DULWICH COLL. MS. XXII
[S]Um wyle i was wyt sinne ibunde
Ant sinne me hauid cast to grunde
Bot swete ih̄u þine fif wundis.
Lesid me hauis of harde stundis.
Se hu i to þe wende mi þouht.
Pynis to þole greuis me nouht.
þi ded me hauis of serue al brouht.
Ant loue to þe in me hauis wrouht.
þe to loue is al mi blisse.
Me longyt sore þin wndis kisse
Swete ih̄u mi þot þou wisse{punctel}
þe to loue þat i ne MS., ine as one word. misse.
Do me MS., Dome as one word. ih̄u aftir þi name.
þat þou me schilde from sinne ant schame.
ih̄u ih̄u propter hoc nomen/ tuum Fac michi secundum hoc nomen/ tuum. nomen dulce. nomen delectabile. nomen/ con∣fortans peccatorem ihu saluator propter temet ipsum/ esto/ in ih̄c ne peream./
[F]Ole þoutis me were inwnid to tille
Fele sithis to don ille.
In word. in dede. in wikke wille.
Nicht ant day al me to spille.
[B]ot wan MS., two letters erased after wan; hu(?) faintly legible. þat i me MS., ime as one word. vndir-stod.
þat þou for me scheddist þi blod.
Folye to lete me þouhte god.
Ant to þe ih̄u torne mi mod.
i. petri. quia aduersarius noster diabolus/ circumit querens quem deuoret. [I Peter v, 8]
[B]Ote þat i me bi-gan to drede.
þat he þat man eggiz to quede.
Wyt sum fol þot me scholde lede.
To wicke wille. or folye dede.
(f)or-þi mi þouht on þe i feste.
For þare i wot MS., iwot as one word. to finde reste.
Of eche loue þou art þe beste.
þou art þe loue þat eye wele leste.
Ne is name ih̄u non bote in þe.
In wahm bi-houiz vs bore∣wid be.
(þ)i loue to winne i wolde fonde.
ȝif y me mouhte wel undir∣stonde
Sum þng of þe write ant MS., t above the line. rede
þare þoureu of þe to winne mede
(a)nt þei þat hit schal here.
Of þe godspelle may sum þing lere.
þat writin is þare-inne of þe.
On english tunge þoreu swink of me.
(w)ise men in olde dawis.
Bokis made of gode lawis.
Hu men þem scholde wit rihte MS., ritte, with h above. lede.
Ant wis to be in al þere dede.
(a)nt þei no þing. ne wiste of þe
Bote godis þeym of ston ant tre.
Ant þing þat ne mouhte se ne here
For god honuride ant hit held dere
(s)unne ant mone. day and niht
FFire ant al þat giuiz liht.
þat godis were alle þei wende
Ant þei o MS., þe deleted by line, with o above. god no þing ne kende
actus iiii. Neque enim est nomen aliud sub/ celo. in quibus oporteat nos sal∣uari quam ih̄c./ [Acts IV, 12]
Sapientia xiii. de hiis que videntur bona non cognouerunt quis esset ar∣tifex. citatum aerem aut girvm/ stellarum aut so∣lem aut luna[m] puta∣uerunt deos./ [Sap. xiii, 1, 2]
(o)f grete clerkis alswo we finde. ,
þat bokis made of bestis kinde.
Of foulh of ston. of gres of tre.
Ant al for man þere-on to se.
Solas to haue ant tech∣inge{punctel}
Ofte him to holde fra fol likinge.
(w)oh swo heriz of bestis kinde.
He may þare mani wundir finde.
Fele þingis here ant se Read "se ant here," for rhyme.
Ware-þoru he may him seluin lere.
His lif to lede wit more winne.
God to do ant leue sinne
(f)or a wis man seiz þat bestis be.
Hert ant neddre. ant ern{punctel} þis þre.
þat changiz þere lif þoruut þere kin/de.
For þus of hem iwrite we finde.
(þ)e hert{punctel} wehn him ney∣hiz elde.
þat he ne may him seluin welde.
Seke Infinitive. a neddre kun ? kunde. him wl teche.
