[[MS description from Notes volume:
"i. Bodleian 34, Oxford (B); on vellum, 165 × 120 mm.; written in one
hand throughout about 1210 A.D.... It has lost two leaves after f. 80,
which is very faint and defective. Entries in fourteenth-century hands
connect it with Ledbury, Godstow, and Magna Coworne (Much Cowarne) in
Herefordshire. The text is printed from this manuscript up to its end at
127/4.
"The writing is sometimes difficult to decipher; the letters are often
crowded and hesitating, a, e, o are sometimes hard to distinguish.
Doubts are permissible in the following cases, hwen _or_ hwon 118/24,
ihaten _or_ ihoten 37, hondon _or_ honden 51; in sent 55, the last
letter wavers between t and d; in [gh]emelese 56, [gh] appears to have
been corrected out of g; after mei 60, there is a half-formed c; under
the second o of preoouin 72, there is what looks like a casual pen mark,
not a dot of erasure; in seoueuald 287, d is corrected out of t, or the
reverse.
"ii. Royal 17 A 27, British Museum (R); on vellum, 160 × 117 mm.; early
thirteenth century. Has all the pieces in B except Hali Meidenhad, with
the addition of an incomplete copy of the Oreisun of Seinte Marie
(printed in OEH i., p. 305). This manuscript supplies the end here from
127/4.
"iii. Cotton Titus D 18, British Museum (T). See [IX, Ancrene Wisse]."]]
[Headnote: Si Sciret Paterfamilias]
+her bigineð{;} sawles warde.+ [f. 72r
_++Si sciret paterfamilias q{ua} hora fur uent{ur}us e{ss}et{;}
vigilaret utiq{ue} [&] no{n} sineret p{er}fodi domu{m} sua{m}._
+U+re lau{er}d i þe godspel teacheð us þurh abisne. hu we ahen
wearliche to biwiten us seoluen wið þe unwiht of helle. [&] wið
his wernches. {5} [gh]ef þes lau{er}d wiste he seið. hwenne [&] hwuch
time. þe þeof walde cume to his hus{;} he walde wakien. ne nalde
he nawt þolien þe þeof forte breoken hire. +Þ+is hus þe ure
lau{er}ð spekeð of{;} is seolf þe mon inwið þe monnes wit. I þis
hus. is þe huse lau{er}d. ant te fulitohe wif{;} mei beon wil
ihaten. [þ/] ga þe hus eft{er} hire{;} ha diht hit al to
wundre. {10} bute wit ase lau{er}d chasti hire þe bet{er}e. [&]
bi{}neome hire muchel of [þ/] ha walde. ant tah walde al hire hird
folhin hire ouer al{;} gef wit ne forbude ham. for alle hit beoð
untohene. [&] rechelese hinen{;} bute [gh]ef he ham rihte. Ant
hwucche beoð þeos hinen{;} Su{m}me beoð wið{}vten. [&] su{m}me wið
in{}nen. þeo wið{}vten beoð.
þe monnes fif {15} wittes. Sihðe. [&] heru{n}ge. smechunge. [&]
smeallunge. [&] euch limes felunge. þeos beoð hinen vnder wit. as
under huse lau{er}d. [&] hwer se he is [gh]emeles{;} nis hare nan þe
ne feareð ofte untoheliche. [&] gulteð ilome. oðer ifol
semblant{;} oder in vuel dede. In wið beoð his hinen. in se moni
mislich þonc to cwemen wel þe husewif{;} a[gh]ein godes {20} wille.
[&] swerieð somet reaðliche. [þ/] eft{er} hire hit schal [f. 72v]
gan. þah we hit ne here nawt{;} we mahen `iþþlen´ hare nurhð. [&]
hare untohe bere. a þet hit cume forð. [&] ba wið eie. [&] wið luue
tuhte ham þe bet{er}e. Ne bið neau{er} his hus for þeos hinen
wel iwist. for hwen [þ/] he slepe. oðer ohwider from hame. [þ/] is
hwen mon for[gh]et his wit. {25} [&] let ham i{}wurðen. ah ne bihoueð
hit nawt. [þ/] tis hus beo irobbet. for þer is inne þe tre[sor] [þ/]
godd [gh]ef him seolf fore. [þ/] is monnes sawle. forte breoke þis
hus eft{er} þis tresor. [þ/] godd bohte mid his deað. [&] lette lif
o rode{;} is moni þeof a{}buten ba bi dei [&] bi niht. vnseheliche
gasttes wið alle unwreaste þeawes. [&] a{}[gh]ein euch god þeaw. þe
biwiteð {30} iþis hus godes deore castel . vnder wittes wissunge
[þ/] is huse lau{er}d. is eau{er} hire unþeaw forte sechen
in[gh]ong{e} abute þe wahes to a{}murðrin hire þrinne. [þ/] heaued
þrof is þe feont. þe meistreð ham alle a[gh]eines him [&] his keis.
