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
Ȝe ne schulen senden leattres · ne underuon leattres · ne writen
bute leaue. Ȝe schulen beon i doddet · {100} oðer ȝef ȝe wulleð
ischauen fowr siðen i þe ȝer · to lihtin ower heaued · beo bi þe
her ieueset{;} [f. 115r] hwa{}se swa is leouere · ant as ofte
ileten blod ⁊ ȝef neod iS{;} oftre · Þe mei beo þer buten{;} ich
hit mei wel þolien. Hwen ȝe beoð ilete blod{;} ȝe ne schule don
na þing þe þreo dahes þ̵ ow greueð · ah talkið to ower {105}
meidnes · ⁊ wið þeawfule talen schurteð ow to{}gederes. Ȝe maheN
swa don ofte hwen ow þuncheð heuie{;} oðer beoð for sum
worltlich þing sare oðer seke · þah euch worltlich froure is
unwurðe to ancre.
[Linenote:
104. After _beoð_, _al greiðe_ struck out.]
++Ȝe ne schulen senden lettres . ne underuon lettres . ne
writen : buten leaue. ȝe schulen beon i{}dodded four siðen iðe
ȝere : uorto lihten ower heaued. *oðer ȝef ȝe wulled ischauen.
hwa se wule ieveset. ah ha mot te oft{er}e weschen ⁊ kemben hire
heauet*{;} and ase ofte ileten {85} blod . and oftere ȝif neod
is . and hwo so mei beon þer wið uten{;} ich hit mei wel i
þolien. hwon ȝe beoð i{}leten blod . ȝe ne schulen don no þing
þeo þreo dawes{;} þet ou greue . auh talkeð mid ower meidenes.
and mid þeaufule talen : schurteð ou to gederes. ȝe muwen don so
ofte : hwon ou þuncheð heuie . oðer beoð uor sume worldliche
þinge {90} sorie : oðer seke.
[Collations: 82. und{er}fon || bute || 83. schule C || beo ||
idoddet C || iþ{e} ȝer fiftene siðe || ȝer C uorto ... heauet
_in l. 85 om._ || to lichten ower heauet C || 85. ⁊ fowr siðe
ilet{en} | ⁊ as ofte ilete blod | `⁊ ȝef neod is oftere´ C ||
86. oftre || ned || and ... þolien _om._ C || Hwa se mai wel
beo wið ute{n}: ich hit mai þolie{n} || 87. Hwon ... blod
_om._ C || Hwe{n} || arn schule C do þreo daies na þi{n}g þ̵ ow
greues || don `þeo´ þreo daȝes nan þing þ̵ ow greueð C || 88. Ah
ach C || talkes || to B || owre seruant | ower meidnes C ||
89. wið B || þeawfule | þeufule C || tales: schurtes ow |
schurtið C || muhen | muȝe C || swa don ofte hwen ow B ||
90. þu{n}ches || heui C || arn || for sum B || worldlich C ||
þing B || 91a. sari B]
+S+wa wisliche witeð ow in ower blodletunge{;} ⁊ haldeð ow i
swuch reste{;} þ̵ ȝe longe þreft{er} mahen i godes seruise þe
monluker swinken · {110} ant alswa hwen ȝe feleð eani secnesse.
Muchel sotschipe hit is leosen for an dei{;} tene oðer tweolue.
+V+esscheð ow hwer{}se neod is as ofte as ȝe wulleð ·
So wisliche witeð ou i{n} our blod{}letunge : and holdeð ou ine
swuche reste . þet ȝe longe þer efter muwen ine godes seruise þe
monluker swinken . and also hwon ȝe i{}ueleð eni secnesse . vor
muchel sotschipe hit is. uorto [f. 118r] uorleosen uor one deie .
tene oðer tweolue. Wassheð ou hwar se ȝe habbeð neode : ase ofte
{95} ase ȝe wulleð.
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