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
¶¶ Þet holi godspel of to dai us telþ. þet ure lord ih{esus}
crist. ase he hedde i{}yue þo newe laghe. in one montayne. and
hedde i{}maked þet formeste sarmun þet euerte made in erþe{;}
suo him folgede michel folk. Swo {135} kam a leprus. a sikman
and onurede him and seyde. Lord. [f. 131r¹] lord ha seide yef þu
wilt{;} þu me micht wel makie hool of mine lepre. of mine euele.
And ure lord him seide and sp{re}dde his hond. and tok his
lepre{;} hic wille seide ure lord þet þu bi clensed. and al{}so
raþe he was i{}warisd of his maladie.
+N+u lordinges þis is þe miracle {140} þet þet godspel of te dai
us telþ. ac great is þe tokni{n}gge. Se leprus signefiez þo
senuulle men. si lepre þo se{n}ne{n}. þet scab bi{}tokned þo
litle se{n}nen. si lepre be{}tokned þo g{r}ete sennen þet biedh
diadliche. Ase so is lecherie. spusbreche. Gauelinge. Roberie.
þefte. Glutunie. drunkenesse. and alle þo sennen þurch wiche me
liest þo luue of gode {145} almichti and of alle his haleghen.
þurch S`c´ab nis nacht man and wyman deseiurd fram ma{n}nes
felarede. Ne for þo litle sennen. þet noman hine ne mai loki.
nis noon deseurd pardurableliche fram gode{;} ne fram holi
chereche. for lepre is man deseurd of þo co{m}painie of gode and
of alle his angles. þat is to sigge for diadliche {150} senne.
[f. 131r²] Nu ye habbet i{}herd þe miracle and wet hit
be{}tokned. Nu loke we yef we bieþ clene of þise lepre. þat is
to siggen of diadliche senne. Se [leprus] liest þe felarede of
oþer men{;} for se þet sterft inne diadliche senne{;} so for
liest þe co{m}painie of gode. And yef ye bieþ clene{;} lokeþ þet
ye ne falle nocht. þet ye ne {155} bie deseuerd fram þe felarede
of gode al{}michti. þurch none euele werkes þurch none euele
i{}wil. And yef ye bieþ lepr{us} þurch diadliche senne. greded
gode Merci{;} þet þo leprus yaf helþe ine bodie{;} þet he us
yeue gostliche helþe. in ure saule. Comeþ to srifte for leted
yure sennen and þer of bieþ a{}soiled. þanne sollie habbe þo
helþe of {160} heuene. þat is lif with uten ende.
_Q{uo}d uob{is}. pr{est}are dig{netur}. p{er}._
[Headnote: Domine, Salva Nos, Perimus]
+Dominica q{ua}rta post oct{avam} ep{iphanie}.+
_++Ascendente ih{es}u i{n} nauiculam. secuti su{n}t eu{m}
discipuli eius. Et ecce motus factus est magn{us} i{n} mari.
Ita {165} ut nauicula op{er}iret{ur} fluctib{us}. Erat an{tem}
illis{;} uent{us} {con}trarius._
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