th see, [folio 27a]
hij spredden fer & wyde in ?
hij spredden fer & wyde in ?
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Davy, Adam, fl. 1308? , Alexius, Saint. , Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20. , Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910.
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Adam Daby's 5 Dreams about Edward II. : The Life of St. Alexius.
Solomon's Book of Wisdom.
St. Jeremie's 15 Tokens before Doomsday.
The Lamentacion of Souls.
EDITED FROM THE LAUD MS. 622 IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY BY
F. J. FURNIVALL,
M. A. , TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE.
LONDON:
N. TRUBNER & CO. , 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.
MDCCCLXXVIII.
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ADAM DAVY'S FIVE DREAMS ABOUT EDWARD II. [Laud MS. 622 (end of the 14th cent. ), leaf 26, back. ]
TO oure lorde Iesu crist in heuene,
Ich to-day shewe myne sweuene,
? at ich mette in one ni? th,
Of a kni? th of mychel mi? th: 4
His name is ihote sir Edward ? e kyng,
Prince of Wales*. [Compare
"Nou is Edward of Carnarvon
King of Engelond al aplyht",
in "The Elegy on the Death of Edw. I", from Harl. 2253, leaf 73, in Mr Thos. Wright's Political Songs, for the Camden Society, 1839, p. 249. Edw. III was never created Prince of Wales. The Black Prince was, but was never king. ], Engelonde ? e faire ? ing.
Me mette ? at he was armed wel,
Bo? e wi? yrne & wi? stel; 8
And on his helme ? at was of stel,
A Coroune of gold bicom hym wel.
Bifore the shryne of seint Edward he stood,
Myd glad chere, & mylde of mood, 12
Mid two kni? ttes armed on ei? er side,
? at he ne mi? th ? ennes goo ne ride.
hetilich*. [A. S. hetelice, hatefully, hotly. ] hij leiden hym vpon,
Als hij mi? tten myd swerd don. 16
He stood ? ere wel swi? e stille,
And ? oled al-to-gedres her wille;
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No strook ne ? af he a? einward
To ? ilk ? at hym weren wi? erward*. [A. S. wi? er, against; wi? erweard, contrary, adverse. ]. 20
Wounde ne was ? ere blody non,
Of al ? at hym ? ere was don.
? After ? at me ? ou? th, onon,
As ? e tweie kni? ttes weren gon, 24
In ei? er ere of oure kyng
? ere spronge out a wel fare ? ing:
Hij wexen out so bri? th so glem
? at shyne? of ? e sonne-bem; 28
Of diuers coloures hij weren,
? at comen out of bo? e his eren
ffoure bendes alle by rewe on ei? er ere,
Of diuers colours, red & white als hij were; 32
Als fer as me ? ou[? th] ich mi? th see, [folio 27a]
hij spredden fer & wyde in ? e cuntre.
fforso? e me mette ? is ilk sweuene--
Ich take to witnesse god of heuene-- 36
? e wedenysday bifore ? e decollacioun of seint Ion*. [Decollation of John the Baptist, Aug. 29. --Nicolas. ],
It is more ? an twelue mone? gon.
God me graunte so heuene blis,
As me mette ? is sweuene as it is. 40
Now god ? at is heuene kyng,
To mychel ioye tourne ? is metyng!
A No? er sweuene me mette, on a tiwes-ni? th 43
Bifore the fest of alle halewen*. [All Hallows, or All Saints' Day, Nov. 1. --Nicolas. ], of ? at ilk kni? th;
His name is nempned here-bifore;
Blissed be ? e tyme ? at he was bore!
ffor we shullen ? e day see,
Emperour ychosen he wor? e of cristiente. 48
God vs graunte ? at ilk bone,
? at ? ilk tydyng here we sone
Of sir Edward oure derwor? kyng
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Ich mette of hym ano? ere fair metyng: 52
To oure lorde of heuene ich telle ? is,
? at my sweuene tourne to mychel blis.
Me ? ou? th he rood vpon an Asse--
And ? at ich take god to witnesse! -- 56
ywonden he was in a Mantel gray;
Toward Rome he nom his way;
Vpon his heuede sat an gray hure;
It semed hym wel a mesure; 60
he rood wi? outen hose & sho,--
his wone was nou? th so forto do;--
his shankes semeden al blood rede;
Myne herte wop for grete drede; 64
Als a pilgryme he rood to Rome,
And ? ider he com wel swi? e sone.
