9 Now Lord þat erþe madist for erþe & suffridist peines ille,
Lete neu{er}e þis erþe for þis erþe mischeue ne spille,
But þat þis erþe in þis erþe be euere worchinge þi wille,
So that erþe fro þis erþe stie vp to þin hiȝ hille. AMEN. 36
Memento homo quod cinis es. et in cinerem reuerteris.
Ffac bene dum viuis. post mortem viu{er}e si vis.
A man þat wilneþ for to p{ro}fite in þe wey of p{er}fecciou{n}
& souvereinli to plese God. he muste studie bisili for to haue
þese maters in his herte þat folewiþ here aftir.
First biþenke þee [etc.]
[Footnote 1: MS. erron. begins with a capital _D_.]
[Footnote 2: Crossed out in MS.]
[Footnote 3: Omitted in MS.]
[Footnote 4: So in MS.]
[Footnote 5: MS. _is_ erron. for _in_]
[Footnote 6: Omitted in MS.]
[Footnote 7: erron. for _garnement_]
[Footnote 8: _erþe vpon erþe_ inserted after _now_ in MS. and
crossed out.]
[Footnote 9: MS. erroneously repeats, from l. 29, _þat vickidli
hast wrouȝt_.]
GLOSSARY.
[Transcriber’s Note:
Entries shown in [[double brackets]] are from the author’s Addenda,
referring to the English text in Appendix I (pages 42-45). Yogh ȝ is
alphabetized as g, thorn þ as th.]
Abbey, _sb._ 13.6. _perh. erron. for_ nobley.
[[Afrete, _pp._ devoured, eaten 42.3.]]
Agaste, _a._ aghast 25.54.
Agayn(e), ageyn, aȝen, ayen, _adv._ again 13.30, 15.45, 21.34,
24.20, 28.54;
_prep._ against 38.47.
Aȝenrisynge, _sb._ resurrection 15.41.
[[Agrise, _vb._ tremble, quake 44.28.]]
Al, all, _a._ 28.49, 53.
[[Alas, _int._ 43.17.]]
Ale, _sb._ 25.60.
[[Alete, _vb._ to let go, forsake 42.3.]]
Almis, _sb._ alms 24.24.
Also, _adv._ 28.37, 34.73.
Alway(e), all(e) way(e), _adv._ always 7.14, 9.22, 10.22, 25.32,
29.58, &c.
Amende, _vb. imp._ 24.18.
Amys, _adv._ amiss 34.68.
Answerid, _vb. 3 p. pr._ answereth 2.25.
Apone, ap(p)one, _prep._, _var. of_ upon 6.3, 5, 9, 7.1, 2, 3,
9.1, 2, &c.
Ar, 3.50. ? _erron. for_ a.
Aray(e), array, _sb._ array 7.16, 8.26, 19.18, 21.64, 30.24, &c.,
&c.
[[Aryse, _vb._ arise 44.25.]]
Askeþ, askiþ, _vb. 3 p. pr._ 2.25, 39.
[[Assise, _sb._ the Judgement 44.26.]]
Auyse, _vb. imp._ bethink thyself, consider 22.98.
Awaked, _vb. pr. pl._ awaken 1.6.
Away, _adv._ 30.22, 31.22.
[[Awelden, _vb._ wield, rule 42.9.]]
Ay, _adv._ aye 25.58.
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