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
++Ðe hert haueð kindes two.
⁊ forbisnes oc al so.
ðus it is on boke set. 220
ðat man clepeð fisiologet.
He drageð ðe neddre of de ston.
ðurg his nese up on{}on.
of ðe stoc er of ðe ston.
for it wile ðerunder gon. 225
⁊ sweleð it wel swiðe.
ðerof him brinneð siðen.
of ðat attrie ðing.
wiðinnen he | haueð brenni{n}g. [f. 6v
he lepeð ðanne wið mikel list. 230
of swet wat{er} he haueð ðrist.
he drinkeð wat{er} gredilike.
til he is ful wel sikerlike.
Ne haueð ðat uenim no{n} migt.
to deren him siðen no{n} wigt. 235
oc he werpeð er hise hornes.
in wude er in ðornes.
⁊ gingid him ðus ðis wilde der.
So ge hauen nu lered her.
[Linenote:
236. _er_ on an erasure.]
+Significac{i}o. prima.+ 240
++Alle we atter dragen off ure eldere.
ðe broken drigtinnes word{}ðurg ðe neddre.
ðer{}ðurg haueð mankin.
boðen nið ⁊ win.
{g}olsipe. ⁊ giscing. 245
giu{er}nesse ⁊ wissing.
p{ri}de ⁊ ouerwene.
swilc atter i{}mene.
Ofte we brennen i{n} mod.
⁊ wurden so we weren wod. 250
ðanne we ðus brennen.
bihoueð us to rennen.
to c{ri}stes quike welle.
ðat we ne gon to helle.
drinken his wissing. 255
it quenchet ilc siniging.
forwerpen p{ri}de euril[c] del.
so hert doð hise hornes.
gingen us tus to godeward.
⁊ gemen us siðen forðwarð. 260
[Linenotes:
244. After _win_, a letter erased. || 245. _kolsipe_, with
_i_ on an erasure. || 256. _ilc siniging_ on an erasure.]
+Nat{ur}a. ij^a.+
Ðe hertes hauen anoðer kinde.
ðat us og alle to ben minde.
Alle he arn off one mode.
For if he fer fetchen fode. 265
⁊ he ouer wat{e}r ten.
wile non at nede oðer flen.
Oc on swimmeð bi{}forn.
⁊ alle ðe odre folegen.
weðer so he swimmeð er he wadeð 270
Is no{n} at nede ðat oðer lateð.
Oc leigeð his ski{n}bon.
on oðres lendbon.
gef him ðat biforn teð.
Bilimpes for to tirgen. 275
Alle ðe oðre cumen mide.
⁊ helpen him for to her[t]ien.
beren him of ðat wat{er} grund
up to ðe lond al heil ⁊ sund.
⁊ forðen here nede. 280
ðis wune he hauen hem bi{}twen
ðog he an hundred to giddre ben.
[Linenote:
277. _herien_ MS.]
+Signific{acio}. ij^a.+
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