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
+E+auer me is leou{er}e se ȝe doð greattre werkes. +N+e makie ȝe
nane purses forte freondin ow wið · bute to þeo þ̵ ower meistre
ȝeueð ow his leaue · ne huue ne blod{}binde of seolc · ne laz
buten leaue · Ah schapieð ⁊ seowið ⁊ mendið chirche claðes · ⁊
poure monne hettren. {70} na swuch þing ne schule ȝe ȝeouen
wið{}uteN schriftes leaue · namare þen neomen · þ̵ ȝe ne seggen
hi{m} fore{;} as of oðre þinges · kun oðer cuððe · hu ofte ȝe
under uengen · hulonge ȝe edheolden. tendre of cunne limpeð nawt
ancre beonne. A mon wes of religiun · ⁊ com to him efter help
his fleschliche broðer · ⁊ he tahte him to his þridde {75}
breðer · þe wes dead biburiet. Þe ondswerede wundrinde · Nai
q{uo}ð he nis he dead? ant ich q{uo}ð þe hali mon [f. 114v] am
dead gasteliche. Na fleschlich freond ne easki me fleschlich
froure. Amices ⁊ parures · worldliche leafdis mahen inoh wurchen
· ant ȝef ȝe ham makieð{;} ne makie ȝe þrof na mustreisun ·
veine gloire attreð alle {80} gode þeawes · ⁊ alle gode werkes.
Criblin ne schal nan of ow for luue ne for hure. Taueles ne
forbeode ich nawt. Ȝef sum riueð surpliz oðeR measse kemese{;}
oþre riuunges ne riue ha nawt nomeliche oueregede · bute for
muche neode.
[Linenotes:
75. _to his_] _is_ on erasure. || 76. _breðer_] _er_ on erasure. ||
77. Before _nis_, _d_ erased.]
++Euer me is leouere . so ȝe don gretture werkes. ne makie none
purses . uorte ureonden ou mide .* bute to þeo þ̵ ower meistre
ȝeoueð ow his leaue*{;} ne blodbendes of seolke .* ne laz . bute
leaue*{;} auh schepieð and seouweð and amendeð chirche cloðes .
and poure {65} monne cloðes. no þing ne schule ȝe ȝiuen :
wið{}uten schriftes leaue.
[Collations: 62. Eauer B || leu{er}e | leoure C || se B ||
gratt{er}e | grett{er}e [[C]] || Ne ... cloðes _in_ l. 66
_om._ || make ȝe C || nane C || 63. forto freonden ow wið C ||
64. blod binden of seolc C || 65. Ach schap`i´eð ⁊ seoweð ⁊
mendeð (e _over_ ạ) C || claðes C || 66. menne hettren C ||
Na | nan || `swuc´ C || ȝeoue{n} bute ȝe hauen chirches leaue ||
ȝeuen C]
+H+elpeð ow wið ower ahne swinc se forð se ȝe eauer mahen to
schriden ow seoluen ⁊ feden ȝef {85} neod is · ⁊ þeo þe ow
seruið. +A+s sein Jerome leareð · ne beo ȝe neauer longe ne
lihtliche of sum{}þing allunges idel · for anan rihtes þe feond
beot hire his werc þe i godes werc ne swinkeð · ⁊ tuteleð anan
toward hire. foR hwil he sið hire bisi{;} he þencheð þus · for
nawt ich schulde nu cume neh hire{;} ne mei ha nawt iȝemen to
lustni {90} mi lare. Of idelnesse awakeneð muchel flesches
fondunge. _Iniquitas Sodome{;} saturitas panis ⁊ ocium_ · þ̵ is
· SodomeS cwedschipe com of idelnesse ⁊ of ful wombe. Irn þ̵ lið
stille gedereð sone rust · weater þe ne stureð nawt{;} readliche
stinkeð.
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