Ant him to swolwe in∣stede A hyphen before the second part of a compound word indicates a hyphen in the MS. of leche.
Ysydorus ceruus inquid cum senuerit{punctel}/ serpentem deuorat & fonte[m] ad pecit qua/ hausta. incal∣escit & proicit onica & pilos veteres & sic post modicum iuuenescit & leuis/ sit qui se ante iu∣uare non poterat./
(a)nt aftir þat wile he nouht duelle.
Til þat he finde watir of welle.
Ant with gret hete faste swinke.
Til þat he of þat watir drinke
(w)en he his hot an for∣swnkin.
Ant of þat welle hauiz drunkin.
His olde clos. ant his olde her.
Ant al pat was hold on him er.
Awei he castiz on wndir wise.
Ant newe bi-ginniz to springe MS., in written above the line. ant rise.
Ant he bi-comiz al ȝung ant lith{punctel}
þat helpe him muhte bi∣fore nowiht.
(þ)e holde hert is man in sinne.
þat longe hauiz ileyn þar∣inne.
þat so schal þe neddre swolue.
For hise sinnis haue sik ant sorewe
Ant inewardly wit muht him schriue
Of al þat he hauis don in liue.
Ant drinke of þe welle þat ran on blode
Wehn swete ih̄u was don on rode.
(o)f ih̄u þat is þe side.
For man þat was istungin wide.
Ant þouru þat drink he schal biginne
A new lif and leue sinne
Dauid MS., d written at the left of the line for insertion. þe king of þis drinkinge.
In his sauter þan makis muninge
Alse þe hert he seiz ne wil nouht dwel[le]
þat ȝerniz watir of þe welle.
Aswo ? alswo. þe soule þat is in me.
Hauiz ȝerning iesu to þe.
Sicut ceruus fontes aquarum ita desiderat/ anima mea ad te deus [Ps. xli, 2] & in ysaya xii./ Haurite aquas in gaudio de fonti/bus salu∣atoris/ [Is. xii, 3]
(þ)e neddre vehn he is hold bi-comin.
þat his mihte is him bi∣nomin.
Ant hard an streit . . . The stain here in the MS. renders three letters illegible; possibly mad. is his hide.
þat he ne may on herþe glide{punctel}
He sekis ouiral a-non
Til þat he finde a þirlid ston.
(a)nt þoru þat he crepiz ofte.
Til þat his hide bicome al softe. ,
Ant til þat he a-wey al caste.
His olde skin þat him bond faste.
Ant newe bi-ginnis vp to rise.
Ant ȝung bi-comiz vp-on þis wise.
[þ]E skin þat þe neddre is bundin inne
Is old liking of mannis sinne
þat lettis man wel for to spede.
In eni god werc or eni god dede.
[F]or-þi man bundin wyt sinne.
þat wile a neu lif bi-ginne.
Wel he may forbisine take.
Of þe neddre ant of þe snake.
Ant seke þe ston til he finde
Of wihlc þe apostil paul maz minde.
þat is þe ston þat we may se.
þirlid on þe rode tre.
petra autem erat xp̄c. cor. x./ [I Cor. x, 4]
[Þ]e sinful schal þoreu þo þirlis crepe.
And so is olde s[i]nnis wepe.
And sore for hise dedis rewe.
Ant so bi-ginne his lif al newe.
aquila ut dicit philoso∣phus libro de animalibus & etiam in glossa super/ psalmo dicitur senio gra∣uatur crescente rostro ut/ possit cibum capere{punctel} sed inde languescit. Sed/ na∣turali modo colidit ros∣trum collidit rostrum/ ad petram & excuti[t] rostri honus quo cibus impe/|diebatur & redit ad cibum & omnia reperiebuntur/ ut ut fiat/ iuue/ nis./
(þ)E erne wehn is with eld of gon.
þat scho ne may mete take non.
Hire bile bi-ginnis hard to clinge.
þat scho ne mai liue wit no likinge.
Agenis a ston scho brekis hire bile.
þoureu kinde ant þoreu non oþir skille.
Ant þat er was old ant of vn-mihte.
þan may scho ete ant take hire flihte.
