‘þe lyfe of Celestyn’ — 147 5-line stanzas
Subjects: Celestin, saint, life of; saints’ lives
Versification: —
five-line —
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1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 463 (SC 1596), ff. 118
v-124
va
First Lines:Al of a storie I wile ȝou rede
hou euery man aughte synne
drede
If þat he thenke wel to spede
ffor godes
myght…
Last Lines:…þat non of vs ne falle þer yn
Be nyght ne
day
And bring vs lord to þi blisse
þat lasteþ
ay
Note: Set forth with fourth line to right of preceding three and with fifth
and sixth written as one with punctuation between.
Editions: Horstmann, Carl.
“Die Legenden von Celestin und Susanna.”
Anglia
1 (1878): 55-101, 390-1: 67-85.