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Ms. Cambr. Gg II, 6, fol. 164 b.
(Altschottisch.)
aus Ms. Digby 86, fol. 132
a) Aus Ms. Cotton Cal. A II, fol 1 (c. 1430).
(Die ersten 104 V. fehlen, da vorne Blätter ausgefallen sind.)
Ueberschrift: here bygynneþ a pistel of Susan.
V. 1 barne. 2 gentel. 4 riches . renk . arayed was riht; he fehlt. 5 orchardes . deope diche. 6 herbagages . hiht. 7 þorw . Citee . siche. 9 erbes . auenauntly. 16 loueliche . out of st. on of. 17 fode fressche∣liche. 18 hyr. 21 bitoke . a payre. 24 clergi. 25 hir. 27 hed. 28 þere. priuely. 29 was fehlt auch hier. rial . rentus. 30 honorable. 31 til his hous . hende (Punct vor hende). 32 dred. 36 heore wikkednesse. 38 ȝyue. 40 þer st. þus . þidur. 41 Jewesse. 44 semeliche. 45 were. hir. 46 schul . eschwe. 47 þise churlus . chaumbur . hire. 49 alan. 50 Susan. 51 merian. 52 wolde. 53 hir play. 54 þouht . biwile. 55 wittus . wei wordus. 56 teelde. 57 heore. 58 heore hore hedus . heuen . vpon. 59 cauht . heore. 61 þei. 64 miht. 67 hir . hir. 69 selcouþe. 70 perie. 71 Joyned. 75 were papeiayes. 76 nihtgales. 77 of þe best. 78, 79 blossomes. 80 & on amylliers. 81 papeiayes . for proude (!). 84 grapus . goldfinche. 85 þer st. þus. 86 þere were. 89 Damasene. 90 trouned. 93 cherie. 94 aren. 95 grapes & garnettus. 96 costardus . in coypes (!). 97 bewe, aus bowe corr. 98 fresliche. 99 wardouns wynliche . walse. 101 heore . gan hynge. 102 wederlynge. 103 springe. 104 Erberes. 106 out niht (!). 110 solsecle. 119 hire . holden were hende. 120 ben. 121 wende. 122 bene. 124 hire wedus. 125 lende. 128 cast. 129 fele. 133 forto. 134 worsschupe . worli. 136 bene vre. 138 schulde. 144 þenne. 146 ȝyf . synne. 149 suche. 150 wrethe (Vern. falsch wreche). 151 bettre. 155 ser∣uauns. 156 wondur. 157 hire. 158 hire. 160 here. 163 lemmon. 164 on.
e . hire. 171 hondes . wept. 173 were. 174 dud . doungon. 176 were. 177 while. 179 come . fadur . freo. 181 saun. 183 on benche. 184 gentel. 185 sende . seme∣liche. 188 hert holli. 189 þer st. þus . hire balus. 190 noþur dome. 192 hyre. 199 comeliche . wordus. 200 homeliche on hire hed heore. 201 wept . wondur. 203 soþe. 205 qwaynt. 208 vndurtake. 209 passet. 213 wyliche . hire. 215 valey. 219 hire. 223 souereyn . hire. 224 were comberous. 225 traitour . to take. 226 borliche. 228 ful ȝare. 231 schunt. 235 hire. 236 vndeuwe . do hire. 237 hire leue. 238 kynreden . hedde euer iknowen. 239 asked . mouþe. 240 sakles . synne . hir. 242 derflich. 244 wold. 248 hire feere . fonde. 249 kyndelich. 250 wraþed . neuer . wetand. 251 neþer. 252 hire knes. 253 mouþe. 254 serweful. 266 nemene. 267 siþe . deolfully. 268 hertly take . herken. 271 flescheliche. 275 furth . lufsum. 276 gultus. 277 hire. 278 deolful. 280 suche ȝiftus. 281 fayled. 283 cried. 284 bloode. 285 þei . stoode. 287 gode sone. 288 gan. 289 þei ben. 291 vmbeloke ou lordus suche. 292 þinke . dedus. 293 þe vor gomes ist von derselben Hand in ȝe corr. 294 processe. 297 wakeneþ heore. 298 graunt. 302 þise. 305 dissemale. 306 concience. 307 bench. 309 synne . sene. 310 bi dene. 311 for eose (!) . babiloigne. 313 seiȝe Susan. 314 vndur. 316 self . hire. 317 þi . heuene. 319 brandest. 320 medel. 327 into a place. 328 þat oþur . barne. 330 cursed. 332 desceyuet. 335 mot. 339 þi. 340 telle . treuwely . er. 342 prophete. 344 falshede . haue vuel. 346 drawe. 350 brennyng. 352 þenne . fel. 353 loued. 354 goode. 356 traitours. 357 be. 358 hoso. 359 schuld. 361 ferlyes. 362 dayes. 363 wittenes. 364 prophete.
Statt der zwei Schlussverse in Vern. liest diese Hs.: God graunt vs þi grace . to play vs pertly in þis place—And feiþely þi feire face . to se þat is swete. Amen. Explicit Epistola Susanne secundam Danielem.—
Die letzte der bekannten Hss. dieser Legende ist das (früher im Besitz des Mr. Heber befindliche) Ms. Philipps 8252 in Cheltenham, aus der Zeit Heinrich's IV., welches ausserdem Piers Ploughman, the Travels of Sir Maundevyle, the three kings of Cologne, und Lucifer Prince of the depe dominion of Darkness, enthält. Da der jetzige Besitzer der Sammlung Phi∣lipps', dessen Schwiegersohn Fenwick, die Einsicht in seine Sammlung sich theuer (mit 5 Lstrl.) bezahlen lässt, so bin ich vor der Hand nicht im Stande, diese Hs. mitzutheilen. Laing, in seiner Ausg. der Sus., theilt die erste Strophe dieser Hs. mit. Ob ein im Besitz des Marquis von Bath befind∣liches, bisher unbekanntes, sehr werthvolles, enthaltend eine historia scho∣lastica des alten Testamentes (nach Petrus Comestor) und im Anschluss daran die Geschichten der Judith, Esther, der 7 Macchabäer, Job, in alliterirenden und gereimten Versen, und 12zeiligen Strophen nach Art des Evang. Nicod. (aber in 6 Langzeilen zusammengeschrieben), ob dieses Ms. auch die Su∣sanna einschliesst, habe ich nicht ermitteln können; Sprache und Versmass weisen auf nördlichen Ursprung.—Laing's Ausg. der Sus. folgt wesent∣lich Ms. Vernon (nicht Ms. Phil., wie Morris in seiner Ausgabe des Sir Gaw. mittheilt), doch hat er moderne Schreibung (th st. þ, gh und y st. ȝ, er st. ur, es st. us in der Endung u. a.) durchgeführt. Folgende sind die von Ms. Vernon abweichenden Lesarten in Laing's Text:
3 there. 4 all riches . reuke (mit u). 5 weren withinne. 6 hey . height. 14 had. 19 to that deire (!). 28 preveliche. 29 were st. þere als Reimwort. 40 domes(men) st. demers. 45 hir (L. lässt die Abbrev. für e unberücksichtigt). sesse. 47 chesse. 54 wretches. 58 heore. 64 while. 66 somer. 67 grethed hir. 71 Juniper. 73 Ipeuwed (!). 81 for. 86 On figges and fygers (!). sees (!). 95 grew. 96 cuylthes (!). 97 (the) braun∣ches, the bewe. 100 wald. charuwé 111 u. peletré 116 mit Accent. 117 prees. 118 ȝerde. 121 wende. 122 espieth now. 123 as st. us. 125 low . lende. 127 well. 137 þe st. ȝe. 150 Ar. worthlich . wrech (! st. wrethe,
ukes. 200 her. 204 on. 215 rode st. eode . ȝoung. 222 semblant . sare. 235 thaigh st. þauȝ. 237 latched. 239 asked. mony st. mouþ (!). 244 micht (schott. Schreibung!), 245 nicht. 248 feer. whom . fand. 255 sorioure. 266 neven. 276 vnguede. 277 holp (!). 281 failed. 282 sayne (!). 284 why . innocent. 285 thei stodeyd (!). sttode. 287 gode sone . seeth (!). 293 ye gomes. 300 him sone. 302 go st. gō (!). 307 much. 313 thow seighe. 318 nei (l. ne) st. nere. 324 fols. 328 whom. 332 thi st. þī. 336 kind. 342 seid bifor. 343 lorde. 345 ȝe mon(!). 350 orennynge. 352 upon knees. 354 all . hir. 356 traitours . trees. 358 the lord. 359 servant. Die 2 Schlussverse hat L. ausgelassen.
Grösstentheils sind diese Lesungen Versehen und Fehler Laing's, nicht der Hs., an einigen Stellen hat L. den richtigen Reim hergestellt oder gleichartig gemacht (auch V. 19? 29? 287?); in mi Dieselbe Hs., Addit. 22283, enthält die ersten 104 Verse des aus Ms. Vernon in den "Altengl. Legenden", Beilage I, p. 212 veröffentlichten Gedichtes: Disputi∣son bitwene child Jhū and maistres of þe lawe of Jewus, welches ausserdem in die Kindheit Jesu des Ms. Harl. 3954, v. 211-265 (ed. in "Sammlung altengl. Leg." p. 103) verwebt ist. Bei dem genauen Anschluss an Ms. Vernon sind nur fol∣gende, meist graphische, Abweichungen zu merken: V. 2 soþly. 3 gentil . vndur. 4 fondeþ. 10 twelue. 13 maistres. 19 seist þou. 21 þow . aȝein. 25 leorne. 29 miȝt þe. 34 blynd. 37 A. B. 39 tymely. 40 Resun. 42 spac . peple . apliȝt. 47 quaþ. 48 hidere. 51 þeiȝ . beo. 59 parties . cht nicht 244 hat L. ohne Grund nördliche Schreibung willkürlich eingeführt; aber aus dem Ms. Philipps sind seine abweichenden Lesungen gewiss nicht geflossen. he st. a. 60 knut in knot. 61 leorne. 65 heer aftur. 67 now . tak. 70 art þou. 72 here. 74 Ifere. 75 soþly. 77 swiþe I feere (! falscher Reim). 86 þou. 87 am I swiþe. 90 luþur lawas (!). 92 forþur . may st. wol. 94 here. 95 þou. 96 ȝing. 98 hast þou . cunnyng. 99 dye. 100 techyng. 102 þou. 103 I rede st. bede. 104 may.—Die folgenden Blätter sind im Ms. ausgerissen.
