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 573
folio CC lxxviii a prcef? whiche redde a goſpell / of whom at the laſt fhe was oonuerted: nd whan the moder of her had hadde tolde it vnto her fader in his bedde: Iheſu eryſt appieryd to theym wyth his angels ſa⸗ peng/come to me: q ſhall gyue to pow y … ih de the Jewes bo flee cryſte / &nd haue ; troubled the mey / troweſt thousz maxe not doo that thou haue a mayde wyth p and p ſe her at thy plaxyſyr / Take tl is oynement: nd enopnte wyth alle her 1 ee Ki tous wythoutforth: Nnd a ſhal come / ¢ 05 Aoſtyne the virgyne was kyndle her herte in thy…
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