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SELECTIONS FROM EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH 1130-1250
EDITED WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES BY JOSEPH HALL M.A., HON. D.LITT., Durham University
PART I: TEXTS
OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS M CM XX
wilfrid of Ripum · Johan of beoferlai · Cuþb[ert] of Dunholme · Ripum] Sipum MS.Paulin] [Cwiche] lm Wright.
Ðis gear com henri king to þis land. þa com henri e to clunie. sua ð te king was wel neh be paht. & sende efter þe muneces. & þur'h' godes milce & þur'h' þe biscop of Seresberi & te biscop of lincol & te oþre ricemen þé m. Þa he nan mor ne mihte. þa uuolde he ð his nefe sculde ben abbot in burch. oc xpist it ne uuolde. Was it noht suithe lang þer efter þatte king sende efter him. & dide him gyuen up ð abbotrice of burch. & faren ut of lande. & te king iaf ð abbotrice an prior of S' neod Martin was m on S' petres messe dei mid micel wurscipe into the minstre.
On þis gaere for se king henri ouer sae aet te lam∣masse. & ð oþer dei þa he lai an slep in scip. þa þestrede þe daei ouer al landes & uuard þe sunne suilc als it erres abuten him at middaei. Wur'þ'en men suiðe of uundred & of dred & saeden ð micel þing sculde cumen her efter. sua dide. for þat ilc gaer warth þe king ded. ð oþer daei efter S' Andreas massedaei · on normandi. Þa wes treson a þas landes. for aeuricman sone raeuede oþer þe mihte. þa wes treson a Emerson, in MS. þa westre sona.ande & bebiriend in Redinge. Godman he wes & micel aeie wes of him. durste nanman misdon wið oðer on his time. Pais he makede men & daer. Wua sua bare his byrthen gold & sylure. durste nan man sei to him naht bute god.
Enmang þis was his nefe cumen to englelande Stephne de m to lundene. & te lundenisce folc him underfeng. & senden aefter þe aercebiscop Willelm curbuil. & halechede him to kinge on mide∣wintre daei. On þis kinges time wes al unfrið & yfel & raeflac. for agenes him risen sona þa ricemen þe waeron swikes. alre fyrst Balduin m. & te king it be saet. & siððan Balduin acordede. Þa tocan þa oðre & helden her castles agenes him. & dauid king of scotland toc to uuerrien him · þa þohuue∣there þat here sandes feorden betwyx heom. & hi to gaedere comen & wurðe saehte. þoþ it litel forstode.
Ðis gaere for þe 'king' .Stephne ofer sae to nor∣mandi & ther wes under fangen for þi ð hi uuenden ð he sculde ben alsuic alse the eom wes. & for he hadde get his tresor. ac he to deld it & scatered sotlice. Micel hadde henri king gadered gold & syluer. & na god ne dide me for his saule thar of.
Þa 'þe' king Stephne to englalande com þa macod he his gadering þa] no para∣graph in MS.m þe biscop Roger of Sereberi & Alexander biscop of lincol & te canceler Roger hise neues. & dide aelle in prisun. til hi iafen up here castles. Þa the suikes under gaeton ð he milde man was & softe & god. & na iustise ne dide. þa dide'n' hi alle m manred maked & athes suoren. ac hi nan maked erasure of two letters.m heolden. & fylden þe land ful of castles. Hi suencten suyðe þe uureccemen of þe land mid castel weorces. þa þe castles uuaren mmen. & diden heom 'in prisun' efter gold & syluer. & pined heom; untellendlice pining. for ne uuaeren naeure nan martyrs swa pined alse hi waeron. Me henged up bi the fet & smoked heom · mid mbes other bi the hefed. & hengen þumbes, & deleted.m in quarterne þar nadres & snakes & pades waeron inne. & drapen heom swa. Sume hi diden in crucethus ð is in an caeste þat was scort & nareu. & m braecon alle þe limes. In mani of þe castles waeron lof & grim. ð waeron rachenteges ð twa oþer thre men hadden onoh to baeron onne. þat was sua maced. ð is faestned to an beom. & diden an scaerp iren abuton þa mannes throte & his hals. ð he 'ne' myhte nowiderwardes. mwile & clepeden it tenserie. þa n more to gyuen. þa raeueden hi & brendon alle the tunes. ð wel þu myhtes faren al a daeis fare sculdest thu neure finden man in tune sittende. ne land tiled. Þa was corn daere. & flec & caese & butere. for nan ne waes o þe land. Wrecce men sturuen of hungaer. sume ieden on aelmes þe waren sum wile en al þe god ð þar inne was. & brenden sythen þe cyrce & alte gaedere. Ne hi ne forbaren biscopes land ne abbotes ne preostes. ac raeueden þe ouer] þeouer MS.m. wenden ð hi waeron raeueres. Þe biscopes & leredmen heom cursede aeure. oc was heom naht þar of. for hi uueron al for cursaed & for suoren & for loren. War sae me tilede. þe erthe ne bar nan corn. for þe land re & half gaer & viii· daeis. mid micel suinc. & fand þe munekes & te gestes al þat heom be houed & heold mycel m into þe neuuae mynstre on S' PETRES maesse daei mid micel wurtscipe. ð was · anno ab incarnatione domini · M·c·xl. a combustione loci ·xxiii· & he for 'to' Rome. & þaer waes wael under fangen fram þe pape riuilegies. an of alle þe landes of þabbotrice. & an oþer of þe landes þe lien to þe circewican. & gif he leng moste moste, alse erased.elm malduit þe strengthe corrected out of strengthre.m þae castel. he wan Cotingham & Estun. & Of hugo of euile he uuan hyrtlingberi · & Stanewig. & lx · sol. of Aldewingle 'aelc gaer'. And he makede manie munekes & plantede winiaerd. & makede mani weorkes. & wende þe tun betere þan it aer waes. & waes god munec & god man. & forþi him luueden god & gode men.
Nu we willen saegen sumdel wat belamp on Stephnes kinges time. On his time þe iudeus of Noruuic bohton an xpisten cild be foren estren & pineden him alle þe ilce pining ð ure drihten was pined. & on langfridaei him on rode hengen for ure drihtines luue. & sythen byrieden him. wenden ð it sculde ben for holen. oc ure dryhtin artyr. & to munekes him namen. & bebyried him heglice in þe minstre. & he maket þur[h] ure drihtin wunderlice & manifaeldlice miracles. & hatte he S' Willelm.
On þis gaer com dauid king of Scotland mid ormete faerd to þis land. wolde winnan þis land. m com togaenes Willelm eorl of Albamar þe þe king adde beteht euorwic & to other aeuez men mid faeumen & fuhten wid heom. & flemden þe king aet te Standard. & sloghen suithe micel of his genge.
On þis gaer wolde þe king Stephne taecen Rodbert eorl er in þe lengten þestrede þe sunne & te daei. abuton non tid daeies. þa men eten. ð me lihtede candles to aeten bi. & þat was ·xiii· kalend. April'. waeron men suythe of wundred. Þer efter fordfeorde Willelm aercebiscop of cantwarberi. iscop þe was abbot in the bec. Þer efter waex suythe micel uuerre be tuyx þe king & Randolf eorl of caestre noht for þi ð he ne iaf him al ð he cuthe axen him. alse he dide alle othre. oc aefre þe mare he iaf heom. þe waerse hi waeron him. Þe eorl heold lincol agaenes þe king. & be nam him al ð he m & his brother Willelm de R[om]are in þe castel. & te aeorl stael ut & ferde efter Rodbert eorl of gloucestre. & brohte him þider mid micel ferd. & fuhten suythe on Candel masse daei agenes heore lauerd. & namen him for his men [h]im suyken & flugaen. & laed him to Bristowe & risun & [fe]teres. þa was al engleland styred mar þan aer waes. & al yuel wae[s i]n lande. Þer efter com þe kinges dohter henries þe hefde ben emperi[ce] i[n A]lamanie. & nu waes cuntesse in Angou. & com to lundene & te lundenissce folc hire wolde taecen. & scae fleh & forles þar mic[el.] Þer efter þe biscop of Wincestre henri es brother Stephnes spac wid Rodbert eorl & wyd þemperice & suor heom athas ð he neure ma mid te king his brother wolde halden. & cursede alle þe men þe mid h[im] heoldon. & saede heom ð he uuolde ííuen heom up Wincestre. & dide heom cumen þider. Þa hi þaer inne waeren. þa com þe kinges cuen [mid al] hire strengthe. m. ð þer waes inne micel hungaer. Þa hi ne leng ne muhten þolen þa stali hi ut & flugen. & hi wurthen war wid uten & folecheden heom. & namen Rodbert eorl of gloucestre. & ledden him
m þare in prisun. & te emperice fleh in to an minstre. risun for þe eorl. & te eorl for þe king. & sua diden. Sithen þerefter sa't'hleden þe king & Randolf eorl at Stanford. & athes suoren & treuthes faeston ð her nouþer sculde be suiken other. & it ne for stod naht. for þe king him sithen nam in hamtun. þurhc wicci m in prisun. & ef sones he let him ut þurhc waerse red. to ð forewarde ð he suor on halidom & gysles fand. þat he alle his castles sculde iiuen up. Sume he iaf up & sume ne iaf he noht. & dide þanne waerse þanne he haer sculde. Þa was engleland suythe to deled. sume helden mid te king. & sume mid þemperice. for þa þe risun þa wenden þe eorles & te ricemen þat he neure mare sculde cumen ut. & saeh't'leden wyd þemperice. & brohten hire into Oxenford. & iauen hire þe burch. Þa þe king was ute þa herde ð saegen. & toc his feord & besaet hire in þe tur. & me laet hire dun on niht of þe tur mid rapes. & stal ut. & scae fleh & iaede on fote to er scae ferde ouer sae. & hi of normandi wenden alle fra þe king. to þe eorl of Angaeu. sume here þankes & sume here unþankes. for he be saet heom til hi aiauen up here castles. & hi nan helpe ne haefden of þe kinge. Þa ferde Eustace þe kinges sune to france & nam þe kinges suster of france to wife. wende to bigaeton eri. God wimman scae waes. oc scae hedde litel blisse mid him. & xpist ne wolde ð he sculde m to þe iunge eorl henri. & he toc hire to wiue. & al m mid iscop & te wise me'n' betwux heom. & makede ð sahte ð te king sculde ben lauerd & king wile he liuede. & aefter his daei ware henri
m for fader & he him for sune. & sib & saehte sculde ben betwyx heom. & on al engleland. Þis & te othre foruuardes iscopes & te eorles & ricemen alle. Þa was þe eorl under fangen aet Wincestre & aet lundene mid micel wurtscipe. & alle diden him manred. & suoren þe pais to halden. & hit ward sone suythe god pais. sua ð neure was here. Þa was þe king strengere þanne he aeuert her was. & te eorl m luuede for he dide god iustise & makede pais.
On þis gaer waerd þe king Stephne ded & bebyried þer his wif '& his sune' waeron bebyried aet faures∣feld. þaet minstre hi makeden. Þa þe king was ded. þa was þe eorl m. þa he to engleland com. þa was he underfangen mid micel wurtscipe. and to king bletcaed in lundene on þe sunnen daei be foren midwinter daei. & held þaer micel curt.
Þat ilce daei þat Martin abbot of burch sculde þider faren. þa es innen daeis cusen oþer of heom saelf. Willelm de Walteuile is gehaten. god clerc & god man. & wael luued of þe kinge & of alle godemen. and o[n cyric]en den þabbot hehlice & sone þe cosan abbot ferde & te muneces [mid byried in MS.ing [& he] iaf him þat abbotrice. & he m son[e to linc]ol & was þ[aer bletcaed to] abbot aer he ham come. & [sithen] was under fangen [mid mic]el [wurtscipe at] burch. mid [mice]l processiun. & sua he was alsua at Ramesaeie. & at Torney. & at . . n & Spallding & at S. l. bares. & . . . & [he nu is] abbot. & fa[ire] haued begunnon. xp[ist] him un[ne gode endinge].
H' þurh godes ȝefu aenglelandes king gret ealle mine bissceopas & ealle mine eorlas & ealle mine scirereuan & ealle mine þeinas frencisce & englisce · on þan sciran þe teobalt ercebisceop & se hiret
istes chyrchen on Cantuarabirȝ habbad land inne freondlice & ic Cantuarabirȝ] last letter ȝ or g; the one has been corrected out of the other: so too in deȝe, l. 6.nfangenesthiafes · & fleamene frimtha · ofer heore agene men · binnan Burgan & butan · ngan þe ich habbe þingan] þimgan MS.ere alisendnessee & ic
[H]it ȝelamp {that} an rice king wes. strang & mihti. his 'land' gélest wide & side. his folc was 'swiðe' m a þance beféll · to under ȝeíte wá an alle his cyne rice him were frend oðer fend. hold oðer fá. & he nam him tó rede {that} heom wolde eȝ'i'e. þer were. Ac þis ȝesceod he hadde isétt bi tweone frend & fend. {that} þan hi come mistlice to bérie. ȝef he frend wére. me hine sceolde derewrlice forð clepien. & do hine wasse. m hís formemete. {that} him to lang ne þuhte to abiden of se se] fe MS.m hand & fétt. & do hine in to þiesternesse. & þer
m láter'sum frend sum fend'. & was idon bi ham al swá aer cweðe sum . . . fend added on margin.m. {that} se hlaford in to þar halle come. mid his dierewurð ȝeferede. mid ǽrlen & aldren. mid c'i'hten aierewurð] dierewurd MS. & aldren over an erasure.n we mid ure frienden þeinen over an erasure.wie we þes uncoðe maen ur ȝesó. þa hi to for him scewie] scepie MS.m & þus cweð. Un erwardnesse aȝénes me ȝe win[ne] sceolde. & to mine 'fá' ȝebugon. Swá ibrúce ic mine ernesse. þe hi sturfe hungre. & se hlaford nam wiðinne to is frenden & et & dranc wiðinne] hit hī MS.þer . . . sandon added lengthwise on margin.