Aus Ms. Cbr. Dd. I, 1, fol. 295 (c. 1370).
Von der in der "Sammlung altengl. Leg." Heilbronn 1878, p. 198 ff. aus Ms. Harl. 2382 (u. Ms. Bedford) veröffentlichten Legende von Erasmus habe ich nachträglich noch ein weiteres Ms.: Cbr. Dd. I, 1 gefunden, wel∣ches, da es nicht wenig älter ist (c. 1370) als Harl., und häufig den besseren Text bietet, hier ganz folgt, obwohl es nicht das Original ist; Ms. Bedford steht dieser Hs. näher als Harl. Ms. Dd I, 1 enthält die in einen südlicheren Dialect umschriebene nördliche Homiliensammlung (Grund∣lage des Ms. Vernon), dann, nach Erasmus, ein Gedicht auf die Fastenzeit (Anf.: Lenten is an holy tyme, In which folk wile hem schryue Of alle þe synnes þat þei han don Before tyme in hire lyue), dann ein Gedicht betitelt: A good lesson of IX vertewis in 256 V., welches schildert, wie im Jahre 1345 in einer Vision Christus einen frommen Mann über neun wichtige Tugenden belehrt (Anf.: Alle þat loue to here þis lessoun—Crist graunt hem his benisoun.—þat ȝere of oure lord a þousand—CCC & XLV as I vnder∣stand—A good trewe man mad his preyere—Vnto oure lord god on þis manere.); endlich ein Gedicht über das jüngste Gericht, Busse und Beichte in 216 V., mit dem Motto: O Iudex vi feruida hanc servabis artem—Acu
Hinter t und g stehendes Häkchen ist durch e aufgelöst; obengeschriebenes e in þe u. a. cursiv gesetzt.
Ne noceat spasmus michi. me iuuet almus Erasmus: O sacer Erasme, meritis precibusque regas me. Amen.
Ne noceat spasmus: michi, me iuuet almus Erasmus. O sacer Erasme, meritis precibusque regas me. amen.
Ausser den bei der Ausgabe in der "Sammlung altengl. Leg." Heil∣bronn 1878 p. 209 ff. benutzten vier Hss. dieser Legende giebt es noch drei andere: Cbr Ji IV, 9, Cbr. Caj. Coll. 174 (diese bis jetzt unbekannt) und Cbr. Ff. II, 38 fol. 93 ff.
Die erste schliesst sich in der grösseren Hälfte enger an Ms. Harl. 1701 (H.), dem sie besonders auch in der Anordnung der Verse folgt (so bei V. 171-194, bes. 191-4, doch fehlen die 2 letzten Verse des Ms. H., und 4 V. vor 171; 223 ff., 263-4); doch folgt sie 291 ff. unmittelbar Ms. Trin. Coll. 57, wie sie auch nur ein Quatrain für das Gebet an Maria hat 299-302, auch fehlen nach 362 die an dieser Stelle in H. eingeschalteten 16 Verse. Mit Ms. Harl. 525, dem sie in der Ordnung der Verse völlig fern steht, hat sie einige Lesarten gemein, die jedoch wohl auf eine ge∣meinsame
Ms. Caj. Coll. 174, schlecht geschrieben und spät, folgt ebenfalls meist Harl. 1701, doch weisen einige Stellen auf Harl. 525 (Ha.), so 183-4, 213-214, dem auch viele einzelne Lesarten entlehnt sind, während es an an∣deren Stellen, V. 260, 261 ff., 305-8, 364 ff. dem Texte von VT näher steht. In der Anordnung der Verse folgt es meist Harl. 1701, so bei 185-215 (nur sind 185-8 u. 189-192 umgestellt, ebenso 193 u. 194), beson∣ders 209 ff. (aber 213-4 in der Fassung von Ha.), 221-4, 253 ff., 259 ff. (doch hat 260 die Fassung von VT), 308-311, 369-371, 372-5, 448 ff. Ausgelassen ist je ein Verspaar nach 264, (266), 452, 456. Freie Anordnung zeigt es V. 357 ff. Das Ms. ist oft fehlerhaft.
Während die genannten 2 Mss. sich hauptsächlich an Harl. 1701 an∣schliessen, zweigt sich Ms. Cbr. Ff. II, 38 von Harl. 525 ab, jedoch unter Zuziehung anderer Mss. und mit eigenen grösseren Zusätzen (es zählt 516 V.). Es entfernt sich daher am weitesten von der ursprünglichen Fassung. In der Anordnung der Verse folgt es ganz Harl. 525, so bei 191 ff., 207 ff. (nur sind 213-4 u. 215-6 umgesetzt, ebenso 227-8), bes. 229-234, 241-243, 309 ff. (313 ff., 321-2, 327-330 stehen an derselben Stelle wie in Ha.), 337 ff. (doch fehlen 4 V. nach 336; in den anderen Mss. folgen 337-349 erst nach der Betrachtung über Nabugodonosor), 371-372 Zus. aus Ha., 387 ff. (doch ist 393-404 freier Zus.) u. 407-416 (es fehlt, wie in Ha., das Gebet an Maria), 489 ff. (besonders 501-502); auch die 4 Schlussverse lauten wie in Ha. An einigen Stellen sind in Ha. fehlende Verspaare wieder eingesetzt, so 101-2, 127-130 fehlen in Ha. u. H., sind aus VT ergänzt), 205-6, 478-80 (= VT 194-6). Eigene Zusätze sind 103-4, 139-140, 199-204 (199 ist aus 281, 201-4 aus 249-254 vorgegriffen), 217-8, 303-8, 393-404, 469-484 (jedoch ist 478-80 nachgeholt aus VT 194-6, die in Ha. an dieser Stelle fehlten). Es fehlt ein Verspaar nach 254, 260, 295, vier Verse nach 336.
Um das Material dieser Legende abzuschliessen, lasse ich den Text dieser drei Hss. folgen; die Varianten allein mitzutheilen, würde fast den∣selben Raum erfordern.
nun fehlt ein Blatt (68 V.), wovon nur noch ein dünnes Läppchen erhalten, worauf die Anfänge einiger Verse:
Adam was made of oure lord god in the same place that Jhesu was borne in, that is to seye in the cite of Bethleem, which is in the myddel of the at erthe fro thilk partyes, þat is to seye: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Vryel; and þat erthe was brighte and schynynge as the sonne, and þat erthe was broght oute of foure flodes, þat is to seye: Geon, Phison, Tigrys, and Eufrates. Thanne is man made like the ymage of god, and god blewe in his face enspyryng of lyfe, that is to seye his soule. So as he was made of foure parties of erthe, also of foure maner of wyndes he was enspyred, and of foure maner of flodes. Thanne oure lord, whanne Adam was made, he had ȝeue hym no name: and thanne he seyde to the foure aungeles þat they schulde seche hym a name. And Michael went forthe to the est, and there he sawe the sterre þat hight Amiocolum: and he toke the first lettre ther-of. And Raphael went forth in to the southe and fonde the sterre of the southe þat hight Dysys: and he toke the first lettre ther-of. And Gabryel went in to the northe and fonde the sterre of (the) northe þat hight Arthos: and he toke the first lettre (ther-)of. Thanne went Vryel in to the west & fonde the sterre þat hight Mensembryon: and he toke the first lettre ther-of. Thise lettres weren broght to oure Lord, and he bad Vriel reden hem. And he redde hem and seide: "Adam"; and oure Lord seide: "soo schal his name be called." Versus: Annotebe dedit A, Disys D, A contulit Arthos, M Men∣sembrion; collige: fiet Adam.
And ȝe schul vndirstonde that Adam was made of viij thinges. O partye was of slyme of the erthe: where-of his flesshe was; and ther-of he is sloghe. Another partye was of the see: wher-of his blode was; and there-fore he is couetouse and besy. The thridde partye was of stones of the erthe: and ther-fore he is harde and bittir. artie was of clowdes: wher-of be wroght his thynkynges; and ther-of he is lecherous. The v partie was of the wynde: wher-of is made his breth; and ther-of he is light. The vj partie was of the sonne: and ther-of be his eyghen; and ther-of he is faire and clere. The vij partie is of the light of the world: wher-of he is made glad; and ther-of he hath his vnderstondynge. The viij partie is of the holygooste: and ther-of he hathe his soule; and ther-of be thise holy prophets and vertuus goddes-chosen.
Aftir the tyme that god hadde made Adam & Eue, thurghe synne thei fell, and were dryuen oute of paradys. Thanne wenten thei in to the west, and there thei maden hem a dwellyng-place; and there thei were sixe dayes sorowyng and criyng in grete tribulacioun. Aftir thilk sex dayes thei be∣gone to hunger (&) thei soght for too eete ... Thanne seide Eue to Adam: "my lorde, I hungre sore. Why go ȝe noght to seche thing that we myght cete, vn-to þat we see þat oure lord god wol haue mercy on vs and clepe vs agayne to the stede there-as we were first?" Thanne arose Adam after the dayes viij, and went alle that londe abowte; but he ne fonde no suche meete as thei had byfore.
at I were slayn of the, forwhy for me is god wrothe with the."
And thanne seide Adam: "grete is in heuen and in erthe his wrethe; where it be for me or for the, I note."
And then seide Eue to Adam: "my lord, sle me, þat I may be done away fro the face of god and fro the sight of his aungeles; so that he may for∣gete to be wrothe with the, oure lord god ȝete, so that happely he lede the in paradys; for why for the cause of me þou art putte oute ther-of." Thanne seide Adam to Eue: "speke no more so, lest oure lord god sende his malisoun vppon vs. How myght it be that I myght (putte) myne hoonde in my flessche—þat is to sayne: how myght it be þat I shuld slee myne owen flesshe? But arise, go we and seche where-with for to lyue, and ne stynt we noght to seche!" They went and soght, but þei fonde noght als thei hadde in paradys; neuerthelees suche thei founden as neet and bestees eten. Thanne seide Adam: "make we sorowe in the sight of oure lorde god, þat made vs, and forthinke we in grete forthingyng xl dayes, ȝif happely oure lord god forȝeue vs and ordeyne vs wher-with to lyfe."
