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
++In ure lauerdes luue þe is feader of frumschaft. ant on his
deorewurðe sunes nome. ant o þes hali{}gastes. þ̵ glideð of ham
baðen. alle lewede men. þ̵ understonden ne mahen latines
ledene. {5} liðin. ⁊ lustnin ane meidenes liflade. þ̵ is of
latin iturnd into englisch. þ̵ te lif{}hali lefdi. in heouene
luuie us þe mare. ant of þis lihinde lif : leade us wið hire ern
[f. 56v] dunge. þe is icoren of crist in{}to þe eche of heouene.
[f. 36v] +I þe feaderes ⁊ i þe sunes ⁊ i þe hali gastes Name.
Her Biginneð þe liflade. ant te passiun of seinte Juliene.+
++In ure lau{er}des luue þe feader is of frumscheft. ant iþe
deore wurðmunt of his deorewurðe sune. ⁊ iþe heiunge of þe hali
gast. þe of ham ba glideð. an godd unagin euch godes ful. Alle
leawede {5} men. þe understonden ne muhen latines ledene. lideð
⁊ lusteð þe liflade of a meide{n}. [f. 37r] þ̵ is of latin
iturnd{;} to englische leode. wið þon þat teos hali leafdi. in
heouene luuie us þe mare. ⁊ þurh þis lihnide lif{;} leade us to
þ̵ eche. þurh hire eadi erndunge. þ̵ c{ri}st is swiðe
icweme. {10}
[Linenote:
5. _bað̣ẹ_ MS.]
++Þeos meiden. ant tis martir. wes iuliane ine{m}pnet. in
nichomedes {10} burh. ⁊ of heðene cun icume{n}. ant hire
fleschliche feder wes affrican ihaten. of þe heðene mest þeo þ̵
cristene weren{;} derfliche droh ham to deaðe. ah heo as þeo þ̵
te heouenlich feder luuede. leafde al hire aldrene lahen. ⁊
bigon to luuien þene liuiende lauerd þe lufsum godd. þ̵ wisseð
ant weldeð al þ̵ is on worlde{;} ⁊ al þ̵ iwraht is.
++Þeos meiden ⁊ teos martyr þ̵ ich of munne{;} wes Juliene
inempnet. i Nichomedese burh. Al of heaðene cun icumen ⁊
akennet. ⁊ hire fleshliche feader affrican hehte. þe heande ⁊
heascede mest men þe weren cristene. ⁊ droh ha{m} þurh derue
pinen to deaðe. Ah heo as þeo þ̵ te hehe heouenliche lau{er}d
hefde his luue ile{n}et. leafde {15} hire ealdrene lahen ⁊ bigon
to luuien þen áá liuiende goð þe lufsume lau{er}d. þ̵ schupte
alle sche`a´ftes ⁊ wealdeð ⁊ wisseð efter þet his wil is. al þ̵
ischeapen iS.
[Linenotes:
12. _Alḷ_ MS. || 15. _ileuet_ MS.]
Þa wes {15} biþon time as redegunge telleð. Maximian þe modi
keiser ine Rome heinde ant heriende heðene mawmez. wið unmeð
muchel hird ⁊ unduhti duheðe. ⁊ for{}demde alle þeo{;} þe on
drihtin bilefden. þes Maximian luuede an heh mon of cunne ant
eke riche of rente elewsius wes ihaten. ant weren as feolahes
þ{urh} muche freontschipe. {20} þis meidenes feder ⁊ he. weren
swiðe wel to gederes.
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