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AI-BON UN1> AMPHABEI-.
(BUCH Ul.)
The people slayne of theyr allyance
By theyr owne furyous gouernance ,
35° For they them seife, lyke folke that
were wode,
The slaugter made vpon theyr owne
hlode;
Lokyng behinde fyrstwhä they toke
hede & heheld
There owne brethern, cosyns and
kynred
By theyr handes lay slayne in the felde;
355 They gan to wepe 1 to se theyr woun-
des blede.
This same tyme, or they toke any hede,
They founde a man that lay lanquis-
shyng
Vpon the felde, moste pitous com-
P le Ynyng.
This syke man with a full deadly face—
360 For great constreynt of his malady —
Sawe Amphibalus forby shulde passe;
With deadly voyce gan to hvm crye:
„Seruant of god, do me socour, orldye!
For Jesu sake lowly I the requere
365 To helpe his seruant that lyeth in
myschefe here!
For by the callyng of his holy name
Ihauesuche trust in Christ Jesu andthe:
Though I lye here impotent and lame,
By thy merytes thou mayst helpe me
37° To be made hole of this infyrmyte“ —
Maugre paynyms | that can about hym
prece,
Of this clamour wolde not he sece,
In his prayer he doth alway con
tinue —
Suche fayth he had in his opinion.
375 Paynyms sawe he was importune
And so stable in his action,
Hadden in disdeyne and in derysion
His great noyse. |butmagreher felnessc
He arose vp hole ofall his olde sykenesse.
380 This seke man that lay bounde in
payne
Of olde sykenesse, greuous and im
portable,
339 I. stony. 382 lay st. led.
343) when that. 350) folkes. 352)
355) seen. 358) grounde st. felde.
375) saugh how. 376) affeccioune. 382) lad.
oute. 400) so fehlt. 402) desyrede. her st. your.
By Amphibalus, lay bounde inachayne,
Was made all hole | and of his lymmes
stable. —
This can the lorde, whiche is most
mercyable,
385 Of syke folkes here theyr complayntes
And worche myracles for his holy
sayntes. —
This myracle gracious and vnkouth
Fyrstof this man releuedof his syke
nesse —
The deth of the martyrs gan sprynge
northe and southe,
39° Of theyr wylfull sufferance with me-
kenes.
Homwarde agayne paynyms gan them
dresse; —
But thismyracle whan they dyd auerte,
Thev were greatly astonyed in theyr
herte.
Amonge them seife they brake (out)
openly,
395 Though they toChristwerecontraryous,
Of this myracle. wrought sodcnly
Thev spared not playnly to say thus:
,,The god of christen is great and
maruaylous.
Great is his vertue — the deed beareth
wytnesse —
400 To heale a mansosonein hissykenes.“
As they tolde erst, | paynyms at last
Wondcrdesyrous towardeyour contre,
They rode armed and began to hye fast,
And sped them so that they myght se
405 The crested walles of theyr citie.
As they thought that tyme for the best
After labour a whyle for to rest —
They were oppressed with hunger
and with thurst;
Forthat tyme lystno forther fortoryde,
410 And eche one of them folowyng theyr
owne lust
Chose his grounde, a certayne home (!)
to abyde;
Their shelde, theyr speres set them
downe a syde;
339 I. stony. 382 lay st. led. 373 1. contune. 402 your st. her. 401 they st. I. 411 home st. tyme.
toke hede durchstrichen, beheld nebengeschr. 353) cosens. 354) lyen.
pleynynge. 364) Jhesus. the fehlt. 367) Jhesu Crist. 371) gan.
385) folk. 389) these st. the. 392) aduerte. 394) brak
403) high hem 410) one fehlt. 412) be-syde.
