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
[++O]f þeos sewe beastes ⁊ of hare strenes iwildernesse of
anlich lif is iseid hiderto [p. 129] þe alle þe forfarinde
fondet te fordonne. þe Leon of p{ru}de slead alle þe p{ru}de.
Alle þat beod {30} hehe ⁊ for hehe iheorted. þe aetri neddre{;}
þe ond{}fule. ⁊ þe luþere iþonked. wredfule þe unicorne. Al swa
of þen oþer areawe. to god ha beod isleine · Ah ha libbed to þe
feond ⁊ beod alle in is hird · ⁊ serued him in his curt · Euch
of þe mester þet him to falleð.
++Þe prude beoð his bem{er}es · draheð wind inward wið worltlich
hereword · ⁊ eft wið idel ȝelp puffeð hit ut ward as þe bemeres
doð · makieð noise ⁊ lud dream to schawin hare orhel · ah ȝef ha
wel þohten of godes bemeres of þe englene bemen þe schulen o
fowr half þe world biuore þe grurefule dom grisliche blawen ·
Ariseð {40} deade ariseð cumeð to drihtines dom forte beon
idemet · þear na prud bem{er}e, ne schal beon iborhen · ȝef ha
þohten þis wel{;} ha walden inohreaðe i þe deofles seruise
dimlukeR bemin. Of þeose bem{er}es seið Jeremie · _Onager
solitari{us} in desiderio anime sue attraxit uentum amoris sui_
· Of þe wind drahinde in for luue {45} of hereword seið as ich
seide.
[++Þ]E p{ru}de beod his bemeres · Drahed wind inward · of
worldlich {35} hereword · ⁊ eft wid idel ige`l´p puffed hit
utward · as þe bemares dod. Makied noise ⁊ lud drem to shawen
hare p{ru}de. Ah gif ha uel þothten · of godes bemeres of þe
englene bemen · þat shulen afour half þe word · bi{}fore þe
grurefule dom g{ri}sliche blawen · Arised deade arised · Cumed
to drichtines domes for{}to beon idemed · þer na pr{u}d {40}
bemere ne shal beon iboregen · Gif ha þohten wel þis · ha walden
inoh raþe iþe deoueles seruise dimluker bemen. Of þeose bemeres
sei`d´ [p. 130] Jeremie · _Onager solitarius in desiderio suo
attraxit uentum amoris sui_ · Of þe wind drahinde in for luue of
hereword{;} seid as ich seide. {45}
[Linenote:
43. _seid_] _d_ above a blotted letter.]
++Summe iuglurs beoð þe ne cunnen seruin of nan oþer gleo bute
makien cheres · wrenche þe muð mis · schulen wið ehnen. Of þis
meoster seruið þe unseli ontfule i þe deofles curt · to bringen
o lahtre hare ondfule lau{er}d · ȝef ei seið wel oðer deð wel{;}
ne mahen {50} ha nanes weis lokin þider wið riht ehe of god
heorte · ah winkið o þ̵ half ⁊ bihaldeð o{}luft ȝef þer is eawt
to edwiten · oðer ladliche þiderward schuleð mið eiðer.
[++S]umme iugelurs beod þe ne cunen seruin of nan oþer gleo
buten maken cheres · wrenchen þe mud mis shuli wid þe ehnen. of
þis mester seruid þe unseli eon`d´fule iþe deoueles curt · to
bringen a lahtre hare on`d´fule leouerð. gef ei ded wel oþer
seid wel{;} ne mahen ha nanes weis liki þiderwarð wid richt ehe
of god heorte · Ah {50} winked o{}þet half ⁊ bi{}halded a{}luft
gif þer is o{u}t to et{}wite oþer{;} ladliche þiderward shuled
mid eiþer.
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