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
[Collations: 150. Þah | þach C || þe _om._ || anker || seruanz
|| for B || Giltes || leie || penitance C || 151. to p{re}ost
no ðe lat{er}e | to þe preost no ðe latere C || Ah | Ach C ||
eau{er} B || þah | þach C || wið B || 152. and _om._ B || ȝef C
|| ho | ha C || cunen noht | cunne naut C || te || seggen B ||
hare C || 153. studen C || Pat{er} n{oste}r biforen | p{ate}r
n{oste}r biuoren C || maria. Aft{er} mete alswa | marie.
eft{er} mete alse C || 154. a crede C || mare B || seggen |
segge C || fader sune B || ⁊ _om._ || hali gast B ||
155. ⁊ _om._ B || an B || almichtin C || godd || he _om._ B ||
ȝeoue C || lauedi || se B || se mare B || 156. baðe | ba C ||
nime | neome C || ende B || ⁊ _om._ B || þe C || 157. don ||
heore C || sawle | saule C || ⁊ þ̵ us | þe us C || haue{n} ||
hore soulen _om._ C || sawle || 158a. sawle | saule C || am{en}
_om._ B]
+B+itweone mel ne gruchesi ȝe nawt · nowðer frut ne oðerhwet{;}
ne drinken bute leaue . ⁊ te leaue beo liht in al þ̵ nis sunne.
Ed te mete na word · oðer lut{;} ⁊ teo stille. Alswa efter þe
ancre complie · aþet p{ri}me · ne don na þing ne seggen{;}
hweR{}þurh hire silence mahe {180} beon isturbet.
[Linenote:
177. _gruchesi_] _ch_ on an erasure.]
Bitweonen mele ne gruselie ȝe nout . nouðer frut{;} `ne´
oðerhwat . ne `ne´ drinken wið{}uten leaue . [f. 119v] auh þe
leaue beo liht i{n} alle þeo þinges{;} þer nis sunne. Ette mete
{160} no word . oðer lut . ⁊ þeo beon stille. also efter ðe
ancre cu{m}plie uort midmorwen . ne don no þing . ne ne siggen .
hwar þuruh hire silence muwe beon i{}sturbed.
[Collations: 158b. Bitwene B || meal | mel C || gruse | gruuesi
C || ȝe _om._ C || nawt | naut C || 159. nowðer | nouðer C ||
fruit || oðer hwet C || ni | ne C || drinke || bute B || 160. ⁊
te | ⁊ þe C || licht C || al þ̵ nis B || At te | ed þe C || na |
nan C || 161. ⁊ ta stille | ⁊ þeo stille C || Alswa B || aft{er}
ancres B || aðet p{ri}me | oðet prime C || 162. ni do þi{n}g ne
segge | ne don nan þing ne seggen C || hwer þurh | hwar þurch C
|| 163a. muhe | muȝe C || beo dest{ur}bet | beon to sturbed C]
+N+an ancre seruant ne ahte bi rihte to easkin iset hure · bute
mete ⁊ hure þ̵ ha mei flutte bi{;} ant godes milce. Ne mis{}leue
nan godd{;} hwet{}se tide of þe ancre · þ̵ he hire trukie. þe
meidnes wið{}uten ȝef ha seruið þe ancre alswa as ha ahen · hare
hure schal beon þe hehe blisse of heouene. Hwa{}se haueð ehe of
hope toward {185} se heh bure{;} gleadliche wule ha seruui ⁊
lihtliche alle wa · ⁊ alle teone þolien. wið eise ⁊ wið este ne
buð me nawt bliSSe.
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