¶[N]u gode menn understandeð þis bispel. Þes king is ure hlaford almihti god þe is king ofer alle kingen. & hlaford ofer alle hlafordé. S[t]rang he his & michti. for he ȝesceop alle þing of nahte. & na þing ne máȝi áȝenes his wille. ne him wiðstande. for þan him séigd se witiȝe. Qui celorum contines tronos &c. {that} is. hlaford 'of mihte' of mihte added on margin.halst hefenen þrimsettles. & tó neowelnes'se' þe under eorðe is halst] MS. alste.rou. þe dunan þu a'wiðhst' mid þina hand; he is iwiss awiðhst] the last six letters on margin. At beginning of following line hst eorðe belucst mid.an þe non mihté nis buton fram him. His land is all þes þan] MS. {that} = þat.n þe is ȝéie & drednesse is ofer hus. & 'þas' áh to bienne. He is hure fader. he lenð us his eorðe tó tolie. his corn to sawe. his his] he MS.er · drench & fiscẏnn. his fér manifeald þeninge. his sónne. mone. sterren. rien. dáw. wind. wude. 'unitald fultume' al {that} we habbeð of þése feder we habbeð. of wam we alle & us sielfe habbeð. sielfe] sielþe MS.er wene we. ȝie muȝe we. hwat deð si moder hire bearn. formes[t] hi hit chereð & blissið be þe lichte. & chereð] cheteð MS.er hire árme m slepe. & reste. Þis deð all ȝiure drihte. he blisseð hus mid dȝéies licht. h[e] sweueð hus mid þiestre nicht. Giet for an oðre þing god ȝescop þa niht. He wat wel {that} maniȝe men bieð sa ful of ȝéscung. mihti efre isi. Ná ȝewóld ham selfe. to bigeten wrldlic échte. þer for ð ȝescepe ham reste. súme 'wile' hare's' unþances. ȝeiet he cweð hafð] hafd MS.m. Numquid potest word] worder MS.m suum ut non misereatur filii uteri sui. {that} is la lief maȝie wiman forȝeten his oge cild. {that} hi ne milsi. hire bárn of hire ogen innoð. & ȝief hi for ȝiet þah hwéðer nell ic m þe he fader is & lafórd he him self self cweð] selþ cwed MS.ð be þe witie. Si ego pater ubi est honor meus. si dominus ubi est tim'or' meus. {that} is. gif ic fader ham. wer his mi manscipe. ȝif ic. hlaford wer his mine aȝéie? þer fore. G. m. ure king. we oȝeð wr'h'mint. hur sceappend al þat we bieð. ure fader soðe lufe. ur h'l'aford erþeode wá hine lufeð & hwa hine hateð. hwá him is frend oðer fend. & þer for he hað ȝelaðed alle fol[c]. to ane dȝéie. {that} is dome's' dȝeie. {that} hi alle þer beon be þe latst. hwé seden aerst {that} þes aerndraces wer isent of fif cheðen. swa ibeoð. þas fif cheðen beoð fif lágan. for þan þe god is þesen] þ corr.nnes heorte. {that} is þat non man ne don oðere. buton {that} þe he wolde {that} me ded[e] him. & don his nixtan al {that} he wolde {that} me ded[e]him. Wið ute þeser láge ni's' man þe ȝescod habbe. AErndraces of þisser lage wer abel. Seth. enoc. Nóe. & swice gode denard was ȝestaþeled fram þa forme man to þa latst þe wrð ét þes m & manifald sénne. Þer efter arerde god þas lage þurh moẏsen þe heretoche of his m self in stanene wax br'e'dene. & si ȝeleste sume wíle. & þer of were larþawes & ȝelaðieres Moises & aaron. & samuel. & fele oðre. Swa lange {that} si alswa swið[e] abreað. & adiliȝede. þurh unhersamnesse. wat hit com to þa time þe god sende þe halie witíge. & hi þa arérdon mid hare wríte þurh þes halíe gastes n. & bodeden ure's' hlafordes to cýme sẹs helendes ihesu cristes. þe sceolde his aȝén wille. þurh his gastes ȝífe in ure heorte wríte. & don ús mid his mihte {that} stef creft ne mihte. & an þesser láȝe of þe witȝin. wer laðieres ne corr. out of na.manifeald sénne] manifead fénne MS.m selfe macéde. sume of golde. súm of silure. of treowe. of stane. & awente godes lof & wrhminte fram þe sceappende to þare ȝesceafte. swa {that} þa ure halende wes accenned of þam unwemmede mede sante Marie. al se middennard was mid senne begripe. & al fol'c' ȝede in to þe's' diefles muðe. buton m his lefe moder wes istriened. he þa arerd alle godnisse. & sette his halíe láge. & þat þe móre his. ȝiaf miht & strencþe þurh þe gief of his gaste his hesne to fulforðie. {that} non oðre laȝe ne þurh] þurl MS.r lif unwreast. ur deað grislic. he ur] un MS.m & brochte þri þin[g] þer aȝén. he wes acénde of þe clene mede. þe efer þurh lefede mede. hi's' lif was haliȝe. his deað ful of milce. his hi] hit MS.nséde ure fule acennende. his hali lif rihtlecede ure unwreaste lif. his admoded deað ofer com. & fordede ure soriȝe & ȝelice deað. þis is ostles & þe leorninch[n]ihtes. þer efter ures helendes upstiȝe to heuene. þa apostles & hare iunglenges þe[r] efter come halíe men & þe hafedmen þe nu beoð in halíe cyrce. & wrðeð of domes déȝe. þurh þes hali gastes ȝife. & al swa ure helende ham leórde. maníȝe þing [t]ehten þa folce to freme. & þis is si fifte lage. An þisser beoð bedeles erie archebiscoþes. & biscopes. prestes. & hare ȝegeng. Ac þah we fif naemmíe. alle hi [beoð an] on godes wille. & élc of ham ȝestrenð
mþ fastlice. fram middenardes anginn alse fele alse deade beoð alse fele beoð to berie icóme. wat frend. erstande {that} we ȝiu er séde. eter gate me his scýft. & þer me hi to ȝesceodeð. Si gate {that} is elces mannes endedeie. þan he stepð ut of þese life into þan oðre. þan] {that} MS. oðre] ooðre MS.m his mórȝe mete {that} he þe bet mihte abide þann more mete. Swa hit is here. an se gode man þe godes lufe hað ȝéfolged to is ende cumþ. witerlice þan] {that} MS. witerlice] witetlice MS.m tó. & ȝéf hað ahte uniwasse oðer hit wrð ȝewasse iþer pine of þe deaðe þe he her þáleð. oðer efter mid eðelice lette. & þan lat me þa sawle to merchestowe. {that} þan] {that} MS.n se mann mid sawle & mid licame under∣fangð sicernesse of écer blisse. & wat belimpð hit ȝief he fend his 'þe' to þare gate cumþ? God þurh his erfangeð mid mid] min MS.erfó. & to don hīne into þiester∣nesse. oft a domes dȝéi alle godes fend simle fram his ȝesecðe abroden bienn & hi[n] to hare lean ham þe lange scel ȝeleste. Þus hit hað ibi & n hit þer to cumþ {that} se hlaford á þe mucele deie. cumþ forté isi & frend & fend. þann cumþ all his under∣þiede him to fore. þer he sit mid his derewrþe ȝefered mid niȝen anglene had. mid þer unwēmmed meide his moder. mid his apostlen. mid þa hágefaderen. & þo haliȝe witien. mid martiren. mi[d] hali þo corr. out of to : hali ȝewitien MS.confessoren mid halie meiden. mid al þan þe þer midenarde for his lufe werpeð abéc. & lagelice her him þenið. wic ȝeie. wic drednesse wurð þer. þan þat fer to for him abernð {that} middenard. þan si eorðe þan] {that} MS. middenard] middernad MS. þan] {that} MS.ð þan þe sterren falleð. si sunne & se mone aþestreð for cwaceð] cwaced MS.rictnesse. þe wlcne to gað. and si hali rode tacne mid þe n þe angles cwaciað. & tó richtwise ham adredeð. wat sceol se senfulle don. þe isecgð þer his richtwise deme. þe non ne maie bechece. non beswice. he his him self witnisse & deme. Wat sceol se wrecce don. þe bufon self] selþ MS.m helle muð open. m all folc. him selfe bi s'c'a[n]dlice senne beswapen. þer ne mái non frend oðre helpe. aelc had innóh to donne an him selfe. Þan seieð ham god þe geltẏ mannen ȝe seneȝeden. an ȝeur écenesse. & ȝe seieð] seied MS.nge as ic lefie. Witeð into éce fer. þe is sse cum filiis hominum. þat is. Mine esten beoð wunian mid mannen bearnen. Ac we sed[en] ȝiu litl her {that} hi sceolden abben god brad & uin. & vii grod MS.m panis uiuus qui de celo descendit. Þet is. Ic ám cwuce bread þe astah þe] q̣þe MS.ranum frumenti. &c. þis corn was ȝesawen m fer's't inne bethléem. {that} cweð us of breade. cóm] cón MS.usalem. Judas & þat leoðre folc hit répén. & deden hit an þar rode alswa alse be twenen melstanent. Seðe hit was idon into þer berient alswa into hófne. þanen Seðe] sede MS.m uitis uera. &c.
Þvs mine leoue sustren iþe wildernesse þer ȝe gað{punctel} in · wið godes folc toward ierusalemes lond · {that} is þe resumptio · ȝef me wat hwuch sunne hit · is · er his rihte terme nis hit strong reaflac hwa se ȝelden hit mei þe is ater noster godchild ne Credo · þeos & alle þulliche beoð ilead to erhohe iheortet. Þe attri neddre · þe ontfule & te luðere iþonket. Wreaðfule{punctel} þe vnicorne. Alswa of þe oþre o rawe. to godd ha beoð isleine · ah
Þe prude beoð his bemeres · draheð wind inward wið worltlich hereword · & eft wið idel ȝelp puffeð hit ut ward as þe bemeres doð · makieð noise & lud dream to schawin hare orhel · ah ȝef ha wel þohten of godes bemeres of þe englene bemen þe schulen o fowr half þe world biuore þe grurefule dom grisliche blawen · Ariseð ere ne schal beon iborhen · ȝef ha þohten þis wel{punctel} ha walden inohreaðe i þe deofles seruise dimlukeR bemin. Of þeose bemeres seið Jeremie · Onager solitarius in desiderio anime sue attraxit uentum amoris sui · Of þe wind drahinde in for luue
Summe iuglurs beoð þe ne cunnen seruin of nan oþer gleo bute makien cheres · wrenche þe muð mis · schulen wið ehnen. Of þis meoster seruið þe unseli ontfule i þe deofles curt · to bringen o lahtre hare ondfule lauerd · ȝef ei seið wel oðer deð wel{punctel} ne mahen er wid open · þenne he wrencheð þe muð{punctel} hwen he turneð god to uuel · & ȝef hit is sumdel rophetes · þeos bodieð biuoren hu þe eateliche deoflen schulen ȝet ageasten ham wið hare grennunge · &
Þe wreaðfule biuore þe feond skirmeð mid cniues · & is his cnif warpere · & pleieð mid sweordes · bereð ham bi þe scharp ord up
m abuten & dusten ase pilche clut euch toward oðer · ant wið helle sweordes asneasen him þurh ut · {that} beoð kene ant eateliche ant keoruinde pineN.
Þe slawe lið & slepeð o þe deofles bearm as his deore deorling · & te deouel leið his tutel dun to his eare · & tuteleð him al {that} he wule. for swa hit is sikerliche to hwam se is idel of god{punctel} meaðeleð þe feond ȝeorne · & te idele underueð luueliche his lare. Jdel & ȝemeles is þes deofleS bearnes slep · ah he schal o domesdei grimliche abreiden
Þe ȝiscere is his eskibah · feareð abuten esken · & bisiliche stureð him to rukelin to gederes muchele & monie ruken · blaweð þrin n heorte prude. Ant al {that} he rukeleð & gedereð to gederes · & ethalt of ei þing {that} nis bute esken mare þen hit neodeð{punctel} schal in helle wurðen him tadden & neddren · & ba as ysaie seið · schulen beon of wurmes{punctel} his cuuertur & his hwitel · þe nalde þerwið neodfule feden ne schruden. Subter te sternetur erimentum tuum uermiS.
Þe ȝiuere glutun is þe feondes manciple · ah he stikeð eauer iceler oðer icuchene · his heorte is i þe disscheS · his þoht al i þe neppes · his lif i þe tunne · his sawle i þe crohhe · Kimeð biuoren his lauerd bismuddet & bismulret · a disch in his an hond · a scale in his uantum glorificauit se & in deliciis m date illi tormentum & luctum · In apocalipsi · Contra unum poculum quod miscuit miscete ei duo. ȝef þe kealche cuppe wallinde bres to drinken · ȝeot in his wide þrote {that} he swelte inwið. aȝein an ȝef him twa. þullich is godes dom aȝein ȝiuere & druncwile iþe apocalipse.
Ȝe mine leoue sustren bute ȝef neod ow driue & ower
Nawt deore dehtren ne wite ȝe in ower hus of oðer monne
Nest flesch ne schal nan werien linnene clað bute hit beo of hearde & of greate heorden. Stamin habbe hwa se wule · hwa se wule beo buten. Ȝe schulen in an hetter ant igurd liggen · swa leoðeliche þah {that} ȝe mahen honden put mptaciuns forte acwenchen · ne for na bote ere {that} ȝe þolien wel an heard word{punctel} þen an heard here. Ȝef ȝe muhen beo wimpelles & ȝe wel wullen{punctel} beoð bi warme cappen · & þer uppon hwite oðer blake veiles. ren summe sungið in hare wimplunge{punctel} na leasse þen leafdis. Ah þah seið sum {that} hit limpeð to euch wummon cundeliche forte werien wimpel · Nai · wimpel ne heaued clað nowðer ne nempneð hali writ{punctel} ah wriheles ane · Ad corinthios · Mulier uelet caput suum · Wummon seið þe apostle schal wreon hire heaued. wrihen he seið est propter angelos. hwi þenne us ne dest{punctel} spekeð þe apostle nawt toȝeines oþre · {that} ere se ȝe doð greattre werkes. Ne makie ȝe nane purses forte freondin ow wið · bute to þeo {that} ower meistre ȝeueð ow his leaue · ne huue ne blod binde of seolc · ne laz buten leaue · Ah schapieð & seowið & mendið chirche claðes · & poure monne hettren. m fore{punctel} as of oðre þinges · kun oðer cuððe · hu ofte ȝe under uengen · hulonge ȝe edheolden. tendre of cunne limpeð nawt ancre beonne. A mon wes of religiun · & com to him efter help his fleschliche broðer · & he tahte him to his þridde to his] is on erasure.uoð breðer] er on erasure.uoð þe hali mon nis, d erased.
