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 47
riday bi caufe our lord was feéce dxſ oropnacr / or fangupne of his erucifyed / and the ſaterdaye · by cauſe he nature is full of fleſhly ooncupiſcẽce · y lap in the ſepulcre / and thapoſtles were ſomer we faſt / by cauſe that oolere / ſholð in grete forolbe ¢ anguxſh / be lef fed and refreined /… … ſhamfulle / For the place of the mounte cauſe that marche is teyoꝛted to Jnfancp of Caluarꝑ where as malefactouꝛs and Some & yongthe · Se ptẽbre to ſtedfaſte eꝛimynell perſones were put to execucõꝝ age ¢ vertuous / And wynteꝛ to aunci End fe was there put to deth right fous ent or olð age / We…
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