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 590
hel “Oy El the olher ke pe the eytres / vo wnes the caf theym / ¶ Quod ipſe pteſtatur / quſ in tellis and the fawbourghs / they ben depu fine viuit et regnat in ſecul a ſerulq / ted Ms the 11 of ee bis ſta/ G&mey. ; | ( ed peple / and the caſtellis of Relygyon: Saran and ? 46 ly fot | te of vyrgyns… … hadde bey a wynde blowyng wyth a fof te delwe: Oy thyſe enſamples we maye i vInderſtõde that we ought to gyue hon in this legende / that Ibero mu ö our to the foly oompanpe of angels. ¢ preted an holy lawe: De was ferfo to prape theym to kepe vs ty the wret⸗ oa chyd lyf / from our enempes the deuil…
Saints -- Legends · Imprint 1493
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