Ancre ne schal nawt forwurðe scolmeistre · ne turnen ancre hus to e wepmen · oðer bimong gromes. ah ancre ne ah to ȝemen bute godd ane · þah bi hire meistres read ha mei sum rihten & helpen to learen. Ȝe ne schulen senden leattres · ne underuon leattres · ne writen bute leaue. Ȝe schulen beon i doddet · beoð, al greiðe struck out.er mahen i godes seruise þe monluker swinken · erte & unorneschipe beon him licwurðe. VNder∣stondeð eauer of alle þeose þinges · {that} nan nis heast ne forbod {that} towundre MS.re ne speoke wið namon bute leaue · ne ga ha nawt ut of tune: wið uten siker fere · ȝef hit swa mei beon{punctel} ne ne ligge ute. ȝef heo ne con oboke{punctel} segge bi pater nostres · ant bi auez hire ures · & wurche {that} me hat hire wið ute gruchunge. habbe eauer hire laḥhe MS.nond {that} ilke. luue is ihesu cristes hond MS.mmard oþer · & te hali gastes fuR cwencheð hwen þe m nawt of hwen þe feond blawe · nomeliche ȝef monie beon iueietsomet{punctel} & wel wið luue ontende. Þah þe ancre on hire meidnes for openliche gultes legge penitence{punctel} to þe preost noðe∣leater schriuen ham hwen neod is · ah eauer þah wið leaue. Ȝef ha raceS · seggen in hare stude{punctel} pater noster biuoren{punctel} & aue Maria · & efter mete alswa · ant a Credo mare · & segge þus on ende · feader · Sune · hali gast al mihti godd · ȝeoue ure dame his grace ·
gruchesi] ch on an erasure.rime · ne don na þing ne seggen{punctel} hweR þurh hire silence mahe
Ȝe ancres ahen þis leaste stucche reden to ower wummen euche wike eanes · aþet ha hit cunnen. Ant muche neod is {that} ȝe neomen to ham muche ȝeme · for ȝe mahen muchel beon þurh ham i godet · & ȝef above þurh deleted.erd leue þurh þe grace of him seolf {that} hit swa mote ameN. Hwen ower sustres meidnes cumeð to ow to froure{punctel} cumeð to ham to þe þurl{punctel} earunder & ouer-under · eanes oðer twien · & gað aȝein sone{punctel} to ower note gastelich
Of þis boc redeð hwen ȝe beoð eise euche dei{punctel} leasse oðer mare. Jch hopie {that} hit godes] d corr. out of g MS.ere godd hit wite do me toward rome{punctel} þen forte biginnen hit eft forte donne. Ȝef ȝe findeð {that} ȝe doð alswa as ȝe redeð{punctel} þonckið godd ȝeorne · ȝef ȝe ne doð nawt{punctel} biddeð godes are · & beoð umben þeronuuen {that} ȝe hit bet halden efter ower mihte.
Feader · Sune · hali gast · an almihti godd wite ow in hiS warde · he gleadie ow & frouri ow mine leoue sustren · ant for al {that} 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. Ase ofte aS ȝe habbeð ired eawiht her on{punctel} greteð þe leafdi
[Þ]us mine leoue frend iþe wildernesse þat ge usalemes londe þat þuliche bestes þulliche wurmes · Ne nat sulliche MS.rude inobedience? Herto falled sigaldren · false teolunges · Lefunge o nore. o swefne & alle wicchecraftes. Neominge of husel in ei heaued sunne · oþer ai oþer sacrement · nis hit spece of prude{punctel} þat ich cleopede presumpciun · gif me wat hwat sunne hit is. Gif me hit nat naut{punctel} þenne is hit gemeles vnder accidie · þat ich slouþe cleopede. bigete] b corr. out of l.tricherie] over c, contraction mark for er.ater noster · Ne Credo · þeos & alle þulliche · beod ilad to slauþe · þat is þe feorþe moder of þe seoue sunnen · þeo dronc druch mme of þe ilke þat imene{punctel} þe beod þer i writene.
[O]f þeos sewe beastes & of hare strenes iwildernesse of anlich lif is iseid hiderto rude slead alle þe prude. Alle þat beod
[Þ]E prude beod his bemeres · Drahed wind inward · of worldlich rude. Ah gif ha uel þothten · of godes bemeres of þe englene bemen · þat shulen afour half þe word · bi fore þe grurefule dom grisliche blawen · Arised deade arised · Cumed to drichtines domes for to beon idemed · þer na prud seid] d above a blotted letter.
[S]umme iugelurs beod þe ne cunen seruin of nan oþer gleo buten maken cheres · wrenchen þe mud mis shuli wid þe ehnen. of þis mester seruid þe unseli eon'd'fule iþe deoueles curt · to bringen a lahtre hare on'd'fule leouerð. gef ei ded wel oþer seid wel{punctel} ne eondfule, ondfule] d above in darker ink.ut to et wite oþer{punctel} out] out MS.eawid MS.Prude and nid · and lecherie · Grede and idelhed · coueitise and glotunie beod seouen ded Sundes.rophetes. þeos bodied biuoren hu þe ateliche deouelen shulen get agastan ham wid hare grennunge · & hu ha shulen ham seolf grennen & niwelen · & makien sur semblant · for þe muchele angoise iþe pine of helle. Ah forþi ha beod þe lesse te meanen · þat ha bi foren hont leorned ha meoster te
[Þ]E wreadfule biuoren þe feond skirmed mid kniwes · is his knif warpare · & pleied mid sweordes · bered ham bi þe sharpe ord
apilche MS.
[Þ]E slauwe lid & sleped oþe deoules barm as his deore deorling · & m saluatoris.
[Þ]E gissere is his eskebah · fared abuten esken · & bisiliche stured him te rukelen te gederes · muchele & monie ruken · blawed þer rich'k'eneneres MS.er te sternetur tinea & operimentum tụum ermis.
[Þ]E giuere glutun is þes deoules manciple · Ah he stiked eauer iceler oþer icuche mmedent & uos esurietis
uantum gl[ori]fi∣cauit m date illi tormentum & luctum · Apocalipsis · Contra unum quod miscuit date illi duo · gef þen kelche cuppe wallinde bras te drinken · geot in his wide þrote · þat he swelte in wið. agein gef him twa. þullich is godes dom agein giwere & druncwile iþe apocalipse.
Ȝe mine leoue sustren *bute ȝef neod ow driue* ne om.ere B as B wes C þen ancre om. B nanes for 'lihtliche oðer' nanes Com. Brist hwen Bn tune of ancre eihte. Þauh ȝif eni mot me me MS.n makes B in tune man itune man C ancres B ahte achte C Nu þenne latter deleted, þah in margin Nu þach C ȝef C ani Bnne ne eilie: ne ne hermie. n B eile eili C harme harmi Com. Com. T nan C utward drahe utwart draȝe C Na B chaffare cheffere Ce over an erasure.n chepmon Cne wordes.* Ne wite ȝe om. Cn oure huse of oðer monnes þinges . ne eihte . ne cloðes . ne om. B monne C ahte achte C claðes ne nout . . . caliz om. C, then interlined bute neod . . . eie' ne . . . ȝe om.om.ngðe make vor om. B swuch swich C lokinge witing Cnnen ower woanes: ne lete vuel on margin.mpen C vuel om. siðe Inwið B owre wahes wanes C lete ȝe bisn nan mon C ȝef C muche B ned neod C wið makes B to breke breoken Cer is i broken: loke þet ȝe habben þerinne om. B hwil B ðet om. B eauer B loke þet ȝe om. B haues habbeð C ter inne þrinne Cmmon of clene liue . deies & nihtes.
Uor ði þet no mon ne i sihð ou . ne ȝe ne i seoð nenne mon: wel om. B ham him Cwelmeidon MS.om. B warm B iwraht iwracht C felles B iteawet itauwet Com. B
Nexst fleshe ne schal non werien no linnene cloð bute ȝif hit beo om. nan C cloð om. B ȝif om. Bom. hwa B nule {punctel} beo wið uten mei beon om. C schuln in schulen in C an B hatter hetter Com. B ileadet B ne om. Bn seolf C ute C schirchesfor ne ne neome C ateanes ed eanes C feole B disciplines diciplines C owre scheon Cn barefot to Gan & sitten barfot gan & sitten Cm om. B Hose uampez uampeð C and om. B ham om. B hwa se like hwase wule Cmmon i nouh reaðe . wereð þe brech of heare fulwel i knotted . and om. BFor ȝif . . . bi, T has habbes ȝef ȝe mahen (over muchel del.) beo wimpelles Cin l. 52 om. þruppon Cmme sungið in ha[re] wimlunge mmon cundeliche{punctel} ulier uelet caput suum. Wummon seið þe apostel schal wrihen hi[re] heauet. wrihen he seið naut wimplin. wrihen ha schal hire scheome as sunfule eue dohte[r {punctel}] i mungunge of þe sunne {that} sch[en]de us erst alle & naut rud[e]. Eft wule seinte pauel {that}
mm[on] wreo i chirche hire neb ȝette leste vuel þoht arise þurh hir[e] on sihðe & hoc est · propter ang[e]los. Hwi þenne þu chirche ancre al beo þu iwimplet{punctel} openest þah þi neb to weopmones ehe . Te ȝeines þe. þe isist men spekeð seinte pauel. Ah ȝef ei þing m monnes ehe{punctel} beo hit wah beo hit clað i þi parlures þurl{punctel} wel mei duhen ancre of oðer wimlunge.* Hwo se wimlumpe MS.n to add. þah þach C ho ha C atiffen atifi C ham na nan C muche Bn C ho ha C lufsumer þe is C for Bmbred . i menbred MS.om. Bha mei beon ichanget ha] & MS.er {that} ha mei ase
Euer me is leouere . so ȝe don gretture werkes. ne makie none ere leoure C se B grattere grettere Ne . . . cloðes in l. 66 om. make ȝe C nane Cover ạ) C claðes Cn bute ȝe hauen chirches leaue ȝeuen Cn ow seruið C As B seiner idel . uor anonrihtes ðe ueond beot er B 'allunge' idel '& se forð 'as ȝe mahen' C for B ananrihtes ananrichtes C te feond feont C bedes.om. B tuteles anan Bus for B noht naut C ischulde nu cume to hire cumen nu nech hire C main mi lustin min C lare B wakenenuitas sodome . saturitas panis m . þet is . al sodomes cweadschipe kom of idelnesse: & of ful om. B sodome cwedschipe C com Bom. Babove erasure Com. B ancres childre'ne' schole C Hire . . . leren in l. 81 om.m lutel meiden. þet were dute of forto leornen om. C learen C lute C of{punctel} to Cm rihten & helpe to leren.*
Ȝe ne schulen senden lettres . ne underuon lettres . ne writen: buten erfon butee ȝer fiftene siðe ȝer C uorto . . . heauet in l. 85 om. to lichten ower heauet Cere weschen & kemben hire heauet* {punctel} and ase ofte ileten en & as ofte ilete blod '& ȝef neod is oftere' Com. C Hwa se mai wel beo wið uten: ich hit mai þolienom. C Hwen arn schule C do þreo daies na þing {that} ow greues don 'þeo' þreo daȝes nan þing {that} ow greueð Cnches heui C arn for sum B worldlich C þing Bn our blod letunge: and in marg. C ow B owre ower C blodletingeer þrefter C muhen muȝen C ine om. C i godesom. C wurchen C alswa alse C hwen B felen feleð C ani Bom. B muche B sotchipe C uorto om. C to lose leosen C for an B dai dei Cdel. wasches in marg. wescheð C ow B hwer B ned is neod is C as Bin marg. C
Ancre þet naueð nout neih honde hire uode: beoð bisie two mmen . on ðet bi leaue euer ethom . an oðer þet wende ut er with erasure of two letters before eauer leaue C at hame ed hame C þe Com. feiȝer C ealde B and om. B wei as B ho Gas ha geað C Ga B seiende segginde C beodesmmon · ne ne om. B na nan C wið B wið B ni sitte ne stonde Ne sitten ne stonden Cmei erasure of one letter.om. ha C as B mon sendeser inne · ne wið ute om. ha C nout om. B Baðe ba C hare Cn alle þinges{punctel} bute ine sūnne one. no þing nabben heo{punctel} þet om.for hore dame ni vnderfo Ne underuo C na nan C ȝiue ȝeouen C add nowðer nouðer Com. B ni ðe ȝungre om. C speoken C mid none monne om. C wið na wepmonater nostres n bides wið ute grucchinge Ber B eares toward towart C lafdi Nowðermmen ne beren urom hore dame . ne ne bringen to hire . none om. C of þe familiers ne beo fram hire lafdi ni ni bringe nowðer ne beore ne ne bringe to heore dame C none om. Bm sulf ne singen . ne om. C nane speches lahhen swa ne pleien {that} lachȝen swa ne pleiȝen {that} Curnen. ouer alle om. C turnen hitnge leasinges leasing C uuele C hare C beon C icoruen Bom. hare C clað C lachȝe C ane C hare cop beo hechȝe isticched Com. C na C seo C unlepped Ccuð corr. out of enð.add. ho ha C schulen om. C schule cusse B na nan C cunnesn . ne for nan cuððe cluppen* ne uor luue cluppen . ne kuð ne om. Bom. nene weschen hare C Ni loke B faste o na on an C mon Bom. B pleiȝen C Hare B wede weden C beo swuch swich C schape Bover wite del. C ne om. B in hus Bom. B bifore biforen C seggen B vnder fom B lutinde C lahe lachȝe C ankerer more þer efter þene ilke gult ne upb[r]eide hire: uor none er mare þr after þer efter neauer mare þilke gult C hire om. B for B na nan Cmmen{punctel} ðe ancre om. B ȝef C ani B rises bitwenen ham utewið{punctel} bitwene þe wimmen C þe ankerm to makien oðer venie akneon to ðer eorðe . and om. B make B þe oðer C o cneos o cneon C dun to þe to þe Cm on ende . and þe ancre legge on m penitence. More upon þeo ilke: ðet gretluker haueð agult. ȝe added in margin.om. C a an C witen B ho ha C to soðe om. B godd god C leuester umbe om. B eauer umben Bm laððe B seos sið C te swike þe sweoke C hwen fur Bn wile Ga B mon sundres te brendes Cesu cristes fur þet he wule n vre heorte . and þe deouel bloweð forto puffen hit ut . m om. B hwen B blast blawunge C Geines nawt naut C þeonne om. B he bringes he bringeð Cm oþer nouhtunge: hwar þuruh heo to hurteð eiðer om. hwat nochtunge C hwer B þurh þurch C ho ha C hurren Bmmard oðer{punctel} and þe holi gostes fur{punctel} acwencheð hwon ðe brondes mmart C te hali gastes B cwenches cwencheð C hwenm ine luue ueste n isundret and om. B halde halden C iluue inluue C faste feste Cm nout of{punctel} hwon ðe ueond blowe . and n B feond feont C blawe B and om. Bom. wið B ontendetom. anker seruanz for B Giltes leie penitance Cer ðe later to ðe preoste schriuen ham ofte . auh euer þauh mid reost no ðe latere to þe preost no ðe latere C Ah Ach C eauer B þah þach C wið Bn hore om. B ȝef C ho ha C cunen noht cunne naut C te seggen B hare Cater . noster . & aue maria biuoren mete . and efter mete also . er noster biforen pater noster biuoren C maria. After mete alswa marie. efter mete alse Com. hali gast Bom. B an B almichtin C godd he om. B ȝeoue C lauedi se B se mare Bom. B þe Cn hore soulen om. C sawleen. Bitweonen mele ne gruselie ȝe nout. en om. B Bitwene B meal mel C gruse gruuesi C ȝe om. C nawt naut Cn alle þeo þinges{punctel} þer nis sunne. Ette mete mplie er ancres B aðet prime oðet prime Cng ne segge ne don nan þing ne seggen C hwer þurh hwar þurch Curbet beon to sturbed C Nan B ancres seruante ah achte C bi Bn god{punctel} hwat so bitide of ðe ancre: over trukie faile C þeo {that} arn wið uten meidnes C ȝef C ho ha C seruen seruið C anker
Ȝe ancren owen þis lutle laste stucchen reden to our wummen eriche wike enes uort ðet heo hit kunnen. and muche neod is n B ned is {that} ȝe Bm gode ȝeme . vor ȝe muwen muchel þuruh gode ḍẹ MS.om. C muche þurh Bm beon i goded. and i wursed on oðer halue. ȝif heo sunegeð m is ȝete more{punctel} om. B as B ow B ned hom heom C is om. B ȝette ȝet C mare Bm to holden hore riulen . boðe uor ou: & for ham n hare B riwle riuwlen C baðe ba'þe' C for ow Bmmone lore om. B luuelice C for B swich C ah ach C wummones lare B of religiun add.second and om. C seldscene selthwenne C Baðe ba'þe' C hit om. B richt Cer corr. out of ha C ow B ah ach C ter eauer mare mare eauer Cnne B faren B Mon heolden B wundes wundesi erasure of two letters C after godes lare B Ah Ach C mare B þe om. Bom. B bitende win B ma ma're' C þenne Cm hore gultes: hwon heo ham iknoweð and
add. drinch of drunch and om. C and after mete om. claðes Bm: ng ned flesch fles C askes beos toward Bom. B narewe beon & harde to ow seoluen B vor om. 'for' C Swa swa C dosom. 'ende' C horn B toward ahne achne Cn wel & B i drihtines in drichtines C eare and om. B Nawt naut C ane Berd leue þuruh ðe erd B þurh þurch Cmsulf . þet hit so mote beon. amen. mself him seolf C swa mote B beon. amen om. B
Oþisse boc redeð eueriche deie: hwon ȝe beoð eise . eueriche deie eriche deie om. B hwen B arn aise C euche dai uchedei Com. B þet om. ow B ȝef Cadd. B reden swiðe B biheoue þurli B 'godes' C and om. B hafde hefde Com. B leuere leoure C deu le set add. Bom. B ȝef C finden findeð C don alswa as B reden. þonkes goddom. B ȝef C don nawt naut C biddes godd are B beos umben Bere halden hit halden C after owre mihte efter ower michte C Fader sune. haligast an Bom. B ow Ber lesse huire þen om. B ni ȝiue Ne ȝeoue C ow B neauer B lasse hure Cer i heid from worlde to worlde. n seoluen C Beo he B ai ihehet eauer ihechȝet C fram into Ber on ecchenesse. amen.
