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
Eft bine fece ⁊ þes lare ⁊ lage swiðe acolede þurh
manifea[l]d {90} {s}énne. ⁊ hur ⁊ hur þurh false gódes þe ælc
þiode ha{m} selfe macéde. sume of golde. súm of silure. of
treowe. of stane. ⁊ awente godes lof ⁊ wrhminte fra{m} þe
sceappende to þare ȝesceafte. swa þ̵ þa ure halende wes accenned
of þa{m} unwe{m}mede mede sante Marie. al se midde{n}nard was
mid senne begripe. ⁊ al fol`c´ ȝede i{n}{}to þe`s´ diefles muðe.
buto{n} {95} wel feáwe of wa{m} his lefe moder wes istriened. he
þa arerd alle godnisse. ⁊ sette his halíe láge. ⁊ þat þe móre
his. ȝiaf miht ⁊ stre{n}cþe þur{h} þe gief of his gaste his
hesne to fulforðie. þ̵ non oðre laȝe ne mihte. ⁊ understandeð
hwu. Þri ampres were an mancyn ær his to cyme. Ure acenneng wes
ful. u{r} lif unwreast. ur deað grislic. he {100} co{m} ⁊
brochte þri þi{n}[g] þ{er} aȝén. he wes acénde of þe clene mede.
þe efer þurh lefede mede. hi`s´ lif was haliȝe. his deað ful of
milce. his clene acennende clé{n}séde ure fule acenne{n}de. his
hali lif rihtlecede ure unwreaste lif. his admoded deað
ofer{}co{m}. ⁊ fordede ure soriȝe ⁊ ȝelice deað. þís is
[f. 57v¹] si fierðe láge.
[Linenotes:
90. _manifeald sénne_] _manifead fénne_ MS. || 98. _þurh_]
_þurl_ MS. || 100. _ur_] _un_ MS.]
An þisser were ærndraces ⁊ {105} ȝelaðieres þa ap{ost}les ⁊ þe
leorni{n}ch[n]ihtes. þer{}efter ures helendes upstíȝe to heuene.
þa ap{ost}les ⁊ hare íunglenges þe[r] efter come halíe men ⁊ þe
hafedmen þe nu beoð in halíe cyrce. ⁊ wrðeð of domes déȝe. þurh
þes hali gastes ȝífe. ⁊ al{}swa ure helende ha{m} leórde. maníȝe
þing [t]ehten þa folce to freme. ⁊ þis is si fifte lage. An
þisser beoð bedeles {110} ⁊ laðieres to b{e}rie archebisc{opes}.
⁊ biscop{es}. prestes. ⁊ hare ȝegeng. Ac þah we fif næ{m}míe.
alle hi [beoð an] on godes wille. ⁊ élc of ha{m} ȝestrenð ⁊
fulfellþ oðre. Of þeses fif ceþen ⁊ of hare bedeles we habbeð
ȝéu ȝéséd. Of þe folce we siggeð þ̵ hit cu{m}þ fastlice. fram
middenardes anginn alse fele alse deade beoð alse fele beoð to
b{er}ie ícóme. wat frend. {115} wat fá. ⁊ elce déȝíe þícce
þringeð. Ac ȝief ȝé habbeð und{er}stande þ̵ we ȝíu er séde. eter
gate me his scýft. ⁊ þer me hi to ȝesceodeð. Si gate þ̵ is elces
mannes endedeíe. þ{an} he stepð ut of þese life into þan oðre.
Ac we sede ȝehw. þ̵ ȝief he frend were me sceolde ȝief hi{m} his
mórȝe mete þ̵ he þe bet mihte abide þan{n} more mete.
[Linenotes:
112. _hi_] _hit_ MS. || 118. _þan_] _þ̵_ MS. || _oðre_]
_ooðre_ MS.]
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