? E ? rid sweuene me mette a ni? th,
Ri? th of ? at derwor? e kni? th; 68
? e wedenysday a ni? th it was,
Next ? e day of seint lucie*. ['Lucy. Virgin and Martyr, Dec. 13. '--Nicolas. ] bifore cristenmesse.
Ich shewe ? is, god of heuene:
To mychel ioye he tourne my sweuene! 72
Me ? ou? th ? at ich was at Rome,
And ? ider ich com swi? e sone:
? e Pope*. ['pope' crosst through. ], & sir Edward oure kyng,
Bo? e hij hadden a newe dubbyng; 76
Hure gray was her clo? ing;
Of o? ere clo? es sei? ich no? ing.
? e pope*. ['pope' crosst through. ] ? ede bifore, mytred wel faire I-wys;
? e kyng Edward com corouned myd gret blis; 80
? at bitokne?
th see, [folio 27a]
hij spredden fer & wyde in ? e cuntre.
fforso? e me mette ? is ilk sweuene--
Ich take to witnesse god of heuene-- 36
? e wedenysday bifore ? e decollacioun of seint Ion*. [Decollation of John the Baptist, Aug. 29. --Nicolas. ],
It is more ? an twelue mone? gon.
God me graunte so heuene blis,
As me mette ? is sweuene as it is. 40
Now god ? at is heuene kyng,
To mychel ioye tourne ? is metyng!
A No? er sweuene me mette, on a tiwes-ni? th 43
Bifore the fest of alle halewen*. [All Hallows, or All Saints' Day, Nov. 1. --Nicolas. ], of ? at ilk kni? th;
His name is nempned here-bifore;
Blissed be ? e tyme ? at he was bore!
ffor we shullen ? e day see,
Emperour ychosen he wor? e of cristiente. 48
God vs graunte ? at ilk bone,
? at ? ilk tydyng here we sone
Of sir Edward oure derwor? kyng
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Ich mette of hym ano? ere fair metyng: 52
To oure lorde of heuene ich telle ? is,
? at my sweuene tourne to mychel blis.
Me ? ou? th he rood vpon an Asse--
And ? at ich take god to witnesse! -- 56
ywonden he was in a Mantel gray;
Toward Rome he nom his way;
Vpon his heuede sat an gray hure;
It semed hym wel a mesure; 60
he rood wi? outen hose & sho,--
his wone was nou? th so forto do;--
his shankes semeden al blood rede;
Myne herte wop for grete drede; 64
Als a pilgryme he rood to Rome,
And ? ider he com wel swi? e sone.
? E ? rid sweuene me mette a ni? th,
Ri? th of ? at derwor? e kni? th; 68
? e wedenysday a ni? th it was,
Next ? e day of seint lucie*. ['Lucy. Virgin and Martyr, Dec. 13. '--Nicolas. ] bifore cristenmesse.
Ich shewe ? is, god of heuene:
To mychel ioye he tourne my sweuene! 72
Me ? ou? th ? at ich was at Rome,
And ? ider ich com swi? e sone:
? e Pope*. ['pope' crosst through. ], & sir Edward oure kyng,
Bo? e hij hadden a newe dubbyng; 76
Hure gray was her clo? ing;
Of o? ere clo? es sei? ich no? ing.
? e pope*. ['pope' crosst through. ] ? ede bifore, mytred wel faire I-wys;
? e kyng Edward com corouned myd gret blis; 80
? at bitokne? he shal be
Emperour in cristianete:
Iesus crist ful of grace,
Graunte oure kyng, in euery place, 84
Maistrie of his wi? erwynes*. [A. S. wi? erwynna, adversary, enemy. ],
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And of alle wicked sarasynes!
Me met a sweuene, on wor? ing-ni? th*. [I can't find what or when this is. ].
Of ? at ilche derwor? e kni? th; 88
God ich it shewe, & to witnesse take,
And so shilde me fro synne & sake!
In-to an chapel ich com of oure lefdy;
Iesus crist, hire leue son, stood by; 92
On rode he was, an louelich Man,
Als ? ilk ? at on rode was don.
He vnneiled his honden two,
And seide, 'wi? ? e kni? th he wolde go': 96
"Maiden, & moder, & mylde quene,
Ich mote my kni? th to-day sene.
