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
+A+se forð as ȝe mahen of mete ⁊ of claðes · ⁊ of oþre þinges
þet neode of flesch easkeð{;} beoð large toward ham{;} þah ȝe
nearowe beon ⁊ hearde to ow seoluen. Swa deð þe wel blaweð{;}
went te nearewe of þe horn to his ahne muð{;} ant utward þ̵
wide. Ant ȝe don alswa as ȝe wulleð þ̵ {205} ower beoden bemin
wel ⁊ dremen{;} i drihtines earen · nawt ane to ower ahnes{;} ah
to alle folkes heale · as ure lau{er}d leue þurh þe g{ra}ce of
him seolf þ̵ hit swa mote ameN.
++Se uorð ase ȝe muwen of drunch and of mete and of cloð and of
oðer þinges þet neode of fleshe askeð : beoð large touward ha{m} :
þauh ȝe ðe neruwure beon and te herdure to ou suluen . vor so
deð þe wel bloweð . went þene neruwure ende of þe horne to his
owune {190} muðe . ⁊ utward þene wide. and ȝe don also . ase ȝe
wulleð þet ower beoden bemen ⁊ dreamen wel : ine drihtenes earen
. and nout one to ower ones{;} auh to alle uolkes heale . ase
ure lou{er}d leue þuruh ðe grace of hi{m}sulf . þet hit so mote
beon. am{en}.
[Collations: 187. Ase | Alse C || forð as B || muhen | muȝen C
|| baðe _add._ || drinch || of drunch and _om._ C || and _after_
mete _om._ || claðes B || 188. oðre C || þi{n}g || ned || flesch
| fles C || askes || beos || toward B || 189. þah | þach C || ðe
_om._ B || narewe beon ⁊ harde to ow seolue{n} B || vor _om._ ||
`for´ C || Swa | swa C || dos || 190. þ̵ || blawes | blaweð C ||
wendes || te | þe C || narewe || ende _om._ || `ende´ C || horn
B || toward || ahne | achne C || 191. muð B || te | þe C || do
alswa as B || wiln | wull{et} C || owre beodes || 192. beme{n}
wel ⁊ B || i drihtines | i{n} drichtines C || eare || and _om._
B || Nawt | naut C || ane B || 193. owre || anres | a`u´nes C ||
Ah | ach C || folkes B || as B || lau{er}d B || þurh | þurch C
|| 194. hi{m}self | him seolf C || swa mote B || beon. am{en}
_om._ B]
[[191. wull{et} C _corrected in Notes from “wull”_]]
[[This section has no parallel in the Cotton MSS.]]
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