Thanne seide Eue to Adam: "my lord, sey me what forthenkyng is, or how we schulde forthenk, lest happely we take vppon vs that we may not fulfille, and oure praieres be not herde and god turne his face fro vs, ȝif we fulfille not that we haue byhete." Thanne seide Adam to Eue: "thow may suffre so many, ȝif thow wilte, & thow doost (i)noght. I say the so many doo as þou wilte. Forsothe I wil suffre xl dayes and seuen, for on the syxt daye was I made and on the seuent daye god endide alle thingis." And he seide to Eue: "Aryse and go to Tygre flode, and bere a stoone with the and stonde there-on in the water vp to the nekke, & lat not one worde passe oute of thi mouthe; for we be vnworthi for to pray (to) god, for why oure lippes be vnclene for we haue eeten of the forboden tree. Be there xl dayes, and I schal go in the flome Jurdon̄ and be there xl dayes and seuen, if happily oure lord god haue mercy vppone vs." And she went to the water of Tygre, as Adam bad; and Adam went to the flome Jordon̄, and tooke a stone with hym and stoode ther-on vp to the nekke in the water, and the here of his heuede was spreed abrood vpone the water. Thanne seide Adam: "I say to the, Jordan, make sorowe e to-gydre alle the beestes þat be with-in the, and cometh aboute me and make sorowe with me! noght for yowre-seluen make ȝe no sorowe, but alle for me; forwhy ȝe ne synned noght, bot I wikkedly agayns my lorde haue synned; neither ȝe haue done no defaute, nether ȝe be noght begiled fro ȝoure sustenaunce nether fro ȝoure meetes, ordeigned to yow, but I haue synned and I am bigyled fro my sustenaunce the which was ordeigned for me." Whanne Adam had made al this lamentacioun, thanne alle lyfynge thinges that were in contre of Jurdon̄, fisshe, foule and e by daye; so that xix dayes of sorow∣ing ith Adam and alle lyfyng thinges þat sorowed with hym for his synne. Thanne was ther aduersarye stered, the feende, angirlye & wroth and envyouse to hem-warde: & thanne he transfigured hym in to a feire louely liknesse, and went to the floode of Tygre, there as Eue was sorowyng. And whenne he sawe here in greete sorowe wepyng, he bygan to wepe; aftirward he bad here goo oute and turne agayn and reste, and e thow art losed, forwhi god hath herde youre sorowes and hath forgyfen yow youre tres∣passes;
e we and alle other aungels haue prayed, and ther∣fore god hath sent me for to lede yow oute of the water and gyfe yow youre foode agayn, þat ye loste for youre synne. Therfore now gooth oute, and I wil lede yow in to your stede, there that youre mete is made redy to yow." And thanne went Eue oute of the water, and here flesshe was also greene as gresse, for colde of the watere. And whenne she cam on londe, she fel doune to the erthe for feble, and she leye as she had ben dede, almoste a daye. And the deuyl toke here vp and supportid hire, and she went forth to Adam, and the deuyl with hire. And whanne Adam sey hem, he cryed wepyng, seying thus: "O Eue, Eue, where is now thi dede of penaunce? how art thow bygiled of thyne aduersarie, by the whiche we be aliened of oure dwellynge-place in paradys and of oure spirituel Joye?" Thanne, when Eue herde this, she knewe that she was begiled thorghe the feende and that he had made hir come oute of the floode.
Thanne she felle grouelyng to the erthe, & thanne hir sorow was doubled so mykil as it was byfore. Thanne Adam cried seying: "Wo be to the, feende, the whiche vs thus greuouslye ne styntes not to trauayle and to fight agaynes vs! what haue we doon to the, þat thow thus sorowfullye and angrely purshewest vs? or what is it to vs thoghe thow be wrothe(!)? or haue we any thinge bynome the of thi Joye þat thow schulde haue ere? haue we done the any maner of shame? whethere wenest þou þat we be dedely enemys to the-warde?" Thanne answerd the deuel sorowfully and seyd: "O Adam, alle sorowful enemyte and enuye ben to me by-cause of the, at I had in heuene amydde alle aungeles, and I am for the caste in to erthe and hel." Thanne answerd Adam: "what haue I do to the or wherfore blamest thow me? thow ne were knowe of me ne I ne wist noght of the." The deuel answerde: "Adam, what seyst ou dyddeste noght to me; neuerthelasse for thy cause I am caste oute: in that daye þat thow were made, I was caste fro the face of god, and fro the felawshippe of angeles I am sent away. For, forsothe, whenne god blew in the lyfe and thi sem∣blaunt and thi lyknes was made aftere the ymage of god, then Michael ledde e he made the to be worschipped. And thanne seid god: "biholde, I haue made Adam after the shappe and the lyknesse of vs." And Michael (went) forth and cleped alle the e Adam." Whanne Michael char∣ged me to worschippe the, I seide to hym: "wher-with chargest thow me? I wil noght worschippe a fouler thanne I am; I am fayrer thanne he, for why I was a-fore alle creatures, and er he were, I was made; and therfore he shal wirshippe me, and I not hym." And this herd other aungeles, that be now with me, and nolde not worshipen the neyther. And ȝet seide thilke Michael: "worshepe the ymage of god! forsothe, but thow worschippe hym, god wol be wrothe with the." And I seide: "ȝef god be wroth with me, I schal sette my setee abouen al other in heuene and be lyke hym that is hyest." Thanne was god wroth with me and comaunded that I shulde be dryuen oute of heuene and oute of my Joye, e I bygiled the fro alle thyne delytes, Joyes and myrthes, right as I was putte fro my gloriouse beynge."—Whanne Adam herd this, he cried ith a grete wepyng and seide: "lord god, my life is in thyne handes: make that this wykked aduersarie be fer fro me, for he secheth euere in al that he may to spille my soule. Lorde, ȝef me the Joye fro whiche I am cast oute!" Thanne anon as Adam this lamentacioun had made, the deuel was wanysshed a-way fro his sight. And Adam trewliche fulfilled there xl dayes and seuen in penaunce in the water of Jurdon.—And Eue seide artied fro the sight of the, for I am not worthi to see the neyther I am not worthi to haue myrthe of the ne comforte for my wikkednesse; but I wil wende as fer as I may in to the west, and dwelle there til I dye." And she went forth in to the west, how fer wote I neuyr, and bygan to make sor∣owe and lamentacioun and bitterly weped; and there she ordeyned hir a dwellyng-place. And that tyme she had goon with childe thre monethes. But forsothe whanne it drowghe to the tyme that she schulde bere childe, e hir to helpe. And she seide thanne to hire-self: "what thing shal doo my lord to weten of my woo? I pray yow seruauntes vnto my lord god in heuene that ye do my lord Adam to wyten and knowe my sorowes." Anoon as she had thus made hir soroweful menyng, it was doon als she prayed. And Adam wiste wel & knewe hir sorowes, and seide: e, and fonde hir in grete sorowe and disese. And anoon as Eue saw hym, she seide: "my soule and my life is wele refresshed ray for me that I myght be delyuered fro thise werste peynes." And Adam prayed to god for hir. Thanne ther come xij angeles and two e to hir brest, and he seyde: "Eue, thow art blissed for Adam, that is to seyn for the penaunces and the prayers of hym thow ert blessyd, for why his prayers ne be noght in vayne; for thurghe the prayeng of hym I am sent, þat thow mayst vnder∣stonde helpe and socour of goddes aungeles. And now aryse and make the redy to haue childe, for thy tyme is nere that thow schalte childe." And she made hir redy ther-to, as she schulde and couthe, and she bare a sone, but she was ful with sorwe. And anoon þe childe arose vp and ranne forth and toke an erbe in his hondes and toke it his moder. & thilke childes name was called Chaym. Thanne toke Adam Eue with the childe & ledde hem forth in to the est. And thanne come angels by the sending of god, to teche Adam forto wirke & trauayle in the erthe; & taughte hym to telye corne and froyte, that thei myght lyfe by and ther ofsprynge. After Eue conseyuede & bare a childe, that was called ith his hondes arered bloode of Abel and deuoured it with his mouthe." Thanne seide Adam: "happely Caym shal sle Abel, as I vndirstonde; therfore departe we hem atwynne & lat vs make hem dyuerse dwellyngis." And thei made Caym a tylier and Abel a shepherd; and so they were departed and duellyd a-twynne. And e Abel, Adam was an hundreth and xxx ȝere olde. Thanne Adam
e Caym sloghe." Thanne lyfed Adam aftir that tyme that he had bygeten Seeth, viijC ȝere, and thanne he bygate xxx sones and xxxij doghtres; the whiche multi∣plied e.—Thanne seide Adam to his sone Seeth: "here, sonne, what I shal seye to the! After that I and thi moder were dryuen owt of paradys, Michael the archaungel, goddes messanger, come to me & I sawe ordres of aungeles as thikke as mots in the son, being in a feire cercle. And thanne I was rauysshed in to rightwisse para∣dys: and ther I sawe oure lord, and his semblant was so ful of bright bemes þat it was vnsighty, that is to seyn so bright that I myght noght endure to loke ther-one. And a gret multitude of aungeles were al aboute the bemes of the brightnesse of his semblaunt, and eke another wonderful companye of aungeles beyng on the right syde & on his lefte syde. And my lord seide to me: "wyte wele that thow schalt dye, for thow forgete my comaundement and herdest the worde of thy wyf, the whiche I ȝaf to the to be thyn vndirlynge and subiecte, to haue hir al at thyn owen wille, and thow were obeissaunt and obeydist hir and noght me." And whenne I herde thus goddes wordes, I fel doun to the erthe and sayde and prayed to god thus: "lord moost myghtful and moost merciable, god bothe blessid and meke, ne for yet not thy worschipful name of thy dignyte, but conforte my soule, for I dye and my spirit passeth oute of my mouthe; ne cast am.e science and godenesse, for that thow schalt not be doon awey fro thy connynge that thow ne schal mynystre to me with-outen ende." And whenne I herde thise wordes of god, I am to god.e to the erthe and worshipped god, seyenge: "thow art euerlastyng god and heyghest, and euery creature shal gyfe wirshepe to the and praysyng; thow art aboue alle lightes