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
⁊ for ði þe is god {105} þ̵ þu beseke at gode one
mihte. ðe hatte _discrecio_. þat is [f. 48r] sckelewisnesse.
[Linenotes:
73. _speked_ MS. || 74. _inede_] _n_ corr. out of _h_. ||
80. _is_ corr. out of _þ_. || 88. _lað_] _ð_ corr. out of _d_.
|| 89. _þat_ on an erasure. || 97. _god_] MS. _gode_, with _e_
partly erased. || 102. _ȝif_] _Gif_ MS.]
++Hie is swiðe beheue mang alle ðe oðre mihtes. Ðis ðe hali
faderes seggeð Hie is moder of alle ðe oðre mihtes. ðar ðe he
rixið ne mai naure man forfaren. þe hire wile rixin ⁊ folȝin.
Hit {110} seið _in uitas patru{m}_. ðat at sume sal waren ðe
hali faderes to{}gedere igadered. ⁊ waren spekinde betwen hem on
`h´williche wise me mihte rihtist ⁊ sikerest to gode cumen. Sum
sade þurh fasten. sum þurh wacche{n}. sum ðurh bede. sum sade
þurh hersumnesse. sum sade ðurh annesse. sum sade ðurh
herborȝin {115} wrecche me{n}n. ⁊ feden ⁊ screden. Sum sade ðurh
seke me{n}n to lokin. ⁊ on manieskennes wisen hie namden after
ðan þe þat hali goddspell seið. Ða sade on of ða eldes[t] ⁊ on
of ða wisest. Ðurh alle ðesen we habbeð iseȝen ⁊ iherd swiðe
maniȝe ȝeborȝen. ⁊ manie of alle ðesen inamde mihten forfaren
for þi ðat hem trukede {120} _discrecio_. þat is scadwisnesse
and skele. For ði sume deden michel mare þan hie mihtin wel
andin Sume deden to litel. Sume deden euele. ⁊ wenden wel don.
Sume wel a{}gunnen ⁊ euele andeden. Ac naure ne ȝeseiȝe we manne
þat hadde þese hali mihte mid him þat he aure misferde[.] beȝete
se ðe muge. {125}
[Linenotes:
115. _herborȝin_] _ȝ_ on erasure. || 118. _eldest_] hole in MS. ||
121. _ði_ on erasure.]
++Perseuerancia hatte an hali mihte. Hie nis naht [f. 48v] to
laten for ðan hie makeð ðanne man ðe godd `h´is. to sant þ̵ he
þurwuneð on his godnesse. On ðare ealde laȝe hit was i[h]oten þ̵
alle dier. ðe me gode scolde offrin þat hie lokeden wel ðat ðe
tail ware on auriche netene. Þat tocneð ðat ilke mann ðe gode
ani seruise {130} offreð. þat he þar on þurȝwunie[.] on ðessere
newe laȝe sade crist. _Qvi p{er}seuerauerit usq{ue} in finem hic
saluus erit._ Se {ð}urȝ wuneð on his godnesse ðe he hafð agunnen
he worð iborȝen ⁊ naht elles for none gode þe he don hafð. hwat
`hwat´ it is.
[Linenotes:
128. _ihoten_] _io_ corr. by erasure. || 129. Before _ðe_, _ðe_
erased. || 132. On margin {Ew}angelista in red. || 133. _ðurȝ_]
_durȝ_ MS. || 134. _`hwat´_ on erasure.]
+Ratio dicit a{n}i{m}e :+ {135}
++Lieue `saule´, ðis little writt ic `habbe´ sare beswonken he
it wat þ̵ wot alle þing for ðe to wissin. for ðe to warnin. ⁊
for ðe to helpen ⁊ for ðe to berȝin. {ȝ}if ðu wilt wel hit
understonden ⁊ liernin ⁊ folȝin ⁊ [h]ealden wið{}uten alche
twene þu miht mid godes felste ðe berȝen ⁊ heuneriches merchþe
mid þese halie mihtes sike`r´liche {140} iwinnen.
[Linenotes:
136. _habbe_ above _write_ deleted. || 137. _þ̵_] _þ̵ạ_ MS. ||
138. _ȝif_] _Gif_ MS. || 139. _alche_] _c_ corr. out of _l_.]
+N{un}c autor loq{ui}t{ur} final{ite}r.+
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