(o)f best of fuhl. man schal ta ȝeme.
And hise dedis alle deme.
þat he in him no þing ne finde.
þat be wrout agenis his kinde.
boecius libro consola∣tionis dicit quod omni ho∣mini naturaliter in serta/ est boni/ cupiditas./ [BK. III, Prose ii]
(a)nt a wis man vs dos to wite.
Alse we of him finde iwrite.
þat kinde giuez il man eginge.
Of god þing to haue ȝer∣ninge.
(b)ot betir þing mai no man finde.
þan þe louerd of alle kinde.
þat best ant fouhl ant alle þinge dihte.
To be vndir mannis mihte.
In holi writ þus we lere.
Wen adam was mad and heue his fere.
God þeim bad waxe ant þriue.
Ant gildre gete ant bringe to liue.
Ant fisch ant foul a best ant tre.
Ant al þat scholde on erthe be.
On lift. on watir ant on londe.
Al made god buth sinn to þeire honde.
gen. i. crescite & multi∣plicamini & domi/ namini piscibus maris & uolatili∣bus celi/ & bestuis terre. & cetera./ [Gen. i, 28]
(f) orbisine ob ? of. bestis man þou mai here.
þat þou may þe betere lere.
Ant skil in þin herte finde
þe louerd to loue of alle kinde.
Ant do al scho þe ern þe wile teche.
Ant kest a-wei þi fule speche
Ant loue god wit al þi skile
Ant swo þou brekist þin olde bile.
On þe ston þat is godis sone.
Wehn þu leuist þin old wne.
Ant þanne þou mai þi soule lithte. ,
Of god to speke and haue in-sihte
[þ]are-fore of him y write þouthe.
þat kinde in alle þingis wroute.
And us from ded to liue broute.
Wehn he us on þe rode bouhte.
[F]or ne his þinge writin in þis liue.
þat swo wel may ne swo bliue.
Mannis herte of sworue bringe
Alse haue in ih̄u al his likinge.
[F]or-þi ih̄u þi luue to winne.
þou giue me grace to bi∣ginne. MS., in written above the line.
Loue to sende to for-do sinne{punctel}
Wat al mankinde was bundin inne.
primo Io[han]nis scitis quia xc apparuit ut pec∣cata/ tolleret [I John iii, 5] & iiii. in hoc est caritas dei in nos quia misit/ filium suum propiciaci∣onem pro peccatis nos∣tris./ [I John iv, 10]
[E]r godis sune in þe maydin lihte.
Agenis þe deuil hauide we MS., we written above the line. no rihte.
For wihl we were vndir his mihte{punctel}
Of god to do we lesid sihte.
[þ]at time was sinne so rif.
In old in ȝung. in man in wif.
þat sone so MS., so written above the line. þei lefte þe lif.
To helle bi-houid wit∣houutin strif.
[H]abraham. ysaac. ant sen jon.
Dauit þe king. ant sala∣mon.
þider þei wente euirlkon.
Hauide þei þanne non oþir won.
[T]il godis sone was don on rode
þider wente wikke ant gode
þe wikke to pine wiht dreri mode.
þare to be þe deuilis fode.
boni{punctel} in/ lumbum. mali{punctel} in infirnum{punctel} lucas. xvi.
laza/rus in sinum abrahe. diues in infirnum. per la/zarum boni per diuitem mali designantur per signum/ abrahe requies.
martinus in ser∣mone quodam deus erat a patriar/chis predictus./ & a prophetis/ predica/tus./
(b)ote þo ilke soulis swete.
þar her on liuis sinnis lete.
In fre prisun þan was þer sete.
To abide þe este of þe prophete. At the left of v. 202 in the MS. is an incomplete paragraph sign, stroked out.
(p)rophetis were i-winde ? iwnide. to grede.
on shal come wyt-vtin drede.
þat flesch schal take in maidin MS., first i written above the line. hede.
Ant ws of pine to yoye to lede.
ysaye. vii. ecce virgo concipiet [Is. vii, 14] & lxiiii./ utinam dirumperes
celos & descenderes. MS., on the left of the paragraph sign at the beginning of the Latin quotation is a capital B, stroked out. A space of two lines is left after the Latin. [Is. lxiv, 1]
(þ)e prophe[te] ysaye.