ase ofte ase ȝe readeð out o þisse boc{punctel} greteð þe lefdi mid one aue m þet hire wrot and om. B for B {that} swanc her abuten. þe swong her abuten. Com. 'Jnoh meðful ic am þe bidde se lutel' C
[L]EOFEMEN ȝef ȝe lusten wuleð. & ȝe willeliche hit under stonden we eow wulleð su sunedei.ng saulen habbeð rest of heore pine. Gif hwa wule witen hwa erest bi won reste þam wrecche saule to soþe ic eow segge. þet wes sancte paul þe apostel and mihhal þe archangel heo tweien eoden et sume time in to helle alswa heom drihten het for to lokien hu hit þer ferde. Mihhal eode bi foren & paul com efter & þa ancte paul þa wrecche sunfulle þe þer were sunfulle wrecche with marks of transposition in MS.mme bi þa fet. summe bi þa honder. summe bi þe tunge. summe bi þe eȝen. summe bi þe hefede. summe bi þer nde fure he warp ut of him seofe leies uwil[c]an of seolcuðre heowe þe alle weren eate∣liche to bi haldene & muchele strengre þen eani þing to þolien. & þer þing] þurg MS.nnen weren swiðe feole saule a honge. Ȝette he him sceawede ane welle of fure & alle hire stremes urnen fur berninde. & þa ng saulen þe for gult weren; & heore aȝene pine neure nere þe lesse þah heo meistres weren. Efter þon he him sceawede þe sea of helle & innan þan sea weren .vii. bittere uþe. þe forme wes snau. þat oðer is. þet þridde fur. þet feorðe blod. þe snau] swnau MS.mned deor summe feðer fotetd. Summe al bute fet. & heore eȝen weren al swilc swa fur. & heore eþem scean swa deð þe leit a monge þunre. þas ilke nefre ne swiken ne dei ne niht to ng licome of þa ilca men þe on þisse liue her hare
rift enden nalden. Summe of þan monne sare wepeð. Summe swa deor lude remeð. summe þer graninde sikeð. summe þer reowliche gneȝeð his aȝene tunge. Summe þer wepeð. & alle heore teres beoð berninde gleden glidende ouer heore aȝene nebbe. & swiðe reowliche m þam uuele pinan [.] of þas pinan speked .dauid. þe halie witeȝe. & þus seið. Misere're' nostri domine quia penas inferni sustinere non possumus. Lauerd haue merci of us forðon þa pinen of helle we ham ne maȝen iðolien. e stude ane] and MS.nne midde warðe helle. & bi foren þam ilke stude weren seofen clus∣terlokan þar neh ne mihte nan liuiende mon gan for þan ufele breðe & þer wið inna he him sceawede gan 'on' ald mon {that} .iiii. deoflen ledden abuten. þa escade paul to mihhal hwet þe alde mon were. þa cweð mihhal heh engel he wes an biscop on eoðre liue þe nefre ristes laȝen lokien ne halden. ofter he walde an uppon his wụalde MS.wẹreðful MS.m ure drihten of heueneriche to m on þunres liche & þus cweð. A hwi wepest þu paul. paul him þunres]nne dei a þet cume domesdei. þa cweð drihten to him. paul wel ic wat hwer ic sceal milcien. Ic heom wulle milcien þe weren efterward mine milce þa hwile heo on liue weren. þa wes sancte paul swiðe wa. & abeh him redliche to his lauerdes fet & on halsien hine gon mid þas ilke weord þe ȝe maȝen iheren. Lauerd m com & reste ȝefe þen sunne dei a {that} cume þin heh domes dei. þa onswerede him drihten mildere steuene. Aris nu paul aris. Ic ham m non on saterdei a þa cume monedeis lihting. {that} efre forð to domes dei. Nu leofe breðre ȝe habbeð iherð hwa erest bi won reste þam forgulte saule. Nu bi cum'e'ð hit þerfore to uwilche cristene monne mucheles þe mare to haliȝen & to wurðien þenne dei þe is icleped sunne dei. for of þam deie ure ominicus est dies leticie & requiei. m pace et leticia. Ne beo in hire naþing iwrat bute chirche bisconie & beode to criste & eoten & drinken mid griðe & mid tur. pax in terra. pax in celo. pax inter homines. for swa is iset. grið on eorðe. & grið on hefene. & grið bitwenen uwilc cristene monne. eft ure lauerd seolf seit. Maledictus homo qui non custodit sabatum. Amansed beo þe mon þe sunne dei nulle iloken. And for þi leofemen uw'i'lc eueð ... eorðe added on margin.m rested mare þenn on sum oðer dei. {that} þridde mihte is {that} þa hem heō rested MS.: þa] þa MS.ng saule habbeð ireste inne helle ferde MS.se prestare dignetur qui uiuit & regnat deus. per omnia secula seculorum. AmeN.
[M]issus est ieremias in puteum & stetit ibi usque ad os. Qui cum aliquamdiu ibi stetisset{punctel} debilita∣tum est corpus eius. & tandem dimissis funibus sub∣tractus est. Et cum eorum duriciam. quia debilis erat erat ṣṭ MS.n posset. allati sunt panni de domo regia & us ne [e]orum duricia lederetuR. Leofemen we uindeð in halie boc. {that}. ieremie þe prophete stod in ane putte. & {that} in þe uenne up to his muðe & þa he hefede þer ane hwile istonde. þa bi com his licome swiðe feble. & me nom rapes & caste in to him for to draȝen hine ut of þisse putte. for] fro MS.nge ustodiunt illud. AEdie & blessede beon alle þeo þe ihereð godes weordes & heom athaldeð. Nu ȝe habbeð iherd wulc hit is for to iheren godes m for to heren & nawiht for to ethalden. for seint gregori seið. Melius est uiam ueritatis non agnoscere{punctel} quam post agni∣tam retroire. Betre hit is {that} mon ne iknawe noht þe wei to godalmihtin þe he hine icnawe & seodðe hine for hoȝie{punctel} and on oðer io eius erit execrabilis. Þe mon þe tuneð his eren in halie chirche to ȝeines godes laȝe and nule noht iheren þe weordes þe of goḷdes MS.rofunditas. quia quam diu stas in luto{punctel} tam diu liggeð] i above ẹ MS.n þis world. þe habbeð fe'i're huses. & feire hames. & feire wifes. & feire children. feire hors & feire claþes. heauekes & hundes. castles & tunes. her uppon heo þench'e'ð muchele mare þen uppon godalmihtin þe al þis heom haueð isend þa þe lggeð inne swilc sunne. & ne þencheð noht for to arisen{punctel} heo delueð ropheta. Non claudit super te puteus os suum nisi clauseris os tuum. þe prophete seið. {that} þe put ne tuneð noht lihtliche his muð ouer us bute we tunen ure muð. ah ȝif we tuneð ure muð{punctel} þenne do we we] þe MS.ngest idoluen{punctel} þenne ualleð he þer inne. {that}. haueð, ạḷ MS.race. þenne he haueð geuen us to beon grace, ḷụụẹ MS.n mid ure muðe bringen us ut of þisse putte{punctel} þe ritione moritur peccatum. eris satis∣factione erpetuum. þe[nne] we beoð sari in ure heorte {that} we isuneged habbeð þenne slage we ure sunne; þene we to sunbote cumeð. þenne do we bi ure sunne al swa me deað bi þe deade. for efterþan {that} þe mon bið dead me leið þene licome in þere þruh. Al swa þu leist þine sunne in þare þruh{punctel} hwenne þu nnen ibet{punctel} efter þines scriftes
nnen and bringest heom ut of þine on walde. Per ieremiam notatur quilibet peccator qui in suo peccato moram facit. Bi ieremie þe prophete we aȝen to under∣stonden n heuie sunne & þurh soðe scrift his sunbendes nule slakien. funiculi amaritudines peni∣tencie significant. Þe rapes þe weren icast to him{punctel} bitacneð þe herdnesse of scrifte. for nis nan of us se strong þe hefde idon þre hef[ed] sunnen {that} his licome nere swiðe feble er he hefde idreȝen þet rift þe þer to bilimpeð. panni circumpositi funibus{punctel} ecclesie sacramenta significant. quibus penitencie duricia mitigatur. þas kinges hus bitacneð hali chirch[e. þa] claðes {that} weren isende ut of þ[es kinges huse] for to binden þe rapes ra∣mens halie ureisuns, ạ.nge þe ic habbe embe ispeken. & þe bitacninge of þe prophete. & {that}. þe rapes bitacneð. & hwat þa claðes bi tacneð þe þe rapes weren mide biwunden. Ihereð nuðe whulche þinges wunieð in þisse putte. þer wunieð fower cunnes nder heore tunge. Blake tadden & habbeð atter uppon 'heore' heorte. ȝeluwe froggen. & crabben. Crabbe is an manere of fissce in þere sea. þis fis is of swulc cunde. {that}. euer se he mare strengðdeð him to mmeð abac. & þe alde crabbe seide to þe ȝunge. hwi ne swimmest þu forð warð in þere sea alse oðer fisses doð '&' heo seide. leofe moder swim þu foren me & tech me hu ic scal swimmen forðward & [heo] bi gon to swimmen forðward mid þe streme. & swam hire þer aȝen. þas n þisse weor'l'de. þe speket alse feire bi foren heore euencristen'e' m heom{punctel} heom to twiccheð & to draȝeð mid ufele weordes. Hii eciam sunt doctores & falsi xpistiani. Þos men þe þus ristene bi hinden heo habbeð þe nome of cristene ah þah heo beoð cristes unwines & beoð monslaȝen for
ḥeorðe MS.þeos ȝeolewe claþes MS.iṣ is MS.mmen þe þus lumeð beoð þes deofles musestoch lumeð] luuieð MS.sclode MS.mmen heo smurieð heom mid blanchet {that} is þes deofles sape & claþeð heom mid ȝeoluwe claþe {that} is þes deofles helfter. & seodðan heo lokieð nde. per omnia secula seculorum. AmeN.
