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
Þeos ȝeol`e´we [froggen bi{}tacneð þeos wimmen þe claþeð heom
mid ȝeoluwe] claþe. for þe ȝeolewe clað is þes deofles helfter.
þeos wi{m}men þe þus lu{m}eð beoð þes deofles musestoch
iclepede. for þenne þe mon wule tilden his musestoch he
bindeð {110} uppon þa swike chese ⁊ bret hine for þon þ̵ he
scolde swote smelle. and þurh þe [f. 21v] sweote smel of þe
chese{;} he bicherreð monie mus to þe stoke. Alswa doð monie of
þas wi{m}men heo smurieð heom mid blanchet þ̵ is þes deofles
sape ⁊ claþeð heom mid ȝeoluwe claþe þ̵ is þes deofles
helft{er}. ⁊ seodðan heo lokieð {115} in þe scawere. þ̵ is þes
deofles hindene. Þus heo doð for to feiren heom seoluen. ⁊ to
draȝen lechurs to ham. ah heo fuleð heom soluen þer{}mide. Nu
leofemen for godes lufe witeð how wið þes deofles musestoch ⁊
witeð eow þet ȝe ne beo noht þe foaȝe neddre. ne þe blake tadde.
ne þe ȝolewe frogge. þe feder. ⁊ þe sune. ⁊ þe {120} halie gast.
iscild us þer{}wið. ⁊ wið alle sunnen a buten e{n}de. _per
om{n}ia s{e}c{u}la s{e}c{u}lor{um}._ AmeN.
[Linenotes:
107. _þeos ȝeolowe claþes_ MS. || 108. _iṣ is_ MS. ||
109. _lumeð_] _luuieð_ MS. || 111. _sclode_ MS.]
XII. SERMONS FOR PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER DAY
[[MS description from Notes volume:
“Trinity College, Cambridge, B. 14. 52. See [VIII, Poema Morale].”]]
[[Each sermon was printed as a single paragraph. They have been broken
up for this e-text.]]
[Headnote: Quia Mitis Sum et Humilis Corde]
A. DOMINICA PALMARUM
[f. 42v] _++Turbe que p{re}cedebant d{omi}n{u}m. ⁊ que
sequebant{ur} clamaba{nt} dicentes. osanna filio d{aui}d{;}
b{e}n{e}dict{us} qui uenit i{n} no{m}i{n}e d{omi}ni._ It is
custume þ̵ ech chirchsocne goð þis dai ap{ro}ce`ssi´on. ⁊ þis
wune haueð þe biginnigge of þe holie p{ro}cession. þe ure
[f. 43r] helende makede {5} to{}ward te stede þer he wolde deð
þolen.
_+E+t cu{m} ueniss{et} bethfage ad monte{m} o{liuarum}. Mittens
[duos] de dis{cipulis} iussit adduci asina{m} ⁊ sedit sup{er}
eam_. Þo þe co{m} to bethfage Swo hatte þe þrop þe p{re}ste one
wunien. bi sides ier{usa}l{e}m on þe fot of þe dune þe men
clepen mu{n}t oliuete. þo sende tweien of hise diciples {10}
in{}to þe bureh of ier{usa}l{e}m. ⁊ bed hem bringen á wig one te
riden. noðer stede. ne palefrei. ne fair mule. ac þeh he [were]
alre lou{er}des lou{er}d. ⁊ alre kingene ki[n]g. naþeles he
sende aft{er} þe alre unwurþeste wig one to riden. ⁊ þ̵ is asse.
⁊ gaf us forbisne of admodnesse on his dede. alse he doð on oðre
stede on his speche þus {15} queðinde.
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