shynyng, thow art verey light of lyfe; þou art swiche that no tonge may comprehende the in witte. O thilke grete vertu of god lyfynge, alle creatures to the gyfe honour and spirituel praysinge, whanne thow had made mankynde thorghe grete vertu." And anone as I had prayed this, Michael the archaungel of god toke me by the hande and cast me in to the mydel of paradys in the visi∣tacions and the sightes of god(!). And Michael helde a ȝerde in his hande.... with-in the circuyte of paradys: with the whiche towchynge of the forsaide ȝerde they congeled to-gydre alle (to) yse, and I wente opon them, and Michael wente with me, and ladde me agayne in to the place of paradys fro the which he rauysshed me...." Thanne Adam seide: "here, my sonne Seeth, other priuetes and sacramentes were shewed to me; forwhy I vndir∣stonde and know thynges þat ben comynge in this world temporel the e god made for mannes kynde; that is to seye: I had my knowyng and myn vndirstondyng of thynge that is comynge by the etyng, þat I ete of the tree of vndirstondyng. Also I vndirstode ther-by þat god shal schew hym in water & shewe hym in brennynge, and fyre shal goo oute of his mouthe of his maiestee, and he shal ȝeue vnto alle men his comaundement and his biddyng and he shal make hym holy in the house of his maieste; and god shal shewe to hem a merueylous place of his maieste and there thei schul bigge a house in the erthe to ther god. & thei schul breke his comaundementes, and ther holy place schal be brent and ther londe schal be forsake & thei shal be twynned, for thei wrethed god. The seuen day god schal make hem saaf ageyn fro ther twynnyng and make hem ooned aȝeyne as thei were; and efte thei schul bigge a house to ther god, and thanne schal the last house of god be bettir saued thanne the first. And efte-sones shal shrewdnesse ouercome the ryghtwisnesse, and
ith men in erthe to be seyne: and thanne shal ryght∣wisnesse bygynne forto shyne and he shal be worshepid euer in the house of god, and the aduersarye ne shal not noye to men that trowe in god; and god shal reyse vp a sauf peple to be made with-outen ende. Wikked mene schul putte Adam oute of his kyngdome(!). And afterwarde who that wille of that kingdom loue heuen and erthe nyghtes and dayes and alle creatures worshepynge to the lord, and thei breke not his comaundements ne thei schul not chaunge his werkes. And men forgetyn(g) the comaunde∣mentes of god, thei schul be chaunged, for that god schal put oute wikked men; and rightwisse men shul dwelle as rightwisnesse (asketh) in the sight of god. And in that tyme men schul be puryfyed of ther synne by water of cristendome, noght willyng to be puryfied by water. Wyse is that man that amendeth his soule; for why ther shal be a gret day of Juggement among synful men, and ther dedys schul be enquered of rightwisse god, ther Jugge."—And aftir that Adam was made ixC and xxx ȝere, he wiste wele þat his ith hem and blisse hem, or I dye." & thei come to-gidre in thre parties byfore his prayenge-place, where Adam had prayed to oure lord god. And thei come to-gidre alle with one voyce seyynge: "What is thy wille, fader? wherfore hastow gadred vs to-gydre, and why lyestow in thy bedde? Say to vs now, what is thy wille that we doo?" Thanne Adam answered & seide: "my childre, me is ful woo and am spak to his chil∣dre.ith sorowes I am trauayled." And his childre seide to hym: "Fader, what is it to haue euyl and with sorowes to be trauailed?" Thanne seide his sone Seeth: "lord, fader, happely thow hast desired for to eete of the froyte of paradys of the whiche som-tyme thow eete, & therfore thow lyest in sorowe. Sey to me if thow wil þat I goo & neyghe the gates of paradys & do dust on myn hede and falle doun to the erthe byfore ioun prayeng oure lord; and happely he wille here me and sende his aungel to brynge me of þat fruyte the whiche thow desirest." And Adam answered and seide: "Sone, I ne e & I haue gret sorwes and desese in my body." Seeth answered: "I not what sorwe is. Wiltow not say to e fruyte to eete when we wolde, but he seide to vs that we schuld not eete of the tree of know∣ynge gode and euel, that stondeth in the myddel of paradys. Thus god putte vs in paradys, and gaf me power in the est & in the partye þat is aȝeyns the partye of the northe, and to ȝoure moder he gaf the southe and a partye of the west; and he gaf to vs twoo angeles to kepe vs. The tyme come that thise aungeles wente into the sight of god hym for rofred to me, (&) I eete. And anoon oure lord god was wrothe in wodenesse to vs, and he seide to me: "For sothe, for that thow hast forsaken my comaundementes, & my worde that I ordeyned to the thow hast not kepte, see now I schal caste in thy body lxx woundes of am had (in his) body lxx w(oundes).e to vs so sorwes to-gydre with brennynge. For sothe, sones, al this oure lord hath sent vs, & to alle ofsprynge of vs." This seyeng Adam to his sones, he is taken with grete sorwes, and he cryed with grete voyce and saide: "What shal I wrecche do, that am putte in thise sorwes?" And whenne Eue herde this, she bygan to wepe and seide: "lord god, putte his sorwes
ur face and on ȝour heueddes and falleth doune & make sorwe in the sight of oure lord god: and happely he wil haue mercy on vs & happely he wil comaunde an aungel to the tree of mercy, fro the whiche rennethe oyle of lyfe, and happely he schal gyfe ȝow of that medicine, that ȝe may anoynte me with, that I may be lessid of thise sorwes in the whiche I brenne and am ful wery of." And they went forth, Seeth and Eue his moder, arties of paradys. And while they ȝede be the wey, so∣deynly ther come an eddre, a foule best with-oute pite, as it were a fende, and boote Seeth wykkedly in the face. Whenne Eue saw that, she bygan to wepe and seide: "Alas be to me, wrecche, for I am ith a grete voyce: "O thow cursed beste, how durstow putte at is to seyn so myghty?" The serpent answered and seide with a grete voyce: "O thow ith grete lamentacioun prayng ther lord god that he schuld haue mercy vppon Adam that was that tyme contynuyng in sorwe, and þat he wolde sende an aungel of his to gyf them of oyle of the tree of the mercy of god. For sothe in ther praying that thei preyed to god, the aungel Michael appered to hem and seide: "Seeth, what sekest thow? ith the body of thi fader Adam for the sorwes þat he suffrith now in his body; I sey to the that thow ne may noght haue ther-of in no maner vnto the laste dayes of vMil. CC xxviij ȝere. Thanne schal come to the erthe Crist, the most loued sone of god, and he is comyng.ith hym the body of Adam and the bodyes of alle dede schal aryse vp. And thilke Cryst, goddes sone, schal be baptised in the floode of Jordan. Whenne he is comyn oute of the water, thanne schal he ennoynte thi fader with oyle of mercy, that schal euermore be forth fro kynde to kynde among men in to the euyrlastyng lyfe. Thanne forsothe shal the beste byloued sone of god, that is to sey Cryst, stye vp, and he wil lede thi fader into paradys to his tree of mercy. And go thow now to thy fader and seye to hym, forsothe, the tyme of his lyf-dayes be doone. And whenne the soule shal passe oute of his body, thow shalt see many merueyles in heuen and in erthe among the bright beerdes of heuene." Whanne Michael the archaungel had seide this, anoone ith hem ordoramenta, that is Nardum & Crocum & Calamynte & Cynamomum.
m seide to his wyfe: at Adam knew that the tyme of his deth come, he e ther heuedes and thei putte ther heuedes doune to ther knees, sore wepyng; and alle ther childre also. And thanne Michael the archaungel appered to them stondyng at Adam heued and urposed to doon with his shappe that he wroght: forwhy he hath mercy on hym at this tyme." & thanne alle aungeles songe in trompes saying: "Blessid be thow god of thy makyng, for why, for thow art now merciable on hym."—Thanne sagh Seeth the hande of god holde opyn & his fader soule helde, n: and thanne shal I deliuere hym of his sorwes; for sothe, thanne he schal sitte in his Joyful troone that hath hym cast so lowe." And ȝet seide god aȝen to Michael: "brynge to me thre clothes of sendel & bismos, & lay oone ouere Adam and a nother ouere his sonne Abel." And alle the ordres of aungeles wente bifore Adam & blessid þe slepe of his laste eende of deeth. And archaun∣geles am was beryed.erueyled gretly. Thanne seide the aungeles to hem: "As ȝe haue seen thise bodyes beried, in the same manere berieth ȝoure dede bodyes aftirward!" Thanne at tyme þat ȝoure fader & I wente ouer the comaundementes of god, Michael the archaungel seide to vs: "for ȝoure cursednesse and ȝoure synne god wil bringe his wrath of doome in ȝow and in alle ȝoure kynde first by water aftir by fyre: in thise two alle mannes kynde be punyshed of god." Therfore here, my sonne Seeth: make tables of stoon & tables of e, Michael the arch∣aungel appered to hem and seide: "more thanne sex dayes ne wepeth noght the dethes, þat is to say for them that be dede, for the seuent day is token of vprysing and rest to come of this worlde and in seuent day god toke rest of alle his werkes." Thanne Seeth made tables of stoone and tables of shynyng erthe, & thanne he bigan to make the shappe of let∣tres at he had seen with his eyghen, and thanne he putte thilke tables, when thei were writen, in his fadres hous into his oratorye, where Adam was wont for to preye to oure lord god. The which tables were founden aftir Noee flode & seen of many oone, but thei were noght redde. So after wyse Salamon hadde seen thise tables writen, he prayed to god that e prayeng to god." And at is to seye with-oute techyng of lyppes writen with fynger of Seeth, the aungel of god holdyng his honde. And in thoo tables was founden þat that was prophecied of Adam seuene sythes, and Ennok spak afore Noe flood, of the comyng esu: "Byholde, oure lord shal come in his holy knyghthede to make Juggement of men and distroye alle wikked of ther werkes and of alle the spekyng of hem with synners, wikked men and grucchers he seketh, for to speke after ther owne coueytyng, thei entred & spak proudely."