þe husebonde [þ/] is wit. warneð his hus þ{us}. vre lau{er}d haueð
ileanett him froure of his dehtren. [þ/] beoð to {35} vnderstonden
þe fowr heaued þeawes. þe earste is warschipe icleopet. ant te
oþer is ihaten gasteli`c´h strengðe. [&] te þridde is meað.
rihtwisnesse þe feorðe.
[Linenotes:
17. _hwer_] _r_ over _[t.]_. || 37. After _gastelich_, _e_ erased.]
+W+it þe husbonde godes cunestable cleopeð warschipe [f. 73r]
forð. [&] makid hire durewart. þe warliche loki hwam ha leote in [&]
ut. [&] of feor bihalde alle þe cuminde. hwuch beo wurðe {40}
in[gh]ong{e} to habben{;} oðer beon bisteke{n} þrute. Strengðe
stont nest hire. [þ/] [gh]ef ei wule in{;} warschipes vn{}þonkes.
warni strengðe fore. [þ/] is hire suster{;} [&] heo hit ut warpe. þe
þridde sust{er} [þ/] is meað. hire he makeð meistre ou{er} his
willesfule hirð [þ/] we ear of speken. [þ/] ha leare ham mete . [þ/]
me meosure hat. þe middel of twa uueles . for {45} [þ/] is þeaw in
euch stude [&] tuht forte halden. [&] hateð ham alle [þ/] nan of ham
a[gh]ein hire{;} nohwer wid vnmeoð{;} ne ga ou{er} mete. þe feorðe
suster rihtwisnesse. sit on hest as deme . [&] beateð þeo þe
a[gh]ulteð. [&] cruneð þeo þe wel doð. [&] demeð euchan his dom eft{er}
his rihte. for dret of hire nimeð his hirð euch eft{er} [þ/] he is
warde to witene . þe {50} ehnen hare. þe muð his. þe earen hare.
þe hondon hare. [&] euch alswa of þe oþre wit [þ/] onont him ne
schal nan un{}þeaw cumen iN.
++As þis is ido þus. [&] is al stille þrinne{;} warschipe [þ/] áá is
waker is offearet lest sum for{}truste him. [&] feole o{}slepe. [&]
for[gh]eme his warde. [&] sent ham. in a sonde. [þ/] ha wel cnaweð. of
feorren icumen. forte {55} offearen þeo þe beoð [f. 73v] ou{er}
hardi. [&] þeo þe [gh]emelese beoð{;} halden ham wakere. he is
underuon in. [&] swiðe bihalden of ha{m} alle. for lonc he is. [&]
leane. [&] his leor deaðlich. [&] blac [&] elheowet. [&] euch her
þunc`h´eð [þ/] stont in his heaued up{;} warschipe hat hi{m}
tellen biuoren. hwet he beo [&] hweonene he co{m}me [&] hwet he þer
seche. Ne mei {60} ich he seið. nohwer speoken. bute ich habbe
god lust{;} lustnið me þenne. fearlac ich hatte. ant am deaðes
sonde. [&] deaðes munegunge. [&] am icumen biuore hire to warnin ow
of hire cume. warschipe [þ/] best con bisetten hire wordes. [&] ec
hire werkes{;} spekeð for ham alle. [&] freineð hweonene he cume.
[&] hwuch hird ha leade. fearlac {65} hire ontswereð. Ich nat nawt
þe time{;} for ha ne seide hit me nawt. ah eau{er} lokið hwenne.
for hire wune is to cumen bi stale ferliche [&] unmundlunge hwen
me least weneð. of hire hird [þ/] tu easkest.
[Linenote:
58. Before _leane_, _feier_ erased.]
Ich þe ondswerie. ha lihteð hwer se ha eau{er} kimeð wið a
þusent deoflen. [&] euch an bereð a gret boc al of sunnen iwriten
wið swarte smeale {70} leattres. [&] an unrude raketehe gled{}read
of fure. forte binden [&] to drahen in to in{}warde helle.
hwuch se he mei preoouin þurh his boc [þ/] is on euch sunne
enbre[f. 74r]uet. [þ/] he wið wil. oðer wið word. oðer wið werc.
wrahtte in al his lif siðe. bute [þ/] he haueð i{}bet earþon wið
soð schrift. [&] wið deadbote. ant warschipe hire easkeð. Hweonene
{75} cumest tu fearlac deaðes munegunge. Ich cume he seið of
helle. Of helle ha seið warschipe. [&] hauest tu isehen helle?
[Gh]e seið fearlac wit{er}liche. ofte [&] ilome. Nu seið þenne
warschipe. forþi trowðe treoweliche tele us hwuch is helle.
