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
helpeð mid ower owune swinke so uorð so ȝe muwen to schruden ou
suluen and *feden ȝef neod is* þeo ðet ou serueð . ase seint
ierome lereð : ne beo ȝe neu{er} idel . uor anonrihtes ðe ueond
beot hire his werc : þet ine godes werke ne wurcheð . and he
tuteleð anonrihtes {70} touward hire. uor þeo hwule [f. 117v]
þet he isihð hire bisi . `he´ þencheð þus . vor nout ich schulde
nu kumen neih hire{;} ne mei heo nout i{}hwulen uorto her`c´nen
mine lore. of idelnesse awakeneð muchel flesshes fondunge .
_Iniq{ui}tas sodome . sat{ur}itas panis ⁊ ociu{m}_. þet is. al
sodomes cweadschipe kom of idelnesse : ⁊ of ful {75} wombe. Iren
þet lið stille{;} gedereð sone rust . and water þet ne stureð
nout readliche stinkeð.
[Collations: 67. Helpes || wið B || owre || ahne | achne C ||
swinc | swinch C || se forð se B || muhen | muchȝen C ||
68. ow seluen | ow seoluen C || ta þ̵ ow serue{n} | ow
seruið C || As B || sein || 69. leares | leareð C || neau{er} B
|| `allu{n}ge´ idel `⁊ se forð as ȝe mahen´ C || for B ||
ananrihtes | ananrichtes C || te || feond | feont C || bedes. ||
70. þe C || i | in C || werc B || swinkes | swinkeð C || he
_om._ B || tuteles | anan B || 71. toward | towart C || for hwil
he B || seos | sið C || 72. he þe swike þenches t{us} || for B
|| noht | naut C || ischulde nu cume to hire | cumen nu nech
hire C || mai || 73. ho | ha C || nawt | naut C || ȝeme nu |
iȝemen C || to B || lustne{n} mi | lustin min C || lare B ||
wakene{n} || 74. muchele || flesches B || fondinges || 75. al
_om._ B || sodome || cwedschipe C || com B || 76. wambe || Irn
þ̵ lis || Gederes || muche C || and _om._ B || 77a. stures ||
nawt | naut C || raðliche | readiliche C || stinkes]
+A+ncre ne schal nawt forwurðe scolmeistre · ne turnen ancre
husto {95} childrene scole · hire meiden mei learen sum oðer
meiden · þ̵ were pliht of to leornin among{e} wepmen · oðer
bimong gromes. ah ancre ne ah to ȝemen bute godd ane · þah bi
hire meistres read ha mei sum rihten ⁊ helpen to learen.
ancre ne schal nout forwurðen scolme`i´stre : ne turnen hire
ancre hus{;} to childrene scole. hire meiden mei þauh techen
su{m} lutel meiden. þet were dute of forto leornen among gromes
. auh ancre ne ouh forto ȝemen bute god one. *þah {80} bi hire
meistres read{;} ha mei su{m} rihten ⁊ helpe te leren.*
[Collations: 77b. ȝe ne schule sende lettres. | Ne underfo
lettres bute leaue C || nawt | naut C || forwurðe B ||
scolemeister || scol _above erasure_ C || 78. hire _om._ B ||
ancres || childre`ne´ schole C || Hire ... leren _in l._ 81
_om._ || 79. þauh _om._ C || learen C || lute C || of{;} to C ||
80. bimong gremes C || Ach C || nach to ȝeme C || ane C]
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