NOwe take hede that whan oure lorde god had made heuene and erthe and alle the Ornamentis of hem, God sawe that thei wer goode, and seide: "make we mane vnto oure ymage and liknesse, and be he soueraine to the ffisshis of the see and to the volatiles of heuene and to the vnresonable beestis of the eerthe and to eche creature and to eche reptile which is e and to alle liuinge beestis on erthe." And (god seide:) "loo n to you eche herbe beringe seede on erthe, and alle trees that haue in hemselff seede in her kinde, that thei be in to meete to you and to alle livinge beestis on erthe and to eche bridde of heuene and to alle thingis that ben
e of the slyme of the erthe, and spired in to the face of hym an entre of brethe of life, and is made mane in to a soule lyving yevinge liffe. Adam was made of oure e hym no er there-of. And Gabriel went in to er there-of. And than these lettris were brought to oure lorde, and he bad Vrielle rede them: and he radde hem and seide: Adam; and than oure ersus: Annotale dedit A, disis D, contulit Arthos, M Memsembrion; collige: fiet Adam.—And ye shulle vndirstonde that Adam was made of viij thingis: oo partie was made of the slyme of the erthe: where-of his flesshe was; and there-of he is slowe. A-nothir parte was of the see: where-of his bloode was; and e; and there-of he is fair and cler. The vij parte is of the light of the worlde: where-of he is made gladde; and there-of he hath his vndir∣stondinge. The viijte parte is of the holie gooste: and there-of is made his soule; and there-of ben these holie prophetis and alle goddis (chosen). e and putte hym in paradis of delite, that he m, seienge: "Of eche a tree of Paradis eete of, sauff of the tree of knowinge goode and euelle eete thou nought; and what daie that euer thou eete there-of, with deethe thou shalt die." Also the lorde god for soth seide: "it is nat good to a mane to be allone: make we to hym an helpe like to hym." The lorde e, and oure lorde god er the kinde and propirte of it he yafe it name; and right as Adam cleped hem, alle∣weie
nes deede, for she is taken of man. Wher-for a man shalle forsake ffadir & moodir and drawe to his wiffe, and thei shulle be twoo in oo flesshe." And eithir of hem for sothe was nakid, and that was Adam and Eve his wiffe, and thei shamed nat. But the Adder was feller than any m the womman aunswerid and seide: "of the ffrute of the trees that ben in paradis wee ete of; sauff of the tree that is in the myddis of Paradis commaundid god vs that we shulde erauenture we deie." "Forsothe, quod the Addere to the womman, through dethe ye shulle nat deie; but god wote welle for sothe that what daie ye eete ther-of, your eyȝene shulle be opened and ye shulle be as goddis, knowenge goode and eville." Than the womman saughe welle that the tree was goode and e of hem bothe were opened. And whan thei knewe hem-selff to be nakid, thei sowed to-gedirs leves of ffigge-trees and made hem breches there-of, to hide there-with her preue membris. And whan er Middaie, Adam and his wiffe hidde hem from the fface of the lorde god in the myddis of the trees of paradis. And than the lorde god cleped Adam and seide to hym: "where art thou, Adam?" And than he aunswerid and seide: "lorde, I hurde thi wois in paradis, but I dradde there-through, m the lorde god seide: "who for sothe schewed the that thou were nakid but man aunswerid and seide: "the Adder be∣gilid me and I eete there-of." And than the lorde god seide to the serpent: "ffor that thou hast doo this thinge, thou shalt be cursid amonge alle the soulis heiris e thi brest thou shalt goo, and erthe thou shalt ete alle the daies of thi live; and enemytees e, and he shalle haue lordeshippe er the." And than the lorde god seide to Adam: "for sothe, for that thou hast herde the voice of þi wiffe, and that thou hast etenne of the tree of which I commaundid that thou sholdist nat eete, cursid is the erthe in thi werke, and in traueile thou shalt eete of it alle the daies of thi life; and it shalle bere e perauentur he put∣tith out his honde and takith also of the tree of his life and ete and liue e bi-fore Paradice of delite, and e.
This that followeth was done afftir that Adam was cast out of Paradis in to this woofulle place.
Afftir that Adam and Eue were cast out of Paradis, thei went in to the n. And affter thoo vij daies thei be-gonne to hungre: and sought mete, and founde noone that thei myght eete of. And than seide Eue vnto Adam: "my lorde, I hungre sore; whi goo ye nat to seche some thinge that we myght ete and erauentur oure lorde god wille loke on vs and haue mercie on vs and clepe vs ayenne to the steede that we woned inne ffriste?" Than aroos Adam affter thoo vij daies and yede about the londe vij daies, and fonde noo such mete as thei had in paradis. Than seide Eue vn-to Adam efte: "A, my lorde, I deie for hungre; wolde god I myght deie e and in erthe his wrath: whethir it be for me or for the, I note." And eft seide Eue vn-to Adam: "my lorde, slee me, that I mai be doone aweie fro the face of god and fro the sight of his aungellis; so that oure lorde god for-yete to be wrothe with n to paradis; for whi for the cause of me thou art put out there-of." Than seide Adam: "speke no more so, lest oure lorde god sende his malisoune on vs! howe myght it be that I shulde putte myne hond in to my flesshe—that is to seie, howe myght it be that I myght slee my flesshe? But arise and goo we and seche we er∣theles thei founde suche as beestis etenne. Than seide Adam to Eue: "oure lorde god deliuerid vs mete of aungellis; e." Than seide Eue to Adam: "my lorde, what is penaunce or howe shuld we doo penaunce, lest happelie that we take on vs that we mai nat fulfille, and oure praieris be nat herde and god turne his face from vs, yif we fulfille nat that we haue bihote? Thou, my n." Than seid Adam to Eue: "myghtist thou nat suffr(e) as many daies as I mai; suffre (as many) and thou shalt be sauff. I shal suffre xl daies and vij, for alle thingis were e to the necke, and let noo worde come out of thi mouthe; for we ben vnworthi to praie to god, for oure lippes ben wnclene for we etenne of the forbodene tree. Be thou there xl daies, and I shalle goo in to fflome Jordane and be there xl daies and vij, yif happelie oure lorde god wille haue er of Tigre, as Adam bad hir; and Adam went to the fflome Jordane, and leide his stoone and stoode there-on vpe to the necke in the ffloode, and the heere of his hede was spred a-broode on the water. Than seide Adam: "I seie to the, Jordane,
See here howe that alle thingis sorowedene with Adam.
Whane Adam had made alle this lamentacioun with sighynge and sorowe∣fulle teeris, than alle livinge thinges on erthe, ffisshe, foule and beeste, come aboute hym in makinge sorowe with hym; and also the watir stode stille ith teeris cried n xix daies of his sorowe were fulfillid with Adam and alle liuinge thingis that sorowed with hym for his synne, than his aduersarie, the ffeende, stered with wrath and envie to hym-warde, transfigurid hym in to an aungelle othere to a e to you your trespas, atte praier of me and of alle othir aungellis. e in paradis and lost for your synne. Therefor come out, that ye were at youre mete that is made redie for you." Thane Eve come out of the water, and hir flesshe was grene as gres, for coold of the watir. And whan she e and comfortid hir, and brought hir to Adam. And whan Adam saugh hir, he cried wepenge: "O Eue, where is the werk of thi penaunce? howe is it that oure enemye hath begilid the, the which begilid us from oure dwellinge-place in paradis e Adam fille doun, and his sorowe was doublid, and cried and seide: "cursid be thou, ffeende! what eylith the at us or what haue we doo to the, whi dost thou suche malice to us? haue e amonge Aungellis, and for the n to me ne I wist nat of the." Than the ffeende seide to Adam: "thou wotist nat what thou seiest. For in that daie that thou were made, I was cast a-doune fro heuene. And whan god blewȝ in the the spirite of life and thou were made e yee the ymage of god, as god hath commaundid." And that same Mighelle first e Adam." And whan Mighelle chargid me to worshipe the, I seide to hym: "wher-for chargist thou me? I wille nat worshippe a fouler than I am; for
e hym." And also othir aun∣gellis that herde and knewe this, woolde nat worshipe the. e thou the ymage of god or els god wolle be wrothe with the." And I seide to hym: "yif so be that god be wrothe with e and be like to hym that is althir-highest." And than god was wrothe with me and commaundid that I shuld be driven out of heuene and out of my Joie, and with me alle the Aungellis that consentid with me, that wolde nat worshippe the. Also ere of merthis and delitis. And therfor I beganne to be envious to the-ward, for I myght nat suffre the to be in so grete ioie and merthis as thou were inne. But than I went and begilid the womman, and with hir I begilid the fro alle the n, the feende vanisshid aweie from his sight. And than Adam treulie fulfillid there his penaunce xl daies and vij, in grete sorowe and anguisshe, in the fflome Jordane. And than Eue seide to Adam: "my lorde, god leueth to the grace and is n she mette with oure lorde and seide to hym: "lord god, haue mercie on me and helpe nowe me!" And god wolde nat hire hir ne he had noo mercie on hir. And than Eue seide to hir-selff with mornynge chere: "who shalle nowe doo my lorde Adam to wite and to knowe of my woo? ye lightis (in) e, whan ye turne ayenne in to the este, shewe ye my sorowes and dissesis vn-to Adam myne husbonde!" And also sone as she had thus I-praied, her dissesis were I-opened and shewed vn-to Adam. And whan Adam vndirstode and knewe hir sorowes and tribulaciouns, he seide thane: "the desesis of my wife Eve be comene vnto me; and there-for lest the ered of these werst penauncis!" And than Adam praied for her vn-to god ful ententifflie. And there come anone xij aungellis and twoo vertues, that is to seie twoo othere ordris of Aun∣gellis, stondinge alle about hir bothe on the right side and also on the
e sent to the, that thou myght vndirstonde helpe and socoure of godis aun∣gellis. Wherfor a-rise thou nowe and make the redie to the birthe, for e and ranne forth and toke gras in his hondis and yaffe to his moodir. And thei clepid his name Cayme. And than Adam toke Eue and hir childe and ledde hem in to the este. And oure er hym. Than afftir Eue conceiued and bere a sone, that hight Abelle. And Cayme and Abelle woned to-gidir. And Eve seide to Cayme: "my dere sone, as I slept, me artid and dwelle assondre." And than Adam made hem dwellinge-placis, the toone ferre from the tothir, ndrid and xxxti yere oolde: ffor sith e a sone for Abelle which that Cayme sloughe." Than livid Adam afftir that he bigate Seth viijC yere and bi-gate in alle xxxiijti sones and xxxij doughtris, so that alle his childrene in oo noumbre were lx and v; the whiche multi∣plied gretelie vppone the erthe.
This that followith here tellith howe Cayme slowȝ Abelle his brothir, and of the veniaunce that god toke of Caym, as is in Genesis in the iiijthe Chapiter.
