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
þe ancre neu{er} more þer efter þene ilke gult ne upb[r]eide
hire : uor none wreððe . bute ȝif heo eft sone ualle iðet ilke .
auh do hit allunge ut of hire heorte. and ȝif eni strif ariseð
bitweonen ðe wu{m}men{;} ðe ancre makie eiðer of ha{m} to makien
oðer venie akneon to ðer eorðe . and {135} eiðer rihte up oðer :
⁊ kussen ha{m} on ende . and þe ancre legge on eiðer su{m}
penitence. More upon þeo ilke : ðet gretluker haueð agult. þis is
o þing wute `ȝe´ [f. 119r] wel to soðe ðet is gode leouest{;}
seih[t]nesse ⁊ some. ⁊ þe ueonde loðest. and for{}þi he is
eu{er} umbe to arearen sume wreððe.
[Linenote:
138. _ȝe_ added in margin.]
[Collations: 131b. anker || 132. þilke gult neau{er} mare þr
aft{er} | þer efter neau{er} mare þilke gult C || hire
_om._ B || for B || na | nan C || 133. wraððe B || ȝef C ||
ho | ha C || sones falle B || i þat ilke | i þilke C || Ah |
Ach C || 134. and _om._ B || ȝef C || ani B || rises ||
bitwene{n} ham utewið{;} | bitwene þe wi{m}men C || þe anker ||
135. make B || of ham _om._ B || make B || þe oðer C ||
o cneos | o cneon C || dun to þe | to þe C || 136. richte C ||
cussen on B || te anker leie || 137. penitance C || Mare B ||
up o þ̵ ilke | up on þilke C || þe C || greatluker || gulte B ||
138. is _om._ C || a | an C || wite{n} B || ho | ha C || to soðe
_om._ B || godd | god C || leuest || 139. sahtnesse |
sachtnesse C || somentale || te feond | þe feont C || laðest B
|| and _om._ B || eau{er} umben B || 140a. reare | arere C ||
su{m} laððe B]
Nu sið þe sweoke wel · þ̵ hwen fur is wel o brune{;} ⁊ me wule
þ̵ hit aga{;} {160} me sundreð þe brondes · ⁊ he deð {n}ond þ̵
ilke. luue is ih{es}u c{ri}stes fur · þ̵ he wule þ̵ bleasie aa i
þin heorte · ant te deouel blaweð forte puffen hit ut. Hwen his
blawunge ne geineð nawt · he bringeð up sum uuel word · oðer sum
oþer nohtunge · hwer þurh ha to hurten eiðer fro{m}mard oþer · ⁊
te hali gastes fuR cwencheð hwen þe {165} brondes þurh wreaððe
beoð isundret. forþi halden ham i luue feaste to gederes · Ant
ne beo ha{m} nawt of hwen þe feond blawe · nomeliche ȝef monie
beon iueietsomet{;} ⁊ wel wið luue ontende.
[Linenote:
161. _hond_ MS.]
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