[&] hwet tu hauest isehen þrin. ant ich he seið fearlac omi trowðe
bluðeliche. nawt tah eft{er} [þ/] hit is. for [þ/] ne mei na {80}
tunge `tellen´. ah eft{er} [þ/] ich mei [&] con{;} þer towart ich
chulle readien.
[Linenote:
73. _enbreue[d.]t_ MS.]
++Helle is [wid] wið{}ute met. [&] deop wið{}ute grunde. ful of
brune uneuenlich . for ne mei nan eorðlich fur euenin þer
towart. ful of stench unþolelich. for ne mahte in eorðe na cwic
þing{e} hit þolien. ful of sorhe untalelich. for ne mei na muð
for wrecchedom {85} ne for wa{;} rikenin hit ne tellen. Se þicke
is þrinne þe þost{er}nesse{;} [þ/] me hire mei grapin. for [þ/] fur.
ne [gh]eueð na liht. ah blent ham þe ehnen. þe þer beoð wið a
smorðrinde smeke smeche forcuðest. [&] tah i[þ/] ilke swarte
þeost{er}nesse swarte þinges ha iseoð as deoflen [þ/] ham meallið
[&] derueð áá [&] dreccheð wið alles cunnes pinen. [&] iteilede {90}
draken g{ri}`s´liche ase deoflen þe forswolheð ham ihal. [&]
speoweð ham [f. 74v] eft ut biuoren [&] bihinden. oðer hwile
torendeð ham [&] to{}cheoweð ham euch greot. ant heo eft iwurðeð
hal. to a swuch bale bute bote as ha ear weren. ant ful wel ha
i{}seoð ham to grisle [&] to grure. [&] to echen hare pine. þe laðe
helle wurmes. tadden [&] froggen. {95} þe freoteð ham ut te ehnen.
[&] te nease g{ri}stles. ant snikeð in. [&] ut neddren. [&] eauraskes.
nawt ilich þeose her{;} ah hundret siðe g{ri}sluker et muð. [&] et
earen. ed ehne{n}. [&] ed neauele. ant ed te breoste holke as
meaðen iforrotet flesch eau{er}[gh]ete þickest. þer is remu{n}ge
iþe brune. [&] toðes hechelunge iþe snawi weattres. ferliche ha
flutteð from þe {100} heate{;} in{}to þe chele.
Ne neau{er} nuten ha of þeos twa{;} hweðer ham þuncheð wurse.
for eiðer is unþolelich. ant iþis ferliche mong{e} þe leat{er}e
þurh þe earre derueð þe mare. [þ/] fur ham forbearneð al to colen
calde. [þ/] pich ha{m} forwalleð aðet ha beon for{}mealte. [&] eft
acwikieð anan to drehen al [þ/] ilke{;} ant muchedeale wurse á
wið{}uten {105} ende. Ant tis ilke unhope is ham meast pine. [þ/]
nan naueð neau{er} mare hope of nan a{}couerunge. Ah aren sikere
of euch uuel to þurh{}leasten iwa from world in to worlde áá on
echnesse. Euch aþrusmeð oðer. [&] euch is oðres pine. Ant euchan
heateð oðer. [&] him seoluen as [f. 75r] þe blake deouel. [&]
eau{er} se ha i þis world luueden {110} ha{m} mare{;} se ha þer
heatieð ham swiðere. [&] eiðer curseð oðer. [&] fret of þe oðres
earen. [&] te nease alswa.
Ich habbe bigunne to tellen of þing [þ/] ich ne mahte nawt bringe
to eni ende. þah ich hefde a þusent tungen of stele [&] talde aðet
ha were{n} alle forwerede. Ah þencheð nu her þurh hwuch þe
measte pine beo{;} for þe leaste pine is {115} se heard [þ/] hefde
a mon i{}slein ba mi feader. [&] mi moder ant al þe ende of mi
cun. [&] i{}do me seoluen al þe scheome [&] te hearm [þ/] cwic mon
mahte þolien. [&] ich isehe þes mon i þe ilke leaste pine. [þ/] ich
iseh in helle{;} Ich walde [gh]ef hit mahte beon. þolien a þusent
deaðes to a{}rudden him ut þrof. swa is þe sihðe g{ri}slich [&]
reowðful to bihalden. {120} for þah neau{er} nere nan oðer pine
bute to i{}seon eau{er} þe unseli gastes. [&] hare g{ri}sliche
schape. biseon on hare g{ri}mfule. [&] grurefule nebbes. [&] heren
hare rarunge. [&] hu ha wið hokeres edwiteð [&] up breideð euchan
his sunnen. þis schenðlac [&] te grure of ham were unimete pine{;}
[&] hure þolien [&] a{}beoren hare unirude duntes wið {125} mealles
istelet. [&] wið hare eawles gled{}reade hare dustlunges. as þah
hit were a pilche{}clut euchan towart oðer imisliche pinen.