Afftir that many daies Cayme shulde offre of the ffrutes of the erthe and of his yifftis to the lorde god. And Abelle his brothir offrid and vsed to offre e, whi art thou wrothe and what is the cause? Abelle thi brother with fallith his chere and malice (!). e e Cayme seide to Abelle his brothir: "goo we out." (&) in the feelde Cayme aroos with envie ayens Abelle his brothir and sloughe hym. And e opened his mouthe and n thou werchist the erthe, (it) shalle nat yeue to the his frute, but be vacaunt; e so, but alle thoo that shalle slee Caym shalle vij-foolde be ponysshid." And than oure lorde god sette a signe in Caym, that alle thoo that fyndith hym shalle nat slee hym. And than Caym passid thens out fro the face of oure lorde and dwellid ferre fugitiff in the erthe atte este e Cayme for soothe kneugh his wife: the whiche conceiued and bere hym Ennok .... And this Ennok bigate Irade, and Irade bi-gate Mauianelle, and Mauianelle bigate Matersale, and Matersale bigate Lameth: the whiche toke twoo wifis, and the name of the too wife was Ada, and the name of the tothir Sella; and he bigate Jabelle, that erdis. And the name of his brothir was Tuballe: and he was ffader of syngeris in harpe and Organus. And Sella gate Tuballecaan, that was an hamersmyth and a smyth to alle werkis of bras and of Irenne; and the sustris of hym wer Taym and Neonia. e in to a wounde, a litille wexinge mane in to my warinesse; e of Cayme vij-foolde and of Lameth forsothe lxx times vij-foolde."——Yit forsothe Adam knewe his wife: and she conceiued and bare a sone, and clepid the name of hym Seth. And Adam seide: e." But vn-to Seth is borne a sone whom he clepid Enos: and this biganne in worde to clepe the name of the lorde.—And Adam seid to Seth: "sone, hire thou me nowe and I shalle telle the what I saughe and hurde. Afftir that thi moodir and I were passid cut of Paradis, (as) I and thi moodir ninge, and his vesase and chere was e; and a grete multitude of aungellis were euer there about the brennynge beemes of his brightnes and of his semblaunt and chere; and than also I sawe anothir wondirfulle companie of Aungellis beynge on his right side and also on his lefft side. And bicause of alle these sightis mmaundement and herdist and tokist hede of the wordis of thi wiffe, the whiche wiffe I yaue to the to be thine vndirlinge and sogette to thine owne wille, and n to the erthe and seid thus: "A lorde, that art moost myghtyfulle and most merciable, god bothe blessid and meke, ne foryete thou nat the worshipefulle name of thi dignite, but comforte thou, lorde, my soule, whan I die and my spirite passeth out of myth of the and that wille serue me, shalle neuer be lorne." And whan I had herde alle these woordis, I honourid hym lowelie on the erthe and seide to hym: "thou art god without begynnynge and endinge, and euery creature owith to e the and loue the, for thou art aboue alle lightis shininge, thou art the verreie light of life, thou art suche that noo tonge mai telle ne comprehende in noo-manere witte. O thilke grete and meruelous vertue of god, alle creaturis to the yeuene honour and preisinge whom thou hast made mankinde through thi grete vertue." And anone as euer I had praied e shewed to me; for whi I vndirstonde and knowe thingis that ben to come in to oralle the which god made for mankinde: that is to seie, I had my knowinge and vndirstandinge of thingis that be comminge bi etenge, that I ete of the tree of vndirstandinge that was forbode me. Also I vndirstod that god shalle shewe hym in the fourme of ffire and goo out of the Cite of his mageste, and he shalle yeuene men of his heestis e ercome rightwisnes: and than shalle god dwelle in erthe with men e that trowith in god; and he shalle saue his folk, and the wickid men shulle be ponisshid and departid bifore god, for thei wolde nauȝt kepe his commaundementis ne kepe his lawe ne his wille. And god shalle thane areise a faire puple e eende and wickid men shulle put Adam out of his kingedome(!). And afftir that whoo that wille haue the kingedome, loue heuene and erthe, nyght and daie and alle-manere creatures worshippinge to the lorde, and thei shul nat breke his commaundementis ne thei shulle nat chaunge his werkis. And thoo men that foryetene the commaunde∣mentis e be chaungid, for god shalle put out wickid men; and rightwis men shulle aske to dwelle as rightwisnesse askith in the sight of god. And in that time men shulle be purified of her synne bi watir of cristendome, nauȝt willinge to be purified bi watir. Wise is that mane that amendithe his soule, ffor whi there shalle be a grete daie of Jugement amonge e, that thei mowe com bifore me and that I mai speke my fille vnto hem and yife hem e, me is fulle woo and with sor∣owes I am turmentid and traueilid." And than his childrene seide to hym: "ffader, what is it to haue eville and with sorowes to be traueilid othir tormentid?" Than seide his sone Seth: "lorde, ffadir, thou desirist hap∣pelie to eete of the frute of paradis of the whiche some-time thou eete, n n, praieng to oure lorde god, and happelie he wille hire me and sende his aungelle to me to bringe me that thou desirist." And than Adam aunswerde and e fulle sike and I haue grete penaunce in my bodi." And Seth aunswerid: "I wote nat what sorowe is; there-for seie what it is, and hile it nought to me!" Than seide Adam: "herkeneth nowe, alle my childrenne! Whan god made me and your moodur and put vs in paradis and yafe to us alle the trees beringe frute, to e tree; and she eete and profrid me to eete, and I eete: and anone our lorde was wroth with us. Than he seid to me: "for thou hast forsake my commaundementis and that I ordeined to the thou hast nat kept me, se nowe I shalle cast in to n and makith sorowe in the sight of oure lorde god, that hap∣pelie he wille haue mercie on vs, and happelie he wille commaunde an e Seth and Eue, his moodir, went toward paradis. And while thei yoode bi the weie, sodeinlie there come e Eve seide to the Adder with a grete voice: "thou cursed beeste, whi e goddis biddinge and his commaundementis, we hadden powere anone in yowe." And than seide Seth to the worme: "cursed be thou of god: goo n grouelinge to the erthe and made grete sorowis, and praieden to god to haue mercie on Adam and that he wolde sende an Aungelle to bringe hem of the Oile of the tree of mercie, to hele with Adam. Than the Aun∣gelle esu Crist, god∣dis e with . . . whiche annointinge shalle endure with-outene eende; than shalle Jhesu Criste stiȝe vpe, and he wille lede thi ffadir in to paradis to his tree of mercie. And goo thou nowe ndris in heuene and in erthe amonge the brighte aungelles of heuene." And whan Michaelle the Archaungelle had seide alle this, anone he vanisshid aweie. And than Eve and Seth turned ayenne homewarde, and toke with hem m, Crocum, Calamynt, Synamom̄ and Canelle. And whan thei come home to Adam, Eve tolde howe the serpent had betenne Seth, his sone. And than seide to his wiffe Adam: "bi∣holde what thou hast done to vs! thou hast brought to vs grete dissesis and synnes to alle oure kinrede. Where-for alle that thou hast done vs and e afftir my dethe, that thei that shulle come of vs here-afftir ne shulle nat be wroothe to bere the dissesis that thei shulle haue, nor the sorowis; than thei shalle curse to∣warde us and seie: these dissesis hath our ffadris and moodris brought to us, that were in the biginninge afore us."—And whan Eue had herde e: "biholde, for nowe I daie and the noumbre of my yeris in this worlde bene ixC and xxx yere. And whan I am deede, burie me ayens godis yerdis in the feelde of his e the spirite. And than the sonne wexe derke, and the mone and the sterris, viij daies lastinge afftir his dethe. And whan Seth and his moodir Eve had leide forthe Adame his body, thei sorowedene on it; and thei loked toward the erthe clappinge her hondis on her hedis and thei put doun her heedis on
e fro the bodie of thi ffadir and come to me, that thou se thi ffadir and the ordenaunce what oure lorde purposed to do with hym: for he had mercio on hym atte this time." And than alle aungellis tromped e, seienge: "blessid be, god, of thi makinge, for thou art nowe merciable on hym." Than saugh Seth the honde of god holdinge vpe the soule of his ffadir Adam and toke it to Seint Michaelle and seide: "Lete this soule be in thi kepinge in tormentis in to the last daie of dispensacioun: and than shalle I deliuer hym of his sorowes; ffor sothe than he shalle sytte ere his sone Abel." And alle the ordris of Aungellis wentene bifore Adam and blessid the slepe of his last eende of his dethe. And archaungellis buried the bodie of Adam in the vale of er of stories tellith. And Seth and his moodir Eve saugh what the aungellis didene, and thei meruelid gretelie. And than seide the Aungellis to hem: "loke howe ye haue seene these bodies buried: and in the same manere burie ye youre dede bodies here-afftirward forth in time commyng." And than vj daies affter that Adam was thus deede mmynge to hir fast. And she gadrid to-gidir alle hir sones and doughtris and seide to hem: "hire ye me, my sonnes and doughtris, what I telle you! Afftir the time that your ffadir and I passid godis biddinge, Michaelle the Archaungelle seide to us: "for youre synne god wolle distroie your kinde ffrist bi water and afftir be e of us. For atte that time whan god shalle iuge alle oure kinde bi water, the tablis of erthe wille lose and melte aweie ith sokinge and drinkinge of the watris, but thou shalt vndirstonde and knowe welle that the tablis of stoone wille dwelle and abide; and, for∣sothe, whan god wille Juge mankinde bi fir, than wille the tablis of stone (lose & the tablis of erthe) abide and endure."—And whan Eue had seide alle this to (hir) childrene, she spradde hir hondis abrode and ewarde to heuen, knelinge on the erthe, praienge to god; and whilis she praied, hir spirite passed. And than alle hir childrenne wepte bittirlie, and buried hir. And while thei made sorowe for her moodir foure daies fastinge, Michaelle the Archaungelle apperid and seide to hem: "men of god, make ye no sorowe for the dethe of your e, for the vij daie is tokenne of oure vpe-risinge and rest that is to commene of this worlde, and in the vijte daie he toke rest of alle his werkis." And than made Seth tablis of stone and of erthe, and also he wrote in hem bothe the liuis of his ffadir Adam and of his moodir Eue, e god. And afftir Noes ffloode the tablis were founden and seene of many oone, but thei were nat redde ne declared. And than aftirward come Salamone, the wise kinge, and saugh these tablis wretenne: and he deuoutelie praied to god that he myght vndirstonde the writinge of thoo e clepid these e with the ffynger of Seth, the aungelle of god holdinge his honde.
n made Salamone an hous of god menne to praie Inne. And (in) the tablis were founde I-writtenne that was prophecied of Adam vij sythes and Ennok spak of Noes floode and the comminge of Criste Jhesu. "Loo, he seide, oure lorde shalle come in his holie knyghthode to make Juge∣ment of mene and to distroie alle wickidmene of her werkis and of alle the e and grucchers thei seke to speke afftir her owne couetinge, thei entrid and spake proudelie."—This is the boke of the generacioun of Adam. Adam in that daie in the whiche god made mane of nought to the ymage and liknesse of god and he made of hem both male and ffemale and he made hem of nought and than he e he was made of nought, Adam for sothe liuid C mmeth to ix and xxxC yere; and alle the sones of Adam were in noumbre xxxiij and the doughtris of hym were in noumbre xxxij.
