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 84
d Bpo me / and it foloweth / to thende that J ſbolð comforte the wepars of ſyõ / that ben the doughteꝛs that ſawe god wherof fav ſaynt gregoꝛpe / The holy gooſt is wayllyng for their ſyñes that they haue cõmyſe d / he maketh redp hope of paꝛdoñ in lxftyng theyr heꝛtes fw affliccõn of fo is he Hat… … id fone of god wol
Saints -- Legends · Imprint 1493
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