O helle deaðes hus. wununge of wanunge. of grure ant of
granunge. heatel [f. 75v] ham. [&] heard wan. of alle wontreaðes.
buri of bale. [&] bold of eau{er} euch bitternesse . þu laðest
lont of alle. þu dorc stude ifullet {130} of alle dreorinesses.
Ich cwakie of g{ri}sle [&] of grure. [&] euch ban schekeð me. [&] euch
her me rueð up of þi munegunge. for nis þer na steuene bi{t}uhhe
þe fordemde bute wu{m}me. [&] wa is me. [&] wa beo þe. [&] wa beo þe.
wa ha [gh]eieð. [&] wa ha habbeð ne of al [þ/] eau{er} wa is{;} ne
schal ha{m} neau{er} wontin. þe swuch wununge of earneð. for ei
hwilinde {135} blisse her o þisse worlde{;} wel were him [gh]ef [þ/]
he neau{er} ibore nere. bi þis [gh]e mahen sumdel witen hwuch is
helle. for i{}wis ich habbe þrin isehen a þusent siðe wurse. [&]
from þeonne kimeð deað wið a þusent deoflen hiderwart as ich
seide. ant ich com þ{us} q{uo}ð fearlac forte warnin ow fore{;}
[&] tellen ow þeos tidinges. {140}
[Linenote:
133. _bicuhhe_ MS.]
++Nv lau{er}d godd q{uo}ð warschipe wardi us [&] werie. [&] rihte us
[&] reade hwet us beo to donne. ant we beon þe warre [&] wakere to
witen us on euch half under godes wengen. [gh]ef we wel werieð [&]
witeð ure hus [&] godes deore tresor [þ/] he haueð bitaht us{;} cume
deað hwen he wule. Ne þurue we nowðer beon `of´dred for hire.
ne {145} for helle. for ure deað bið deore godd [&] i{n}{}[gh]ong in
to heouene. of þeos fikelinde world{;} ne of hire false blisse :
ne neome we neau{er} [gh]eme. for al [þ/] is on eorðe. nis bute as a
schadewe{;} for al wurðeð [f. 76r] to noht bute [þ/] deore tresor
godes deorewurðe feh [þ/] is us bitaht to witene. Ich habbe
þeruore sar care for ich iseo seið warschipe hu þe {150} unwhiht
wið his ferd ase liun iburst. [gh]eað abuten ure hus sechinde
[gh]eornliche hu he hit forswolhe. [&] tis ich mei seið warschipe
warnin ow of his lað [&] for his wrenches. ah ich ne mei nawt
a[gh]eines his strengðe.
[Linenotes:
142. _donne_] the second _n_ corr. out of _t_. || 145. _of_ over
_[a.]_ MS.]
[[Linenote 142 was printed out of sequence, after 159.]]
++Do nu q{uo}ð strengðe. warschipe suster [þ/] te limpet to þe [&]
warne us of his wiheles. for of al his strengðe ne drede {155}
we nawiht. for nis his strengðe noht wurð bute hwer{}se he
ifindeð eðeliche. [&] wake unwarnede of treowe bileaue. þe apostle
seið. Etstont. þen feont. [&] he flið anan riht. schulde we þenne
fleon him? [gh]e nis godd ure scheld. [&] alle beoð ure wepnen of his
deore g{ra}ce. ant godd is on ure half. [&] stont bi us ifehte.
[gh]ef he schute {160} towart me wið weole [&] wunne of þe world. wið
este of flesches lustes. of þulliche nesche wepnen ich mahte
carien summes weis. ah ne mei me na þing heardes offearen. ne
nowcin. ne na wone falsi min heorte ne wursi mi bileaue towart
him [þ/] [gh]eueð me alle mine strengðen.
[Linenote:
159. _[gh]enis_ MS.]
++For ba me ah. q{uo}ð meað. ant for heart of nowcin. [&] for wone
of {165} wunne dreden. [&] carien. for moni for to muchel heard of
wa [þ/] he d`r´eheð. for[gh]et ure lau{er}d. ant ma þah for nesche
ant for flesches licunge for [f. 76v] [gh]emeð ham ofte. bituhhen
heard [&] nesche. bituhhe wa of þis world ant to muche wunne.
bituhhe muchel [&] lutel is in euch worldlich þing þe middel wei
[gh]uldene. [gh]ef we hire haldeð {170} þenne gawe sikerliche ne þerf
us nowðer for deað ne for deouel dreden. hwet{}se beo of heardes
ne drede ich nawiht nesches for ne mei·na wunne. ne na flesches
licunge ne licomlich este bringe me ou{er} þe midel of mesure. [&]
of mete.
