The covent eek lay on the pavement,

Wepynge and herying Cristės mooder deere,
And after that they ryse and forth been went,

And tooken awey this martir from his beere; 1870 And in a tombe of marbul stones cleere,

Enclosen they his litel body sweete :

Ther he is now, God leve us for to meete!

O yongé Hugh of Lyncoln, slayn also With cursed Jewes, as it is notáble,

For it is but a litel while ago,

1875

Preye eek for us, we synful folk unstable,
That of his mercy God, so merciable,

On us his gretė mercy multiplie

For reverence of his mooder, Marie. Amen.

1880

Bihoold the murye wordes of the Hoost to Chaucer

Whan seyd was al this miracle, every man

As sobre was that wonder was to se,

Til that oure Hoosté japen tho bigan,

And thanne at erst he looked upon me,

1884

And seydė thus: "What man artow?" quod he ; "Thou lookest as thou woldest fynde an hare; For evere upon the ground I se thee stare.

1868. herying, E2 heryen. 1871. tombe, E temple.

1874. yonge Hugh of Lyncoln,

Isaid to have been cruci

fied by the Jews in 1255.

1881. Whan seyd, etc., note that these "murye

wordes are in stanzas instead of the usual couplets.

1883. japen tho, so Corp.2; E japen to, H to jape.

1884. me, glossed s. Chaucer.

Approché neer, and looke up murily.

1890

Now war yow, sires, and lat this man have place;
He in the waast is shape as wel as I;
This were a popet in an arm tenbrace
For any womman smal, and fair of face.
He semeth elvyssh by his contenaunce,
For unto no wight dooth he daliaunce.

Sey now somwhat, syn oother folk han sayd; 1895
Telle us a tale of myrthe, and that anon."
"Hoosté," quod I, "ne beth nat yvele apayd,
For oother talė certės kan I noon,

But of a rym I lerned longe agoon."

1899

"Ye, that is good," quod he, "now shul we heere Som deyntee thyng, me thynketh by his cheere!"

His heer, his berd, was lyk saffroun,
That to his girdel raughte adoun ;

Hise shoon of cordéwane.

Of Brugges were his hosen broun,
His robe was of syklatoun

That costė many a jane.

He koudė hunte at wildė deer,
And ride an haukyng for river

With grey goshauk on honde;
Ther-to he was a good archeer;

1920

1925

Ther spryngen herbės grete and smale,
The lycorys and cetéwale

1950

And many a clowe-gylofre,

And notémuge to putte in ale,
Wheither it be moyste or stale,

Or for to leye in cofre.

The briddės synge, it is no nay,
The sparhauk and the papėjay,

That joye it was to heere.

The thrustelcok made eek hir lay,
The wodėdowve upon the spray

She sang ful loude and cleere.

Sire Thopas fil in love-longýnge
Al whan he herde the thrustel synge,
And pryked as he were wood;

1949. Bitidde, befallen. 1951. cetewale, valerian. 1957. papejay, parrot.

1963. thrustel, H briddes.

1964. wood, mad.

1955

1960