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
ham þet swinkeð dei ⁊ niht iðine seruise 50
al þin hird is i{}schrud mid hwite ciclatune.
and alle heo beoð ikruned mid guldene krune.
heo beoð so read so rose so hwit so þe lilie.
and eu{er} more heo beoð gled ⁊ singeð þuruhut murie.
Mid brihte ȝimstones hore krune is al biset. 55
and al heo doð þet ham likeð. so þet no þing ha{m} ne let.
þi leoue sune is hore king ⁊ þu ert hore kwene.
ne beoð heo neu{er} i{}dreaued mid winde ne mid reine.
Mid ham is eu{er} more dei wið{}ute nihte.
Song wið{}ute seoruwe ⁊ sib wið{}ute uihte. 60
Mid ham is muruhðe moniuold wið{}ute teone ⁊ treie.
Gleobeames ⁊ gome inouh liues wil ⁊ eche pleie.
þereuore leoue lefdi long hit þuncheð us wrecchen
vort þu of þisse erme liue to ðe suluen us fecche.
we ne muwen neuer habben fulle gledschipe. 65
er we to þe suluen kumen to þine heie wurschipe.
Swete Godes moder softe meiden ⁊ wel icoren.
þin iliche neu{er} nes ne neu{er}more ne wurð iboren.
Moder þu ert ⁊ meiden cleane of alle laste.
þuruhtut hei ⁊ holi in englene reste. 70
al englene were ⁊ alle holie þing
Siggeð ⁊ singeð þet tu ert liues welsprung
and heo siggeð alle þet ðe ne wonteð neu{er} ore.
[Linenotes:
73. _ðene_ MS.]
ne no mon, þet ðe wurðeð ne mei neu{er} beon uorloren. |
þu ert mire soule [leoue] wið{}ute leasunge. [f. 122r
efter þine leoue sune{;} leouest alre þinge. 76
al is þe heouene ful of þine blisse.
and so is al þes middeleard of þine mildheortnesse.
So muchel is þi milce ⁊ þin e{d}modnesse.
[Linenotes:
79. _eomodnesse_ MS.]
þet no mon þet ðe ȝeorne bit of helpe ne mei missen. 80
ilch mon, þet to þe bisihð þu ȝiuest milce ⁊ ore.
þauh he ðe habbe swuðe agult ⁊ i{}dreaued sore.
þereuore ich ðe bidde holi heouene kwene.
þet tu ȝif þi wille is iher{e} mine bene.
[Linenotes:
84. _iher_ MS.]
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