Turbe que precedebant dominum. & que seque∣bantur nt dicentes. osanna filio dauid{punctel} benedictus qui uenit in nomine domini. It is custume {that} ech chirchsocne goð þis dai aproce'ssi'on. & þis wune haueð þe
rocession. þe ure m uenisset bethfage ad montem oliuarum. Mittens [duos] de discipulis iussit adduci asinam & sedit super cam. Þo þe com to bethfage Swo hatte þe þrop þe preste one wunien. bi sides ierusalem on þe fot of þe dune þe men clepen munt oliuete. þo sende tweien of hise diciples usalem. & bed hem bringen á wig one te riden. noðer stede. ne palefrei. ne fair mule. ac þeh he [were] alre louerdes louerd. & alre kingene ki[n]g. naþeles he sende after þe alre un∣wurþeste wig one to riden. & {that} is asse. & gaf us forbisne of admodnesse on his dede. alse he doð on oðre stede on his speche þus uia mitis sum & humilis corde. lerneð of me for {that} ich am milde & admod on herte. & þo tweien sander bodes ferden & cudden in þe bureh. {that} þe helende was þider ward. & funden an asse mid fole. & ledden hit to genes him. & þe holie apostles leiden he're' cloþes þer uppe & ure helende rod þer one{punctel} ngen it mid palmes. & mid oðre riche wedes. þer he wolde þurh faren to þe holi temple. & wenden ut togenes him. & beren on here honde blostme sum palm twig. & sum boh of oliue alse þe holie boc seið. Occurrunt turbe cum floribus & palmis redemtori o[b]uiam. rocession. swo me ki[n]g shal. & þo þe ferden biforen him. & ðo þe after him comen. remden lude stefne þus queðinde. [O]sanna filio dauid benedictus qui uenit in nomine domini. Silof dauiðes bern blesced bie he þe cumeð a godes name. n biforen diden alse þe godspel seið. Pueri hebreorum viam pro &c' Þe children briggeden þe wei biforen ure drihten. sume mid here cloðes. & sume mid boges þe hie breken of þe trewes & swo him brohten in to þe holie temple. alse in his heorðliche heg settle. Þus makede ure helende his holie procession. usalem. & elhc cristene man makeð þis dai procession fro chirche to chirche. & eft agen. & bitocneð þe holie procession þe he makede þis dai. & {that} mai ech man understonden. þe wot wat bitocneð þese tweie names. betfage. & ierusalem. Betfage interpre∣tatur
us bucce. uel buccarum siue maxillarum. & signi∣ficat esiam in qua bucce funguntur officio suo peccata confitendo ueniam postulando. deum laudando. Carnem xpisti manducando. & sanguinem eius bibendo. gratias agendo. Betfage is cleped on englisse muðene hus. & bitocneð holie chirche. {that} men noten inne here muðes wike. þanne hie seien erd ihesu xrist herien. & bruken his fles & his blod. {that} his þe holi husel. & him usalem interpretatur uisio pacis & item significat ecclesiam. in qua pax uera uidetur. dum passio xristi reco∣litur. et pacis osculum datur. Ierusalem is cleped soð of saht∣nesse. rest cristes þroweinge minegeð. & of þe calice understondeð tocne of sehtnesse. {that} is messe cos. & þe folc sent. & þer mide bitocneð {that} ure drihten is þureh þe holie loc wið bileffulle men maked sehte. & þerfore chirche haueð þe tocninge of bethphage þenne rocession ut goð of ierusalem. & eft þenne it in cumeð. Nime we þenne geme gif ure procession bi maked after ure helendes proces∣sion. On his procession ferde sume biforen him & makede his weie to ward ierusalem. & sume briggeden þe asse mid here cloðes. & sume mid boges þe hie breken of þe trewes. Ðo þe þe weie restēs. þe mid here wise lore rideð. & makeð godes weie in to mannes heorte. maked MS.hereweldede MS.er him comen ben þo þe here lif [leden] alse here lorðeawes hem lereð. þo þe bisides weren on his riht half. ben þo þe clene lif leden to quemende gode{punctel} noht for hereworde. þo þe on his lift hond comen ben þo þe clenliche liuen uemende gode{punctel} ac for hereword to hauen. Ðe erd ihesu xrist þe makede into ierusalem þis dai his holie procession. þe ech chirche to dai minegeð. wisse & fulste us swo to folgen his holi eorliche procession {that} we mo ben on þe holie procession þe he wile maken adomes dai mid hise chosene{punctel} fro þe dome in to heuene. Quod nobis prestet qui secula per omnia regnat.
HEC est dies quam fecit dominus exultemus & letemur in ea. Þis dai haueð ure drihten maked to gladien. & to blissen us þonked wurðe him. & giarked {that} holie gestninge. þe he offe spe'c'ð þus queðinde. Ecce pran dium meum paratum. Mi bord ð alle þer to þus seggende. Venite prandium. bidded MS.ostel bad. seiende þus. Probet autem se ipsum homo. & sic de pane illo edat & de calice bibat. Proue ech man him seluen. & gif he feleð ndeð wurðliche þe cumeð þerto on bicumeliche wise. & mid bicumeliche wede. & on bicumeliche time. On bicumeliche wise reste his sinnes & forleteð & bimurneð & nimeð þerof god wissinge. & oðer cilicet vigilias. labores. saccum. inedia. sitim. {that} is wecche & swinch. harde cloðes. smerte dintes. selde eten & lesse drinken. Þridde siðe palm sunedeies procession. feorðe siðes shereðuresdaies absolucio[n] þe liðe þe sinne bendes. þe fifte siðe crepe to cruche on re. & þe seueðe siðe {that} holie bord bugen & {that} bred bruken. bicumeliche wede ben tweire kinne. lichamliche & gostliche. þe lichamliche wedes ben manie kinnes. ac of hem ne speke ich noht ac do of þe gostliche. þe ben ec fele kinnes. & allé hie bien m þe þe husel underfoð. ac two þer offe ben swiche {that} no man ne mai under fo. him seluen to hele bute he haue here oðer on him. þe
ncie. Vestis misericordie. an is loðlesnesse oðer'r' sinbote. Vestis innocencie restituitur in baptismo dicente sacerdote. [A]ccipe uestem candidam & mmaculatam. loðlesnesse understondeð þe man at his folcninge. & {that} bitocneð þe crisme cloð. þe þe prest bi windeð {that} child mide. & þus seið. Underfo shrud wit & clene. þis shrud haueð ech man on him after his fulcninge. alle þe wile þe he him beregeð {that} he ne do ne ne queðe. ne ne ðenche no þing for þat he bie unwurðere gode{punctel} m for let & bet. & milce bit. alse ure drihten bad seien þus. nime tue placens deo. haue reoðe of þin ogen sovle. þenne likeste gode. Mildheorted beð þe man þe reouð his nehgebures unselðe. & likeð here alre selðe & ofþinð sore wrecche mannes wanrede. & freureð hem mid his wel dede. No man þe sineged haueð ne mai wið uten þise wedes holi husel underfon{punctel} bute to eche harme þise] þis MS.n þe hit underfoð wið uten eiðer þese wedes shal ben shameliche driuen ut of þis holi gestninge. & bunden togedere his honden. & his fet. & worpen in to þe ateliche pit of helle bi ure drihtenes word þe seið to swiche men. Amice quomodo huc intrasti non habens uestem nupcialem. &c hwu come þu ider nbicumliche weden. þis dai is bicumelich time husel to underfon. Quia hec dies quam fecit dominus. non quod magis hanc quam alias. sed quia maiora quam in aliis á morte resurgendo. & nos á morte resuscitando. for {that} þis makede ure drihten þe makede alle oðre. ac he kidde oðerluker his mihte. nkin more milce dide on þis dai{punctel} þanne on ani oðre. Ðo he aros of deaðe [&] rerde us mid him. Vnde exultemus & letemur in ea. he us fette ut of helle wowe. & þer mide us gledede. & gif we him folgieð he gifð us heuene wele & þer mide. us blisseð to dai þonked. wurðe him. for þi þis dai is cleped estrene dai. {that} is aristes dai. for erd þe us bit to þis gest∣ninge. & bringe us to 'his' holi fleis & to his holi blod & leue us hem to bruken. & þus quedinde. Accipite & commedite ex hoc omnes ic est enim calix sanguinis mei novi. &c' Understondeð þis & brukeð it alle. for it is mi lichame þe giu shal alle lesen. he bet us ec his holi blod þe shal ben shad giu to lesende & seið {that} þese two þing bien ure bileue. Caro mea uere est cibus & sanguis meus uere est potus. Mi fleis is wis mete. & mi blod iwis drinke & after {that} nducaueritis carnem filii hominis & bibe∣ritis eius sanguinem non habebitis uitam in uobis. Ne muge hauen no lif on giu bute ge liuen bi mi fleis & bi mi blod. {that} husel þe ge understonden{punctel} is his holi fleis & his blod. Erest it beð ouelete & win. & þureh þe holi word þe ure helende him self seide mid his holi er him prest hem seið atte swimesse turneð þe bred to fleis & þe win to blod. Set in carne remanet forma color & sapor. ac on þe holi fleis bileueð þe shap & hiu. & smul of ouelete. & on þe holi blod héw & smul of win. More mihte doð ure helende þenne þe holi word þe he þurh his muð spec. þanne he giueð mannes cuinde. urnen þe ouelete to fleis. & {that} win to blod. & swo doð. & {that} is þe felefolde heste. þe is alre hestene heste {that} alle cristene men agen to dai to noten. for {that} þis dai is cleped estre dai uia est precium mundi. for it is wurð al þe wereld. & betere þene en sende alse snow sleðrende alse þe prophete seið. Pluit illis manna ad manducandum & panem celi dedit eis. m angelorum manducauit homo. he let hem reine manne to bi liue. & gef hem bred of heuene. & men eten englene [bred]. Manna interpretatur. quid est hoc? Manne bitocneð wat is tis{punctel} & þo ure drihten sende þis mete fro heuene þe israelisse folke{punctel} it warð on eches muð wat mete se he mest luuede. & bitocneð holi risteman understont nuðe. þe is þe manne hegeste sweteste este þe is of sinne clensed. oðer bigunne to clensende. & alre bitere biterest eches mannes soule þe ne haueð alle michele sinnes
e apostel seið. Qui manducat þe] þa MS.orpus domini & bibit &c. Ech þe understandeð {that} holi husel m seluen eche pine. & endelese wowe. Nime we nu geme ure ech agen him seluen. gif we bien cumen on bicumeliche wise. {that} is to soð shrifte. to hol[i] axen a palm sunedai{punctel} to procession. a shereðursdai to absoluciun. a langefridai to holi cruche. an ester euen to procession. & gif we ben cumene mid nnen to beten. & milce bidden. þanne muge we bicumeliche to godes bord{punctel} bugen. & his bode wurðliche bruken. & þureh þe holi este cumen to driste. driste] d corr. out of e.it & uiuit cum deo patre iritus sancti.
Ðe gastliche hierdes ðe sculen boðe lokin & stieren. ðo n ðare woreld{punctel} & ec 'ðo' ðe bieð ute. hie folȝið noe ðane gode stieres mann ðe gode was swiðe lief. & ȝecweme. For ðare muchele hersumnesse ðe he maniȝe wintre swanc. aer he 'ða' arche mihte habben ȝemaked. & seððen hie swa stierde on ðe muchele neard. mang stronge windes & stormes ðat he ðarof ne forleas naþing. ðe godd him hadde betaht to liue & to londe to bringen. Swa scule ða gastlich'e' stieres menn. gastliche] e above erasure.nde of mannliche fandinge. nge. & eft on faire wedere ne bien hie naht to sikere. forðan swo maniȝe litle dropes of maniȝes kennes ȝemeleastes mihten cumen in to ðe saule bote ðat hie mihten sinken. mid alle hire biȝeates. Ac lokien hie alle ðe wið innen scipes lokieð MS.n hersum. & leðebeiȝe here stieres manne. n to ðe liuiende lande mid saule & mid
nnen & to alle ðe ðar inne wuniȝeð. Qui uos audit me audit. Se ðe ȝe'w'er ra'd' hlest he seið. he hlest me seluen. & se gewer] w above ụ. rad] d above erasure.ð to ða stieresmannen. On michele hahte we fareð alle ðe fareð seid MS.n hoc mare magnum. on ðessere michele sea of ðare bitere woreld. Of ure stieresman is ȝewriten Ascendunt usque ad celos. & descendunt usque ad abissos. Hie stieð up to heuene mid here gastliche þohtes for to sceawin ðe michele merhðe of heuene riche. n ðe windes & ðe euele stormes. ðe cumeð of deules blastes & for us te warnin {that} ure ropes ne to breken. ðe bieð i broiden mid þrie straenges. Of rihte ileaue. & of faste hope te gode. And of ðare soðe luue ðe is ihoten carite ðe Crist maest luueð. Eft hit seið ðat hie stikð niðer in to nielnesse mid here ðohtes. for us eft to nielnesse] on margin abissos.n wið ðo stanroches of ðe harde hierte ðe naeure ne wile nexin. for none watere of wisdome. Ac ȝif ðar cumþ scip to hit tobrekð. Alswo doð ðat unwise mann ðe cumþ to ðan unbiliefde manne ðe ne wile ne ne mai godes lare understanden for his herte hardnesse[.] he tobrekð ȝif he ani god wille hafð. forðan he hert his gode wille tobrekd MS.: in lower margin, qui cum in forma dei e's'set non rapinam arbitratus est semet.n. spelleres. & pr'i'estes. & munekes. & þese hadede mannen. Ne scalt ðu naeure habben god{punctel} Hie wolden for'i'swelȝen all ðe woreld ȝif hie mihten. be trewe mann & halt tin god. þu finst feawe ðe wile ȝiuen ðe ani þing. bute n hwarfore. Ðe unware mann ðe ðis ȝeherð. ðingþ ðat he seið him god rad. Ȝif he arrer dede litel te gode. ðar after he doð if] ȝ corr. out of G.n braede & bowes] w corr. out of u.n lengðe swiðe ferr. Hie me haueð idon speken. forðer ðane ic nnen be godes fultume. Ac me þincþ ðat tu lokest aweiward & heuiliche latst. And hit is me to muchel iswinch ðar
nnken oðer to speken, bute ȝif ðu woldest mid god wille ðar to lhesten. & hes understanden.
Ich ðe bidde for ðan ilche hlauerd ðe ðe iscop me to helpe. ðat alswo ðu hauest ȝegunnen & ðane grundwall ileid. Of ðese hali mihtes ðat tu hes forð bringe & me hes taeche. forðan hie bieð taeche] c corr. out of s.n. & mid godes fultume of hem ȝeswiken. And min ȝeþanc to ðine lore healden. For ðare hali mihte ðe cariteð is icleped ic ðe beseche & bidde ðat tu ðese halwende lore on write sette. for ðan ic am michel þenchinde ðar hwile ðe ic on ðese wrecche lichame am wuniende. & ofte forȝete ðat me god{punctel} waere n. and ec sum oðer saule hit wile helpen.
Ðas þe me þincþ þu wilt godes lore bliðeliche understonden. & liernin. & ðat me likeð swiðe wel. forði ðat hit seið on ðe hali godspelle. Qui est ex deo uerba dei audit. Se ðe is of gode he mþ on iþanke an forbisne. þe sanctus Gregorius us seið: Qui uirtutes sine humilitate seid MS.congregat quasi in uento puluerem portat. Se ðe gadereð mihtes wiðuten eadmodnesse he seið. he is ilich ðo manne ðe berð dust amidewarde ðe winde. For ði me þingþ {that} is wisdom ðat we ð uten hwam non ne wid MS.n wið healden te none freme ne te none gode.