Leue moder, ? iue me leue,
ffor ich ne may no lenger bileue; 100
Ich mote conueye ? at ilk kni? th,
? at vs ha? serued day and ni? th:
In pilerinage he wil gon,
To bien awreke of oure fon. " 104
"Leue son, ? oure wille, so mote it be,
for ? e kni? th bo? e day & ni? th ha? serued me,
Bo? e at oure wille wel faire I-wys,
? erfore he ha? serued heuene-riche blis. " 108
God ? at is in heuene so bri? th,
Be wi? oure kyng bo? e day & ni? th!
Amen, Amen, so mote it be!
? erto bidde? a pater noster & an Aue. 112
? Adam, ? e marchal, of stretford-atte-bowe--
Wel swi? e wide his name is yknowe,--
He hym-self mette ? is metyng--
To witnesse he take? Iesu heuene kyng,-- 116
On Wedenysday in clene leinte
A voice me bede I ne shulde nou? th feinte;
Of ? e sweuenes ? at her ben write,
I shulde swi? e don my lorde kyng to wite.
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Ich ansuerde, '? at I ne mi? th for derk gon. '
? e vois me bad goo, for li? th ne shuld ich faile non,
And ? at I ne shulde lette for no? ing,
? at ich shulde shewe ? e kyng my metyng. 124
ffor? ich went swi? e onon,
Estward as me ? ou? th ich mi? th gon:
? e li? th of heuene me com to,
As ich in my waye shulde go. 128
"Lorde, my body ich ? elde ? ee to,
What ? oure wille is wi? me to do.
Ich take to witnesse god of heuene,
? at so? lich ich mette ? is ilche sweuene*. ["The Lady protests too much, methinks. "--Hamlet, III. ii. 240. ]! 132
I ne reiche what ? ee myd my body do,
Als wisselich Iesus of heuene my soule vndergo. "
? E ? ursday next ? e beryng of oure lefdy*. [Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Sept. 8. --Nicolas. ],
Me ? ou? th an Aungel com sir Edward by: 136
? e Aungel bitook sir Edward on honde;
Al bledyng ? e foure for? er clawes so were of ? e lombe.
At Caunterbiry, bifore ? e hei? e autere, ?
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Adam Davy's 5 dreams about Edward II. The Life of St. Alexius. Solomon's book of wisdom. St. Jeremie's [Jerome's] 15 tokens before doomsday. The Lamentacion of souls. Ed. from the Laud ms. 622 in the Bodleian library by F. J. Furnivall
Davy, Adam, fl. 1308? , Alexius, Saint. , Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20. , Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910.
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Adam Daby's 5 Dreams about Edward II. : The Life of St. Alexius.
Solomon's Book of Wisdom.
St. Jeremie's 15 Tokens before Doomsday.
The Lamentacion of Souls.
EDITED FROM THE LAUD MS. 622 IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY BY
F. J. FURNIVALL,
M. A. , TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE.
LONDON:
N. TRUBNER & CO. , 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.
MDCCCLXXVIII.
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ADAM DAVY'S FIVE DREAMS ABOUT EDWARD II. [Laud MS. 622 (end of the 14th cent. ), leaf 26, back. ]
TO oure lorde Iesu crist in heuene,
Ich to-day shewe myne sweuene,
? at ich mette in one ni? th,
Of a kni? th of mychel mi? th: 4
His name is ihote sir Edward ? e kyng,
Prince of Wales*. [Compare
"Nou is Edward of Carnarvon
King of Engelond al aplyht",
in "The Elegy on the Death of Edw. I", from Harl. 2253, leaf 73, in Mr Thos. Wright's Political Songs, for the Camden Society, 1839, p. 249. Edw. III was never created Prince of Wales. The Black Prince was, but was never king. ], Engelonde ? e faire ? ing.
Me mette ? at he was armed wel,
Bo? e wi? yrne & wi? stel; 8
And on his helme ? at was of stel,
A Coroune of gold bicom hym wel.
Bifore the shryne of seint Edward he stood,
Myd glad chere, & mylde of mood, 12
Mid two kni? ttes armed on ei? er side,
? at he ne mi? th ? ennes goo ne ride.
hetilich*. [A. S. hetelice, hatefully, hotly. ] hij leiden hym vpon,
Als hij mi? tten myd swerd don. 16
He stood ? ere wel swi? e stille,
And ? oled al-to-gedres her wille;
Page 12
No strook ne ? af he a? einward
To ? ilk ? at hym weren wi? erward*. [A. S. wi? er, against; wi? erweard, contrary, adverse. ]. 20
Wounde ne was ? ere blody non,
Of al ? at hym ? ere was don.
