Digital Index of Middle English Verse: No. 1016

DIMEV 1016

IMEV 622

NIMEV 622

Christ that was crucified for sinners unkind

The Lady who buried the Host, a miracle — seventeen 8-line stanzas

Note: Ringler Jr. (1992)

XRingler Jr., William A. Bibliography and Index of English Verse in Manuscript 1501-1558. London: Mansell, 1992; prepared and completed by Michael Rudick and Susan J. Ringler

, TM 310.

Title(s): The Lady who buried the Host

Subjects: miracles; Host

Versification: — eight-line — ababbcbc

Manuscript Witnesses:

1.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ee.4.35, Part I, ff. 3-5

First Lines:

Creyst that was cruciffeyed ffor synys on kynd
Gyffe me varey happe & gras…

Last Lines:

…And ȝeff hos gras when we hens waynde
To recyue owre god yn fforme of bred

Note: Followed by 1502.

Attributed Title: Explycit ysta ffabula (f. 5)

2.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ff.2.38, ff. 54rb-55ra

First Lines:

Cryst þat was crucyfyed for synners vnkynde
Gyf me very happe & tokyn in þys cas
To meve of þys mater þat y of mynde
Clenly to declare god grunt me hys grace…

Last Lines:

…And geue vs grace when we hens wende
To resceyue oure god in forme of bredd

Attributed Title: Here foloweþ a good ensaumple of a lady þat was in dyspeyre (f. 54rb)

Facsimiles:

McSparran, Frances, and Pamela R. Robinson. “Introduction.” Cambridge University Library MS Ff.2.38. London: Scolar Press, 1979.

Editions:

Hartshorne, Charles Henry. Ancient Metrical Tales. London: W. Pickering, 1829: 134-44.

3.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ff.5.48, ff. 116v-118v

First Lines:

God þat on the rode was rent
Graunt me grace redely to know þe case…

Last Lines:

…Soo þat we [ ] at oure endyng
[ ] in forme of brede

Note: Variant; portions deleted by damp and chemical treatments.

Editions:

Downing, Janay Young A., ed. “A Critical Edition of Cambridge University MS Ff.5.48.” 2 vols. Diss. University of Washington, 1969: 300-4.

4.Source: London, British Library Harley 3810, Part I, ff. 10v-13

First Lines:

Cryst þat was crowned with ou[ ] vyses vnkind
Grant me gayly to kenne this case…

Last Lines:

…god graunt with all þy blessyng bere
þat leveþ in god in forme of brede

Note: Phrased differently than other MSS; refrain varies stanza to stanza.

Attributed Title: Explicit panem vite (f. 13)

Editions:

Jordan, Richard. “Kleinere Dichtungen der Handschrfit Harley 3810.” Englische Studien 41 (1910): 253-66: 256-61.

priven: verb To deprive (sb.) of (sth.), deny (sb. sth.); ppl. prived, bereaved, bereft of, deprived of; without; (b) ~ of (from), to deprive (sb. of sth.), deny (sth. to sb.), exclude (sb. from sth.); prived of (from), deprived of (sth.), bereft of; lacking, without; ben of god priving, be a robber of goods; (c) to depose (sb.), dismiss; ~ of (from), deprive (sb.) of (power, kingdom, etc.), remove or dismiss (sb.) from (office or position); (d) to take (sth.) away; prevent (sth.), deny, oppose; weaken (the body); -- also without obj. MED