Here begynneth the legende named in Latyn Legenda aurea, : that is to say in Englysshe the Golden legende : for lyke as passeth golde in valewe al other metallys, soo thys legende excedeth all other bokes
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298 · [Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde] · leaf 156
flock fro the wuklues: And after the pe” fo make hym ceaffe of this hurte g ble⸗ chure / of this 8 abate faint Spl re of thyncarna tion of our koꝛd thre hon dred ¢ twenty le departed oute of this ueſtre put hym ſelf to prapeꝛ: and faint peter appyered to hym and ſaid / go ſure woꝛld and flept in… … de the ſathanas: that thou abyde hym in Crpftey fapth cruely tormented wheꝛfoß this place tyk that he came / thenne thou / re he fkedde in to the deſerte / Emõge tofo | ſhakt bynde his mouth wytß a threde / ¢ me be ſawe two cruellx tour mented: te fealed hp thy (cal wlerin is thempꝛin fyrſt for…
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