? After ? at me ? ou? th, onon,
As ? e tweie kni? ttes weren gon, 24
In ei? er ere of oure kyng
? ere spronge out a wel fare ? ing:
Hij wexen out so bri? th so glem
? at shyne? of ? e sonne-bem; 28
Of diuers coloures hij weren,
? at comen out of bo? e his eren
ffoure bendes alle by rewe on ei? er ere,
Of diuers colours, red & white als hij were; 32
Als fer as me ? ou[? th] ich mi? th see, [folio 27a]
hij spredden fer & wyde in ? e cuntre.
fforso? e me mette ? is ilk sweuene--
Ich take to witnesse god of heuene-- 36
? e wedenysday bifore ? e decollacioun of seint Ion*. [Decollation of John the Baptist, Aug. 29. --Nicolas. ],
It is more ? an twelue mone? gon.
God me graunte so heuene blis,
As me mette ? is sweuene as it is. 40
Now god ? at is heuene kyng,
To mychel ioye tourne ? is metyng!
A No? er sweuene me mette, on a tiwes-ni? th 43
Bifore the fest of alle halewen*. [All Hallows, or All Saints' Day, Nov. 1. --Nicolas. ], of ? at ilk kni? th;
His name is nempned here-bifore;
Blissed be ? e tyme ? at he was bore!
ffor we shullen ? e day see,
Emperour ychosen he wor? e of cristiente. 48
God vs graunte ? at ilk bone,
? at ? ilk tydyng here we sone
Of sir Edward oure derwor? kyng
Page 13
Ich mette of hym ano? ere fair metyng: 52
To oure lorde of heuene ich telle ? is,
? at my sweuene tourne to mychel blis.
Me ? ou? th he rood vpon an Asse--
And ? at ich take god to witnesse! -- 56
ywonden he was in a Mantel gray;
Toward Rome he nom his way;
Vpon his heuede sat an gray hure;
It semed hym wel a mesure; 60
he rood wi? outen hose & sho,--
his wone was nou? th so forto do;--
his shankes semeden al blood rede;
Myne herte wop for grete drede; 64
Als a pilgryme he rood to Rome,
And ? ider he com wel swi? e sone.
? E ? rid sweuene me mette a ni? th,
Ri? th of ? at derwor? e kni? th; 68
? e wedenysday a ni? th it was,
Next ? e day of seint lucie*. ['Lucy. Virgin and Martyr, Dec. 13. '--Nicolas. ] bifore cristenmesse.
Ich shewe ? is, god of heuene:
To mychel ioye he tourne my sweuene! 72
Me ? ou? th ? at ich was at Rome,
And ? ider ich com swi? e sone:
? e Pope*. ['pope' crosst through. ], & sir Edward oure kyng,
Bo? e hij hadden a newe dubbyng; 76
Hure gray was her clo? ing;
Of o? ere clo? es sei? ich no? ing.
? e pope*. ['pope' crosst through. ] ? ede bifore, mytred wel faire I-wys;
? e kyng Edward com corouned myd gret blis; 80
? at bitokne?
th see, [folio 27a]
hij spredden fer & wyde in ? e cuntre.
fforso? e me mette ? is ilk sweuene--
Ich take to witnesse god of heuene-- 36
? e wedenysday bifore ? e decollacioun of seint Ion*. [Decollation of John the Baptist, Aug. 29. --Nicolas. ],
It is more ? an twelue mone? gon.
God me graunte so heuene blis,
As me mette ? is sweuene as it is. 40
Now god ? at is heuene kyng,
To mychel ioye tourne ? is metyng!
A No? er sweuene me mette, on a tiwes-ni? th 43
Bifore the fest of alle halewen*. [All Hallows, or All Saints' Day, Nov. 1. --Nicolas. ], of ? at ilk kni? th;
His name is nempned here-bifore;
Blissed be ? e tyme ? at he was bore!
ffor we shullen ? e day see,
Emperour ychosen he wor? e of cristiente. 48
God vs graunte ? at ilk bone,
? at ? ilk tydyng here we sone
Of sir Edward oure derwor? kyng
Page 13
Ich mette of hym ano? ere fair metyng: 52
To oure lorde of heuene ich telle ? is,
? at my sweuene tourne to mychel blis.
