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[Headnote: The Privileges of Sunday]
[f. 15v] [++L]EOFEMEN [gh]ef [gh]e lusten wuleð. [&] [gh]e
willeliche hit under{}stonden we eow wulleð [f. 16r] suteliche
seggen of þa fredome þe limpeð to þan deie þe is iclepeð sunedei.
Sunedei is ihaten þes lauerdes dei [&] ec þe dei of blisse [&] of
lisse [&] of alle irest. On þon deie þa engles of heofene ham
iblissieð. {5} forði þe þa ermi{n}g saulen habbeð rest of heore
pine. Gif hwa wule witen hwa erest bi won reste þam wrecche saule to
soþe ic eow segge. þet wes s{an}c{t}e paul þe apostel and mihhal þe
archangel heo tweien eoden et sume time in{}to helle alswa heo{m}
drihten het for to lokien hu hit þer ferde. Mihhal eode bi{}foren
[&] paul co{m} efter [&] þa {10} scawede mihhal to s{an}c{t}e paul
þa wrecche sunfulle þe þer were wuniende [.] þer{}efter he him
sceawede he[gh]e treon eisliche beorninde et foren helle [gh]ete.
and uppon þan treon he him sceawede þe wrecche saulen a{}honge.
Su{m}me bi þa fet. su{m}me bi þa honden. su{m}me bi þe tunge.
su{m}me bi þe e[gh]en. su{m}me bi þe hefede. su{m}me bi þer {15}
heorte.
[Linenotes:
4. In MS. _su sunedei_. || 11. _sunfulle wrecche_ with marks of
transposition in MS.]
Seodðan he him sceaude an ouen on berni{n}de fure he warp ut of
him seofe leies uwil[c]an of seolcuðre heowe þe alle weren
eateliche to bi{}haldene [&] muchele strengre þen eani þ{in}g to
þolien. [&] þer wið{}i{n}nen weren swiðe feole saule a{}honge.
[Gh]ette he him sceawede ane welle of fure [&] alle hire stremes
urnen fur berni{n}de. [&] þa {20} welle bi{}wisten .xii. meister
[f. 16v] deoflen swilc ha weren kinges to pinen þer wiðinnen þa
earmi{n}g saulen þe for{}gult weren; [&] heore a[gh]ene pine neure
nere þe lesse þah heo meistres weren. Eft{er} þon he him
sceawede þe sea of helle [&] i{n}nan þan sea weren .vii. bittere
uþe. þe forme wes snau . þat oðer is. þet þridde fur. þet feorðe
blod. þe {25} fifte neddren. þe siste smorðer. þe seofeþe ful
stunch. heo wes wurse to þolien þenne efreni of alle þa oðre
pine.
[Linenotes:
18. _þing_] _þurg_ MS. || 25. _snau_] _swnau_ MS.]
Innan þan ilke sea weren un{}aneo{m}ned deor su{m}me feðer fotetd.
Su{m}me al bute fet . [&] heore e[gh]en weren al swilc swa fur. [&]
heore eþem scean swa deð þe leit a{}monge þunre. þas ilke nefre ne
swiken ne dei ne niht to {30} brekene þa ermi{n}g licome of þa ilca
men þe on þisse liue her hare sc{ri}ft enden nalden. Su{m}me of þan
mo{n}ne sare wepeð. Su{m}me swa deor lude remeð. su{m}me þer
g{ra}ninde sikeð. su{m}me þer reowliche gne[gh]eð his
a[gh]ene{}tunge. Su{m}me þer wepeð. [&] alle heore teres beoð
berni{n}de gleden glide{n}de ouer heore a[gh]ene nebbe. [&] swiðe
reowliche {35} ilome [gh]ei[gh]eð [&] [gh]eorne bisecheð þat me ham
ibure[gh]e fro{m} þam uuele pinan [.] of þas pinan speked .d{aui}d.
þe halie wite[gh]e. [&] þus seið. +Misere`re´ nost{ri} d{omi}ne quia
penas inferni sustinere no{n} possumus.+ Lauerd haue merci of us
forðon þa pinen of helle we ham ne ma[gh]en iðolien.
[f. 17r] Seoð{}þan he him sceawede an{e} stude {40} i{n}ne{}midde
warðe helle. [&] bi{}foren þam ilke stude were{n} seofen
clusterlokan þar neh ne mihte nan liuiende mon gan for þan ufele
breðe [&] þer wið{}i{n}na he him sceawede gan `on´ ald mon [þ/]
.iiii. deoflen ledden abuten. þa escade paul to mihhal hwet þe alde
mo{n} were. þa cweð mihhal heh engel he wes an biscop on eoðre liue
þe nefre {45} nalde c{ri}stes la[gh]en lokien ne halden. ofter he
walde an{}uppon his underlinges mid wohe motien [&] longe dringan
þenne he walde salmes singen oðer eani oðer god don. Herefter iseh
paul hwer .iii. deoflen ledden an meiden swiðe unbisor[gh]eliche{;}
`[&]´ [gh]eorne escade to mihhal hwi me heo swa ledde. þa cweð
mihhal. heo wes an meiden on oðer liue {50} [þ/] wel wiste hire
licome in alle clenesse. Ah heo nalde nefre nan oðer god don.
