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
+W+it{er}[liche quoð] warschipe. wel we understondeð {330} þ̵ tu
hauest ibeo þear ⁊ soð hauest iseid trof. eft{er} þi sihðe. ant
wel is him þ̵ is war. ⁊ bisið him hu he mahe beast halden his
hus þ̵ godes tresor is in aȝeines godes unwine þe weorreð þer
towart a wið unþeawes. for þet. schal bringen hi{m} þider as he
schal. al þis þ̵ tu hauest ispeken of an hundret siðe mare of
blisse buten euch bale {335} folhin ⁊ ifinden. Q{uo}ð strengðe
hwen hit swa is{;} hwet mei tweamen us from godd ⁊ hald[en us
þeonne. ich] am siker ine godd. [þ̵ ne schal lif ne deað{;} ne
wa] ne wunne nowðer [to dealen us ant his luue. ah al þis] us
haueð igarc [f. 10r] ket. ȝef we as treowe tresures witeð wel
his tresor þ̵ is bitaht us to{}halden. as we schulen ful wel
undeR his wengen. {340}
[Linenotes:
339. MS. Bod. ends with _igarc_; the rest is from MS. Royal
17 A 27.]
++Varpeð ut quoð warschipe{;} farlac ure fa. nis nawt riht þ̵ an
hus halde þeos tweien. for þeR as murðes sonde is{;} ⁊ soð luue
of eche lif. farlac is fleme. nu ut quoð strenðe farlac ne
schaltu na leng{er}e leuen in uRe ende. nu q{uo}ð `he´ ich seide
for god al þ̵ ich seide. ⁊ þah hit muri nere nes na lessere mi
tale þe{n} wes murhðes {345} sondes ne unbihefre to ow. þah hit
ne beo so licwurðe ne icweme. Eiðer of ow haueð his stunde to
speokene. ne nis i{n}ckeR noðres tale to schunien in his time.
þu warnest of wa. he telleð of wunne. muche neod is þ̵ me ow ba
ȝeornliche hercni. Flute nu faRlac þah. hwil liues luue is
heRinne. ⁊ þole wið efne heorte þe dom of rihtwisnesse. {350}
for þu schal[t]. ful bliðeliche beon under{}fon in as ofte as
liues luue stutteð forto spekene.
++Nv is wil þ̵ husewif al stille. þ̵ eR wes so willesful.
Al{}ituht efter wittes wissunge þ̵ is husebonde. ⁊ Al þ̵ hird
halt him stille. þ̵ wes i{}wunet to beon fulitohen ⁊ don efteR
wil haRe lefdi. Ant {355} nawt efteR wit{;} lustneð nu his lare.
⁊ fondeð eueR euchan efteR þ̵ him limpeð to. þ{urh} þeos twa
sonden. þ̵ ha i{}heRd habbeð. ⁊ þ̵ fowr sustren lerden þruppe
for euch unþeawes inȝong his warde te witene. ant{}te waRden
treowliche. [f. 10v]
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