[Linenotes:
166. _ca[r.]ien_ MS. || 170. _we_] _we[i.]_ MS.]
++Rihtwissnesse spekeð nu. Mi sust{er} ha seið warschipe þe
haueð {175} wit. [&] schad bituhhe god. [&] uuel. [&] wat hwet is in
euch þing{e} to cheosen [&] to schunien{;} readeð us [&] leareð
forte [gh]eme lutel alle fallinde þing. [&] witen warliche þeo þe
schulen á lesten. [&] seið as ha soð seið [þ/] þurh unweotenesse ne
mei ha nawt sunegin. [&] tah nis nawt siker of þe unwihtes
strengde as þeo þe halt hire wac {180} þah ha beo muche wurð. [&]
ure alre ehnen demeð hire unmihti onont hire seoluen to
etstonden wið his. t{ur}nes [&] deð ase þe wise. Mi sust{er}
strengðe is swiðe bald. [&] seið [þ/] nawiht heardes ne mei hire
offearen. ah þah ha ne trust nawt on hire ahne wepnen{;} ah deð
o goðes g{ra}ce [&] [þ/] ich demi riht [&] wisdom to donne. Mi {185}
þridde sust{er}. meað spekeð of þe middel sti. bituhhe riht [&]
luft [þ/] lut cunnen halden. [f. 77r] [&] seið inesche ha is bald. [&]
heard mei hire offearen. [&] for{}þi ne [gh]elpeð ha of na sikernesse
ant deð as þe wise.
Mi meoster is to do riht forte demen ant ich deme me seolf [þ/]
ich þurh me ne do hit nawt{;} for al [þ/] god is of godd [þ/] we
her {190} habbeð. Nu is riht þenne [þ/] we demen us seolf eau{er}
unmihtie to werien [&] to witen us oðer ei god to halden wið ute
godes helpe. Þe rihtwise godd wule [þ/] we demen us seolf eðeliche
[&] lahe. Ne beo we neau{er} swucche{;} for þenne demeð he us
muche wurð [&] gode ant halt for his dehtren. for þah mi forme
sust{er} war beo of euch uuel{;} {195} ant min oðer strong beo
to [gh]eines euch nowcin{;} ant mi þridde meaðul in alles cunnes
estes{;} [&] ich do riht [&] deme. bute we wið al þis milde beon [&]
meoke{;} [&] halden us wake. godd mei mid rihte fordemen us of al
þis þurh ure prude. ant for{}þi is riht dom þet we al ure god
þonkin him ane. +W+jit þe husebonde godes cunestable hereð {200}
alle hare sahen [&] þonkeð god [gh]eorne wið swiðe glead heorte of se
riche lane as beoð þeos sustren his fowr dehtren [þ/] he haueð
ileanet him on helpe forte wite wel [&] werien his castel. [&] godes
deorewurðe feh. [þ/] is biloke þrinne.
++Þe willesfule husewif halt hire al stille. ant al [þ/] hird [þ/]
ha wes {205} i wunet to dreaien eft{er} hire{;} turneð [f. 77v]
ham treowliliche to wit hare lau{er}d. [&] to þeos fowr sustren.
+V+mben ane stunde spekeð eft warschipe. [&] seið ich iseo a sonde
cumen swide gledd icheret. feier [&] freolich [&] leofliche aturnet.
let him in seið wit [gh]ef godd wule he bringeð us gleade tidinges.
ant [þ/] us were muche {210} neod. for fearlac deaðes sonde haueð
wið his{;} offearet us swiðe mid alle. warschipe let him in. [&]
he gret wit þen lau{er}d. [&] al [þ/] hird seoðen. wið lahhinde
chere. ant ha [gh]eldeð him his gretunge. [&] beoð alle ilihtet [&]
igleadet ham þu{n}cheð of his on{}sihðe. for al [þ/] hus schineð.
[&] schimmeð of his leome. he easkeð ham [gh]ef ham biluueð to {215}
heren him ane hwile. [gh]e q{uo}ð ha rihtwisnesse. wel us biluueð
hit. [&] wel is riht [þ/] we þe liðeliche lustnin.
++Hercnið nu þenne he seið. [&] [gh]eornliche understondeð. [I]ch am
murðes sonde. [&] munegunge of eche lif. ant liues luue i{}haten [&]
cume riht from heouene [þ/] ich habbe isehen nu ant ofte ear {220}
þe blisse [þ/] na monnes tunge ne mei of tellen. þe iblescede godd
iseh ow offruhte. [&] sumdel drupnin of [þ/] fearlac talde of deað.
[&] of helle. ant sende me to gleadien ow. nawt for{}þi [þ/] hit ne
beo al soð [þ/] he seide. [&] [þ/] schulen alle uuele fondin. [&]
ifinden. Ah [gh]e wið þe fulst of godd ne þurue na þi{n}g dreden
for he sit on [f. 78r] he [þ/] is {225} ow on helpe. [&] is al
wealdent [þ/] haueð ow to witene.