Iwnid was MS., was written above the line. to gode þus crie.
Wi ne MS., wine written as one word. woldis-tu þe heuene riue{punctel}
Ant do vs dun lihte bliue.
Ant þe prophetis alle hauide gret longinge
Of god to se þe to-cuminge
Ant ȝernide alle on liue to be.
Godis to-come for to se.
Seint austin seiz þat in þo dawis.
þe holi men of þe olde lawis.
Ofte seide in þere preiere.
Weher þat chil schal finde vs here{punctel}
þat we of him in writ þan rede.
Wehr we schal se in dede.
Augustinus. Sciebant inquid antiqui regem esse venturum/ & dicebant. O. si hic me inueniat illa nati/uitas{punctel} O si quod credo in scripturis videam oculis m[eis].
(w)en god of heuene herde þis cri.
Of mankin hauede he merci.
Ant a maidin ches of gret ferli.
In soule clene ant in bodi.
missus est angelus ga∣briel/ ad mariam vir∣ginem. lucas. .i./ [Luke i, 26, 27]
Til hire he sende a swete fere.
þat him was swiþe lef ant dere. ,
Gabriel wiht swete chere.
þat hire gan grete on þis manere.
aue gratia plena/ domi∣nus tecum./ [Luke i, 28]
[H]el ful of grace god is wyt þe.
Among wimman blessid þou be.
þe maidin dred on him to se.
Ant þouhte hu þis mihte be.
que cum audisset tur∣bata est in sermone/ eius & cogitabat &c. ne timeas maria/ invenisti gratiam apud dominum ecce con∣cipias/ &c./ [Luke i, 29-31]
[þ]anne þe aungil him spak fre.
Marie nout ne drede þou þe.
A child schal be borin of þe.
ih̄u schal is name be.
[H]e scal þe fadir of heuene queme MS., s written at end of line.
In dauiis sete sitte an deme.
þe folc of israel he scal ȝeme{punctel}
Ant þeire MS., re written above the line. fos fra hem al fleme.
Dabit illi dominus deus sedem dauid patris/ eius & regnabit in domo iacob./ [Luke i, 32]
[þ]anne answeride þat swete maide.
To þe angel gabriel ant seide
Hu scal þis be neuir me leide.
Mi þout. to lust of man upbraide.
quomodo fiet istud quo∣niam virum non cognosco/ &c./ [Luke i, 34]
[þ]anne gan þe aungil hire herte dihte
Ant of his gretinge to haue insihte
þe holy gost schal in þe lihte{punctel}
Ant in þe wirke þourue his mihte.
[þ]e child þat of þe schal be borin.
Godis sone schal be i-chozin
þat folk he schal þat was bi-forin.
To blisse bringe þat þei haue lorin.
spiritus sanctus super veniet in te & virtus al/|tissimi obumbrabit tibi. quod. n[ascetur] ex te &c./ [Luke i, 35]
Ant þat þou þe sothe lere.
þi nece elizabeth lo here.
þat is in eld fele ȝere.
Child nou hauis takin of hire fere.
Ecce elisabet cognata tua & ipsa concepit/ filium in senectute sua./ [Luke i, 36]
(þ)e sixth monith nu is anon.
þat scha hauis wit childe gon.
For to god of heuene þat is on{punctel}
Ne is word of vn-mihte non
Hic mensis sextus est illi qua uocatur sterilis./ quia non est impossibile
apud deum omne uerbum./ [Luke i, 36, 37]
Ne wolde marie no len∣gire plaide.
Bote þis wrd on hire herte leyde.
Lo here scho seide godis hand-maide.
With me be don als tu saide.
Ecce ancilla domini fiat mihi secundum uerbum tuum./ [Luke i, 38]
Sone so þis was in hire þout.
In hire was mannis kinde wrouht.
Ant soth-fast god was þere-to brouht{punctel}
Man þare-offe ne drede þou nouht.
ut solis radius intrat innoxius fenestram/ vit∣ream sic dei filius immo subtilius aulam uirgi/|neam./
(a)ls þe sunne þirlis þe glas.
