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
++Panter is an wilde der.
Is non fairere on werlde her.
he is blac so bro of qual.
mið wite spottes sawen al.
wit ⁊ trendled als a wel. 600
⁊ `itt´ bicumeð him swiðe wel.
wor so he wuneð ðis panter.
he fedeð him al mid oðer der.
of ðo ðe he wile he nimeð ðe cul.
⁊ fet him wel til he is ful. 605
In his hole siðen stille.
ðre dages he slepen wille.
ðan after ðe ðridde dai.
he riseð ⁊ remeð lude so he mai.
ut of his ðrote cumeð asmel. 610
mid his rem forð oueral.
ðat ouer{}cumeð haliweie.
wið swetnesse. [ic] it gu seie
⁊ al ðat eure smelleð swete.
be it drie be it wete. 615
For ðe swetnesse off his onde.
wor so he walkeð o londe.
wor so he walked. er wor so he wuneð.
Ilk der ðe him hereð to him cumeð.
⁊ folegeð him up one ðe wold. 620
for ðe swetnesse ðe ic gu haue told.
ðe dragunes one ne stiren nout.
wiles te pant{er} remeð ogt.
oc daren stille in here pit.
als so he weren of dede offrigt. 625
[Linenotes:
601. _itt_ added in margin. || 619. Before _to him_, _to him_
deleted MS.]
+Significac{i}o.+
++Crist is tokned ðurg ðis der.
wos kinde we hauen told gu her.
for he is faier, ouer alle men.
so euen sterre o`uer´ erðe fen. 630
ful `wel´ he taunede his luue to man.
wan he ðurg `holi´ spel him wan.
⁊ longe he lai her i{n} an hole.
wel him dat he it wulde ðolen.
ðre daies slep he al on on. 635
ðanne he ded was in blod ⁊ bon.
vp he ros ⁊ rémede i{}wis.
of helle pine of heuene blis.
⁊ steg to heuene vue{m}est.
ðer wuneð wið | fader ⁊ holi gast. [f. 10v 640
Amonges men a swete [s]mel.
he let her of his holi spel.
wor{}ðurg we mugen folgen him.
i{n}{}to his godcundnesse fin.
⁊ ðat wirm ure wiðerwine. 645
wor so of godes word if dine.
ne dar he stiren. ne noman deren.
ðer wile he lage ⁊ luue beren.
[Linenotes:
630. _ouer_] _uer_ in margin MS. || 631. _wel_ in margin MS.
|| 632. _holi_ in margin MS. || 637. _i wis_] _in wif_ MS. ||
639. _vuenest_ MS. || 640. ⁊ _holi gast_ on an erasure.]
+Nature columbe. ⁊ signific{acio}.+
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