++A seið warschipe welcume liues luue. ant for þe luue of godd
seolf [gh]ef þu eauer sehe him{;} tele us sumhwet of him. [&] of his
eche blisse. [gh]e iseoð q{uo}ð liues luue{;} Murhdes sonde. Ich
habbe isehen him ofte nawt tah alswa as he is{;} for a[gh]ein þe
brihtnesse [&] te {230} liht of his leor. þe sunne gleam is dosc [&]
þuncheð a{}schadewe. ant for{}þi ne mahte ich nawt a[gh]ein þe
leome of his wlite lokin ne bihalden{;} bute þurh a schene
schawere bituhhe me [&] him [þ/] schilde mine ehnen. Swa ich habbe
ofte isehen þe hali þru{m}nesse. feader [&] sune. [&] hali gast.
þreo an unto{}dealet. ah lutle hwile ich mahte þolie {235} þe
leome. ah su{m}mes weis ich mahte bihalden ure lau{er}d ih{es}u
c{ri}st. godes sune [þ/] bohte us o rode. Hu he sit blisful on his
feader riht half [þ/] is al wealdent rixleð i [þ/] eche lit bute
linnunge. se unimete feier{;} [þ/] te engles ne beoð neau{er} ful
on him to bihalden. ant [gh]et ich iseh etscene þe studen of his
wunden. [&] hu he schaweð ham his {240} feader to cuðen hu he
luuede us [&] hu he wes buhsum to him þe sende him swa to alesen
us [&] bisecheð him a for mo{n}cu{n}nes heale.
[Linenotes:
229. After _habbe_, _him ofte_ deleted MS. || 234. _mine_ above
_meine_ MS.: after _habbe_, _ofsee_ deleted MS.]
++Eft{er} him ich iseh on heh ou{er} alle heouenliche þe eadi
meiden his moder marie i ne{m}pnet sitten in [f. 78v] a trone se
swiðe briht wid [gh]immes i stirret. [&] hire wlite se weoleful{;} [þ/]
euch eorðlich liht{;} is {245} þeoster þe[r]o{}[gh]eines. þear ich
iseh as ha bit hire deore wurðe sune se [gh]eornliche. [&] se
inwardliche for þeo [þ/] hire seruið. [&] he hire [gh]etteð blideliche
al [þ/] ha bi secheð. Þet liht þa ich ne mahte lengre þolien{;}
Ich biseh to þe engles [&] to þe archangles ant to þe oðre{;} þe
beoð buuen ham. iblescede gastes þe beoð a biuore godd [&] seruið
him {250} eau{er}. [&] singeð a unwergeð. Nihe wordes þer beoð. ah
hu ha beoð i{}ordret [&] sunderliche isette. þe an buue þe oðre. [&]
euchanes meoster were long to tellen. Se muche murhðe ich hefde
on hare on sihðe{;} [þ/] ne mahte `ich´ longe hwile elles hwider
lokin.
[Linenote:
245. After _se_, _wle_ deleted.]
+E+ft{er} ham ich iseh towart te p{at}riarches. [&] te
p{ro}ph{et}es þe makied swuch murhðe [þ/] ha {255} aren nuðe i [þ/]
ilke lont of blisse [þ/] ha hefden of feor igret ear on eorðe [&]
seoð nu al [þ/] isoðet. [þ/] ha hefden longe ear icwiddet of ure
lau{er}d as he hefde ischawed ha{m} igastelich sihðe. +I+ch iseh
þe apostles poure. [&] lah on eorðe. ifullet [&] bigoten al of
unimete blisse sitten i trones. ant al under hare uet [þ/] heh is
i þe worlde. [gh]arowe forte {260} demen i þe dei of dome kinges [&]
keiseres. [&] alle cunreadnes of alle cunnes ledenes. [f. 79r]
+I+ch biheolt te Martyrs. [&] hare unimete murhðe þe þoleden her
pinen. [&] deað for ure lau{er}d. [&] lihtliche talden to alles
cunnes neowcins. [&] eorðliche tintreohen a[gh]eines þe blisse [þ/]
godd in hare heorte schawede ham to cumene.
[Linenote:
255. _ha_] _ha ha_ MS.]
+E+ft{er} ham {265} ich biheolt þe cunfessurs hird þe liueden
igod lif. [&] haliche deiden. þe schineð as doð steorren iþe eche
blissen. [&] seoð godd in his wlite [þ/] haueð alle teares iwipet of
hare ehnen. +I+ch iseh [þ/] schene [&] [þ/] brihte fer`r´eden of þe
eadi meidnes ilikest towart engles. ant feolohlukest wið ham
blissin [&] gleadien. þe libbinde iflesche ou{er}gað {270}
flesches lahe ant ou{er}cumeð cunde þe leadeð heouenlich lif in
eorðe as ha wunieð hare murhðe. [&] hare blisse. þe feierl`e´ac of
hare wlite. þe swetnesse of hare song{;} ne mei na tunge tellen.
