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
[f. 116r] ++Ȝe mine leoue sustren *bute ȝef neod ow driue* ne
schulen habben no best . bute kat one. ancre þet haueð eihte
þuncheð bet husewif ase marthe was . þen ancre . ne none weis ne
mei heo beon marie . *marthe suster * mid griðfulnesse of
heorte. Vor þeonne mot heo þenchen of þe kues foddre and of {5}
heordemonne huire .
[Collations: 1. mine ... sustren _om._ || 2. schule ȝe C || haue
|| na | nan C || beast B || cat || ane B || þe C || 3. haues ||
ahte | achte C || semes || bet{er}e B || as B || wes C || þen
ancre _om._ B nanes | for `lihtliche oðer´ nanes C || 4. weies
|| mai || ho | ha C || beo || wið B || 5. for þenne B || ho |
ha C || cuwes C || and _om._ B || 6a. þe heordes || hure C]
Olhnin þe heiward · wearien hwen he punt hire · ⁊ ȝelden þah þe
hearmes. ladlich þing is hit wat crist hwen me makeð i tune man
of ancre ahte. Nu þenne ȝef eani mot nedlunge habben hit · loki
þ̵ hit namon ne eili ne ne hearmi · ne þ̵ hire þoht ne beo
nawiht þron ifestnet. ancre ne ah to habben na þing þ̵ utward
drahe hire {10} heorte.
oluhnen þene heiward . warien hwon me punt hire ⁊ ȝelden þauh ðe
hermes. wat crist þis is lodlich þing . hwon me [f. 116v] makeð
mone i{n} tune of ancre eihte. Þauh ȝif eni mot nede habben ku :
loke ðet heo none mo{n}ne ne eilie : ne ne hermie . ne þet hire
þouht ne beo nout þeron i{}uestned. ancre ne ouh nout {10} to
habben no þing þet drawe utward hire heorte.
[Linenote:
8. _me me_ MS.]
[Collations: 6b. Olcne | olchni C || þe B || haiward | haiwart C
|| hwen he B || pundes || 7. ȝelde B || þah | þach C || harmes B
|| ladli | ladlich C || þing is wat c{ri}st hwen B || 8. mo{n}
|| makes B || i{n} tune man | itune man C || ancres B || ahte |
achte C || Nu þenne _latter deleted_, þah _in margin_ | Nu þach
C || ȝef C || ani B || 9. nedinge | nedunge C || haue || ku] hit
B || hit na mo{n} B || eile | eili C || harme | harmi C || 10.
ni || þoht | þocht C || nawt | nawicht C || ter{}on | þron C ||
ifestnet || Anker || ah | ach C || nawt T _om._ C || 11a. haue
|| no þing _om._ T || nan C || utward drahe | utwart draȝe C]
+N+a chaffere ne driue ȝe · ancre þ̵ is chepilt · þ̵ is · buð
forte sullen efter biȝete · ha chepeð hire sawle þe chapmon of
helle. þing þah þ̵ ha wurcheð ha mei þurh hire meistres read{;}
for hire neode sullen · hali men sumhwile liueden bi hare
honden.
none cheffare ne driue ȝe. ancre þet is cheapild .* þe buð for
te sullen efter biȝete * {12} heo cheapeð hire soule : þe chepmon
of helle. *Þing þah þ̵ ha wurcheð{;} ha mei wel þurh hire
meistres read{;} for hire neode sullen. þah swa dernliche as
ha mei for misliche mon{n}e wordes.*
[Linenote:
12. _ȝe_ over an erasure.]
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