GRAMMATICAL DETAILS: Pronouns [Footnote 59] ... Page 91, l. 72. [l, 72.] _hi_ (A.S. _hí_) [_closing ) missing_] The same construction [“The same] ----: Verbs _comes me, runs me_, Ib. Act 3, Sc. 1. [me_. Ib.] Nom. I, thou, he, ho, hit. [he ho] PRETERITE TENSE. [_. missing_] (I) hopede[64] (hoped), (We) hopeden. [hopeden,] Wreke (avenge), wrek, wroken. [(avenge) wrek,] Class III. Drawe, draȝe, droȝ, drawen. [drawen,] Helpe, halp, holpen. [holpen,] Sterve (die), starf, storven. [storveu] Schal, „ scholde, schulde. [_. missing_] ----: Adverbs The Norse forms _hethen_, _quethen_ [Ths Norse] _thence_, (_thennes_), etc. [_opening ( missing; “etc{t}” with italic {t} for ._] CONTRACTIONS: Ger. [_the abbreviations O.H.G. and M.H.G. are not listed_] N.P.E. [_note that this abbreviation is never used_] Prompt. Parv. Promptorium Parvulorum [Prampt.] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE PEARL. [Headnotes: A FATHER VISITS HIS CHILD’S GRAVE, AND THERE FALLING ASLEEP, HE DREAMS. HE SEES A BEAUTIFUL FOREST, WHICH CAUSES HIS GRIEF TO ABATE. THE FATHER SEES HIS LOST CHILD DRESSED IN WHITE ROBES. THE MAIDEN ADDRESSES HER FATHER. SHE TELLS HIM OF HER BLISS. DEATH IS THE ROAD TO PARADISE. ALL MUST ABIDE GOD’S DOOM. THE BEREAVED PARENT ASKS HIS CHILD’S PITY. SHE DESCRIBES HER MODE OF LIFE. MARY IS THE EMPRESS OF HEAVEN. THE PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. THE PAYMENT OF THE LABOURERS. THE APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE. GOD IS NO NIGGARD. PARADISE WAS LOST THROUGH AN APPLE. INNOCENTS ARE SAVED BY RIGHT. CHRIST BLESSED LITTLE CHILDREN. FORSAKE THE MAD WORLD. THE LAMB AND HIS BRIDES. THE LAMB WAS SLAIN IN JERUSALEM. THE VISION OF SAINT JOHN. THE ABODE OF CHRIST’S BRIDES. THE OLD AND NEW JERUSALEM. A DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. NO SUN NOR MOON IN HEAVEN. NO CHURCH IN HEAVEN. A PROCESSION OF VIRGINS. HE WISHES TO CROSS THE STREAM. THE FATHER OF THE MAIDEN AWAKES. GOD GIVE US GRACE TO SERVE HIM.] [Headnote: A FATHER VISITS HIS CHILD’S GRAVE, AND THERE FALLING ASLEEP, HE DREAMS.] I. [Sidenote: [Fol. 39a.]] [Sidenote: Description of a lost pearl (_i.e._ a beloved child). The father laments the loss of his pearl.] Perle plesau{n}te to prynces paye, To clanly clos in golde so clere, Oute of oryent I hardyly saye, Ne proued I neu{er} her precios pere, 4 So rou{n}de, so reken in vche araye, So smal, so smoþe her sydeȝ were. Quere-so-eu{er} I Iugged ge{m}meȝ gaye, I sette hyr sengeley i{n} synglure; 8 Allas! I leste hyr i{n} on erbere, Þurȝ gresse to grou{n}de hit fro me yot;[1] I dewyne for-dolked of luf daungere, Of þat pryuy perle w{i}t{h}-outen spot. 12 [Sidenote 1: ? _got._]