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 851
hym le toke from greke in do latyn by faint anaſtayſye g bi all his tẽvoꝛell goodes g finaly ſmote ſent it to charles the empꝛrour & the pret hym wytß ſuche a ſekeneſſe / that he had ſyng e reuerence of god whom bi the me rytes of the ſayd gloꝛxons mattyr fainé no membre wlerwith he might helpe him… … bert ¢ daugoberte. ⁊ was extract or oo the ſeruaunte and bolde it to his mayſter me out of the moſt excellent lignage that whiche anſ werd to hym: god that made was iy al ÿ regxon / his fader had to na me map ſaue me pf it pleſe hym:a wyth me conſtantiꝝ / ¢ his modeꝛ was tallyd out his pleſure no…
Saints -- Legends · Imprint 1493
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