Ant hol bi-leues as hit MS., h written above the line. er was.
Wel sleyliker þure þe fadir mihte.
þe sune in þe maidin lithe
þe fadir his sone in þe maydin sende
Ant þe holigost þarto wende.
Ant alse þat swete MS., te written above the line. maidin þouhte. MS., h written above the o.
Vr kinde wit þe godhed wrouhte.
Ant þoreu þe holi gostis dede{punctel}
Was mad in on wit þe godhede.
þo bar þe maidin hire wit∣inne.
God ant man wit-vtin sinne.
Maidin at þe bi-gini[n]ge.
Bi-fore ant at hire end∣ingge.
Virgo ante partum. vir∣go in partu. virgo post partum./
þe angil marie god bi∣kende. ,
Ant to him ȝede þat him sende.
Ant sone aftir þe maide wende.
To elisabet þat was hire frende.
et discessit ab ea ange∣lus. exurgens/ autem maria abiit ad elizabet & salutauit/ eam./ lucas i./ [Luke i, 38-40]
(s)one so þe maide marie
cam to þe hus of zakarie.
Elizabe in prophecie{punctel}
þe maidin kiste ant þus gan crie.
[A] sco seide hu mai þis be
þat mi louirdis modir comiz to me{punctel}
Wen þat ic herde þe steuene of þe.
þe child in mi wombe made gle.
vt audiuit salutacionem beate marie. eli/zabet ex∣clamauit & dixit vnde hoc mihi ut/ ueniat mater do∣mini mei ad me{punctel} ecce. &c./ [Luke i, 41-43]
Among wimmen blessid þou be.
Ant blessit be þe frut of þe.
benedicta tu i[nter] m[ulieres] & b[enedictus] f[ructus] v[entris] tui. amen./ [Luke i, 42]
(a)nt seli þou be þat ilke stunde.
þat in þe was trouhe MS., u written above the o. i-funde.
For al schal god þuru-vt his wille{punctel}
þat he hauis seid in þe ful-fille.
et beata que credidisti quoniam perficientur/ in te que dicta sunt tibi a domino./ [Luke i, 45]
Þer þan was a swete met∣inge. MS., metīgie; i deleted by dot.
A swete cuple a swete MS., aswete as one word. kissinge.
A maide bar god of alle þinge.
A wif seint jon in holi wendingge.
Iwrite on þis steide i finde.
þar a wis man here-of mas minde.
þat þe joie in þis met∣ingge.
þat seint jon made was biginge.
Bi-fore god go Infinitive. ant preche
Ant of him þe folc to teche.
glossa super illud exultauit infans. quod li[n]gua/ non po∣terat. animo exultante salutat &/ sue precur∣sionis officium inchoat./
(þ)anne þankid marie god ful of blisse
þat he se wolde hire meke∣nesse.
Ant sende his sone in swetenesse.
In hire to take mannis likenesse.
& ait maria magnificat anima mea dominum/& ex∣ultauit spiritus meus in deo salutari meo/ [Luke i, 46-47]
(þ)are-fore me schal al mankinde.
Blisful telle in þeire minde.
þat he wold in me swo gret þing finde
þat is of mihte to leyse ant binde.
ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes genera∣tiones. quia/ &c./ [Luke i, 48-49]
(o)f mercy þanne he was leche.
Fram kin to kinde. þat dredde his speche
Of þe prude in herte he dide wreche.
And dide þe meke on hey to reche.
Et misericordia eius a progenie in pro[genies] ti∣[mentibus] e[um]. fecit &c./ [Luke i, 50]
(þ)e hungery in god he made stronge.
Ant þe riche{punctel} he lette al∣swonge.
þe folc of israel hauiz vndir-fonge.
þe child{punctel} þat þei abide longe.
Alse bi-fore spak heuinis king.
To abraham{punctel} ant his o[f]∣spring
esurientes imple[vit]. & di[vites] inanes. Suscepit &[c]. [Luke i, 53, 54]
þanne bi-lefte marie
þre moniz oþir mare
Withoutin sinne with-out-in kare.
