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
nu isihð ðe deouel wel ðet hwon þet fur {140} is wel o brune . ⁊
me wule ðet hit go ut : me sundreð ðe brondes . and he deð `also´
onond þet ilke. luue is ih{es}u cristes fur þet he wule ðet
blasie i{n} vre heorte . and þe deouel bloweð forto puffen hit
ut . and hwon his blowinge ne geineð nout : þeonne bringeð he up
su{m} luðer word . oðer su{m} oþer nouhtunge : hwar þuruh heo to
hurteð eiðer {145} uro{m}mard oðer{;} and þe holi gostes fur{;}
acwencheð hwon ðe brondes þuruh wreððe{;} beoð i{}sundred. and
for{}þi holden ha{m} ine luue ueste to{}gederes . and ne beo
ha{m} nout of{;} hwon ðe ueond blowe . and nomeliche ȝif monie
beoð i ueied somed{;} and wel mid luue ontende.
[Collations: 140b. seos | sið C || te swike | þe sweoke C ||
hwe{n} fur B || 141. onbrune C || mo{n} wile || Ga B || mon
sundres te || brendes C || 142. dos hond to þ̵ ilke | deð þ̵
ilke C || fuir || wile || 143. owre || te || blawes | blaweð C
|| 144. and _om._ B || hwe{n} B || blast | blawunge C || Geines
|| nawt | naut C || þeonne _om._ B || he bringes | he bringeð C
|| 145. luðer _om._ || hwat | nochtunge C || hwer B || þurh |
þurch C || ho | ha C || hurren B || 146. framward |
fro{m}mart C || te || hali gastes B || cwenches | cwencheð C ||
hwe{n} || 147. þurh | þurch C || wraððe B || beo{n} isundret ||
and _om._ B || halde | halden C || iluue | inluue C || faste |
feste C || 148. nawt | naut C || hwe{n} B || feo{n}d | feont C
|| blawe B || and _om._ B || 149. nomeli || ȝef C || beon B ||
ifest to Gedere || iueiȝet somet C || wel _om._ || wið B ||
ontendet]
Þah þe ancre on hire meidnes for openliche gultes legge
penitence{;} to þe preost noðeleater schriuen ham hwen neod is ·
ah eauer þah wið leaue. Ȝef ha {170} ne cunnen nawt þe mete
g{ra}ceS · seggen in hare stude{;} p{ate}r n{oste}r biuoren{;} ⁊
aue Maria · ⁊ eft{er} mete alswa · ant a Credo mare · ⁊ segge
þ{us} on ende · feader · Sune · hali gast al mihti godd · ȝeoue
ure dame his g{ra}ce · [f. 116v] se lengre se mare · ⁊ leue hire
⁊ us ba neomen god ende · for{}ȝelde alle þe us god doð · ⁊
milci hare sawle þe us god {175} idon habbeð · hare sawle ⁊ alle
cristene sawleS.
Þauh ðe ancre on hire meidenes uor openliche gultes . legge
penitence {150} neu{er} ðe later to ðe preoste schriuen ha{m}
ofte . auh eu{er} þauh mid leaue. and ȝif heo ne kunnen nout ðe
mete graces : siggen i{n} hore stude{;} p{ate}r . n{oste}r . ⁊
aue maria biuoren mete . and efter mete also . ⁊ credo moare .
and siggen þus on ende . veder ⁊ sune ⁊ holi gost . ⁊ on almihti
god{;} he ȝiue ure dame his grace{;} so lengre so more . {155} ⁊
leue hire ⁊ us boðe nimen god endinge . ⁊ forȝelde alle ðet us
god doð . ⁊ milce hore soulen : þet us god i don habbeð . hore
soulen ⁊ alle cristene soulen. am{en}.
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