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A good man there was and a clean / A clerk men callen John
The story of Barlaam and Josaphat — in couplets
Note: For other versions, see 58 and 2965. See also 601, 2655.
Title(s): Barlaam and Josaphat
Subjects: debates; legends
Versification: — two-line — aa


Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Eng. poet. a.1 (SC 3938) [Vernon MS], ff. 100vb-103rc
First Lines:
A good mon þer was and a clene
A clerk men callen Ion Damascene…
Last Lines:
…And at heore toumbe mony on
Miracle is wrouht þorwh Godus loon
Note: Missing text due to loss of f. 102. Last lines on f. 101v: ‘Confus awei þen gon he wende / Til he com to his secunde frende’; first lines on f. 103: ‘I schal lete set vp verreyliche / An ymage of gold al to þe liche’.
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.
Editions:
Horstmann, Carl. Altenglische Legenden. Paderborn: F. Schoningh, 1875: 215-25.
MacDonald, K. S., ed. The Story of Barlaam and Joasaph, Buddhism and Christianity. Calcutta, 1895: 12.