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
[Collations: 11b. Na B || chaffare | cheffere C || 12. Anker ||
chapmon chepilt [[C]] || 13. ho | ha C || cheapes | cheapeð C
|| sawle | saule to C || chapmo{n} | chepmo{n} C]
+N+awt deore dehtren ne wite ȝe in ower hus of oðer monne {15}
þinges · ne ahte ne claðes · ne boistes · ne chartres · Scoren
ne cyrograffes · ne þe chirch uestemenz · ne þe calices · bute
neode oðer strengðe hit makie{;} oðer muchel eie. Of swuch
witunge is muchel vuel ilumpen ofte siðen.
Ne wite ȝe {15} nout i{n} oure huse of oðer mo{n}nes þinges . ne
eihte . ne cloðes . ne nout ne vnderuo ȝe ðe chirche uestimenz
ne þene caliz bute ȝif * neod oðer* strencðe hit makie : oðer
muchel eie. vor of swuche witunge is i{}kumen muchel `vuel´
oftesiðen.
[Linenote:
19. _vuel_ on margin.]
[Collations: 15. Nawt ne | Naut ne C || ȝe _om._ C || 16. owre |
ouwer C || hus B || of _om._ B || mon{n}e C || ahte | achte C ||
claðes || ne nout ... caliz _om._ C, _then interlined_ `bute
neod ... eie´ || ne ... ȝe _om._ || 17. Nawt te chirche
uestemenz ne þe chaliz || ȝif ... oðer _om._ || 18. stre{n}gðe
|| make || vor _om._ B || swuch | swich C || lokinge | witing C
|| 19a. muchel bifallen | muchel uuel ilu{m}pen C || vuel _om._
|| siðe]
+I+N wið ower wanes ne leote ȝe namon slepeN · Ȝef muchel neod
mid alle makeð breoken ower hus · hwil hit eauer is {20}
ibroken · habbeð þrinne wið ow a wummon of cleane lif deies ant
nihteS.
wiði{n}nen ower woanes : ne lete ȝe nenne mon slepen. ȝif muchel
neode mid alle makeð breken {20} ower hus : þeo hwule ðet hit
eu{er} is i broken : loke þet ȝe habben þeri{n}e mid ou one
wu{m}mon of clene liue . deies ⁊ nihtes.
[Collations: 19b. Inwið B || owre || wahes | wanes C || lete ȝe
_bis_ || 20. na wepmo{n} | nan mo{n} C || ȝef C || muche B ||
ned | neod C || wið makes B || to breke | breoken C || 21. owre
|| þe _om._ B || hwil B || ðet _om._ B || eau{er} B || loke þet
ȝe _om._ B || haues | habbeð C || ter{}inne | þrinne C || 22.
wið ow B || a | an C || cleane lif B || daies || nichtes C]
+F+or þi þ̵ wepmen ne seoð ow ne ȝe ham · wel mei don of ower
clað beo hit hwit beo hit blac bute hit beo unorne · warm ⁊ wel
iwraht · felles wel itawet · ⁊ habbeð ase monie as ow to neodeð
to bedde ⁊ to rugge. {25}
++Uor{}ði þet no mon ne i{}sihð ou . ne ȝe ne i{}seoð nenne mon :
wel mei don of ower cloðes . beon heo hwite : beon heo blake.
bute þet heo beon unorne ⁊ warme ⁊ wel i wrouhte. uelles wel i
tauwed. {25} ⁊ habbeð ase monie ase ou to neodeð . to bedde and
eke to rugge.
[Linenote:
23, 24. _welmeidon_ MS.]
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