Wite ðu to soðe ðat þese teares ðe we embe spekeð hie bieð speked MS.inede] n corr. out of h.rophete: Fuerunt mihi rimis meis stratum meum rigabo: Ich scal watrien min bedd mid mine teares. Dies bedd tacneð þe consciencia. þat is þat inȝied wið innen. Þar ðe gode sawle is corr. out of þ.nn mid teares him besouhte. Godd sante to Ezechie þe kinge be his prophete. & sade: Dispone domui tue quia morieris & tu lað] ð corr. out of d.þat on an erasure.prophete ðe was ham ward. Wand aȝean cwað he & sai to þe kinge. Vidi lacrimam tuam. Ich iseih cwað he þine tear. & ich iherde þine bene. Þu scalt ȝiet libben fiftene ȝear. god] MS. gode, with e partly erased.rophete Ciba nos pane lacrimarum. Hlauerd fed us mid ðo breade of swete teares. & potum da nobis nsura. & ȝif us drinken of oðreskennes teares & ðat mid imete. Ðat ich wile þat ðu wel be iwarned. ȝif godd ðe 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
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 wacchen. sum ðurh bede. sum sade þurh hersumnesse. sum sade ðurh annesse. sum sade ðurh herborȝin herborȝin] ȝ on erasure.nn. & feden & screden. Sum sade ðurh seke menn 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 eldest] hole in MS.ði on erasure.
Perseuerancia hatte an hali mihte. Hie nis naht ihoten] io corr. by erasure.ðe, ðe erased.erseuerauerit usque in finem hic saluus erit. Se Ewangelista in red.ðurȝ wuneð on his godnesse ðe he hafð agunnen he worð iborȝen & naht elles for none gode þe he don hafð. hwat 'hwat' it is.
Lieue 'saule', ðis little writt ic 'habbe' sare beswonken he it wat habbe above write deleted.{that}] {that}ạ MS.if] Gif MS.alche] c corr. out of l.
Hvte we nu þ'a'nkin & herien ure hlauerde almihtin gode of ðese witte and of ðese wisdome. ðe we hier habbeð igadered of 'h'is horde. & of maniȝes swunken] u over ị.n∣nesse. se ðe is on soð godd in onnesse. se ðe l'i'ueð & rixeð aure ma liueð] i over ẹ.forȝeit] i over erasure.
Venicreator spiritus mentes tuorum uisita implet superna gracia que tu creasti p'e'ctora.
Si sciret paterfamilias qua hora fur uenturus esset{punctel} vigilaret utique & non sineret perfodi domum suam. Ure lauerd i þe godspel teacheð us þurh abisne. hu we ahen wearliche to biwiten us seoluen wið þe unwiht of helle. & wið his wernches. erd wiste he seið. hwenne & hwuch time. þe þeof walde cume to his hus{punctel} he walde wakien. ne nalde he nawt þolien þe þeof forte breoken hire. Þis hus þe ure lauerð spekeð of{punctel} is seolf þe mon inwið þe monnes wit. I þis hus. is þe huse lauerd. ant te fulitohe wif{punctel} mei beon wil ihaten. {that} ga þe hus efter hire{punctel} ha diht hit al to wundre. erd chasti hire þe betere. & bi neome hire muchel of {that} ha walde. ant tah walde al hire hird folhin hire ouer al{punctel} gef wit ne forbude ham. for alle hit beoð untohene. & rechelese hinen{punctel} bute ȝef he ham rihte. Ant hwucche beoð þeos hinen{punctel} Summe beoð wið vten. & summe wið in nen. þeo wið vten beoð. þe monnes fif nge. smechunge. & smeallunge. & euch limes felunge. þeos beoð hinen vnder wit. as under huse lauerd. & hwer se hwer] r over ṭ.er hire hit schal ere. Ne bið neauer his hus for þeos hinen wel iwist. for hwen {that} he slepe. oðer ohwider from hame. {that} is hwen mon forȝet his wit. er þis tresor. {that} godd bohte mid his deað. & lette lif o rode{punctel} is moni þeof a buten ba bi dei & bi niht. vnseheliche gasttes wið alle unwreaste þeawes. & aȝein euch god þeaw. þe biwiteð erd. is eauer hire unþeaw forte sechen inȝonge abute þe wahes to a murðrin hire þrinne. {that} heaued þrof is þe feont. þe meistreð ham alle aȝeines him & his keis. þe husebonde {that} is wit. warneð his hus þus. vre lauerd haueð ileanett him froure of his dehtren. {that} beoð to gastelich, e erased.e to habben{punctel} oðer beon bisteken þrute. Strengðe stont nest hire. {that} ȝef ei wule in{punctel} warschipes vn þonkes. warni strengðe fore. {that} is hire suster{punctel} & heo hit ut warpe. þe þridde suster {that} is meað. hire he makeð meistre ouer his willesfule hirð {that} we ear of speken. {that} ha leare ham mete . {that} me meosure hat. þe middel of twa uueles · for er mete. þe feorðe suster rihtwisnesse. sit on hest as deme . & beateð þeo þe aȝulteð. & cruneð þeo þe wel doð. & demeð euchan his dom efter his rihte. for dret of hire nimeð his hirð euch efter {that} he is warde to witene . þe
As þis is ido þus. & is al stille þrinne{punctel} warschipe {that} áá is waker is offearet lest sum for truste him. & feole o slepe. & forȝeme his warde. & sent ham. in a sonde. {that} ha wel cnaweð. of feorren icumen. forte er hardi. & þeo þe ȝemelese beoð{punctel}
m alle. for lonc he is. & leane. & his leor-deaðlich. & blac & elheowet. & euch her leane, feier erased.m tellen biuoren. hwet he beo & hweonene he comme & hwet he þer seche. Ne mei er lokið hwenne. for hire wune is to cumen bi stale ferliche & unmundlunge hwen me least weneð. of hire hird {that} tu easkest. Ich þe ondswerie. ha lihteð hwer se ha eauer kimeð wið a þusent deoflen. & euch an bereð a gret boc al of sunnen iwriten wið swarte smeale enbreueḍt MS.erliche. ofte & ilome. Nu seið þenne warschipe. forþi trowðe treowe∣liche tele us hwuch is helle. & hwet tu hauest isehen þrin. ant ich he seið fearlac omi trowðe bluðeliche. nawt tah efter {that} hit is. for {that} ne mei na er {that} ich mei & con{punctel} þer towart ich chulle readien.
Helle is [wid] wiðute met. & deop wið ute grunde. ful of brune uneuenlich . for ne mei nan eorðlich fur euenin þer towart. ful of stench unþolelich. for ne mahte in eorðe na cwic þinge hit þolien. ful of sorhe untalelich. for ne mei na muð for wrecchedom ernesse{punctel} {that} me hire mei grapin. for {that} fur. ne ȝeueð na liht. ah blent ham þe ehnen. þe þer beoð wið a smorðrinde smeke smeche forcuðest. & tah i{that} ilke swarte þeosternesse swarte þinges ha iseoð as deoflen {that} ham meallið & derueð áá & dreccheð wið alles cunnes pinen. & iteilede ri's'liche ase deoflen þe forswolheð ham ihal. & speoweð ham
ristles. ant snikeð in. & ut neddren. & eauraskes . nawt ilich þeose her{punctel} ah hundret siðe grisluker et muð. & et earen. ed ehnen. & ed neauele. ant ed te breoste holke as meaðen iforrotet flesch eauerȝete þickest. þer is remunge iþe brune. & toðes hechelunge iþe snawi weattres. ferliche ha flutteð from þe er nuten ha of þeos twa{punctel} hweðer ham þuncheð wurse. for eiðer is unþolelich. ant iþis ferliche monge þe leatere þurh þe earre derueð þe mare. {that} fur ham forbearneð al to colen calde. {that} pich ham forwalleð aðet ha beon for mealte. & eft acwikieð anan to drehen al {that} ilke{punctel} ant muchedeale wurse á wið uten er mare hope of nan a couerunge. Ah aren sikere of euch uuel to þurh leasten iwa from world in to worlde áá on echnesse. Euch aþrusmeð oðer. & euch is oðres pine. Ant euchan heateð oðer. & him seoluen as er se ha i þis world luueden m mare{punctel} se ha þer heatieð ham swiðere. & eiðer curseð oðer. & fret of þe oðres earen . & te nease alswa. Ich habbe bigunne to tellen of þing {that} ich ne mahte nawt bringe to eni ende. þah ich hefde a þusent tungen of stele & talde aðet ha weren alle forwerede. Ah þencheð nu her þurh hwuch þe measte pine beo{punctel} for þe leaste pine is rislich & reowðful to bihalden. er nere nan oðer pine bute to i seon eauer þe unseli gastes. & hare grisliche schape. biseon on hare grimfule. & grurefule nebbes. & heren hare rarunge. & hu ha wið hokeres edwiteð & up breideð euchan his sunnen. þis schenðlac & te grure of ham were unimete pine{punctel} & hure þolien & a beoren hare unirude duntes wið er euch bitternesse . þu laðest lont of alle. þu dorc stude ifullet risle & of grure. & euch ban schekeð me. & euch her me rueð up of þi munegunge. for nis þer na steuene bituhhe þe fordemde bute wumme. & wa is me. & wa beo þe. bicuhhe MS.er wa is{punctel} ne schal ham neauer wontin. þe swuch wununge of earneð. for ei hwilinde er ibore nere. bi þis ȝe mahen sumdel witen hwuch is helle. for i wis ich habbe þrin isehen a þusent siðe wurse. & from þeonne kimeð deað wið a þusent deoflen hiderwart as ich seide. ant ich com þus quoð fearlac forte warnin ow fore{punctel} & tellen ow þeos tidinges.
Nv lauerd godd quoð warschipe wardi us & werie. & rihte us & reade hwet us beo to donne. ant we beon þe warre & wakere donne] the second n corr. out of t.of over ạ MS.n ȝong in to heouene. of þeos fikelinde world{punctel} ne of hire false blisse: ne neome we neauer ȝeme. for al {that} is on eorðe. nis bute as a schadewe{punctel} for al wurðeð
Do nu quoð strengðe. warschipe suster {that} te limpet to þe & warne us of his wiheles. for of al his strengðe ne drede ȝenis MS.race. ant godd is on ure half. & stont bi us ifehte. ȝef he schute
For ba me ah. quoð meað. ant for heart of nowcin. & for wone of caṛien MS.erd. ant ma þah for nesche ant for flesches licunge for we] weị MS.er þe midel of mesure. & of mete.
Rihtwissnesse spekeð nu. Mi suster ha seið warschipe þe haueð e to cheosen & to schunien{punctel} readeð us & leareð forte ȝeme lutel alle fallinde þing. & witen warliche þeo þe schulen á lesten. & seið as ha soð seið {that} þurh unweotenesse ne mei ha nawt sunegin. & tah nis nawt siker of þe unwihtes strengde as þeo þe halt hire wac urnes & deð ase þe wise. Mi suster strengðe is swiðe bald. & seið {that} nawiht heardes ne mei hire offearen. ah þah ha ne trust nawt on hire ahne wepnen{punctel} ah deð o goðes grace & {that} ich demi riht & wisdom to donne. Mi er. meað spekeð of þe middel sti. bituhhe riht & luft {that} lut cunnen halden. er unmihtie to werien & to witen us oðer ei god to halden wið ute godes helpe. Þe rihtwise godd wule {that} we demen us seolf eðeliche & lahe. Ne beo we neauer swucche{punctel} for þenne demeð he us muche wurð & gode ant halt for his dehtren. for þah mi forme suster war beo of euch uuel{punctel}
Þe willesfule husewif halt hire al stille. ant al {that} hird {that} ha wes er hire{punctel} turneð erd. & to þeos fowr sustren. Vmben ane stunde spekeð eft warschipe. & seið ich iseo a sonde cumen swide gledd icheret. feier & freolich & leofliche aturnet. let him in seið wit ȝef godd wule he bringeð us gleade tidinges. ant {that} us were muche erd. & al {that} hird seoðen. wið lahhinde chere. ant ha ȝeldeð him his gretunge. & beoð alle ilihtet & igleadet ham þuncheð of his on sihðe. for al {that} hus schineð. & schimmeð of his leome. he easkeð ham ȝef ham biluueð to uoð ha rihtwisnesse. wel us biluueð hit. & wel is riht {that} we þe liðeliche lustnin.
Hercnið nu þenne he seið. & ȝeornliche understondeð. [I]ch am murðes sonde. & munegunge of eche lif. ant liues luue i haten & cume riht from heouene {that} ich habbe isehen nu ant ofte ear ng dreden for he sit on
Aseið warschipe welcume liues luue. ant for þe luue of godd seolf ȝef þu eauer sehe him{punctel} tele us sumhwet of him. & of his eche blisse. ȝe iseoð quoð liues luue{punctel} Murhdes sonde. Ich habbe habbe, him ofte deleted MS.mnesse . feader mine above meine MS.: after habbe, ofsee deleted MS.mmes weis ich mahte bihalden ure lauerd ihesu crist godes sune {that} bohte us o rode. Hu he sit blisful on his feader riht half {that} is al wealdent rixleð i {that} eche lif bute linnunge. se unimete feier{punctel} {that} te engles ne beoð neauer ful on him to bihalden. ant ȝet ich iseh etscene þe studen of his wunden. & hu he schaweð ham his ncunnes heale.