Aus Ms. Bodl. 779 (vgl. Altengl. Leg., Neue Folge 1881, p. 489-498).
Aus Ms. Rawlinson 118.
Aus Ms. Rawlinson 118.
hoc facite in meam commemoracionem.
Susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad predam.
O uos omnes qui transitis per uiam;
'Sciant presentes et futuri,
Factum est cor meum tanquam cera liquescens. in medio ventris mei.
Quia neque ab oriente neque ab occi∣dente.
hoc facite in meam commemoracionem;
Susceperunt (me) sicut leo paratus ad predam.
O vos omnes qui transitis per viam, attendite & videte si est dolor sicut dolor meus—
'Sciant presentes & futuri,
Factum est cor meum tanquam cera in liquessens. in medio ventris mei.
aus Ms. Vern., f. CCXCVII.
aus Ms. Ashmol. 61, fol. 73.
aus Ms. Ashmol. 61, fol. 138.
aus dem Ms. des Marquis of Bath.
Aus Ms. Bodl. 596.
"Whan that I, mary, ihesus moder, sat in Jerusalem In the holy feest of estern a-lone In my hous, for the moche multitude of peple þat cam to the Cete I closed my dores and sat a-lone as I was wonede to doo, and thought priuely on my swete sone ihesu, where he were and what þat he dede: ffor on him was al my loue and al my desyre yset, willyng him at the eue be-fore ester he wolde come to me; and bysily I sat prayinge my prayers, and bode him. And þanne sodeyn∣liche after þe sunne goyng to rest I herde a grete noyse of peple In þe cete cryinge as wode peple. And whan I, mary, ihesus moder, sittyng myself a-lone knew not þe cause of þe grete crying and of þe rennyng ith my sone ihesu! A, who shal telle me any tydyngis of my
esu? for I drede me sore þat any thyng of hardnesse be fallyn to him: for I haue herd a fewe dayes here-be-fore þat þe Jewes han cast amongys hem his deth.' And whan I, mary, sory & ful sore aferde in þis maner sat and lokyd ȝif any of his apostelys wolde bryng to me any tydyngis of my swete sone ihesu, I herde anone is of my swete sone. I herde anone.e a-doun al-aboute hir eyne, & sayde to me þise wordes: 'Come to me doun, moste deuoute of alle women, mayde þat liest þere yhidde & moder byraueschyde of þi sone!' And ith þe swerde of sorow, went doun and dyde vp my dore. And anone þe deuoute mawdelene cryed to me and sayde: 'A, reuerende moder and moste reuerende of alle women, know ȝe any tydyngis of ihesu, ȝour swete sone & my reuerende mayster?' And þanne I, mary, moder of ihesu, ful of sorow sayde to hir: 'Knowist þou any ty∣dyngis, esu?' And þanne mawdeleyne al be-wept cryed to me and sayde þise wordes: 'Ihesus, ȝoure sone & ȝour loue & my mayster, is now take and with cordes now ybounde and wikkedly & cruelly of þe iewes betyn & drawyne.' And when I, mary, herde þis, I was a-none ysmyten with þe swerde of sorow is was brought to me, it was In þe bygynny(n)g of þe nyght, & þe derknesse come aboute me, þat I weste neuer whedir I went; and mannys help had I none, but as I lay al þat nyght vpone þe erthe wepyng and crying, þat heuen myght be fyllyd þer-with, and al my hous I wette with weping ou ordeyn me to be a moder and make me ryche with a childe, & now am be-reued mmen? A, aungel gabriel, where is now þat ilk blisse þat þou behete me? where is now þat fulsumnesse of grace þat ou behete me? A, gabriel, why woldist þou scorne me, moste vnworthiest of alle moders? Beholde now, gabriel: for þe Joye þat þou behete me, now haue I payne, and for þe gladnesse now haue I sorow, and (for) þe moder∣hede I am bereuede of my childe, and for þe grace I haue schame, and for þe lyf I haue deth, and for the blissyng þat þou behete me now is come curs e me'. And þanne I sayde to my-self: 'A' vnblissid moder and sorful moder, why woldist þou coueit a childe and bere a child and norsche a child, and thus sodeynly and wikkedly art bereued of thy childe?' With þise wordes and wepyngis and sorous and lamentaciouns and gretyngys of terys I spende þat nyght. Whan-tyme þe day began to sprynge and at deuoutely had ben in þe temple þat nyght In her prayers and whan þei herd þat my sone was take and cruelly bounde with þe seruauntys of þe byschope, mmen come with hast me to comfort. And þanne I sayde to mary mawdelene and to my susters and to þe holy wymmen of galyle: 'Go we now a-none þat we mowe se my sone ihesu, þat is only þe at nyght before esu, but as þe holy wymmen and my susteres susteynede me vp in her armes. And þanne as I went, I met with summe of my sonys disciplys sore wepyng, and to hem I sayde þise wordes: 'Saugh ȝe
esu? I pray ȝow telle me where (ye) lefte ith cordes and betyn with scourgis, and his face defoulyd with spittyng, & led forth with wykked seruauntes of Cayphas to be demyd vndir pylate; and his lokyng was paal & his chere was gostful at vnnethe we myght knowe him'. And þanne I, mary, ihesus moder, most soryest of alle moders & fulfilled with sorowe, sayde þise wordes: 'A, ihesu my swete sone, what here I of þe? what bittir and harde tydynges be tolde of þe to me?' And þanne sayde I to some of his disciplys: 'May I se my swete sone ihesu in any maner, þat I myght haue him ith ȝoure sone alyue, for now he is lad with armede knyghtes in to pylatys palays, for þe Jewes þenke to dampne him to þe most dispytous deth.' And whan I, mary, herde þise wordes, I was smyten euen thourgh þe hert with sorow, & as ith my sustres, & vnneþe myȝth I come to pylatys palays for feynte. And whan I come & wolde a gone in to þe palays, I myght not come ny þe ȝates for þe multitude of peple; but as ny as I myght, I put me, & þere I stode as a stone stykede in þe grounde. And þanne I vp myn eyne cast to þe fenestre esu. And þan at þe fenestre of þe palays come Pylatus & sayde to alle þe peple: I fynde no cause on ihesu why þat he schuld be do to deth. Wheþer wil ȝe þat ihesu go oþer baraban þat is mansleer?' And whan I, mary, herde þis, I lift vp my hert as though I had be arerede fro deth to lyue, & hopyd at baraban þe mansleer schuld haue be put to deth and my swete sone ihesu lete go aliue. But þanne I herde an horrybyl voyce of alle þe peple criyng and sayde 'Dothe ihesu on þe cros! dothe ihesu on þe cros!' And whanne I herde þis crying of þe peple, I was smete with þe swerde of sorowe and as a dede woman I fel vpone þe erthe, semyng to þe peple at I myght haue sey my swete sone ihesu or þat I myght haue spoken to pylate þat he wolde haue delyueryd to me my swete sone ihesu, þat lotheles lambe. And þe wikked iewes, whanne þei herde me crye and saw me wepe sore, ou schalt see him sone don on þe cros be-fore þin eyne.' And þanne a-none I fel doun as a woman in despeyre, þus dispysed of alle þe peple. And anone I herde a voyce of þe peple crying esu of naȝareth, þat he were done on þe croys!' 'And anone Pylatys assentyd to hem: & firste þei bete him with scourgys & þanne cloþede him in purpure, & afterward toke him to þe Jewes to spille on þe croys. And þan þei brought oute be-fore þe eyne of þe wrecchyd moder ihesu, my swete sone, ith a coroune of þornes vpone his hed, & his eyne al paal & his face al rede of blode & þe her of his hed hangyng ouer his eyne al be-bled, and beryng a croys vpone his bak þat he schuld on dye, and a corde abowte his nek, as a comun thef put be-twene to theuys. And whan I say þis cruel syght, þanne faylyd I al my strenkþe; and þanne at folowed him. And þanne sayde my sustere to me: 'Go we, mary, be þis way, for þis is þe nere way, and þanne we schul mete with
e sone and speke with him or he dey'. And þanne I ros vp anone as a woman strenthede with a newe spyryte, & went swythe on þat by-wey: & sodeynly I met with my sone ihesu, in þe hye∣wey beryng þe croys vpon his bak. And þanne sayde I þise wordes to my swete sone Ihesu: 'A, my swete sone ihesu, whider goost þou ith þat croys? what thenkyst þou to do with þi moder to lete me þus alone & in dispeyre? thenkyst þou forsake me þus? A, my swete sone ihesu, take to me, þi moder, þat croys, and I shal bere it vp-on myn owne bake. And, sone, dey þou not with-oute þi moder ne go þou not fro þi moder, but, my swete sone, lete esu, hauyng more rewþe on his owyn moder þan on his owyn payne þat he suffred, anone for my sorow he fel doun vndir his croys þat he bare. And anone for sorow of my swete sone ihesus I fel doun as a woman þat had ȝeuyn vp hir last spiryte. & þere were we bothe al to-troden of esus constreynede to aryse and goo forth with his croys, and þe wikked iewes and cruel me esu, vyolently departed me fer fro my sone; and euer lay my sone vnder þe croys. And þe wikked iewes constreyned a man, we called him Symeon, to bere þe esus with heer fete & bete him with scourgis, & made him-self bere þat croys vpon his bak vp at þe mounte of Caluarye: and þus hyed þe wykked iewes to offre vp þat lotheles lambe—and with-oute alle othe, þat was my swete sone ihesus. And þanne I, mary, most soroufulest of alle moders, pursuyd after my swete sone ihesu as fast as at lombe schuld suffre þat was my solas and my ioye. And vnneþe myght I come to þe mownte of caluarye, but as I was susteynede by my susters—so wery & ful woo was my body. And by þe tyme þat I