Elmes[gh]eorn nes heo nefre. ah prud heo wes swiðe [&] modi. [&]
li[gh]ere [&] swikel. [&] wreðful [&] ontful. [&] forði heo bið
wuniende inne þisse pine.
[Linenotes:
40. _ane_] _and_ MS. || 46. _w[u.]alde_ MS. ||
53. _w[e.]reðful_ MS.]
Nu bi{}gon paul to wepen wunderliche. [&] mihhal heh engel þer
weop forð mid him. þa co{m} ure drihten of heueneriche to {55}
heo{m} on {þ}unres liche [&] þus cweð. A hwi wepest þu paul. paul
him onswerde. Lauerð ic biwepe þas monifolde pine þe ic her in
helle iseo. þa cweð ure lauerd. A hwi nalden heo witen mine
[f. 17v] la[gh]e þe hwile heo weren en eorðe? þa seide paul him
mildeliche to{}[gh]eines. Louerd nu ic bidde þe [gh]ef þin wille is [þ/]
þu heom [gh]efe {60} reste la hwure þen su{n}ne dei a þet cume
domesdei. þa cweð drihten to him. paul wel ic wat hwer ic{}sceal
milcien. Ic heom wulle{}milcien þe weren eft{er}ward mine milce
þa hwile heo on liue weren.
[Linenote:
56. _þunres_] _wunres_ MS.]
þa wes s{an}c{t}e paul swiðe wa. [&] abeh him redliche to his
lauerdes fet [&] on halsien hine gon mid þas ilke weord þe [gh]e
ma[gh]en iheren. Lauerd {65} he cweð þa. Nu ic þe bidde for þine
kinedome [&] for þine engles. [&] for þine muchele milce. [&] for alle
þine weorkes. [&] for alle þine hale[gh]en. [&] ec þine icorene. þat þu
heom milcie þes þe redþer [þ/] ic to heo{m} com [&] reste [gh]efe þen
sunne{}dei a [þ/] cume þin heh domes dei. þa onswerede him drihten
mildere steuene. Aris nu paul aris. Ic ha{m} {70} [gh]eue reste al
swa þu ibeden hauest fro{m} non on sat{er}dei a þa cume monedeis
lihting. [þ/] efre forð to domes dei. Nu leofe breðre [gh]e habbeð
iherð hwa erest bi won reste þa{m} forgulte saule. Nu
bi{}cum`e´ð hit þerfore to uwilche c{ri}stene monne mucheles þe
mare to hali[gh]en [&] to wurðien þe{n}ne dei þe is icleped
sunne{}dei. for of þam deie ure {75} lauerd seolf seið.
+Dies d{omi}nicus est dies leticie [&] requiei.+ [f. 18r]
Sunne{}dei is dei of blisse [&] of alle ireste. +Non facietur in
ea aliquid nisi deum orare manducare [&] bibere cu{m} pace et
leticia.+ Ne beo in hire naþing iwrat bute chirche bisocnie [&]
beode to criste [&] eoten [&] dri{n}ken mid griðe [&] mid {80}
gledscipe. +Sicut dici{tur}. pax in t{er}ra. pax in celo. pax
int{er} homines.+ for swa is iset. grið on eorðe. [&] grið on
hefene. [&] grið bitwenen uwilc c{ri}stene mo{n}ne. eft ure lauerd
seolf seit. +Maledictus h{om}o qui no{n} custodit sabatum.+
Amansed beo þe mon þe sunne{}dei nulle iloken. And for{}þi
leofemen uw`i´lc {85} sunne dei is to locan al swa ester dei for
heo is mune[gh]ing of his halie ariste from deðe to liue. [&]
mune[gh]eing of þam halie gast þe he sende in his apostles on þon
dei þe is icleped wit{}sunne{}dei. ec we understondeð [þ/] on
sunne{}dei drihten cumeð to demene al mon{}cun; we a[gh]en þene
sunne{}dei swiþeliche wel to wurþien. {90} [&] on alle clenesse to
locan.
for heo hafð mid hire þreo wurdliche mihte þe [gh]e iheren ma[gh]en.
ðet forme mihte is [þ/] heo on eorðe `[gh]eueð reste to alle eorðe´
þrelles wepmen [&] wifmen of heore þrel{}weorkes. þet oðer mihte
is on heouene. for þi þa engles heo{m} rested mare þe{n}n on
su{m} oðer dei. [þ/] þridde mihte is [þ/] {þ}a {95} ermi{n}g saule
habbeð ireste i{n}ne helle [f. 18v] of heore muchele pine. Hwa
efre þenne ilokie wel þene sunne{}dei. oðer þa oðer halie da[gh]es
þe mon beot in chirche to lokien swa þe sunne{}dei. beo heo
dal{}neominde of heofene riches blisse{;} mid þan fedre. [&] mid
þan sunne. [&] mid þan halie gast abuten ende. ameN. {100} _Quod
ip{s}e prestare dignetur qui uiuit [&] regnat deus. p{er} om{ni}a
secula seculor{um}. AmeN._
[Linenotes:
93. _[gh]eueð ... eorðe_ added on margin. || 94-5. _hem he[-o]
rested_ MS. | _þa_] _[þ/]a_ MS. || 99. _ferde_ MS.]