Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1: Texts — John Shaqi
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
[Linenotes:
48, 49. _eondfule_, _ondfule_] _d_ above in darker ink. ||
51. _out_] _ont_ MS.]
Hwen ha ihereð þ̵ god{;} skleatteð þe earen adun · ah þe lust
aȝein þ̵ uuel{;} is eau{er} wid open · þenne he wrencheð þe
muð{;} hwen he turneð god to uuel · ⁊ ȝef hit is sumdel {55}
uuel · þurh mare lastunge wrencheð hit to wurse · þeos beoð
forecwidderes hare ahne p{ro}phetes · þeos bodieð · biuoren hu
þe eateliche deoflen schulen ȝet ageasten ham wið hare grennunge
· ⁊ [f. 57v] hu ha schulen ham seolf grennin ⁊ niuelin ⁊ makien
sur semblant for þe muchele angoise i þe pine of helle. Ah
for{}þi ha {60} beoð þe leasse to meanen þ̵ ha biuoren hond
leornið hare meoster to makien grim chere.
hwen ha ihered þat god skletteð þe earen adun · Ah þe lust
a{}gein þet uuel is ea wid opene. þenne wrenched þe mud mis{;}
hwen he turned þet god to uuel · ⁊ gef hit is [p. 131] sumdel
uuel{;} þurh more lastunge wrenched hit to {55} wurse. þeos beod
for{}quiddares hare ahne p{ro}ph{et}es. þeos bodied biuoren hu
þe ateliche deouelen shulen get agastan ham wid hare grennunge ·
⁊ hu ha shulen ham seolf grennen ⁊ niwelen · ⁊ makien sur
semblant · for þe muchele angoise iþe pine of helle. Ah forþi ha
beod þe lesse te meanen · þat ha bi{}foren hont leorned ha
meoster te {60} makien grim chere.
[Linenotes:
53. _eawid_ MS. || 55. On lower margin in a later hand:
_Prude and nid · and lecherie · Grede and idelhed ·
coueitise and glotunie beod seouen ded Sundes_.]
++Þe wreaðule biuore þe feond skirmeð mid cniues · ⁊ is his cnif
warpere · ⁊ pleieð mid sweordes · bereð ha{m} bi þe scharp ord
up on his tunge. Sweord ⁊ cnif eiðer beoð scharpe ⁊ keoruinde
word {65} þ̵ he warpeð from him ⁊ skirmeð toward oþre · ⁊ he
bodeð hu þe deoflen schulen pleien wið him mid hare scharpe
eawles · skirmi wið hi{m} abuten ⁊ dusten ase pilche clut euch
toward oðer · ant wið helle sweordes asneasen him þurh ut · þ̵
beoð kene ant eateliche ant keoruinde pineN. {70}
[++Þ]E wreadfule biuoren þe feond skirmed mid kniwes · is his
knif warpare · ⁊ pleied mid sweordes · bered ham bi þe sharpe
ord open his tunge. swerd ⁊ knif eiþer beoð sherpe ⁊ keorwinde :
word þat he warped from him ⁊ skirmed toward oþere. And he boded
hu {65} þe deouelen shulen pleien wid him · mid hare sharpe
eawles · Skirmin wid him abuten · ⁊ dusten as a pilche [p. 132]
clut · Euch toward oþere · ⁊ wid helle sweordes asnesen þurh ut
þat beod kene ⁊ eateliche keorwinde pinen.
[Linenote:
67. _apilche_ MS.]
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