come to þe mownte of caluarye, þe wykked iewes had do my sone vpon þe cros, & arered vp þe cros & put it in þe erthe. And esu with my wepyng eyne bitterly wepyng & crying, and sayde to him þise wordes: 'A, my swete sone ihesu, A my most loue ihesu, why lokyst þou not vpon þy soreful moder? why spekyst þou not to þi soreful moder? why wolt þou leue me þus alone? whedir schal I go, my swete sone ihesu? In what hous schal I esu? A, my swete sone, though þou haue no rewþe on þiselfe, haue rewþe on þi soreful moder!' And whanne my swete sone ihesus herde me þus crye & wepe, he cast his eyne vp-on me and vnneþe he sayde to me þise wordes: 'Woman, be of good comforte, for herfore I come in to þis worlde and herefore I toke þis body of þe at here hangyth on þe croys, to day nnys soule & to byy þe soules oute of peyne þat were lost for synne; and þerfore I suffre þis cruel & harde passion þat þou seeste. & þerfore, moder, rest now of þi wepyng & of þi crying: for þis is my fadres wille; and alsoo, moder, lat it be þi wille: for in my deyinge I shal sle deth & with þe victorie n I schal aryse þe thrid day. And þerfore, moder, þat ilk meyn-tyme take here Jon, my dyscyple þat I loue weel: lat him be þi sone, & be þou his moder; and to him I take þe to warde, for now I schal deye on þe croys'. And whanne my sone ihesu had seyde þise wordes, he cast vp his eyne in to heuene and bytoke his fader his soule, ith a gret crye he ȝalde vp his spyryte. And þan I, mary, felle doun vp-on þe erthe, & alle þe pepyl wende I had be dede. And aboute þe houre of none þer come cruel knyȝtys & stode before my sone, & one of hem with a spere openyd his syde and clefe his hert on-two, & þat
esus of þe croys. And whan I say him, I wax qwyk aȝeyne on my spyryte & toke strengthe to me and sayde: 'A, my ou take doun þe body of my swete sone ihesu? now I pray þe, swete Joseph, take him doun & delyuir him to his wrecchyd moder, þat dede body of my sone'. And þan Joseph sayde ful curteysly to me: 'A, mary & moder of ihesu, goddys sone of heuene! A, holy lady, & abowyn alle blyssyd, & euer holy! A, moder & mayde & moder with-oute (wemme) ou be blissed amonge alle wymmen, and I beleue þat þi sone wil aryse fro deth to lyue in a schorte tyme. & þerfore, worthy lady, lete vs now in þe meyne-tyme worthyly bery þis holy body! for to-morow is halyday & we mowe not worche.' & whan Joseph had sayde þise wordes to me, I was sum∣what er-with, & helpyd to wasch my sonys body þat was defoulyd with spittyng, betyngis & bledyng. & whan we had waschid it, we wypyd it & anoyntyd it. And so at þe laste I was smete with a newe sorowe, & þanne I sayde þise wordes to my swete sone þer he lay dede: 'A, clene flesch & vnwemmyd þat lyest þer, þat were of my flesch, why woldist ou þus deye on þe croys & be offeryd for synne? for þou art holy flesch & clene fro alle-maner synne; and thow hast sore bouȝte þe synne of alle men.' And whan I had sayde þise wordes, I fel doun vp-on þe body of my swete sone ihesu wepyng bitterly & crying sore. & þan I kyste þe woundys of his hede, & þan of his handys, & þanne of his fete, & þanne þe esu! I, þi wrecchid moder, wende neuer to haue seyn þis of þe, noþer þise sorowes haue suffrede for þe, but I wende for to haue had many ioyes & neuer a departyd fro þe'. And while I seyde þise wordes, Joseph & his felawes hyede hem swythe at o party of his body & wolde haue bounde þat oþer, I fel doun to þe woundys þat were bounde, & vnbounde hem aȝeyn, & efte aȝeyn; and þan was I smete with a newe sorow, þat I myght not suffre hem to bynde him, of a longe tyme; & for my sorow & for þe lamentacioun þat I made vnneþe at þer stode take þe dede body fro me. And so at þe last þei wolde bere him to þe sepulcre: I folowyd hem wepyng & crying won∣dyrly sore. & whanne þe come to his sepulcre, þei wolde haue byryed him anone. And I myȝth not suffre þat in no wyse, but mekely I prayed hem in þis maner & sayde: 'A, ye nobyl men & ȝe holy wymmen, byry esu, but suffre me to haue my sone a lytil while in myn armys, þat I may kisse hym'. And whan þei say þe grete sorow þat I was In, þey mad gret lamentacioun and abode a lytyl while. So at þe last þei wolde nedys byry him. Þan cryed I & sayde: 'byry me with him, for I may not lyue with-oute him'. And þanne Joseph & his fela∣wys esu. & whan he was byryed, I stode with-oute þe toumbe wepyng & crying, & fulfyllyd al with sorow seyde þise wordes: 'A, aungel gabryel, þou saydeste to me "hayle mary ful of grace": and byholde! I am now ful of sorow. Þou saydest to me "oure lord is with at I may not him se. Also þou saydest to me "Blyssyd be þou amonge alle wymmen", & byholde, now of alle wymmen I am tormentyd and cursyd. And at þe laste þou saydest to me "Blyssyd be þe fruyte of þi wombe", & byholde, now my sone, þat is þe fruyte of my wombe, is here wykkedly e of woundys.' And whan I had sayde þise wordes, I fel doun for sorowe vp-on þe erthe. & þanne Jon,
at was chargyd of my sone on þe croys to be my sone, saugh me þus sorowe: he toke me vp in his armes. & for febylnesse of my body I myght not stonde, but as Jon & oþer wymmen lad me in to ierusalem. And as I went, I turnede my hede ofte aȝeyne for sorow þat I was departede fro þe sepulcre of my swete sone ihesu; & alle þat saugh me n þat I made. And þanne Jon lad me home in to my chaumbre & sayde to me þise wordes: 'Now rest here, þe moder of my lorde, vpone (triste) of arysynge of þi swete sone ihesu & my lord, & cese of þi sorowe! And, lady, I am ȝouyn to be þi sone, þat am not worthy to be þi seruaunte, ffor Jon esu, þe sone of ȝebede to þe sone of god, ne þe seruaunt to his lord, ne þe dyscyple to his mayster, ne no creature may be lyknyde to him þat made him. But neuer-þe-lasse, my reuerende lady, I schal worschippe ȝow in al þat I can, & with al my strenkþe serue ȝow'. With þise wordes, & many oþer wordes, Jon confortyd me n of my swete sone ihesu. And whanne we saugh him aryse fro deth to lyue, þanne were we fulfyllyd with more ioye þanne we were raþer with sorowe, I-blyssyd my swete sone ihesu." And þus endyth oure ladyys lamentacioun with gret ioye of goddys resurreccioun. He graunt vs his benysoun.
(Folgt Parce michi domine. Diese Hs. enthält früher The lyfe of Adam, und später, nach vielen wertvollen lat. chronistischen und ge∣schichtlichen Notizen, noch Lydgates Marienleben.)
Ms. Queens Coll. Oxford 213, f. 1. (15. Jahrhundert.)
Cum expulsi essent Adam et Eua de paradisi delicijs, fecerunt sibi tabernacula & fecerunt dies luctus & lamentacionis & in magna tristitia. post autem dies septem ceperunt esurire et querebant sibi escas vt man∣ducarent, & non inuenerunt. et dixit Eua ad Adam: "homo meus, esurio; vade, quere nobis escas vt manducemus, vsquequo videamus si forsitan miserebitur nostri & recipiat nos dominus deus et reuocet nos in locum quo eramus". Et surrexit Adam et ambulauit dies septem per omnem
(al. om.).al. seg. omnia natantia.al. quid st. quo.al. audisset.al. cognovit (& om.).al. ipse perdidit. Ms. perseuerauerit.al. & nunc separa me a lumine vitae istius.al. accipias a. nostrum.al. para te.al. et manibus suis tulit h. et dedit matri.al. currum t. ventum.al. seden∣tem.al. sanctificabunt eum in domo.al. dispersione.al. maior.al. plebem fidelem quam salvabit.al. veniens.al. tuum.al. lab. non sufficient sed def. et m.al. contra ortum dei.al. resp. in terram.al. Tunc vidit Seth. . et.
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POst peccatum Ade, expulso eo de paradiso propter peccatum, dum cla∣maret in misericordia domini indutus periȝomate, ex benignitate suscepit promissum quod in fine seculorum daret ei deus oleum misericordie.
al. cognoscam.al. recl. lumina.al. hec.al. sanctificato st. sicco.al. deosculantes (& u. ac fehlt).al. apparuit.al. providerat.al. quadam st. que dicitur.al. om. ita. al. die sequenti l. c.al. quidamal. magnificus.al. venuste.al. per indicium circ.al. anni et.al. psalterio.al. mos.al. Que ... collocuta.
Über Adams Körper und Namen findet sich am Schlusse des Ms. Rawlinson C 499 (15. Jhdt.), fol. 153, folgende Notiz:
Legitur in scripturis sanctorum quod celebracio vnius misse est xij dierum releuacio in penis purgatorij positis. Cum pro C animabus missa vel psalmus canitur, non minus quam si pro vna qualibet dicatur apud deum accipitur. ‖ Corpus Ade de octo partibus factum est: prima pars de limo terre, vnde est corpus eius. Secunda de mari, inde est sanguis
(Nachträglich bemerke ich, dass das unter 4 gedruckte Gedicht Testamentum Christi mit dem Discourse between Christ and Man im Cursor Mundi, Part III, p. 978 ff. [Ed. Morris] nahe verwandt ist und daraus selbständig entwickelt scheint.)
b. Ms. Douce 322, f. 2.
a. Ms. Harl. 4011, e); ich habe dies jedoch ebenfalls durch -oun aufgelöst.
c. Ms. Rawlinson 408.
b. Ms. Douce 322.
Thys ys a Kalendare of englyss he made in Baladys by dan John̄ Lyde∣gat Monke of Bury, whyche ys a fayre prayer, and hit ys made after the forme of a compote Manuelle.
c. Ms. Rawlinson 408.