Efter him ich iseh on heh ouer alle heouenliche þe eadi meiden his moder marie i nempnet sitten in se, wle deleted.er. & singeð a unwergeð. Nihe wordes þer beoð. ah hu ha beoð i ordret & sunderliche isette. þe an buue þe oðre. & euchanes meoster were long to tellen. Se muche murhðe ich hefde on hare on sihðe{punctel} {that} ne mahte 'ich' longe hwile elles hwider lokin. Efter ham ich iseh towart te patriarches. & te prophetes þe makied swuch murhðe {that} ha ha] ha ha MS.erd as he hefde ischawed ham igastelich sihðe. Ich iseh þe apostles poure. & lah on eorðe. ifullet & bigoten al of unimete blisse sitten i trones. ant al under hare uet {that} heh is i þe worlde. ȝarowe forte erd. & lihtliche talden to alles cunnes neowcins. & eorðliche tintreohen aȝeines þe blisse {that} godd in hare heorte schawede ham to cumene. Efter ham cunfessurs] urs above ọṛẹṣ MS.ergað ercumeð cunde þe leadeð heouenlich lif in eorðe as ha wunieð hare murhðe. & hare blisse. þe feierl'e'ac of hare wlite. þe swetnesse of hare song{punctel} ne mei na tunge tellen. Alle ha singeð þe þer beoð. Ah hare song ne mahe nane buten heo singen. Se swote sme'a'l ham folheð hwider se ha wendeð. {that} me mahte libben
Swiðe wel quoð warschipe likeð us {that} tu seist. Ah nu þu hauest se wel iseið of euch a setnesse{punctel} of þe seli sunder lepes sumhwet sei
Ha liuieð á in awlite. {that} is brihtre seoueuald. & schenre þen þe sunne. ant eauer in a strengðe to don buten euch swinc al {that} ha wulleð. & eauer mare in a steal in al {that} eauer god is wið ute wonunge. wið uten euch þing {that} mahe hearmin oðer eilin. er is. softe oðer swote. & hare lif is godes sihðe. & godes godes, an erasure MS.erd seide. {that} is quoð he eche lif to seon & cnawen sod godd. & him {that} he sende ihesu crist ure lauerd to ure alesnesse & beoð for þi ilich him iþe ilke wlite {that} he is. for ha seoð him as he is. nebbe to nebbe. Ha beoð se wise {that} ha witen er schal iwurden. hwet hit beo. hwi. & hwerto & hwer of hit bigunne. Ha luuieð god wið ute met. for {that} ha understondeð hu he haueð bi ham idon þurh his muchele godlec & hwet ha ahen his er euch an ase muche gleadunge{punctel} as his ahne sunderliche. ȝet ouer al þis. hwen euchan luueð godd mare þen him seoluen. & þen alle þe odre{punctel} mare he gleadeð of godd wið uten ei etlunge þen of his ahne gleadunge. er anes heorte ne mei in hire [und]eruon hire ahne gleadunge sunderliche. [iseide. se unim]ete muchel is þe anlepi blisse. {that} ha nimeð i[n] hi[re] þus erd to þeo þe him hefden icwemet. Intra in gaudium. et c'. Ga quoð he in to þi erdes blisse . þu most al gan þrin. ant al beon bigotten þrin for in þe ne mei hit nanesweis neomen in. her of ha herieð godd & singeð á un werget eauer iliche lusti in þis loft songes. as hit iwriten is. Beati qui habitant. et c'. Eadi beoð þeo lauerd. þe iþin hus wunieð. ha schulen herien þe from [worlde into worlde]. Ha beoð er seh ich al. ne {that} ȝet {that} ich [iseh. ne] ne con seh] neh MS.er[liche quoð] warschipe. wel we understondeð er þi sihðe. ant wel is him {that} is war. & bisið him hu he mahe beast halden his hus {that} godes tresor is in aȝeines godes unwine þe weorreð þer towart a wið unþeawes. for þet. schal bringen him þider as he schal. al þis {that} tu hauest ispeken of an hundret siðe mare of blisse buten euch bale uoð strengðe hwen hit swa is{punctel} hwet mei tweamen us from godd & hald[en us þeonne. ich] am siker ine godd. [{that} ne schal lif ne deað{punctel} ne wa] ne wunne nowðer [to dealen us ant his luue. ah al þis] us haueð igarc igarc; the rest is from MS. Royal 17 A 27.
Varpeð ut quoð warschipe{punctel} farlac ure fa. nis nawt riht {that} an hus halde þeos tweien. for þeR as murðes sonde is{punctel} & soð luue of eche lif. farlac is fleme. nu ut quoð strenðe farlac ne schaltu na lengere leuen in uRe ende. nu quoð 'he' ich seide for god al {that} ich seide. & þah hit muri nere nes na lessere mi tale þen wes murhðes nckeR noðres tale to schunien in his time. þu warnest of wa. he telleð of wunne. muche neod is {that} me ow ba ȝeornliche hercni. Flute nu faRlac þah. hwil liues luue is heRinne. & þole wið efne heorte þe dom of rihtwisnesse.
Nv is wil {that} husewif al stille. {that} eR wes so willesful. Al ituht efter wittes wissunge {that} is husebonde. & Al {that} hird halt him stille. {that} wes i wunet to beon fulitohen & don efteR wil haRe lefdi. Ant urh þeos twa sonden. {that} ha i heRd habbeð. & {that} fowr sustren lerden þruppe for euch unþeawes inȝong his warde te witene. ant te waRden treowliche.
Þvs ah mon te þenchen ofte Ant ilome. Ant wið þulliche þohtes urh his hali milce {that} wið þe fedeR. ant e sune ant e hali gast rixleð in þreo had á buten ende. AMEN.
Par seinte charite biddeð a pateR noster for iohan {that} þeos boc wrat.
Constantin. ant Maxence weren on ane time as in keiseres stude hehest i rome. ah constantin ferde nne read in to fronc londe. ant wunede summe hwiles þer for þe burhes neode. ant Maxence storede þe refschipe in rome. weox umbehwiles wreððe him bitweonen. ant comen to þe fehte. lirie hatte. {that} ter he an, e erased: ẏrie MS.n cristene men þe lut {that} ter weren alle to
urh farlac of his fule þreates. Oleast wið stronge tintreo ant licomliche pinen. Þe fif & þrittuðe ȝer of his m to þe temple iþe tun of his heðene godes. euchan wið his lac{punctel} forto wurgin ham wið. comen alle to his bode. & euchan bi 'hi's euene biuoren Maxence seolf to wurgen his n swiðe ȝung of ȝeres twa wone of twenti. feie'r' & freolich o wlite & o wastum. ah ȝet {that} wes mare wurð steðeluest wið innen of treowe wastun MS.erine þi þi MS.us lo for hare sake ane dale of ... god from C.n nakede.
Þeos milde meoke meiden þes lufsum lefdi mid lasteles lates ne lates, f erased.urh þen hali gast so wel {that} nan nes hire eueninge. Modie meistres & m seoluen {that} al ha i cneowen ham crauant & ouercumen. & cweðen hire þe meistrie & te menske al up.
Þus hwil ha wiste hire & þohte aa to witen hire meiden i meiðhad. as ha set in a bur of hire burde boldes heo iherde a swuch murhðe
e of {that} ahte. ludinge of þe men. gleowunge of hire, ḥạ ẉ MS.þes þes MS.urh his wissunge. þrefter wepnede hire mid soðe bileaue. & wrat on hire breoste ant biuoren hire teeð & tunge of hire muð þe hali nful slaht of {that} islein ahte deoulen to lake {that} euch wariet weouet of þe mix mawmez ron of {that} balefule blod al bi blodeget. & bigon to ȝeien ludere stefne.
Gretinge keiser walde þe bi cumen for þin hehnesse ȝef þu þis ke ȝeld {that} tu dest to deouelen {that} for deð þe baðe ilicom ille MS.urh his wisdom. & al {that} ischapen is. ich walde keiser igreten þe. ȝef þu understode {that} he him ane is to herien þurh hwam & under hwam urh monnes muchele medschipe wreððeð him wið mare þen þe schaft of mon{punctel} {that} he scheop. & ȝef urh wit & þurh wisdom schal wurðen
urh þe awariede gast {that} he ȝelt þe wur
Þe . feont þe fint al uuel bimong alle his crokinde creftes. wið neauer an ne keccheð he creftluker cang men ne leadeð to unbileaue. þen {that} he makeð men. {that} ahten to witen wel. {that} ha beoð bi ȝetene. i borene & broht forð þurh þe heoueneliche feder{punctel} to makien urh mare medschipe. of gold oðer of seoluer{punctel} & ȝeouen ham misliche nome. of sunne oðer of mone. of wind of wude. of wettres. & hersumið. & wurgið as þah ha godes weren. ne naueð he þurh oðer þing i þis bileaue ibroht ow bute {that} ow þuncheð {that} ha schulden leasten aa. forþi {that} ȝe ne schulen er biginnen. ah þer nis buten an godd þurh hwam witer∣liche alle weren i wrahte. & of nawt i þis woorld iset us forto frourin. ant to fremien. & al swa as euch þing hefde biginnunge of his godlec{punctel} al swa schulden alle habben endunge ȝef ha {that} m time. & na time nes neauer {that} he ne bigon te beon in.
Her cumseð þe uie of seinte iuliane. ant telleð of
IN ure lauerdes luue þe is feader of frumschaft. ant on his deorewurðe sunes nome. ant o þes hali gastes. {that} glideð of ham baðen. alle lewede men. {that} understonden ne mahen latines ledene.
Þeos meiden. ant tis martir. wes iuliane inempnet. in nichomedes n. ant hire fleschliche feder wes affrican ihaten. of þe heðene mest þeo {that} cristene weren{punctel} derfliche droh ham to deaðe. ah heo as þeo {that} te heouenlich feder luuede. leafde al hire aldrene lahen. & bigon to luuien þene liuiende lauerd þe lufsum godd. {that} wisseð ant weldeð al {that} is on worlde{punctel} & al {that} iwraht is. Þa wes urh muche freontschipe. m iwundet. {that} wið uten
m his dohter. & wes sone nto cure . & te riche riden in. & tuhen him ȝont te tun{punctel} from strete to. strete. cur wes bitild. {that} he wes in. wið purpre wið pal. & wið ture tur MS.n. & deorewurðe claðes. as þe {that} heh þing hefde to heden. ant ciclatur MS.
Iuliane þe edie iesu cristes leouemon of his blisfule luue balde n his deorewurðe sune. & iþe hali gast. ichulle wel neomen þe. ȝef þu nult no{punctel} þu art wundi of me. & oðer luue sech þe. er droh him from deie to deie. ant efter {that} he wende to habben his iwil so ha him þis word sulliche sende. Bi {that} ilke godd quoð hire feder {that} me is lað to gremien beo hit soð {that} tu seist to wraðer heale seide ha hit. ant nu ichulle o great nnen {that} walden awakenin ant waxen of þi wedlac. {that} ich þe to reade. for he is inoh n ant to luken þe. & ȝeouen þi flesch{punctel} fuheles of þe lufte. Iuliane him onswerede & softeliche seide. ne wen þu nawiht leoue feder. {that} tu affeare me swa. for iesu crist godes sune nge to fondin ȝef he mahte eisweis wenden hire heorte. & seide hire lufsumliche. {that} ne schulde ha nane wunne lihtliche wilnin{punctel} {that} he ne schulde welden. wið {that} ha walde hire þonc wenden ilenet] MS. defective here.n. ne ich neuer {that} ich wite nes wið him icnawen. For gode quoð þet meiden þin harm is þe mare nawt forþi þet tu nauest ofte iherd of him ȝare. {that} is iesu godes sune. þe forto lesen moncun {that} forloren schulden beon{punctel} lette his deo'r'wurðe lif on rode. ne ich ne seh him neuer {that} me sare for þuncheð. ah ichim luuie ant r heale iwurðen. Swa muche quoð ha ich iwurðe him þe wraðel MS.schal] salch MS.urh bliðe bicumen into endelese blissen ant ȝe schulen wrecches urh þis bittre teone bitahte hire to elewsium þe luðere
risunes pine. ant he duden sone. Heo as ha þrinne wes in þeosternesse hire ane feng te cleopien to crist ant bidden þeos bone.
Lauerd godd al mihti. mi murhðe ant mi mede mi sy ant mi mmet from þe ferliche fur of þe furneise swa þu wite ant witen me to witen me from sunne. lauerd þurh þis lease lif{punctel} lead me to lestinde to þe hauene
I þe feaderes & i þe sunes & i þe hali gastes Name.
In ure lauerdes luue þe feader is of frumscheft. ant iþe deore wurðmunt of his deorewurðe sune. & iþe heiunge of þe hali gast. þe of ham ba glideð. an godd unagin euch godes ful. Alle leawede bað̣ẹ MS.n. rist is swiðe icweme.
Þeos meiden & teos martyr {that} ich of munne{punctel} wes Juliene inempnet. i Nichomedese burh. Al of heaðene cun icumen & akennet. Alḷ MS.m þurh derue pinen to deaðe. Ah heo as þeo {that} te hehe heouenliche lauerd hefde his luue ilenet. leafde ileuet MS.erd. {that} schupte alle sche'a'ftes & wealdeð & wisseð efter þet his wil is. al {that} ischeapen iS.
Wes iþon time as þe redunge telleð. þe modi Maximien keiser irome. heriende. & heiende heaðene maumez. wið unimeað e mon of ȝeres. þes ȝunge mon eleusius. {that} þus wes wel wið þe kinge. hefde iunne feolahschipe to affrican. & wes iwunet ofte to cumen wið him inune MS.
As he hefde en chere bihalden swiðe ȝeorne hire utnumne feire. & freoliche ȝuheðe{punctel} felde him iwundet in wið in his heorte wið þe flan þe of luue fleoð. swa {that} him þuhte þet ne mahte he nanes
e steuene. wes him seolf sonde to affrican hire feader. & bisohte him ȝeorne {that} he hire ȝeue him. & he hire walde menskin wið al {that} he mahte. As þe þing i þe world {that} he meast luuede. Affrican wiste {that} he wes swiðe freo iboren. ant walde wel bicumen him a freo iboren burde. & ȝetede him his bone. Ha wes were, al erased.
Ah heo forte werien hire wið him summe 'h'wile: ertild {that} he wes itohen on{punctel} wið purpres & pelles. wið ciclatuns & cendals & deorewurðe claðes. AS þe {that} se heh þing hefde to heden. ant se riche refschipe to rihten & to readen. þa he hefde þus idon. sende hire þus esu cristes leofmon of his blisfule luue balde hire seoluen, & sende him al openliche bi sonde to seggen. þis word ha al] ṭọ al MS.uoð he mi deorewurðe dohter. sei me hwi þu forsakest þi sy & ti selhðe? þe weolen & te wunnen. þe walden awakenen. & waxen of þe wedlac {that} ich reade þe to: hit nis nan ṭreade MS.erd. & mi deore leafdi þe deorewurðe diane {that} ich muche luuie. ȝef þu haldest her on{punctel} ich schal leote wilde deor to luken & toteore þe & ȝeoue þi flesch fode to fuheles of þe lufte. Juliene him ondswerede. & softeliche seide. Ne lef þu esu crist godes sune. {that} ich on leue. & luuie as leoflukest. & lufsumest lauerd. þah ich cwic beo forbearnd baðe lim & lið ileitinde leie. Nulle ich þe her onont þreate se þu þreate buhe ne beien.
