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th longe
here in er? e hym see; 846
A gode fridayes morowenyng
he shal wende to heuene kyng,
? at sytte? in trinite. 849
Take? wi? hym ? e ri? th pace
To ? e chirche of seint Boneface
wi? grete solempnite. ' 852
(72)
? ? ai sou? tten hym & nou? th ne founde,
And hadden many sorou? ful stounde,
Til ? e gode fryday; 855
wi? gret deuocioun among,
Of bedes & of chirche song, [folio 25b]
To god ? ai maden her pray;
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858
? ai praiden hym for his pyte,
And for his mychel humilite,
? at he hem sent to say 861
where was ? e Man ? e Aungel of tolde
Twyes er ? an wi? wordes bolde,
? at in swiche payne lay. 864
(73)
? ? e ? rid tyme com ? e voice
ffro hym ? at was don on croice
wi? gret solempne li? th, 867
And seide, 'wende? wi? oute soioure
To Eufeniens ? e Cenatoure,
ffor ? ere he lij? vche ni? th. 870
Swi? e good ha? ben his lijf;
His werkes shullen be made rijf;
His soule is fair & bri? th. ' 873
? at ilk tyme, as I ? ou seie,
His gost went ? e ri? th weie
ffro ? e body to god almi? th.
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876
(74)
? ? e holy pope Innocent
And ? e Emperoures swi? e went,
Sire Eufeniens to calle, 879
And chalenged hym in ? is manere,
Eufeniens & his wijf yfere,
Ri? th amonge hem alle; 882
'In ? ine house is, ? at is so meke,
Goddes man ? at we seke;
Hou may ? is cas bifalle? 885
we haue ysou? th hym fer & wyde,
Hou darstou goddes sergeaunt hyde
In boure oi? er in halle? ' 888
(75)
? Eufeniens ansuered sone,
As he au? tte forto done,
To ? e pope Innocent, 891
And seide, ? ei? he shulde deye,
Of swiche a Man cou? e he nou? th seye,
By god omnipotent*. [[MS. omnipototent]];
'ffor swiche a Man ? if I knewe,
ffayn I wolde hym to ? ou shewe
Treuly wi? god entent. ' 897
? an seiden ? e Cardinales twelue,
'God ? eue ? at it were ? i-selue
Byfore vs in present. ' 900
(76)
? In ? at tyme tweie emperoures
Of Rome kepten ? e honoures
wi? her cristen menee; 903
? at on hete Archadius,
And ? at o? ere Honorius;
? ai weren hende & fre.
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906
wi? Eufeniens ? ai wenten ri? th
fforto fecchen goddes kni? th,
? at was so good of fe. 909
Ac eufeniens was swi? e li? th,
And went bifore his hous to di? th
wi? gret solempnite 912
(77)
? Eufeniens, whan he hom cam,
Al his meignee he vndernam,
? if ? at ? ai euere ysowe 915
Any Man ? at so holy were
As ? e Aungel tolde of ere,
Of his meignee to knowe. 918
Alexius wardeyn com ? an,
And seide, 'sir, it is ? oure bede|man,
? at lij? ded by ? e wowe; 921
He ? at ? ou hast so longe yfed,
wi? mete & drynk, cloo? &. bed,
He bare hym euer lowe. 924
(78)
? 'I trowe wel it may so be,
whom so ? ee seche, ? at it is he,
ffor he was good of lijf; 927
His bedes he bad as a frere,
Ne wolde he nou? th, while he was here,
Louen fi? th ne strijf; 930
A book in his honde he halt
Swi? e fast, & narewe yfalt,
who ? at it cou? e descryue; 933
I ne woot what he ? ereinne wrou? th;
? e parchemyn I hym bou? th,
Gon fourty dayes & fyue. '
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936
(79)
? ? oo ? at ? is herden ? e Emperoures
And o? ere lordes of honoures,
? ai ? ankeden god almi? th. 939
He led hem ? ere lay ? at body,
Clene & fair, & sumdel rody,
fface feir & bri? th. 942
? e on Emperoure his honde vp took,
And wolde haue taken out ? e book
? at was fair of si? th; 945
Alexius ? e book helde ? oo;
? an was ? e Emperour swi? e woo,
And in his herte afli? th.
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948
(80)
? ? e Emperour ? oo speke bigan,
And seide vnto ? e body ? an,
? ere it lay in ? e herne; 951
'? ou? we ben Men of synful lijf,
Emperours we ben wi? outen strijf,
Rome forto gouerne; 954
we defenden holy chirche
A? eins hem ? at wolden wirche
Dedes stoute & sterne; 957
? erfore delyuer vs ? i book,
? at ? e poeple ? ere-on mowe look,
wisdom forto lerne. '
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960
(81)
? whan ? ai hadden so yseide,
Alexius, ? ere he was yleide,
Opened vp his honde; 963
To ? e pope wolde he nou? th forsake,
Bot lete hym ? oo ? e book vptake,
To rede ? at he fonde. 966
? oo ? apostoile had his book, [folio 26a]
His chaunceler he it bitook
To rede, I vnderstonde; 969
Othoo was his name,
A Man yholde of gode fame
Ouer al Rome londe. 972
(82)
? ? e book he red wi? gode wille,
? e folk herkned & helde hem stille
wi? outen any boost 975
Til ? e book was red & seide.
