Our Ladys Tumbler a Twelfth Century Legend Done Out of Old French Into English
Our Ladys Tumbler a Twelfth Century Legend Done Out of Old French Into English
Philip Henry Wicksteed
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I shall ne'er be OUR LADY'S TUMBLER blamed for it, if I do what I have learned, and serve the mother of God in her monastery according to my trade. The rest serve in chant- ing, and I will serve in tumbling. " He removes his cloak and strips himself, and lays his clothes beside the altar; but, that his flesh be not all naked, he keeps on an under- coat, right fine and thin, scarce more than a shift. Then he stood, just in his body, well girt and adorned. He girds his coat and takes his stand, t...urns towards the image right humbly, and looks upon it. " Lady, " says he, " to your protection I commend my body and my soul. Sweet queen, sweet lady, despise not what I know: for I would fain essay to serve you in good faith, if God aid me, without guile. I can nor chant, nor read to you ; but, certes, I would pick for He offers such service as he knows. OUR LADY'S TUMBLER How he leaps before Our Lady. You a choice of all my finest feats. Now, may I be like the bull-calf that leaps and bounds before his mother.
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