Cursor Mundi (the Cursur O the World) Volume 3; A Northumbrian Poem of the Xivth Century in Four Versions, Two of Them Midland (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...IT Nu wit bastons fai him beft Ful grimli to f e grund, fai huited on him viliker fan he had ben a hund. 15834 His disciplis fat wer feird at fle bigan to fund, And als fai fra fe herth him tite, His bodi was al stund. 15838 IT Quils fai war fus him handland Wilik als fai moght, II Petre frende I. say to f e. quefer fou has hit for-gette. if I. my fader walde be-seke. I mu3t wif-outen lette. haue xij. thousande legiouns redi alle vmsette. bot nede wi l fe prophecy fat I to dede be bette. IT Petre was in hande tane for forfait he had done ihesus toke malcus ere. & heled wif-outen hone. ga forf he saide my fader has wK3t for f e my bone. Petre walde a-way haue bene & fen he escaped sone forf a-way his lorde fai led. wif him was left ful fone. By his heued & bi his hare forf his maister fai drogh & ronsaked him vnrekenli. baf ouer hil & scogh. & wif cordis girde him squa. fat dide him mykil wogh how fai him led fat ilk time to se was sorou I.-nogh IT how wif stauis fai him betto ri3t vn-to f e grounde. fai spitte on him mare vily fen he had bene an hounde. his disciplis atte ware ferde to fle be-gan to founde. & mony a falle fai him gaf wif-in a litel stounde uilest fai ware handeland him. als vily as fai mo3t. p leaf 74 THEY DRAGGED JESUS FORTH BY HIS HEAD AND HAIR. THEY BEAT HIM, THEY 905 HUNTED HIM AS IF HE WERE A DOG. HIS DISCIPLES FLED; HE WAS ALL BRUISED. Leue petir, i sai to fe quefer fu it has forgett, 16806 If i mi fafir wald biseke, i moght widvten lett Haue tuelue thousand legiuns redi wid me vmsett. 15810 Bot hu suld fan f e prophecis Uf we. till end cum fat er sett I" Petre was in handis nomin for fight fat he had done. 15814 lesus him toke fan malcus ere, it helid widvten hone, &q...