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Author: Horstmann, Carl, 1851-
Title: Prosalegenden die legende des ms. Douce 114 (dialekt von Nottinghamshire?) / [ed. C. Horstmann].
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Transcribed from: Anglia : zeitschrift für Englische philologie. Vol. 8, p. [102]-196.
Halle a. S: Max Niemeyer, 1885
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/CME00060

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PROSALEGENDEN.
Einleitung.
1. (S. Elizabeth of Spalbeck.)
Þe Apologe of the compilour.
Here bigynneþ þe lyfe of seint Eliȝabeth of Spalbeck in þe shyre of Losse, bisyde an Abbey of Nunnys þat is callid Herkenrode.
¶ What she doþ for þe oure of matynes.
What sche doþ for þe oure of prime.
What sche doth for þe oure of teers.
What sche doth for þe oures of sexte, noon, & euensonge.
What she doþ at þe oure of complyn.
What sche doþ atte the Masse tyme.
2. (S. Christina mirabilis.)
Here biginneth þe prologe in þe lyfe of seinte Cristin þe merue∣lous of þe towne of seinte Trudous in Hasban.
Here bigynnith þe lyfe of seint Cristyn þe meruelous.
¶ ow sche was noryshed. Cap. I.
¶ How Cristyn was deed. Cap. II.
¶ How she was ledde oute of body, and how sche was broghte to þe body ageyne. Cap. III.
¶ How she was taken of hir frendys and delyuerid of oure lorde, and fedde with hir owne maydenly pappe. Cap. IV.
¶ How she wente in to watirs. ¶ Cap. V.
How she was turmentyd in fyere. Cap. VI.
¶ How sche was turmentid in water. Cap. VII.
¶ How sche was turmentyd in whelys. Cap. VIII.
¶ How she was turmentyd in þornes and breerys, and she was chaced of dogges. Cap. IX.
¶ Of þe sotiltee of hir body, & how she was whan she prayed. Cap. X.
¶ How hir legge was broken & (she) taken & delyered of oure lorde. Cap. XI.
¶ How oyle spronge fro hir pappes, & so was laten go of hir frendys. Cap. XII.
How þere was made a generalle prayere of Religious folke for Cristyne. Cap. XIII.
How hir lyfe was temperid to men. Cap. XIV.
How she was constreyned of spirite to lyue wiþ almes and as a man. Cap. XV.
Of hym þat she tooke drynke of. Cap. XVI.
How it was to hir whan she eet almes of yuel doers; & what was hir mete. Cap. XVII.
Of hir sorowe and weymentacyone þat she hadde for þe dampnyd, & ioye for þe saued. Cap. XVIII.
How she hadde þe spirite of prophecy Cap. XIX.
How she proferyd a manslaghter. Cap. XX.
How she profecyed apostasy of a Nunne. Cap. XXI.
How she halpe a nobil man biȝonde þe see. Cap. XXII.
How she profecyed þat Jerusalem shulde be taken with paynemes. Cap. XXIII.
How sche profecyed a grete hungyr to come. Þe foure and twenty Chapiter.
How she ensautid þe worlde, for hit knewe not his creature. Cap. XXV.
How she vndurstode by goddes techyng alle holy writ. Cap. XXVI.
How mykel she was worshepyd of the Erille Lowys. Cap. XXVII.
Oþer stirynge wordes she hadde. Cap. XXVIII.
How she prophecyed greuauns to þe same Erle. Cap. XXIX.
What she didde in þe deþe of þe same Erile. Cap. XXX.
How she toke parte of purgatory peynes. Cap. XXXI.
How she hadde hir in þe laste ȝeere of hir lyfe. Cap. XXXII.
A tale of dan Thomas, abbot of seinte Trudous. Cap. XXXIII.
The manere of hir lyfe, or she deyed. Cap. XXXIV.
Of hir sieknes byfore hir dethe. Cap. XXXV.
Of hir secounde deþ & how she lyued agayne, and þe þridde tyme deyed. Cap. XXXVI.
Of hir sepulture, & translacyone of hire body. Cap. XXXVII.
The conclusyon of þe booke. Cap. XXXVIII.
3. (S. Mary of Oegines [Oignies].)
A litil prologe of þe englyshe compyloure.
Here bigynneþ þe lyfe of seint Mary of Oegines.
Of hir childe-hode Cap. pm.
Of hir matrymoyn. Cap. II.
Of þe conuersacyone of hir spouse, and þat þey forsoke þe worlde and lyued chast. Cap. III.
Of the dispisynge and persecueyoun of hire cosyns. Cap. IV.
Of hir compunxione and teerys. Cap. V.
Of hir shryfte. Cap. VI.
Of hir penauns and satisfaceyone. Cap. VII.
Of fastynge. Cap. VIII.
Of hir prayer. Cap. IX.
Of hir wakynge & slepe. Cap. X.
Of hir cloþes. Cap. XI.
Of þe labour of hir handys. Cap. XII.
Of hir biriynge & composicyone of chere and of oþere membrys. Cap. XIII.
Here bigynneþ þe Chapiters of þe secounde boke:
Of þe dyuerste of vertues of þe kynges doghter, and seuen giftes of þe holy gost. Cap. I.
Of þe spirite of goddes drede. Cap. II.
Of þe spirite of pyte.
Of þe spirite of connynge. Cap. IV.
Of þe spirit of strengþe. Cap. V.
Of þe spirite of counseil. Cap. VI.
Of þe spirite of vndirstondynge. Cap. VII.
Of þe spirite of wisdam. Cap. VIII.
Of hir comynge to Oegines. Cap. IX.
Of hir dwellynge at Oegines and of þoo þynges þat felle to hir in þe same place. Cap. X.
Of hir songe. Cap. XI.
Of hir sieknes byfore hir deþ. Cap. XII.
Of hir deþ. Cap. XIII.
4. Ueber S. Katerina of Senis.
(Brief des Stephan von Senis.)
A shorte Apologetik of þis englisshe compyloure.