Me ? ou? th he rood vpon an Asse--
And ? at ich take god to witnesse! -- 56
ywonden he was in a Mantel gray;
Toward Rome he nom his way;
Vpon his heuede sat an gray hure;
It semed hym wel a mesure; 60
he rood wi? outen hose & sho,--
his wone was nou? th so forto do;--
his shankes semeden al blood rede;
Myne herte wop for grete drede; 64
Als a pilgryme he rood to Rome,
And ? ider he com wel swi? e sone.
? E ? rid sweuene me mette a ni? th,
Ri? th of ? at derwor? e kni? th; 68
? e wedenysday a ni? th it was,
Next ? e day of seint lucie*. ['Lucy. Virgin and Martyr, Dec. 13. '--Nicolas. ] bifore cristenmesse.
Ich shewe ? is, god of heuene:
To mychel ioye he tourne my sweuene! 72
Me ? ou? th ? at ich was at Rome,
And ? ider ich com swi? e sone:
? e Pope*. ['pope' crosst through. ], & sir Edward oure kyng,
Bo? e hij hadden a newe dubbyng; 76
Hure gray was her clo? ing;
Of o? ere clo? es sei? ich no? ing.
? e pope*. ['pope' crosst through. ] ? ede bifore, mytred wel faire I-wys;
? e kyng Edward com corouned myd gret blis; 80
? at bitokne? he shal be
Emperour in cristianete:
Iesus crist ful of grace,
Graunte oure kyng, in euery place, 84
Maistrie of his wi? erwynes*. [A. S. wi? erwynna, adversary, enemy. ],
Page 14
And of alle wicked sarasynes!
Me met a sweuene, on wor? ing-ni? th*. [I can't find what or when this is. ].
Of ? at ilche derwor? e kni? th; 88
God ich it shewe, & to witnesse take,
And so shilde me fro synne & sake!
In-to an chapel ich com of oure lefdy;
Iesus crist, hire leue son, stood by; 92
On rode he was, an louelich Man,
Als ? ilk ? at on rode was don.
He vnneiled his honden two,
And seide, 'wi? ? e kni? th he wolde go': 96
"Maiden, & moder, & mylde quene,
Ich mote my kni? th to-day sene.
Leue moder, ? iue me leue,
ffor ich ne may no lenger bileue; 100
Ich mote conueye ? at ilk kni? th,
? at vs ha? serued day and ni? th:
In pilerinage he wil gon,
To bien awreke of oure fon. " 104
"Leue son, ? oure wille, so mote it be,
for ? e kni? th bo? e day & ni? th ha? serued me,
Bo? e at oure wille wel faire I-wys,
? erfore he ha? serued heuene-riche blis. " 108
God ? at is in heuene so bri? th,
Be wi? oure kyng bo? e day & ni? th!
Amen, Amen, so mote it be!
? erto bidde? a pater noster & an Aue. 112
? Adam, ? e marchal, of stretford-atte-bowe--
Wel swi? e wide his name is yknowe,--
He hym-self mette ? is metyng--
To witnesse he take? Iesu heuene kyng,-- 116
On Wedenysday in clene leinte
A voice me bede I ne shulde nou? th feinte;
Of ? e sweuenes ? at her ben write,
I shulde swi? e don my lorde kyng to wite.
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120
Ich ansuerde, '? at I ne mi? th for derk gon. '
? e vois me bad goo, for li? th ne shuld ich faile non,
And ? at I ne shulde lette for no? ing,
? at ich shulde shewe ? e kyng my metyng. 124
ffor? ich went swi? e onon,
Estward as me ? ou? th ich mi? th gon:
? e li? th of heuene me com to,
As ich in my waye shulde go. 128
"Lorde, my body ich ? elde ? ee to,
What ? oure wille is wi? me to do.
Ich take to witnesse god of heuene,
? at so? lich ich mette ? is ilche sweuene*. ["The Lady protests too much, methinks. "--Hamlet, III. ii. 240. ]! 132
I ne reiche what ? ee myd my body do,
Als wisselich Iesus of heuene my soule vndergo. "
? E ? ursday next ? e beryng of oure lefdy*. [Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Sept. 8. --Nicolas. ],
Me ? ou? th an Aungel com sir Edward by: 136
? e Aungel bitook sir Edward on honde;
Al bledyng ? e foure for? er clawes so were of ? e lombe.
At Caunterbiry, bifore ? e hei? e autere, ?
