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
+significac{i}o.+ 550
++Ðus fel adam ðurg a tre.
vre firste fader ðat fele we.
Moẏses wulde him reisen.
migte it no wigt forðen.
After him p{ro}phetes alle. 555
migte her non him maken on stalle.
on stalle iseie. ðer he er stod.
to hauen heuenriche god.
He suggeden ⁊ sorgeden. ⁊ weren i{n} ðogt.
wu he migten him helpen ovt. 560
ðo remeden he alle onder steuene.
alle hege up to ðe heuene.
for here care. ⁊ here calling.
hem cam to c{ri}st heuen king.
he ðe is ai in heuene mikel. 565
wurð her man ⁊ tus was litel.
drowing ðolede in ure manhede
⁊ tus adam `he´ under{}gede.
reisede him up ⁊ `al´ man{}kin.
ðat was fallen to helle dim. 570
[Linenotes:
552. _firste_] _fir_ on an erasure. || 567. _him_ in margin
MS. || 568. _he_ added in margin MS. || 569. _al_ added in
margin MS.]
+Natura turturis.+
++In boke is ðe turtres lif . writen o rime
wu lagelike . ge holdeð luue al hire lif time.
gef ge ones make haueð . fro him ne wile ge siðen.
muneð wimmen hire lif . ic it wile gu reden. 575
bi hire make ge sit onigt . o dei ge goð ⁊ flegeð.
wo so seit he sundren ovt . i seie ðat he legeð.
Oc if hire make were ded ⁊ ge widue wore.
ðanne flegeð ge one ⁊ fareð . non oðer wile ge more.
buten óne goð . ⁊ one sit. 580
⁊ hire olde luue abit.
In h{er}te haueð hi{m} nigt ⁊ dai.
so he were oliue ai.
+Significac{i}o.+
++List ilk le{f}ful man her to . ⁊ herof ofte reche. 585
vre sowle atte kirke dure . ches hire c{ri}st to meche.
he is ure soule spuse luue we him wið migte.
⁊ wende we neure fro hi{m}{}ward . be dai ne be nigte.
ðog he be fro ure sigte faren be we him alle trewe.
no{n} oðer louerd ne leue we . ne non | luue newe. [f. 10r 590
leue we ðat he liueð ai up on heuen{}riche.
⁊ ðeðen he sal cumen eft . ⁊ ben us alle briche.
for to demen alle men . oc nout on geuelike.
hise loðe men sulen to helle faren . hise leue to his riche.
[Linenotes:
585. _lesful_ MS. || 593. _to demen_ on an erasure.]
+Natura pantere.+ 595
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