e
Emperors
bour,
a maiden god with gret honour,
to wedden wi?
a maiden god with gret honour,
to wedden wi?
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
er-of to god ?
ei maden heor mone
bo? e dai & niht. 33
Iesu crist herde her bone,
& sende hem a ful good sone,
heor herte forte liht.
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36
[folio 44b] So sone was bore ? at blisful child,
Alix bo? e meke and Mild,
and of maners hende. 39
sone after wi? gret hast,
? ei Auouwede bo? e chast
to heore lyues ende.
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42
? er-aftur was hit not longe,
Alix cou? e speke and gonge,
and was i-set to lere; 45
sone he was a wel god clerk,
& muche he loued godus werk
forte speke & here.
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48
As time as he bi-gon to belde,
and was i-come to Monnes elde,
him was chosen a wyf,
Page 27
51
Out of ?
e Emperors bour,
a maiden god with gret honour,
to wedden wi? -oute strif.
Page 28
54
? whon heo weren weddet ? e furste ni? t,
in godus lawe as hit was ri? t,
& weren i-brou? t to house, 57
Mekeliche he gon hire teche
to drede god of sunne is leche,
? at is Maidenes spouse.
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60
He preched hire with al his miht,
of sunne heo scholde haue no pli? t,
but holden hir Maidenhed. 63
Of Iesu ? at Maiden clene,
in whom was neuere wem i-sene,
heo schulde han hire med.
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66
? enne tok he his gold ryng,
and ? af hit to ?
bo? e dai & niht. 33
Iesu crist herde her bone,
& sende hem a ful good sone,
heor herte forte liht.
Page 24
36
[folio 44b] So sone was bore ? at blisful child,
Alix bo? e meke and Mild,
and of maners hende. 39
sone after wi? gret hast,
? ei Auouwede bo? e chast
to heore lyues ende.
Page 25
42
? er-aftur was hit not longe,
Alix cou? e speke and gonge,
and was i-set to lere; 45
sone he was a wel god clerk,
& muche he loued godus werk
forte speke & here.
Page 26
48
As time as he bi-gon to belde,
and was i-come to Monnes elde,
him was chosen a wyf,
Page 27
51
Out of ?
e Emperors bour,
a maiden god with gret honour,
to wedden wi? -oute strif.
Page 28
54
? whon heo weren weddet ? e furste ni? t,
in godus lawe as hit was ri? t,
& weren i-brou? t to house, 57
Mekeliche he gon hire teche
to drede god of sunne is leche,
? at is Maidenes spouse.
Page 29
60
He preched hire with al his miht,
of sunne heo scholde haue no pli? t,
but holden hir Maidenhed. 63
Of Iesu ? at Maiden clene,
in whom was neuere wem i-sene,
heo schulde han hire med.
Page 30
66
? enne tok he his gold ryng,
and ? af hit to ?