Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1: Texts
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Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1: Texts
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500
++Hercnið nu þenne he seið. ⁊ ȝeornliche understondeð. [I]ch am
murðes sonde. ⁊ munegunge of eche lif. ant liues luue i{}haten ⁊
cume riht from heouene þ̵ ich habbe isehen nu ant ofte ear {220}
þe blisse þ̵ na monnes tunge ne mei of tellen. þe iblescede godd
iseh ow offruhte. ⁊ sumdel drupnin of þ̵ fearlac talde of deað.
⁊ of helle. ant sende me to gleadien ow. nawt for{}þi þ̵ hit ne
beo al soð þ̵ he seide. ⁊ þ̵ schulen alle uuele fondin. ⁊
ifinden. Ah ȝe wið þe fulst of godd ne þurue na þi{n}g dreden
for he sit on [f. 78r] he þ̵ is {225} ow on helpe. ⁊ is al
wealdent þ̵ haueð ow to witene.
++A seið warschipe welcume liues luue. ant for þe luue of godd
seolf ȝef þu eauer sehe him{;} tele us sumhwet of him. ⁊ of his
eche blisse. ȝe iseoð q{uo}ð liues luue{;} Murhdes sonde. Ich
habbe isehen him ofte nawt tah alswa as he is{;} for aȝein þe
brihtnesse ⁊ te {230} liht of his leor. þe sunne gleam is dosc ⁊
þuncheð a{}schadewe. ant for{}þi ne mahte ich nawt aȝein þe
leome of his wlite lokin ne bihalden{;} bute þurh a schene
schawere bituhhe me ⁊ him þ̵ schilde mine ehnen. Swa ich habbe
ofte isehen þe hali þru{m}nesse. feader ⁊ sune. ⁊ hali gast.
þreo an unto{}dealet. ah lutle hwile ich mahte þolie {235} þe
leome. ah su{m}mes weis ich mahte bihalden ure lau{er}d ih{es}u
c{ri}st. godes sune þ̵ bohte us o rode. Hu he sit blisful on his
feader riht half þ̵ is al wealdent rixleð i þ̵ eche lit bute
linnunge. se unimete feier{;} þ̵ te engles ne beoð neau{er} ful
on him to bihalden. ant ȝet ich iseh etscene þe studen of his
wunden. ⁊ hu he schaweð ham his {240} feader to cuðen hu he
luuede us ⁊ hu he wes buhsum to him þe sende him swa to alesen
us ⁊ bisecheð him a for mo{n}cu{n}nes heale.
[Linenotes:
229. After _habbe_, _him ofte_ deleted MS. || 234. _mine_ above
_meine_ MS.: after _habbe_, _ofsee_ deleted MS.]
++Eft{er} him ich iseh on heh ou{er} alle heouenliche þe eadi
meiden his moder marie i ne{m}pnet sitten in [f. 78v] a trone se
swiðe briht wid ȝimmes i stirret. ⁊ hire wlite se weoleful{;} þ̵
euch eorðlich liht{;} is {245} þeoster þe[r]o{}ȝeines. þear ich
iseh as ha bit hire deore wurðe sune se ȝeornliche. ⁊ se
inwardliche for þeo þ̵ hire seruið. ⁊ he hire ȝetteð blideliche
al þ̵ ha bi secheð. Þet liht þa ich ne mahte lengre þolien{;}
Ich biseh to þe engles ⁊ to þe archangles ant to þe oðre{;} þe
beoð buuen ham. iblescede gastes þe beoð a biuore godd ⁊ seruið
him {250} eau{er}. ⁊ singeð a unwergeð. Nihe wordes þer beoð. ah
hu ha beoð i{}ordret ⁊ sunderliche isette. þe an buue þe oðre. ⁊
euchanes meoster were long to tellen. Se muche murhðe ich hefde
on hare on sihðe{;} þ̵ ne mahte `ich´ longe hwile elles hwider
lokin.
[Linenote:
245. After _se_, _wle_ deleted.]
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