| 19The Bishop of the Jews' dream.
after, when the Bischoppe hadd made his sacrafice, and was of the
lyand in prayers, he fell on slomeryng and ane Angelle appered
vn-till hym and sayd, 'Be nowte ferd,' quoth he, ' bot swythe
4 gere araye honestly all the stretis of (the) citee, and caste open
the yates, and warne all the folke that thay aray tham in whitte
clethynge, and thi-selfe & alle the prestis reuestey yow solerapnely,
and to-morne arely wendey furthe of the citee agaynes Alexander
8 in processioun. For hym by-houey regne & be lorde of alle
the werlde. Bot at the laste the wrethe of godd sall falle apon
hym.' When the bischoppe wakened of his slepe, he called till
hym the iewes and talde tham his reuelacion, and bad tham do
12 all als the Angelle hade schewed hym. And thay did so. For
thay arayed the stretey of the cetee and cledde tham in whitte
clethynge, and the bischope & the prestis reueste tham, and
bathe thay and alle the folke went furthe of the citee till a place
16 whare the temple & all the citee may be seen. And thare thay
habade the comynge of Alexander. And when Alexander come
nere this foresaid place, and sawe be-for hym swilke a multitude
of folke, cledd alle in whitte, and the prestey; arayed solempnely
20 in riche vestymentis, and the byschope also in his pontyfycales
and a mytir one his heued, and thare-apon a plate of golde,
whare-one was wretyn the name of grete godd Tetragramaton, he
commaunded all his men that thay schulde halde tham) by-hynd
24 hym, and habyde till he com to tham. And he lighte off his
horse, and went bi hym ane to the iewes, And knelid down to
the erthe and wirchippede the hye name of godd, that he saw
thare wretyn apon the bischopes heued. And than alle the iewes
28 knelid doun & saluste Alexander and cried all wit a voyce:
'lyff lyffe,' quoth thay, ' grete Alexander, lyffe, lyffe the gretteste
Emperour of the werlde, lyffe he that sall ouer-com all men and
noyte be ouercomen. Prynce maste gloryous and maste worthy
32 of all the princey that regney apon erthe.' When the kyngey of
Surry saw this, thay hadd grete wonder thare-off. And a prynce
of Alexanders, that highte Parmenon, said vn-till Alexander:
' Mi lorde the Emperour,' quoth he, ' we mervelle vs gretely that
36 thou, wham all men wirchippey and lowtey, wirchippey here the
bischope of the Iewes.' And Alexander ansuered, ' I wirchipe
noyte hym,' this quoth he, 'Bot Godd whase state he presentey.
For when I was in Macedoyne, and vmbithoghte me, on what
Translation | 19The Bishop of the Jews' dream.
after, when the Bischoppe hadd made his sacrafice, and was of the
lyand in prayers, he fell on slomeryng and ane Angelle appered
vn-till hym and sayd, 'Be nowte ferd,' quoth he, ' bot swythe
4 gere araye honestly all the stretis of (the) citee, and caste open
the yates, and warne all the folke that thay aray tham in whitte
clethynge, and thi-selfe & alle the prestis reuestey yow solerapnely,
and to-morne arely wendey furthe of the citee agaynes Alexander
8 in processioun. For hym by-houey *regne & be lorde of alle
the werlde. Bot at the laste the wrethe of godd sall falle apon
hym.' When the bischoppe wakened of his slepe, he called till
hym the iewes and talde tham his reuelacion, and bad tham do
12 all als the Angelle hade schewed hym. And thay did so. For
thay arayed the stretey of the cetee and cledde tham in whitte
clethynge, and the bischope & the prestis reueste tham, and
bathe thay and alle the folke went furthe of the citee till a place
16 whare the temple & all the citee may be seen. And thare thay
habade the comynge of Alexander. And when Alexander come
nere this foresaid place, and sawe be-for hym swilke a multitude
of folke, cledd alle in whitte, and the prestey; arayed solempnely
20 in riche vestymentis, and the byschope also in his pontyfycales
and a mytir one his heued, and thare-apon a plate of golde,
whare-one was wretyn the name of grete godd Tetragramaton, he
commaunded all his men that thay schulde halde tham) by-hynd
24 hym, and habyde till he com to tham. And he lighte off his
horse, and went bi hym ane to the iewes, And knelid down to
the erthe and wirchippede the hye name of godd, that he saw
thare wretyn apon the bischopes heued. And than alle the iewes
28 knelid doun & saluste Alexander and cried all wit a voyce:
'lyff lyffe,' quoth thay, ' grete Alexander, lyffe, lyffe the gretteste
Emperour of the werlde, lyffe he that sall ouer-com all men and
noyte be ouercomen. Prynce maste gloryous and maste worthy
32 of all the princey that regney apon erthe.' When the kyngey of
Surry saw this, thay hadd grete wonder thare-off. And a prynce
of Alexanders, that highte Parmenon, said vn-till Alexander:
' Mi lorde the Emperour,' quoth he, ' we mervelle vs gretely that
36 thou, wham all men wirchippey and lowtey, wirchippey here the
bischope of the Iewes.' And Alexander ansuered, ' I wirchipe
noyte hym,' this quoth he, 'Bot Godd whase state he presentey.
For when I was in Macedoyne, and vmbithoghte me, on what
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