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
+E+ft{er} ham ich iseh towart te p{at}riarches. ⁊ te
p{ro}ph{et}es þe makied swuch murhðe þ̵ ha {255} aren nuðe i þ̵
ilke lont of blisse þ̵ ha hefden of feor igret ear on eorðe ⁊
seoð nu al þ̵ isoðet. þ̵ ha hefden longe ear icwiddet of ure
lau{er}d as he hefde ischawed ha{m} igastelich sihðe. +I+ch iseh
þe apostles poure. ⁊ lah on eorðe. ifullet ⁊ bigoten al of
unimete blisse sitten i trones. ant al under hare uet þ̵ heh is
i þe worlde. ȝarowe forte {260} demen i þe dei of dome kinges ⁊
keiseres. ⁊ alle cunreadnes of alle cunnes ledenes. [f. 79r]
+I+ch biheolt te Martyrs. ⁊ hare unimete murhðe þe þoleden her
pinen. ⁊ deað for ure lau{er}d. ⁊ lihtliche talden to alles
cunnes neowcins. ⁊ eorðliche tintreohen aȝeines þe blisse þ̵
godd in hare heorte schawede ham to cumene.
[Linenote:
255. _ha_] _ha ha_ MS.]
+E+ft{er} ham {265} ich biheolt þe cunfessurs hird þe liueden
igod lif. ⁊ haliche deiden. þe schineð as doð steorren iþe eche
blissen. ⁊ seoð godd in his wlite þ̵ haueð alle teares iwipet of
hare ehnen. +I+ch iseh þ̵ schene ⁊ þ̵ brihte fer`r´eden of þe
eadi meidnes ilikest towart engles. ant feolohlukest wið ham
blissin ⁊ gleadien. þe libbinde iflesche ou{er}gað {270}
flesches lahe ant ou{er}cumeð cunde þe leadeð heouenlich lif in
eorðe as ha wunieð hare murhðe. ⁊ hare blisse. þe feierl`e´ac of
hare wlite. þe swetnesse of hare song{;} ne mei na tunge tellen.
Alle ha singeð þe þer beoð. Ah hare song ne mahe nane buten heo
singen. Se swote sme`a´l ham folheð hwider{}se ha wendeð. þ̵ me
mahte libben {275} aa bi þe swotnesse. hwam se heo bisecheð
fore{;} is sikerliche iborhen. for aȝein hare bisocnen{;} godd
him seolf ariseð þ̵ alle þe oðre halhen sittende ihereð.
[Linenotes:
266. _cunfessurs_] _urs_ above _ọṛẹṣ_ MS.]
++Swiðe wel q{uo}ð warschipe likeð us þ̵ tu seist. Ah nu þu
hauest se wel iseið of euch a setnesse{;} of þe seli sunder
lepes sumhwet sei {280} us nu hwuch blisse is to alle iliche
meane{;} ⁊ liues luue hire ondswereð. [f. 79v] Þe imeane blisse
is seouenfald. lengðe of lif. wit. ⁊ luue. ⁊ of þe luue a
gleadunge. wið{}ute met murie. loft song. ⁊ lihtschipe. ant
sikernesse. is þe seoueðe. þah ich þis seið warschipe sumdel
understonde{;} þu most unwreo þis witerluker ⁊ openin to þeos
oðre. {285} ant hit schal beon seið liues luue warschipe as þu
wilnest.
++Ha liuieð á in awlite. þ̵ is brihtre seoueuald. ⁊ schenre þen
þe sunne. ant eau{er} in a strengðe to don buten euch swinc al
þ̵ ha wulleð. ⁊ eau{er} mare in a steal in al þ̵ eauer god is
wið{}ute wonunge. wið{}uten euch þing þ̵ mahe hearmin oðer
eilin. {290} in al þ̵ eau{er} is. softe oðer swote. ⁊ hare lif
is godes sihðe. ⁊ godes cnawlechunge as ure lau{er}d seide. þ̵
is q{uo}ð he eche lif to seon ⁊ cnawen sod godd. ⁊ him þ̵ he
sende ih{es}u c{ri}st ure lau{er}d to ure alesnesse ⁊ beoð for
þi ilich him iþe ilke wlite þ̵ he is. for ha seoð him as he is.
nebbe to nebbe.
[Linenote:
291. After _⁊ godes_, an erasure MS.]
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