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
+H+wen ower sustres meidnes cumeð to ow to froure{;} cumeð to
ham to þe þurl{;} earunder ⁊ ouerunder · eanes oðer twien · ⁊
gað aȝein sone{;} to ower note gastelich · {210} ne biuore
Complie ne sitte ȝe nawt for ham ouer riht time · swa þ̵ hare
cume beo na lure of ower religiun{;} ah gastelich biȝete. ȝef
þer is eani word iseid þ̵ mahte hurten heorte{;} ne beo hit nawt
iboren ut{;} ne ibroht to oþer ancre{;} þ̵ is eð hurte. To him
hit schal beon iseid{;} þe lokeð ham alle. Twa niht is inoh þ̵
ei beo edhalden · ant þ̵ beo {215} ful seldene · ne for heom ne
breoke silence ed te mete{;} ne for blodletunge · bute ȝef sum
muche god oðer neod hit makie. Þe ancre ne hire meiden ne
plohien `nane´ worldliche gomenes ed te þurle · ne ne ticki
to{}gederes · foR ase seið seint Beornard. vnwurðe þing is to
euch gastelich mon · ⁊ nomeliche to ancre{;} euch swuch
fleschlich {220} froure · ⁊ hit binimeð gastelich þ̵ is wið{}ute
met utnume murhðe · ⁊ þ̵ is uuel change as is iseid þruppe.
[Linenote:
191. _ȝef_ above _þurh_ deleted.]
[[This section has no parallel in the Cotton MSS.]]
++Of þis boc redeð hwen ȝe beoð eise euche dei{;} leasse oðer
mare. Jch hopie þ̵ hit [f. 117v] schal beon ow ȝef ȝe hit redeð
ofte{;} swiðe biheue{;} þurh godes muchele grace · elles ich
hefde uuele bitohe {225} mi muchele hwile. Me were leou{er}e
godd hit wite do me toward rome{;} þen forte biginnen hit eft
forte donne. Ȝef ȝe findeð þ̵ ȝe doð alswa as ȝe redeð{;}
þonckið godd ȝeorne · ȝef ȝe ne doð nawt{;} biddeð godes are ·
⁊ beoð umben þeronuuen þ̵ ȝe hit bet halden efter ower mihte. {230}
[Linenote:
225. _godes_] _d_ corr. out of _g_ MS.]
++O þisse boc redeð eu{er}iche deie : hwon ȝe beoð eise .
eu{er}iche deie {195} lesse oðer more. uor ich hopie þet hit
schal beon ou ȝif ȝe hit redeð ofte : swuðe biheue þuruh godes
grace . and elles ich heuede vuele bitowen muchel of mine hwule.
God hit wot me were leouere uorto don me touward rome{;} þen
uorto biginnen hit eft forto donne. and ȝif ȝe iuindeð þet ȝe
doð also ase ȝe redeð{;} þonkeð god ȝeorne . {200} and ȝif ȝe ne
doð nout{;} biddeð godes ore . [f. 120v] and beoð umbe þer
abuten : þet ȝe hit bet hol holden : efter ower mihte.
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