Alle ha singeð þe þer beoð. Ah hare song ne mahe nane buten heo
singen. Se swote sme`a´l ham folheð hwider{}se ha wendeð. [þ/] me
mahte libben {275} aa bi þe swotnesse. hwam se heo bisecheð
fore{;} is sikerliche iborhen. for a[gh]ein hare bisocnen{;} godd
him seolf ariseð [þ/] alle þe oðre halhen sittende ihereð.
[Linenotes:
266. _cunfessurs_] _urs_ above _[o.][r.][e.][s.]_ MS.]
++Swiðe wel q{uo}ð warschipe likeð us [þ/] tu seist. Ah nu þu
hauest se wel iseið of euch a setnesse{;} of þe seli sunder
lepes sumhwet sei {280} us nu hwuch blisse is to alle iliche
meane{;} [&] liues luue hire ondswereð. [f. 79v] Þe imeane blisse
is seouenfald. lengðe of lif. wit. [&] luue. [&] of þe luue a
gleadunge. wið{}ute met murie. loft song. [&] lihtschipe. ant
sikernesse. is þe seoueðe. þah ich þis seið warschipe sumdel
understonde{;} þu most unwreo þis witerluker [&] openin to þeos
oðre. {285} ant hit schal beon seið liues luue warschipe as þu
wilnest.
++Ha liuieð á in awlite. [þ/] is brihtre seoueuald. [&] schenre þen
þe sunne. ant eau{er} in a strengðe to don buten euch swinc al
[þ/] ha wulleð. [&] eau{er} mare in a steal in al [þ/] eauer god is
wið{}ute wonunge. wið{}uten euch þing [þ/] mahe hearmin oðer
eilin. {290} in al [þ/] eau{er} is. softe oðer swote. [&] hare lif
is godes sihðe. [&] godes cnawlechunge as ure lau{er}d seide. [þ/]
is q{uo}ð he eche lif to seon [&] cnawen sod godd. [&] him [þ/] he
sende ih{es}u c{ri}st ure lau{er}d to ure alesnesse [&] beoð for
þi ilich him iþe ilke wlite [þ/] he is. for ha seoð him as he is.
nebbe to nebbe.
[Linenote:
291. After _[&] godes_, an erasure MS.]
+H+a beoð se wise [þ/] ha witen {295} alle godes reades. his runes
[&] his domes þe derne beoð. [&] deopre þen eni sea dingle. ha seoð
igodd alle þing. [&] witen of al [þ/] is [&] wes [&] eau{er} schal
iwurden. hwet hit beo. hwi. [&] hwerto [&] hwer{}of hit bigunne.
+H+a luuieð god wið{}ute met. for [þ/] ha understondeð hu he haueð
bi ham idon þurh his muchele godlec [&] hwet ha ahen his {300}
deorewurde milce to [gh]elden. ant euch{}an luueð oðer ase muchel
as him seoluen.
+S+e gleade ha beoð of godd{;} [þ/] al is hare blisse. se muchel
[f. 80r] [þ/] ne mei hit munne na muð. ne spealie [na speche] for
þi [þ/] euchan luueð oðer as him seoluen. Euchan haueð of odres
god ase muche murhðe as of his ahne. bi þis [gh]e mahen seon [&]
witen. {305} [þ/] euchan haueð sunderlepes ase feole
gleadschipes{;} as ha beod monie alle. [&] euch of þe ilke
gleadschipes is to eau{er} euch{}an ase muche gleadunge{;} as
his ahne sunderliche. [gh]et ou{er} al þis. hwen euchan luueð godd
mare þen him seoluen. [&] þen alle þe odre{;} mare he gleadeð of
godd wið{}uten ei etlunge þen of his ahne gleadunge. {310} [&] of
alle þe oðres. Neomeð nu þenne [gh]eme [gh]ef neau{er} anes heorte ne
mei in hire [und]eruon hire ahne gleadunge sunderliche. [iseide.
se unim]ete muchel is þe anlepi blisse. [þ/] ha nimeð i[n] hi[re]
þus monie. [&] þus muchele. for{}þi seide ure lau{er}d to þeo þe
him hefden icwemet.