Sco louid god. þat was hire lare
Alse seit þe holi man seint bede.
Fram hire nece nouht sco ne ȝede
Ar sco sauh fullic in dede{punctel}
Elizabet MS., a written above the z. seint jon fede.
beda in glossa/tam diu mansit maria cum Eliza∣bet donec/ uideret precur∣soris natiuitatem propter quam max/ime uenerat./
þis was sen jon for wam bi-forin
His fadir hauide þe speche for-lorin. ,
Al to þe time þat he was borin.
Alse þe aungil hauid sei bi-forin.
[Z]acarie was his fadir name
His lif he ledde with-vtin blame
God man he was and of god fame{punctel}
To do sinne him þoute scame.
erant autem ambo iusti incedentes in omnibus/mandatis & iusticiis domi∣ni sine querela. lucas i./ [Luke i, 6]
Time com of þe seruise
þat he do scholde on þere wise.
In þe temple he saw up rise.
A man{punctel} ant him bi-gan to grise.
cum sacerdocio fu[n]∣geretur sorte exiit ut in/|censum poneret in tem∣[plum] domini & apparuit ei an/gelus domini & zac∣arias turbatus est [Luke i, 8, 9, 11, 12]
[H]it was an angil godis sonde.
Bi þe auter þat he sauh stonde.
þat hider was sent him to fonde.
Ant do his seruise bad him nouht wonde.
[Z]acarie he seide ne dred te nouth.
Bi-fore god þi bed is brouht. MS. wrouht, w deleted by dots, b written above.
þat þou hauist him bi-souht. MS. wrouht, wr deleted by dots, s written above.
schal in elizabet be wrouht.
Ne timeas za[caria] quoniam exaudita est de/|precacio tua & elizabet uxor &c./ [Luke i, 13]
[A] schild þou schal on hire winne.
þat be schal joie to al his kinne
Halewid he bez hire wit∣hinne.
Jon he schal hote clene of sinne.
et uocabis nomen eius Johannem./ [Luke i, 13]
[A]t his burthe me schal gamine ant pleye
Ant schal greithe godis weie.
To þe folk he schal soz seye.
Ant juil bileue dun he scal leye.
et multi in natiuitate eius gaudebunt/ & spiritu sancto reple[bitur] ad huc ex utero matris sue./ [Luke i, 14, 15]
[Z]acarie answerede with dreri chere.
Hou may þis be on eni manere.
Bothe MS., h written above the t. is ohld ich ant mi fere.
Ant forth gon in fele yere.
vnde hoc sciam. ego enim sum senex & vxor me/a processit in diebus suis./ [Luke i, 18]
(þ)e angil seide ȝis schal þat tu se.
Ant for þat þu ne leuist me.
þou schalt be dumb. i telle hit þe.
Til þat þe child borin be.
pro eo quod non credi∣disti uerbis meis eris ta∣cens/ vsque in diem quo haec fiant. [Luke i, 20]
(þ)e angil lefte no lengire þare.
Ne zacarie ne spak nam∣mare.
Bote vt he ȝede syhende sare.
þe folc hauid wundir war∣fore hit ware.
Bote þei seide al bi-den.
þat he hauid sum wndir sen{punctel}
For þat he hauid so longe ben.
egressus autem non po∣terat loqui & cognouer∣unt/ quod visionem vidis∣set in templo. [Luke i, 22]
Zacarie þanne dide his dede.
Nohut for his fleschly nede.
Bote child to gette ȝif he muhte spede{punctel}
Of god þare þoureu to winne mede.
(þ) at swete cuple ant þat metinge.
Of fleschly lust hauide he no likinge.
Bote holi wille ant long∣inge{punctel}
To gidis ? godis. seruise a child for to bringe.
(a) childe þei gat þouru godis mihte.
Of godis hest and hauid in-sihte.
In elizabet þe holi gost lihte{punctel}
Ant þe child in hire dihte.
post dies hos concepit elizabet & dixit quia/ sic fecit/ michi dominus in di∣ebus quibus respexit au∣ferre/ opprobrium meum. [Luke i, 24, 25]
(e) lizabet hire felid þo.
