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
++Pharaon bad him wurðen wel. 465
in softe reste and seli mel.
H{im} and hise sunes in reste dede.
Jn lond gersen on sundri stede
Siðen ðor was mad on scite.
ðe was yoten Ramese. 470
Jacob on liue wunede ðor
Jn reste fulle .xiiij. ger.
And god him let bi{}foren sen.
Q{u}ilc time hise ending sulde ben. |
He bad iosep hise leue sune. [f. 47v 475
On ðhing ðat off e wel mune.
ðat q{u}an it wurð mid him don.
He sulde him birien in ebron.
And witterlike he it aueð hi{m} seid.
ðe stede ðor abraham was leid. 480
So was him lif to wurðen leid.
Q{u}uor ali gast stille hadde seid.
Him and hise eldere. fer ear bi{}foren.
Q{u}uor iesu crist wulde ben boren.
And q{u}uor ben dead and q{u}uor ben grauen. 485
He dogt wið hem reste to hauen.
Josep swor him al{}so he bad.
And he ðor{}of wurð bliðe ⁊ glad.
Or ðan he wiste off werlde faren.
He bad hise kinde to him charen. 490
And seide q{u}at of him sulde ben.
Hali gast dede it him seen.
Jn clene ending and ali lif.
So he for{}let ðis werldes strif.
Osep dede hise lich faire geren. 495
Wassen and riche{}like smeren.
And spice{}like swete smaken.
And egipte folc him bi{}waken.
xl. nigtes and .xl. daiges.
swilc woren egipte lages. | 500
first .ix. nigt de liches beðen. [f. 48r
And smeren and winden and bi{}q{ue}ðen.
And waken is siðen .xl. nigt.
ðo men so deden ðe adden migt.
And ebrisse folc adden an kire. 505
Nogt sone deluen it wið yre.
Oc wassen it and kepen it rigt.
Wið{}vten smerles seuene. nigt.
And siden smered .xxx. daiges.
Cristene folc haueð oðer laiges. 510
He ben smered ðor q{u}iles he liuen.
Wið crisme and olie in trewðe geuen.
for trewðe and gode dedes mide.
ðon ben ðan al ðat wech dede.
Su{m} on. sum. ðre. su{m} .vii. nigt 515
Su{m} .xxx. sum .xii. moneð. rigt.
And Sum eu{er}ilc wurðen ger.
ðor q{u}iles ðat he wunen her.
don for ðe dede chirche{}gong.
elmesse gifte and messe song. 520
And ðat is on ðe weches stede.
Wel him mai ben dat wel it dede
Egipte folc aueð him waked.
xl. nigt and feste maked.
And hise sunes .xxx. daiges. 525
Jn clene lif and ali {l}aiges. |
So woren forð .x. wukes gon. [f. 48v
get adde jacob birigeles non.
And pharaon king cam bode bi{}foren.
ðat josep haueð his fader sworen. 530
And he it hi{m} gatte ðor he wel dede.
And bad hi{m} nimen hi{m} feres mide.
Wel wopnede men and wis of here.
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