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
Þar is blisse a{}buten treiȝe ⁊ lif abuten deaðe 375
Þo þe afre sulle wunie þar bliðe hie muȝe ben eaðe.
Þar is ȝieuð abuten elde ⁊ hale abuten unhalðe
Nis þar sareȝe ne sor non ne nafre unisalðe.
Þar me drihte self isien swo se is mid iwisse
He one mai ⁊ sal al ben angles ⁊ manne blisse. | 380
⁊ þeih ne bed here eien naht alle iliche brihte [f. 8v
Hi nabbeð naht iliche muchel alle of godes lihte
On þesse liue he naren naht alle of ore mihte
Ne þar ne sullen habben god. alle bi one wihte.
Þo sullen more of him isien þe luueden hine more 385
⁊ more icnowen ⁊ ec witen his mihte ⁊ his ore
[Linenote:
381. _bed_, or _beð_: leaf pared away.]
On him hi scullen finden alþat man mai to lesten
hali boc hi sculle i{}seon. al þat hi her nusten
Crist scal one beon inou. alle his durlinges 385
he one is muchele mare ⁊ betere. þanne alle oþere þinges
Inoh he haued þe hine haueð. þe alle þing wealded
of him to sene nis no sed. wel hem is þe hine bi{}healdeð
God is so mere ⁊ swa muchel. in his godcunnesse
þ̵ al þ̵ is. ⁊ al þat wes is wurse. þenne he ⁊ lesse 390
Ne mai it neure no man oþer segge mid iwisse
hu muchele murhðe habbet þo. þe beod inne godes blisse
[Linenote:
388. _hem_] _e_ above _ị_ MS.]
On him hie sulle finden al þat man mai to hleste
On him he sullen ec isien al þat hie ar nesten.
[C]rist sal one bien inoȝh alle his derlinges.
[Þ]e one is muche more ⁊ betere þan alle oðer þinges. 390
[I]noh he haueð þe hine haueð þe alle þing wealdeð
[O]f him to isiene nis non sæd swo fair he is to bihelden
[G]od is swo mere ⁊ swo muchel in his godcunnesse
[Þ]at al þat elles was ⁊ is is fele werse ⁊ lasse.
[Ne] mai hit nafre noman oðer seggen mid iwisse 395
[H]wu muchele murihðe habbeð þo þe beð in godes blisse
[Linenote:
392. After _isiene_, erasure of one letter.]
++To þere blisse us bringe god. þe rixlet abuten ende
þenne he vre soule vn{}bint. of licames bende
Crist ȝyue us leden her swilc lif. ⁊ habben her swilc ende 395
þat we moten þuder come. wanne we henne wende. AmeN.
[T]o þare blisse us bringe god þe rixleð a buten ende.
[Þ]ane he ure sowle unbint of lichamliche bende
[C]rist ȝieue us laden her swilch lif
⁊ habben her swilch ende{;}
[Þ]at we moten þider cumen þane we henne wende. 400
_AMEN._
[Linenote:
397. After _buten_, erasure of one letter.]
IX. ANCRENE WISSE
[[MS description from Notes volume:
“i. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 402 (A); on vellum, 215 × 150
mm.... There are glosses in red pencil and words underlined in red.
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