þat sco bi-gan wyt childe go.
Awei sco lette al hire wo.
þat sco hauide fourti MS., u written above r. ȝer ant mo.
God sco seide me hauis ben milde.
þat me hauis nou brouth with childe. ,
[W]en þe childe scolde borin be.
þeire frendis alle of þe cuntre.
Wyt blisful chere. an gamin ant MS., t written above n. gle{punctel}
Alle þe comin þ child to se
Ant þe seide þe frendis alle.
Zacarie þei wolde him cal[l]e.
Vicini & cognati eius congratulabantur ei & uo/|cabant eum nomine patris sui zacariam. [Luke i, 58. 59]
[þ]at herde þe modir þer scho lay.
And answerede ant seide nay.
Mi leue frend doz alle away.
Jon he schal bi-hote ȝif þat i may. MS., imay.
Ant þei seide þat þare was non
In al here kinde þat hete jon.
& respo/ndens mater eius dixit nequaquam sed uocabitur Johannes./ [Luke i, 60]
[T]o zacarie þe word þei broute
Ant bad him schewe waht him þoute.
Ant he a tablet sone souhte.
Ant þer-on þe name of ion he wrouhte.
et postulans zacarias pugillare scripsit dicens./ [Luke i, 63]
[I]n þat tablet he wrot MS., t written above the line. a-non.
þ childis name þan schal be ion.
Bi-fore god he schal cume ant gon.
Ant him to bringge wel mani on. MS., manion.
Iohannes est nomen eius preibit ante faciem domi∣ni/ parare MS., -parare. vias eius./ [Luke i, 63, 76]
[W]ndir þan hauide al his kinde.
Hu he muhte þat name finde.
Bote god is MS., godis. tunge þan gan unbinde. MS., imbinde.
Ant he him louede with al his minde
& mirati sunt vniuersi./ [Luke i, 63]
[G]od he seide b[l]essid þou be.
þat of þi folc woldist MS., l written above o. haue pite.
Ant hauist þi merci scehwed in me{punctel}
þat þis child scholde borin be.
[A]nt þou child be icald ? i-cleped. prophete
þou scal greþe MS., r written above the line. godis strete
Godis folc þou schalt gete.
Ant þeim teche þeire sin∣nis bete.
& prophetauit zacarias dicens. Benedictus dom∣inus deus &c./ [Luke i, 68]
(o)f gret mihte scal be þi speche.
To godis fole þou schalt preche.
þou þeim schalt þe sothe teche.
Hu þei scal to heuene reche.
addandam scienciam sa∣lutis plebi eius &c./ [Luke i, 77]
(w)en þe child bi-gan to belde.
Wel to þriue ant waxe in elde.
Of worlddis blisse nouht him ne rouh[te]
Bote wildernesse sone he souhte
In penaunce þare his lif to lede.
þat neuire ȝet iuil dide in dede.
antra deserti teneris sub annis &c. sicut can[t]/or.
(v)pon þis word þan seiz seint bede.
Penance to do was him no nede.
Bote he þat oc MS., t written above the line, oc slightly below, with a blur from erasure. scholde penance preche
þeim þat him herde swo scholde teche.
þe world to lete ful of serue. MS., ofserue, as one word.
Ant wit penance him to folewe.
beda predicator inquit penitentie futurus asperi/∣[tatem] solitudinis elegit ut ab amore MS., amare, a deleted by dot and o placed above. mundi/ auditores suos reuocaret.
(w)en marie hauid sen in dede.
Elizabet seint jon fede.
þe maidin hire to spede.
Ant leue tok{punctel} and hom scho ȝede.
cum peperisset elizabet{punctel} maria rediit in domum suam./ [Luke i, 57, 56]
(w)en sco hom cham josep to queme.
þat alse hire spouse hire hauid to ȝeme/
In his herte he gan hire deme.
Hu sco muhte wiht childe seme
qua reuersa inuenta est in utero habens de spiritu sancto./ [Matt. i, 18]
(w)are-of hit were nouht he ne wiste.
