DIMEV 2431
IMEV 1441
NIMEV 1441
I-heareth of one little tale that I you will tell
The Passion of Our Lord — 706 lines in couplets
Subjects: Christ, Passion of; Passion, meditations o
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Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Ashmole 1449 (SC 7554), pp. 163-166
First Lines:Hereþ uv one lutele tale . þat ich eu wille telle
As we
vyndeþ hit iwrite in þe godspelle…
Last Lines:…þet heo hyne myhte wreye and don of lyf daye
As hit nehyh
lechte to
Attributed Title: Ici cumence la passiun Ihu Crist en engleis. Incip. prologus (p.
163)
2.Source: Oxford, Jesus College 29, Part II, ff. 144-155
First Lines:Ihereþ ny one lutele tale þat ich eu wille telle
As we
vyndeþ hit i write in þe godspelle…
Last Lines:…And heo vre erende bere sois hire ywune
Mid alle oþer
halewe to hire swete sune Amen
Note: Transcript by Lhuyd in Oxford, Bodleian Library Ashmole 1449 (SC 7554), pp.163-6.
Attributed Title: Ici cumence la passyun ihesu crist en engleys (f. 144)
Editions: Morris, Richard,
ed.
An Old English Miscellany: A Bestiary, Kentish Sermons, Proverbs of
Alfred and Religious Poems of the Thirteenth Century.
EETS
o.s. 49 (1872); repr. 1988: 37-57.