[A]ffrican feng eft on. & to fondin ongon ȝef he mahte eanis weis rean {that} ha walde hire wil wenden. Nai quoð ha {that} nis nawt. schulde ich do me to him. {that} alle deoflen is bitaht. & to eche deað fordemet. to forwurðe wið him worlt buten ende iþe putte
Hire feader feng on to wreaððin swiðe ferliche & easkede hire hokerliche. Ant hwet is he þes were {that} tu art to iweddet. {that} tu hauest wið ute me se forð þi luue ilenet. {that} tu letest lutel. of al {that} ileuet MS.uoð þe meiden þin hearm is þe mare. Nawt for þi {that} tu nauest iherd of him ȝare. {THAT} is ihesu godes sune. {that} forte alesen moncun {that} schulde beon forloren al{punctel} lette lif o rode. Ich ne seh him neauer & {that} me of þuncheð. Ah ich him luuie & wulle don. & leue on as o lauerd. Ne schal me firsen him from. Nowðer uoð hire feader þe schal laðin his luue. for þu schalt habbe þrof hearm & scheome baðe & nu þu schalt on alre earst. as on ernesse swa beon ibeaten wið bittere besmen. {that} tu were wummon of wummone bosum to wraðerheale eauer iboren iþe worlde. Swa muche quoð {that} meiden ich beo him þe leouere. se ich uoð he drehe an erasure of three letters MS.leggeð corr. out of leggen MS.{that} hit liðeri o blode. Me {that}] & MS.erd. ne nulle ich leuen ower read þe forreadeð ow seolf. ne þe mix maumez þe beoð þes feondes fetles{punctel} heien ne herien. for teone ne for tintreohe {that} ȝe me mahe timbrin. Na nult tu quoð affrican. hit schal sone sutelin. for ich chulle sende m þe riche {that} reue is ouer rome. ant he schal þe forreaden. & makie to forswelten. as his ahne wil is þurh al þet eauer sar iS.
Ȝe quoð þis meiden {that} mei godd welden. ne mahe ȝe nawt do me bute þet he wule þeauien & þolien ow to donne to mucli mi mede mutli MS.erd & softe me bið euch sar in his seruise. þu wult þu seist aȝeoue me to eleusium þe luðere.
[A]ffrican hire feader bitterliche iteonet bitahtte hire eleusium þe luðere reue of rome & lette bringen hire biuoren his
[{THAT}]a eleusius seh {that} ha þus feng on to festnin hire hire, of MS.nde bres. & healden hit se wal heạlen MS.eliste unhurt iðe ueat of wallinde eoli þer he wes i don in. {that} ase hal com up þrof{punctel} as he wes hal meiden. þe ilke liues lauerd. wiste him unwemmet. his brud of þe bres {that} wes wallinde. swa {that} ne þuhte
[H]eo as ha þrinne wes i þeosternesse hire ane. feng to rist & bidde þeos bone. lauerd godd al mihti mi murhðe & mi mede. mi sẏ & al þe selhðe. {that} ich efter seche þu sist al hu ich am bisteaðet & bistonden. festne mi bileaue. Riht me & read me. for al mi trust is on þe. Steor me & streng me for al mi mi and trust, erasure of five letters MS.heamen MS.erd. as þu biwistest daniel bimong þe wode liuns ilatet se luðere. & te þreo
CVM natus esset ihesus in betleem iude in diebus herodis regis ecce magi ab oriente uenerunt ierosoli∣mam dicentes. Vbi est qui natus est rex iudeorum. ¶ We redeth i þo holi godespelle of te dai ase ure louerd godalmichti nte Marie i þe cite of bethleem. þet si sterre was seauinge of his beringe. swo a pierede te þo þrie kinges of heþenesse. to janes þo sunne risindde. And al swo hi bi knewe en conseil be tuene hem þet hi wolden gon for to hyne an uri. and þet hi wolden offri usalem. Þere hi speken to herodes and hym askede. wer was se king of gyus þet was i bore. And herodes i herde þet o king was i bore þet solde bi
usalem. Þo dede he somoni alle þo wyse clerekes þet kuþe þe laghe and hem askede wer crist solde bien i bore. Hi answerden þet ine ierusalem. for hit was swo i seid and be hote hwilem bi þo profetes. And al swo herodes i herde þis. swo spac te þo þrie kinges. and hem seide. Goþ ha seide into orius seywinge of ure lordes beringe. þet us telþ þet holi godespel of te day. and ye muee wel under stonde be þo speche of þe godspelle þet me sal to dai mor makie offrinke þan an oþren dai. and þer of us yeft ensample þo þrie kinges of heþenesse. þet comen fram verrene nne ase gold. Offre we þanne god almichti god gold. Be leue we stede fast liche. þet 'he is' fader and sune. and holy gost. is onlepi god. Wo so hath beleaue ine gode swo offreth him god gold nne. Swo we mowe sigge þet stor signefieth þe herte. and se smech luue of stor, e erased.Bi 'þet' Mirre þat is biter. and be þo biternesse defendet þet Bi] Li MS.mme i hende{punctel} signefiet ndet nt of þo dieule þet ha ne may us mis do. Lordinges nu ye habbet i herd þo signe∣fiance of þo offringes þet maden i offred on margin.nne. and werefore se xpistenman yef has deþ{punctel} of seruet þo blisce of heuene. And ihesu crist þet for us wolde nd anured of þo þrie kinges of painime{punctel} he yeu[e] yeuus MS.nd serui. þet we mowe habbe þo blisce uod uobis prestare dignetur per.
Nuptie facte sunt in chana er ihesu ibi. Vocatus est autem ihesus ad nuptias & discipuli eius. ¶ Þet holi godspel of to day us telþ. þet a bredale usalem. in ane cite þat was i cleped Cane in þa time þat godes sune yede in erþe flesliche. 'ac' To þa bredale flesliche ac. To MS.nte Marie. and ure louerd ihesus crist and hise deciples. so iuel auenture þet wyn failede. at þise bredale. þo seide ure leuedi seinte Marie. to here sune. hi ne habbet no wyn. And ure nd seyde to hem. ffol vellet ha seyde. þos ydres. þet is to sigge þos Cróós. oþer n of watere. for þer were. vi. ydres of stone. þet ware i clepede baþieres wer þo gius hem wesse for clenesse. and for religiun. Ase þe custome nz uuluelden þo faten of watere and hasteliche was i went into wyne. bie þo wille of ure louerde. þo seide ure lord. to þo serganz. Moveth to gidere and riclin to þo bredgume. Oþer men seyde he doþ forþ þet beste wyn þet hi habbeþ ferst at rarie þ'e't þu hest i hialde þet beste wyn wath nu{punctel} Þis was þe commencement of þo miracles of ure loruerde þet he made flesliche in erþe. and 'þo' beleuede on him{punctel} his diciples. Ine sigge nacht þet hi ne hedden þer before ine him beliaue{punctel} ac fore 'þe' miracle þet hi seghe{punctel} was here beliaue þe more ngþed. Nu ye habbeþ i herd þe Miracle. nu i hereþ þe signe∣fiance. Þet water bi tockned se euele xpisteneman. er is natureliche schald and a kelþ alle þo þet hit drinkeþ{punctel} so is se euele xpisteman chald of þo luue of Gode. for þo euele werkes þet hi doþ. Ase so is Lecherie. spusbreche. Roberie. r. husberners. bakbiteres. and alle oþre euele deden. Manslechtes MS.er{punctel} þet þurch yemere werkes. oþer þurch yemer i wil liesed þo blisce of heuene. þet wyn þat is naturel liche hot ine him selue{punctel} and an het alle þo þet hit drinked{punctel} ere wyn{punctel} yet habbeþ manitime hadeþ MS.ere wyn. þis his si signefiance of þe miracle. Nu loke euerich man toward him seluen. yef he is win{punctel} þet is to siggen yef he is he he is win MS.er. þet is yef þu art chold of godes luue. yef þu art euel man{punctel} besech ure lorde þet he do ine þe uod uobis. prestare dignetur.
Cvm descendisset ihesus de monte. secute sunt eum m dicens. Domine si uis{punctel} potes me mundare. ¶ Þet holi godspel of to dai us telþ. þet ure lord ihesus crist. ase he hedde i yue þo newe laghe. in one montayne. and hedde i maked þet formeste sarmun þet euerte made in erþe{punctel} suo him folgede michel folk. Swo redde his hond. and tok his lepre{punctel} hic wille seide ure lord þet þu bi clensed. and al so raþe he was i warisd of his maladie. Nu lordinges þis is þe miracle ngge. Se leprus signefiez þo senuulle men. si lepre þo sennen. þet scab bi tokned þo litle sennen. si lepre be tokned þo grete sennen þet biedh diadliche. Ase so is lecherie. spusbreche. Gauelinge. Roberie. þefte. Glutunie. drunkenesse. and alle þo sennen þurch wiche me liest þo luue of gode nnes felarede. Ne for þo litle sennen. þet noman hine ne mai loki. nis noon deseurd pardurableliche fram gode{punctel} ne fram holi chereche. for lepre is man deseurd of þo com∣painie
mpainie of gode. And yef ye bieþ clene{punctel} lokeþ þet ye ne falle nocht. þet ye ne us þurch diadliche senne. greded gode Merci{punctel} þet þo leprus yaf helþe ine bodie{punctel} þet he us yeue gostliche helþe. in ure saule. Comeþ to srifte for leted yure sennen and þer of bieþ a soiled. þanne sollie habbe þo helþe of uod nobis. prestare dignetur. per.
Ascendente ihesu in nauiculam. secuti sunt eum discipuli eius. Et ecce motus factus est magnus in mari. Ita eriretur fluctibus. Erat autem illis{punctel} uentus contrarius. esu crist yede one time in to ane ssipe and ise deciples mid him in to þe séé. And so hi were in þo ssipe so a ros a great tempeste. of winde. And ure lord was i leid him don to slepe. ine þo ret drede of þise tempeste. so a wakede hine. and seiden to him. lord saue us{punctel} for we perisset. And ha wiste wel þet hi ne hadde nocht gode beleaue ine him{punctel} þo seide to hem. wat dret yw folk of litle beliaue. Þo a ros up ure lord and tok þane wynd and to séé{punctel} and al so raþe hit was m ine þa peril{punctel} þet opuli ego sum. & cetera. Hic am ha seiþ helere of þe folke. wanne
mbri þurch senne. Þurch prede oþer þurch an vie. oþer þurh wreþe. oþer þurch oþer manere of diadliche senne grede we to him Merci. and sigge we him lord sauue us þet we ne perissi. and þet he us deliuri of alle eueles. and þet ha uod ipse prestare dignetur.
SImile est regnum celorum homini patrifamilias. qui rimo mane conducere operarios in uineam suam.
¶ Hure lord godalmichti to us spekeþ ine þo holi nyarde. for ane peny of forewerde. and al so he hedde i mad þise forewerde{punctel} so ha sente hi into his wyn∣yarde. so ha dede at undren and at midday al so. þo þat hit was m into þe Marcatte. so he fond werkmen þet were idel. þo seyde he to hem. Wéé bie ye idel{punctel} and hie answer∣den{punctel} and seyde. lord{punctel} for we 'ne' fonden te dai þat us herde. Goþ nu ha seide se godeman into mine wynyarde{punctel} and hic þat richt is{punctel} yu sal yeue. þos yede into þise wynyarde. mid þo oþre. þo þet hi wel nd yeld hem here trauail. and a gyn to hem þat comen last. and go al to þo ferste. yef eue mmandement. so paide þo werkmen and yaf euerich ane peny. And so hi seghen þo þet bi þe Morghen waren i comen. þet n here euerich ane peny{punctel} Þo wenden hi more habbe{punctel} þo gruchchede hi a menges hem. and seyden. þos laste on ure habbeþ i travailed. and þu his makest velaghes to us. þet habbeth al deai i bye ine þine wynyarde. and habbetþ iþoled þe berdene
ngketh þat hic do min i wil{punctel} and al so ure lord hedde i told þise forbisne{punctel} so he seide efter ward. so sulle þo uerste bie last{punctel} and þo laste ferst. Fele bieþ i clepede{punctel} ac feaue bieþ i cornéé. Nu i hereþ unt uocati{punctel} pauci.riarches. ate begininge of þis wordl. ine is seruise. þet þurch gode beleauéé him seruede. and seden nge to alle þo þet hi hedden hit to siggen. Al so at undren. and at midday. i herede he werkmen into is winyarde. þo ha sente be þo time þet Moyses was and aaron. and i þe time of his prophetes dede he mani god man in to his seruise{punctel} þet þurch griate luue to him helden. and deden his seruise. To yenes þan euen{punctel} godalmichti þan] þā MS.nte Marie. and seauede ine þis world. þo fond he Men. þet al day hedden i be idel. Werefore he fond þet heþen folk þet be þo time þet was i go{punctel} hedden i be ut of godes be liaue. and of his luue. and of his seruise. Hi ne hedden m serui. For al þat is ine þis wordle. þet man is. bote yef ha luuie godalmichti. and him serui{punctel} al hit him may þenche for lore and idelnesse. þo a resunede ure lord þe paens n i be so longe idel. þo þet hi ne hedden i be in his seruise{punctel} þo ansuerden þe paens{punctel} þet non ne hedden i herd hij. þet is to sigge þet hi ne hedden neuer te i hee[r]d prophete ne a postle ne prechur. þet hem seaude ne hem tachte hu i solden ine gode beleue ne him serui. Goþ a seide ure lord inte mine n to cristes seruise þere fore we sollen habbe ure peni þet is þe blisce of heuene. riarches and þo prophetes. and þo apostles and þo gode men þet hwilem ine þis world godalmichti serueden. So as we habeþ i seid of diuers wordles. þet god almichti dede werkmen into his winyarde{punctel} so we mowe sigge of þo elde of eueriche men. en into his winyarde bi þe Morghen. Wanne ha clepeþ of swiche þer bieþ into his seruise ine here child∣hede. Wanne hi of þis world wendeþ. beswo þet hi ne be ine no diadlich senne. At undren ha sent men in to his winyarde. þet a turneþ into his seruise. of age of man. At Middai wanne þo dai is ure of Man is of greater strengþe and of greater hete ine þo age. Se euen bi tockneþ. elde of Man. þet is se ende of þe liue. Vre lord deþ werkmen in to his winyarde a genes þo e n to cristes seruise. As so n into þe winyyarde. Nocht for þan for þise griate bunte þet ure iord yefþ ne solde no man targi for to wende to godalmichti ne him to serui. for al so seid þet holi writ þet non ne wot þane dai of his diaþe. for Man mai longe liues wene and ofte him legheþ se wrench. Nu gode men he he MS.erueþ þet good þet noon herte ne may i þenche ne noon yare i here ne tunge telle. þo blisce þet god uod ipse prestare dignetur. per.