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
+H+a beoð se wise þ̵ ha witen {295} alle godes reades. his runes
⁊ his domes þe derne beoð. ⁊ deopre þen eni sea dingle. ha seoð
igodd alle þing. ⁊ witen of al þ̵ is ⁊ wes ⁊ eau{er} schal
iwurden. hwet hit beo. hwi. ⁊ hwerto ⁊ hwer{}of hit bigunne.
+H+a luuieð god wið{}ute met. for þ̵ ha understondeð hu he haueð
bi ham idon þurh his muchele godlec ⁊ hwet ha ahen his {300}
deorewurde milce to ȝelden. ant euch{}an luueð oðer ase muchel
as him seoluen.
+S+e gleade ha beoð of godd{;} þ̵ al is hare blisse. se muchel
[f. 80r] þ̵ ne mei hit munne na muð. ne spealie [na speche] for
þi þ̵ euchan luueð oðer as him seoluen. Euchan haueð of odres
god ase muche murhðe as of his ahne. bi þis ȝe mahen seon ⁊
witen. {305} þ̵ euchan haueð sunderlepes ase feole
gleadschipes{;} as ha beod monie alle. ⁊ euch of þe ilke
gleadschipes is to eau{er} euch{}an ase muche gleadunge{;} as
his ahne sunderliche. ȝet ou{er} al þis. hwen euchan luueð godd
mare þen him seoluen. ⁊ þen alle þe odre{;} mare he gleadeð of
godd wið{}uten ei etlunge þen of his ahne gleadunge. {310} ⁊ of
alle þe oðres. Neomeð nu þenne ȝeme ȝef neau{er} anes heorte ne
mei in hire [und]eruon hire ahne gleadunge sunderliche. [iseide.
se unim]ete muchel is þe anlepi blisse. þ̵ ha nimeð i[n] hi[re]
þus monie. ⁊ þus muchele. for{}þi seide ure lau{er}d to þeo þe
him hefden icwemet.
[Linenotes:
303. This leaf of the MS. defective. || 312, 313. MS. defective
here. ]
_Intra in gaudiu{m}. et c’._ Ga q{uo}ð he in{}to þi {315}
lau{er}des blisse. þu most al gan þrin. ant al beon bigotten
þrin for in þe ne mei hit nanesweis neomen in. her{}of ha herieð
godd ⁊ singeð á un{}werget eau{er} iliche lusti in þis loft
songes. as hit iwriten is. _Beati q{ui} habitant. et c’._ Eadi
beoð þeo lau{er}d. þe iþin hus wunieð. ha schulen herien þe from
[worlde i{n}to worlde].
+H+a beoð {320} alle ase li[hte ⁊ ase swifte as þe sunne.] gleam
þe sc[heot from est into west. ase þin ehe[f. 80v]lid tuneð ant
openeð for hwer se eau{er} þe gast wule þe bodi is anan{}riht
wið{}ute lettunge. for ne mei ham na þing aȝeines etstonden. for
euch{}an is al{}mihti to don al þ̵ he wule. ȝe makie to cwakien
heouene ba ⁊ eorðe wið his an finger. {325} +S+ikere ha beoð of
al þis. of þulli lif. of þulli wit. of þulli luue ⁊ gleadunge
þrof. ⁊ of þulli blisse. þ̵ hit ne me neauer mare lutlin ne
wursin. ne neome nan ende. þis lutle ich habbe iseid of þ̵ ich
iseh in heouene ah nower neh ne{}{s}eh ich al. ne þ̵ ȝet þ̵ ich
[iseh. ne] ne con ich half tellen.
[Linenotes:
320-2. MS. defective here and at ll. 337-9. || 329. _seh_]
_neh_ MS.]
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