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
++Cethegrande is a fis.
ðe moste ðat in wat{er} is.
ðat tu | wuldest seien get. [f. 8r 385
gef ðu it soge wan it flet.
ðat it were á neilond
ðat sete `one´ ðe se sond.
ðis fis ðat is vnride.
ðanne him hungreð he gapeð wide. 390
vt of his ðrote it smit an onde.
ðe swetteste ðing ðat is o londe.
ðer{}fore oðre fisses to him dragen.
wan he it felen he aren fagen.
he cumen ⁊ houen in his muð. 395
of his swike he arn uncuð.
ðis cete ðanne hise chaueles lukeð.
ðise fisses alle in sukeð.
ðe smale he wile ðus biswiken.
ðe grete maig he nogt bigripen. 400
ðis fis wuneð wið ðe se gru{n}d.
⁊ liueð ðer eure heil ⁊ sund.
til it cumeð ðe time.
ðat storm stireð al ðe se.
ðanne sum{er} ⁊ wint{er} winnen. 405
ne mai it wunen ðer{}inne.
So droui is te sees grund.
ne mai he wunen ðer ðat stund.
oc stireð up ⁊ houeð stille.
wiles ða{t} weder is so ille. 410
ðe sipes ðat arn on se fordriuen.
loð hem is ded ⁊ lef to liuen.
biloken hem ⁊ sen ðis fis
aneilond he wenen it is.
ðer{}of he aren swiðe fagen. 415
⁊ mid here migt ðar{}to he dragen.
sipes on festen.
⁊ alle up gangen.
Of ston mid stel in ðe tunder.
wel to brennen one ðis wunder. 420
warmen hem wel ⁊ heten ⁊ drinken.
ðe fir he feleð ⁊ doð hem sinken.
for sone he diueð dun to grunde.
he drepeð hem alle wið{}uten wunde.
[Linenotes:
388. _one_ substituted in margin for _o_ deleted in text. ||
390. Before _him_, _him_ deleted by rubricator. ||
397. _ðanne_] _ð_ corr. out of _d_ by rubricator. ||
410. _ðar_ MS. || 411. _fordriuen_] _driuen_ on an erasure. ||
416. _here_] _re_ on an erasure. || 423, 4. _diueð ... wunde_
on an erasure.]
+Signific{aci}o.+ 425
++Ðis deuel is mikel wið wil ⁊ magt.
So witches hauen in here craft.
He doð men hungren ⁊ hauen ðrist.
⁊ mani oðer sinful list.
tolleð men to him wið his onde 430
wo so him folegeð he findeð sonde.
ðo arn ðe little. in leue lage.
ðe mikle ne maig he to him dragen.
ðe mikle. i mene ðe stedefast.
in rigte leue. mid fles ⁊ gast. 435
wo so listneð deueles lore.
on lengðe it sal him rewen sore.
wo so festeð hope on him.
he sal him folgen to ¶¶ helle dim. |
+Natura Sirene.+ [f. 8v 440
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