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
Eft wule [f. 114r] þe apostle þ̵ wummon wreo i chirche hire neb
ȝetten · leste uuel þoht arise þurh hire onsihðe · _Et hoc {est}
propt{er} ang{e}los_. hwi þenne {55} þu chirch ancre iwimplet
openest þi neb to wepmonnes ehe{;} toȝeines þe sist men{;}
spekeð þe apostle · ȝef þu þe ne hudest. ah ȝef þ̵ ei þing
wriheð þi neb from monnes ehe · beo hit wah beo hit clað · i wel
i rund windowe · wel mei duhen ancre of oðer wimplunge. Toȝeines
þe þe þ{us} ne dest{;} spekeð þe apostle nawt toȝeines oþre ·
þ̵ {60} hare ahne wah wriheð wið euch{}monnes sihðe. þer
awakenið ofte wake þohtes of · ⁊ werkes oðerhwileS. Hwa{}se wule
beon isehen{;} þah ha atiffi hire nis nawt muche wunder{;} ah to
godes ehnen ha is lufsumre{;} þe is for þe luue of him{;}
untiffet wið{}uteN.
Eft wule seinte pauel þ̵ wu{m}m[o{n}] wreo i chirche hire neb
ȝette leste vuel þoht arise þurh hir[e] on{}sihðe ⁊ _h{oc} {est}
· p{ro}p{ter} ang[e]los_. Hwi þenne þu chirche ancre al beo þu
iwimplet{;} openest þah þi neb to weopmones ehe . Te ȝeines þe.
þe isist men spekeð seinte pauel. Ah ȝef ei þing {50} wriheð{;}
þi neb fro{m} mo{n}nes ehe{;} beo hit wah beo hit clað i{}þi
p{ar}lures þurl{;} wel mei duhen ancre of oðer wimlu{ng}e.*
Hwo{}se wule beon i{}seien . þauh heo atiffe hire{;} nis nout
muchel wunder . auh to godes eien . heo is lufsumere þet is uor
ðe luue of him{;} untiffed wið{}uten.
[Linenote:
52. _wimlumpe_ MS.]
[Collations: 52. hwa B || 53. wile || isehen | iseȝen C ||
of alle þ hire cume{n} to _add_. || þah | þach C || ho | ha
C || atiffen | atifi C || ham | na | nan C || muche B || 54.
Ah | ach C || ehne | echne{n} C || ho | ha C || lufsumer ||
þe is C || for B || 55a. untiffet B]
+R+ing ne broche ne habbe ȝe · ne gurdel imembret · ne glouen ne
nan swuch {65} þing þ̵ ow ne deh to habben. A meoke surpliz ȝe
mahen in hat sumer werien.
Ring . ne broche nabbe ȝe . ne gurdel i{}me{m}bred . {55} ne
glouen . ne no swuch þing þet ou . ne deih for{}to habben.
*vnderstondeð . þ̵ of alle þeose þinges nis nan hest ne forbot
for alle ha beoð of þe vttere riwle þ̵ is lute strencðe of{;}
for hwon þ̵ te inre beo wel iwist as ic seide i þe frumðe . {ha}
mei beon ichanget hwer{}se euer ei neod oder eni skile hit askeð
. eft{er} þ̵ ha mei ase {60} þuften . best seruin þe leafdi
riwle.*
[Linenotes:
55. _i menbred_ MS. || 59. _ha_] _&_ MS.]
[Collations: 55b. ni || ni || i membret || 56. ni gloues ||
na | nan C || swich C || ow B || deah || i burð C || for
_om._ B]
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