And thoȝt to leue hir pryuely.
Then God send doun an aungel has
to Ioseph slepyng sikerly,
And comfortide hym in that caas
of his wif maiden Marie,
to Ioseph slepyng sikerly,
And comfortide hym in that caas
of his wif maiden Marie,
And saide that child was not by mon,
but geten thurȝe þe Holy Gost,
then leuet Ioseph þer-opon,
And thonket God of myȝtes most.
but geten thurȝe þe Holy Gost,
then leuet Ioseph þer-opon,
And thonket God of myȝtes most.
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