Swo alse he neuir hire muht kiste.
Wiht wille of sinne. ne neuir liste.
Hire maidinhod fullic vp∣briste.
(a)nt for in him ne was falsehed.
In word. in þouht. ne in dede.
In him of hire was no drede.
þat scho hauide lorin hir maidinhede ,
ma. dicit in histor[iar]∣um glossa quod iosep po∣cius credidit/ mulierem concipere sine viro quam mariam posse peccare./
[B]ut The page has been trimmed along the outer margin so that very few of the initials in the first column are visible. for þat he neuere sauh wiht eye.
[þ]at scho hire gan to folye beye.
[L]oth him were on hire to leye.
Outhir of eni sinne wreye.
[F]or wel he wiste was þare no speche.
þouru þe laue of spuse∣breche.
[B]ote hire þe domisman bi-teche.
[S]one of hire to take wreche.
noluit eam traducere id∣est in domum suam ducere vel ad/ penam quia sicut adultera lapidaretur.
[A]geinis þe laue him likid ille.
[þ]at men scholde a maide MS., amaide. spille.
[F]or bi-fellit in his wille{punctel}
[þ]e maidin lete and leue stille.
[W]il iosep in his herte wende.
[H]u þis þing scholde come til ende.
[I]n slep he fel alse god him kende.
[A]nt þan til him his an∣gil sende.
Hec cogitante ecce an∣gelus domini apparuit/ in somp[nis] iosep. [Matt. i, 20]
[þ]e angil was redi for to gon.
[A]nt to iosep wente a∣non.
[A]nt to him þe sothe seide.
[O]f þe child ant of þe maide.
[I]osep he seide nouht þou ne drede.
Marie alse þi spuse lede.
þe child in hire þou schalt fede.
Bote hit his þe holi gostis dede.
Noli timere accipere ma∣riam in coniugem tuam/ hoc quod in/ ea natum est de spiritu sancto. [Matt. i, 20]
[þ]e holi gost hauiz hire ben milde.
[þ]at hire hauis brout wiht childe.
His folc þat er hauis ben wilde.
He þeim schal fra sinne schilde.
Pariet autem filium ipse enim saluum faciet/ popu∣lum suum a peccatis eo∣rum. [Matt. i, 21]
(g)odis sone in þe maidin lichte.
þoureu þe holi gastis mihte.
God in hire hauis don vertue.
þo schalt clepe þe child ihesu.
et uocabis nomen eius ihesum. [Matt. i, 21]
(h)v a child schulde be borin.
Of a maidin{punctel} MS., amaidin written as one word. longe bi∣forin.
Ysaye þou seide wel{punctel}
Ant his name schal be emanuel. MS., u written above the line.
Hic factum est. ut ad impleretur illud ysaie. vii./ Ecce virgo & pariet &c. [Matt. i, 22, 23]
(w)en josep herde þis tiþinge.
And awok of his slepinge.
He þonkede þe louird of alle þinge
And held marie in clene wedingge.
And wid þe maidin. in god likinge.
Maidin bi-lefte to his end∣ingge.
exurgens iosep a sompno accepit spon/sam in u∣xorem [Matt. i, 24] & cum virgine uirgo per/mansit dicit histor[iar]um.
(þ)an wiste Iosep god schulde be borin
To sauue þeim þat were for-lorin.
Ant was in longinge þe time to se.
þat þe child scholde borin be.
tunc cognouit iosep de∣um nasciturum qui/ solus peccata dimittit.
þat time was mihtful ant fer
Augustus cesar ant strong ant ster
In al þat lond was non his per.
Ouir al þe lond was his pouer.
He criid his ban and sende his sonde.
To alle þat were vndir his honde.
þat vndir him non schulde stonde.
þat were of a-nothir londe.
In diebus illis exiit a. ce[sar]. au[gustus]. &c. precepit/ tunc cesar ut singuli irent ad propria/ sua loca. lucas. ii. [Luke ii, 1-3]
Wen josep herde hem þus crie.
þe maidin he tok with him marie
Ant of nazaret him bi-gan to hye
Ant to bethleem weys guye.
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