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
Ah heo forte werien hire wið him summe `h´wile : [f. 38r] sende
him to seggen. þ̵ nalde ha nawt lihten se lahe to luuien. Ne
nalde ha neolechin him for na liuiende mon. ear þen he were
under Maximien. hehest i Rome. þ̵ is heh reue. He ase timliche
as he hefde iherd þis. biȝet ed te Keiser þet he ȝette him al þ̵
he walde. {45} ⁊ lette as me luuede þa leaden him i cure up o
fowr hweoles. ⁊ teon him ȝeonte tun þron from strete to strete.
Al þe cure ou{er}tild þ̵ he wes itohen on{;} wið purpres ⁊
pelles. wið ciclatuns ⁊ cendals ⁊ deorewurðe claðes. AS þe þ̵ se
heh þing hefde to heden. ant se riche refschipe to rihten ⁊ to
readen. þa he hefde þus idon. sende hire þ{us} {50} to seggen
hire wil he hefde iwraht. Nu his ha schulde wurchen.
++Iuliane þe edie i{es}u cristes leouemon of his blisfule luue
balde {40} hire seoluen. sende him to onswere [f. 57v] bi an of
hire sonden. Elewsius wite þu hit wel ireadi. wraðði so þu
wraðði. no lengre nulich hit heolen þe. ȝef þu wult leauen þe
lahen þ̵ tu list in. ant leuen in godd feder. ⁊ i{n} his
deorewurðe sune. ⁊ iþe hali gast. ichulle wel neomen þe. ȝef þu
nult no{;} þu art wundi of me. ⁊ oðer luue sech þe. {45} Þa þe
reue iherde þis{;} he wreððede him swiðe. ⁊ hire feder cleopede.
ant feng on to tellen him. hu his doht{er} droh him from deie to
deie. ant efter þ̵ he wende to habben his iwil so ha him þis
word sulliche sende. Bi þ̵ ilke godd q{uo}ð hire feder þ̵ me is
lað to gremien beo hit soð þ̵ tu seist to wraðer heale seide ha
hit. ant nu ichulle o great {50} grome al biteachen hire þe. to
wurchen þi wil. ⁊ al þ̵ te wel likeð as mit tin ahne. ⁊ me
cleopede hire forð biuoren hire feder.
Juliene þe eadie ih{es}u c{ri}stes leofmon of his blisfule luue
balde hire seolue{n}, ⁊ sende him al openliche bi sonde to
seggen. þis word ha send te for nawt þu hauest iswechte. wreaðe
se þu wreaðe. Do þ̵ tu do wult nule ich ne ne mei ich lengre
heolen hit te ȝef þu wult {55} leauen. þe lahen þet tu liuest in
ant leuen i godd feader. ⁊ in his deorwurðe sune. ⁊ i þe hali
gast folkene froure. an godd [f. 38v] þ̵ is igret wið euches
cunnes gode{;} Ich chule wel neome þe. ⁊ ȝef þ̵ tu nult no{;} þu
art windi of me. ⁊ oðer luue sech þe. Þa þe hehe reue iherde þis
ondswere{;} bigon to wreðen swiðe. ⁊ cleopede hire {60}
feder{}forð. ⁊ feng on to tellen. hwuch word ha sende him. Efter
þ̵ he wende forte habben idon al þ̵ he wilnede. Affrican hire
feader wundrede him swiðe. ⁊ bigon to swerien. bi þe ilke godes
þ̵ me is lað to gremien. beo hit soð þ̵ tu seiist{;} to wraðer
heale. ha sehð hit. ant ich wulle o great grome al biteachen
hire þe. ⁊ tu do hire. al þ̵ tu {65} wult. He þonkede him. ⁊ heo
wes icleopet forð.
[Linenotes:
53. _al_] _ṭọ al_ MS.]
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