Alexius was bifore hem leide,
ffulfild of ? e holy gost. 978
?
e chaunceler wel loude grad
whan he ? e book of Alexius rad
Among ? e cristen ost; 981
hou he fro frendes gan wende,
And hou his fader fer & hende
Sou? th hym by euery cost;
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984
(83)
? And hou he was to ? e Emperoure
ysent, to be Man of valoure
And lernen chiualrie, 987
Of huntyng, & of Ryuere,
Of chesse pleieyng & of tablere:
Al nas wor? a flye; 990
Leuer hym was to conne good,
And seruen god wi? mylde mood,
and his moder Marie: 993
And hou he ? ede seuentene ? er
In pilerinage fer & ner
wi? mychel maladye; 996
(84)
? And o? er ? eres seuentene
wi? his fader he had ybene,
his bedeman by ? e wowe, 999
? at fader ne moder ne his wijf
wisten of his holy lijf,
Ne ? at he was hire owe; 1002
And hou his fader sergeauntz alle,
veyn glorie gonne hym calle,
And gorre on hym gonne ? rowe; 1005
And hou he ? e book ywriten hadde:
Of al his lijf, ? ere he it radde
To ? e poeple hei? e & lowe.
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1008
(85)
? ? oo Eufeniens ? ise wordes herd,
Of his son hou it ferd,
Gret was his sorou? eyng; 1011
His face he*. [[MS. his]] rent, & his her.
Men sorou? ed for hym fer & ner,
He fel in swowenyng. 1014
On his owen son ? at was,
His cry was euere, 'allas! allas!
de? ! why nyltou me stynge? 1017
Allas! sorou? ! what is ? i red?
? ou hast me brou? th vnto my ded;
Myne herte wil to-sprynge.
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1020
(86)
? 'Now I may no ioye haue;
No confort ne may me saue;
My blis is al forlorne! 1023
ffor my son ? at lij? here ded,
In elde he shulde haue ben my red.
Allas! ? at I was borne! 1026
O son, whi woldestou suffren smert,
And dye wi? me here in pouert,
A begger as ? ou worne? 1029
To ? i comyng was al my speire,
To haue ymade of ? ee myne eire,
Of londe, Castel & corne. '
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1032
(87)
? His moder herd ? at tydynge;
ffor hir son she gan flynge
In Rage as a lyonesse; 1035
Sorou? -fullich her pleynt she made;
Noman mi? th hire herte glade,
Of al ? e grete presse. 1038
His fader had ylore ? e speche;
To his moder was no leche
? at mi? th her cry acesse. 1041
Letted she nou? th for al ? e ? rong,
? at she ne ran ? e poeple among,
Hire son to clyppe & kysse.
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1044
(88)
? "O son, ? at soke of myne pappes,
? ou hast ysent me sory happes,
? us sone art went me fro. 1047
I wende haue yhad of ? ee solas;
Myne hope is tynt, allas! allas!
And wel? e is went to woo. 1050
Son, ? ou doest vs stronge tourment!
Oure ioye is al away went!
ffor sorou? we shullen vs sle; 1053
ffor often ? ou sei? ? i fader & me
Erlich & late wepe for ? ee,
And ek ? i wijf also.
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1056
(89)
? '? o ? at ? ee shulden haue serued trewe,
ffele tymes on ? ee ? ai ? rewe
ffil? e & foule vryne, 1059
And beten ? ee ofte swi? e sore;
And ? ou suffredest euermore,
And took it nou? th to pyne.
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1062
Why woldestou cast ? ee in care,
Of hem to suffre swiche bysmare,
? at weren ? ine owen hyne? 1065
Of alle ? ise seuentene ? ere
Ne woldestou noman tellen here
? ou come of body myne. "
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1068
(90)
? ffor? com ? oo his trewe wijf
wi? sorou? , & care & drery lijf,
And nei? for doel ded. 1071
'Allas! she seide, my ioye cast,
Kare & sorou? ben in me fast,
As widewe wi? oute red. 1074
Al my wel? e is fro me went,
No womman is in swiche tourment
In leng? e ne in brede. [folio 26b] 1077
Al ? is werlde, & it myne were,
I wolde ? iue it fer and nere,
To seen his fairehede.
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1080
(91)
? 'It is no wonder of my doloure;
Yshadewed is al my myroure*. [[MS. myrou? e]],
And lorne is my bri? thnesse; 1083
Myne herte may nou? th lange dure.
Cursed wor? e ? ou, dame auenture,
? at doost me destresse!
After fair weder falle? reyn,
After wynnyng wep ageyn,
And care is after kysse, 1089
Erly to day by ? e morowe,
I ne wist of care ne of sorowe:
To bale is tourned my blisse. '
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1092
(92)
? ? apostoile & ? e clergie,
? emperoures & her chiualerie,
Token ? at confessoure, 1095
And leiden on a bere ri? th;
ffair & wel hij habbe? hym di? th,
wi? menske & honoure; 1098
To ? e chirche of seint Bonefas,
wi? ? e corps ? ai token ? e pas
wi? outen any soioure; 1101
? e belles alle a? ein hem rungen,
Preostes & clerkes merily sungen
wi? ? at swete floure.
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1104
(93)
? Noman may telle wi? tunge
? e miracles ? at of hym sprunge
As ? ai ? at body bere; 1107
Deef & doumbe, halte & blynde,
Alle mi? tten bote fynde,
In maladie ? at were; 1110
Men ? at weren in palesye,
Lunatik, oi? er in frenesie,
Bote hadden ? ere. 1113
Swiche presse was ? e poeple among,
? emperoures mi? tten nou? th for ? rong
Beren for? ? e bere.
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1116
(94)
? ? ai bi? ou? tten hem in ? is wyse,
? at folk was ful of Coueitise,
And tresore onon of sende, 1119
And casten aboute siluer & golde,
Take it vp who ? at wolde,
Largely to spende. 1122
Nou? th for ? an in euery strete
? e presse was swi? e grete,
?