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: 195. Of C || þis B || redes || eu{er}iche deie
_om._ B || hwe{n} B || arn || aise C || euche dai | uchedei C
|| 196. mare B || uor _om._ B || þet _om._ || ow B || ȝef C ||
197. hit _add._ B || reden || swiðe B || biheoue || þurh B ||
`godes´ C || and _om._ B || hafde | hefde C || 198. bitohen |
bitochȝen uuele C || muche hwile B || God ... wot _om._ B ||
leu{er}e | leoure C || deu le set _add._ B || 199. to do B ||
toward | towart C || for to | for te C || 200. and _om._ B ||
ȝef C || finde{n} | findeð C || don alswa as B || rede{n}.
þonkes godd || 201. and _om._ B || ȝef C || don || nawt |
naut C || biddes godd || are B || beos || umbe{n} B ||
202a. þer onuuen | þer an ouen C || hit bett{er}e halde{n} |
hit halden C || aft{er} owre mihte | eft{er} ower michte C]
++Feader · Sune · hali gast · an almihti godd wite ow in hiS
warde · he gleadie ow ⁊ frouri ow mine leoue sustren · ant for
al þ̵ ȝe for him dreheð ⁊ dreaieð · ne ȝeoue ow neauer leasse ·
þen al{}to{}gedere him seoluen · Beo he aa iheiet from world
in{}to worlde aa on ecnesse · AMeN.
Veder and sune and holi gost . and on almihti god : he wite ou in
his warde. he gledie ou and froure ou{;} mine leoue sustren. and
for al þet ȝe uor him drieð and suffreð . he ne ȝiue ou neu{er}
lesse huire þen {205} alto gedere him suluen. he beo eu{er}
i{}heid from worlde to worlde . eu{er} on ecchenesse. amen.
[Collations: 202b. Fad{er} sune. haligast an B || 203. almichti
C || godd || he _om._ B || ow B || 204. gladie || ow B || frouri
C || ow B || leue sustre || 205. for B || drehen oðer drehden |
dreȝeð ⁊ dreiȝeð C || he _om._ B || ni ȝiue | Ne ȝeoue C || ow B
|| neau{er} B || lasse || hure C || 206. selue{n} | seoluen C ||
Beo he B || ai ihehet | eau{er} ihechȝet C || fra{m} || into B
|| 207. a on ecnesse | `a on echnesse´ C]
+A+se ofte aS ȝe habbeð ired eawiht her on{;} greteð þe
leafdi {235} wið aN aue{;} for him þ̵ swonc her{}abuten · Jnoh
meaðful ich am þe bidde se lutel · ¶ Explicit · +J+þench o þi
writere i{}þine beoden sum chearre{;} ne beo hit ne se lutel.
Hit turneð þe to gode{;} þ̵ tu bidest for oþre.
ase ofte ase ȝe readeð out o þisse boc{;} greteð þe lefdi mid
one aue marie uor him ðet makede þeos riwle . and for hi{m} þet
hire wrot and swonc her abuten. Inouh meðful ich am{;} þet bidde
so lutel. {210}
[Collations: 208. As C | as B || hauen red | habbeð ired C ||
oht o þis boc | eawet þron C || Gretes ure || lauedi | lafdi C
|| wið an B || 209. marie _om._ B || for B || þ̵ swanc her
abute{n}. | þe swong her abute{n}. C || 210. Inouh ... lutel
_om._ || `Jnoh meðful ic am þe bidde se lutel´ C]
X. IN DIEBUS DOMINICIS
[[MS description from Notes volume:
“Lambeth 487: see [VIII, Poema Morale].”]]
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