Digital Index of Middle English Verse: No. 4527

DIMEV 4527

IMEV 2841

NIMEV 2841

Saint Aethelberht the holy king king was of England

Life of St. Aethelberht in the South English Legendary — couplets

Title(s): South English Legendary

Subjects: Aethelbert, saint, life of; saints’ lives

Versification: — two-line — aa

Manuscript Witnesses:

1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Eng. poet. a.1 (SC 3938) [Vernon MS], f. 33ra-33rb

First Lines:

Seint Aylbriht þe holy kyng kyng was of Engelonde
Þe kynges sone Aylred þat gret pouwer hedde an honde…

Last Lines:

…Now God for þe loue of him to þulke ioye vs bringe
Þat his soule is to i went aftur vr endynge. AMEN.

Facsimiles:

Doyle, I. A., ed. The Vernon Manuscript. A Facsimile of Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Eng. poet.a.1, with an introduction by A. I. Doyle. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1987.

Scase, Wendy, and Nick Kennedy, eds. A facsimile edition of the Vernon manuscript: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. Poet. A. 1. Oxford: The Bodleian Library, 2011.

2.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.3.25 (605), ff. 254-255

First Lines:

SEint albryȝt þe king was king of englonde
Þe kinges sone ayldred þat grete powere hadde an honde…

Last Lines:

…now god for þe loue of hym to þulke Ioie ous bringe
þat his saule is to wente after oure endynge

Attributed Title: Albryȝt (RT)

3.Source: London, British Library Cotton Julius D.IX, ff. 160v-161v

First Lines:

SEint ailbriȝt þe holi king king was of englonde
þe kinges sone aþeldreþ þat gret poer hadde an honde…

Last Lines:

…nou god for þe loue of him to þilke ioie ous bringe
þat his soule is to ywent after our endinge

Note: “Capitulum lxxiii” added to left margin by later hand (f. 160v).

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of British Library Cotton Julius MS D IX. https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Julius_D_IX.

4.Source: London, British Library Cotton Julius D.IX, ff. 271v-272v

First Lines:

SEint ailbriȝt þe holi king king was in englonde
þe kingis sone aildreþ þat gret poer hadde an honde…

Last Lines:

…nou god for þe loue of him to such ioie ous bringe
þat his soule is to ywent after our ending

Note: “Capitulum xCvii” added to left margin by later hand (f. 271v).

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of British Library Cotton Julius MS D IX. https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Julius_D_IX.

5.Source: London, British Library Egerton 1993, ff. 154-155

First Lines:

Seint Ailbriȝt þe holi king was of engelonde
Þe kinges sone aldred þat gret power hadde an honde…

Last Lines:

…Now god for þe loue of him to þulke ioie vs bringe
Þat is soule is to iwent after oure endinge

Note: Ends “Amen” (f. 155).

Editions:

Nagy, Michael S. “Saint Æþelberht of East Anglia in the South English Legendary.” Chaucer Review 37 (200): 159-72: 165-8.