Die englische Gregorlegende nach dem Auchinleck MsHartungsche buchdruckerei, 1876 - 53 pages |
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Page 1 - ... indicate an earlier or later date than may be reasonably ascribed to the rest of the work ; although the Satire against Simonie, No. 44, seems rather in an older hand than the others, and may be an exception to the general rule. The MS. was presented to the Faculty of Advocates, in 1744, by Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck, a Lord of Session, by the title of Lord Auchinleck, and father to the late James Boswell, Esq.
Page 1 - No. 44, seems rather in an older hand than the others, and may be an exception to the general rule. The MS. was presented to the Faculty of Advocates, in 1744, by Alexander Boswell, of Auchinleck, a Lord of Session, by the title of Lord Auchinleck, and father of the late James Boswell, Esq., the biographer of Dr.
Page 26 - Mani man wende|> fer and wide, 490 *Moche may heren and sen among, Atte last him schal bitide His auentour; be it neuer so strong.
Page 3 - In their old age his father and mother go a pilgrimage to Rome, in order to confess to this pope, not knowing he was their son, and he being equally ignorant that they are his parents: when, in the course of the confession, a discovery is made on both sides.
Page 18 - To fischers weren out ysent, pat brearen were bo|>e, Y wene. 255 Out of an abbay \>ai weren ysent Wi|> nettes and wi|> ores kene, To lache fische to |>at couent; pe monkes |>ai \>ov$t to queme.
Page 12 - Hir wille |>ai *fonden for to do. pai token wi^tes of werkes *sleye, Al for to grant hir bone, And a cradel, |>at sche |>er seye: : 100 Hir wille |>ai fonded for to done. XIV. per sche on hir bed sat, Hir child sche held in armes to.
Page 18 - And |>ider \>&i tok |>e r¡3t way. XXXV. PC tonne anon to hem |>ai nome, 270 pat was swi|>e wele ywrou3t; pai no rou3t whider |>e bot ycom, pat \>e tonn |>ider brou3t.
Page 17 - Hue and wele ende pat |>e donk *him ha|> bigonne. XXXII. 245 *Now lete we (>is leuedi be And telle we, hou |>e child was founde. "Listened now alle to me, Y wot, it sanke noiyt to |>e grounde.
Page 19 - Y |>ank tyi sond, bou me hast 3ouen and lent." Of yuori tables long pabot fond |>er in present; 315 perto he gan sone fong And sey3e, what \>er was writen and *dent. XLI. pabot bad |>e fischers bo|>e Ten mark, and |>e cradel take, And bad, |>ai schuld nou3t be wro|> 320 For |>at litel childes sake. Po was \>at silaer alle her owe, PC tresore to hem |>ai gun take.
Page 1 - TJie beginning of each poem has originally been adorned with an illumination, for the sake of which' the first leaf has, in many cases, been torn out, and, in others, cut and mutilated. The MS. is written on parchment, in a distinct and beautiful hand, probably in the earlier part of the 14& century**. The pages are divided into two columns, unless where the verses, being Alexandrine, occupy the whole breadth of the quarto. The MS. was presented to the Faculty of Advocates in 1744 by Alexander...