[Linenotes:
303. This leaf of the MS. defective. || 312, 313. MS. defective
here. ]
_Intra in gaudiu{m}. et c'._ Ga q{uo}ð he in{}to þi {315}
lau{er}des blisse. þu most al gan þrin. ant al beon bigotten
þrin for in þe ne mei hit nanesweis neomen in. her{}of ha herieð
godd [&] singeð á un{}werget eau{er} iliche lusti in þis loft
songes. as hit iwriten is. _Beati q{ui} habitant. et c'._ Eadi
beoð þeo lau{er}d. þe iþin hus wunieð. ha schulen herien þe from
[worlde i{n}to worlde].
+H+a beoð {320} alle ase li[hte [&] ase swifte as þe sunne.] gleam
þe sc[heot from est into west. ase þin ehe[f. 80v]lid tuneð ant
openeð for hwer se eau{er} þe gast wule þe bodi is anan{}riht
wið{}ute lettunge. for ne mei ham na þing a[gh]eines etstonden. for
euch{}an is al{}mihti to don al [þ/] he wule. [gh]e makie to cwakien
heouene ba [&] eorðe wið his an finger. {325} +S+ikere ha beoð of
al þis. of þulli lif. of þulli wit. of þulli luue [&] gleadunge
þrof. [&] of þulli blisse. [þ/] hit ne me neauer mare lutlin ne
wursin. ne neome nan ende. þis lutle ich habbe iseid of [þ/] ich
iseh in heouene ah nower neh ne{}{s}eh ich al. ne [þ/] [gh]et [þ/] ich
[iseh. ne] ne con ich half tellen.
[Linenotes:
320-2. MS. defective here and at ll. 337-9. || 329. _seh_]
_neh_ MS.]
+W+it{er}[liche quoð] warschipe. wel we understondeð {330} [þ/] tu
hauest ibeo þear [&] soð hauest iseid trof. eft{er} þi sihðe. ant
wel is him [þ/] is war. [&] bisið him hu he mahe beast halden his
hus [þ/] godes tresor is in a[gh]eines godes unwine þe weorreð þer
towart a wið unþeawes. for þet. schal bringen hi{m} þider as he
schal. al þis [þ/] tu hauest ispeken of an hundret siðe mare of
blisse buten euch bale {335} folhin [&] ifinden. Q{uo}ð strengðe
hwen hit swa is{;} hwet mei tweamen us from godd [&] hald[en us
þeonne. ich] am siker ine godd. [[þ/] ne schal lif ne deað{;} ne
wa] ne wunne nowðer [to dealen us ant his luue. ah al þis] us
haueð igarc [f. 10r] ket. [gh]ef we as treowe tresures witeð wel
his tresor [þ/] is bitaht us to{}halden. as we schulen ful wel
undeR his wengen. {340}
[Linenotes:
339. MS. Bod. ends with _igarc_; the rest is from MS. Royal
17 A 27.]
++Varpeð ut quoð warschipe{;} farlac ure fa. nis nawt riht [þ/] an
hus halde þeos tweien. for þeR as murðes sonde is{;} [&] soð luue
of eche lif. farlac is fleme. nu ut quoð strenðe farlac ne
schaltu na leng{er}e leuen in uRe ende. nu q{uo}ð `he´ ich seide
for god al [þ/] ich seide. [&] þah hit muri nere nes na lessere mi
tale þe{n} wes murhðes {345} sondes ne unbihefre to ow. þah hit
ne beo so licwurðe ne icweme. Eiðer of ow haueð his stunde to
speokene. ne nis i{n}ckeR noðres tale to schunien in his time.
þu warnest of wa. he telleð of wunne. muche neod is [þ/] me ow ba
[gh]eornliche hercni. Flute nu faRlac þah. hwil liues luue is
heRinne. [&] þole wið efne heorte þe dom of rihtwisnesse. {350}
for þu schal[t]. ful bliðeliche beon under{}fon in as ofte as
liues luue stutteð forto spekene.
++Nv is wil [þ/] husewif al stille. [þ/] eR wes so willesful.
Al{}ituht efter wittes wissunge [þ/] is husebonde. [&] Al [þ/] hird
halt him stille. [þ/] wes i{}wunet to beon fulitohen [&] don efteR
wil haRe lefdi. Ant {355} nawt efteR wit{;} lustneð nu his lare.
[&] fondeð eueR euchan efteR [þ/] him limpeð to. þ{urh} þeos twa
sonden. [þ/] ha i{}heRd habbeð. [&] [þ/] fowr sustren lerden þruppe
for euch unþeawes in[gh]ong his warde te witene. ant{}te waRden
treowliche. [f. 10v]
++Þvs ah mon te þenchen ofte Ant ilome. Ant wið þulliche
þohtes {360} awecchen his heorte. þe islep of [gh]emeles for{}[gh]et
hire sawle heale. efter þeos twa sonden. +F+rom helle sihðe
biseon{;} to þe blisse of heouene. To habben farlac of [þ/] an{;}
luue toward [þ/] oðeR. ant leaden him ant hinen. [þ/] beoð his limen
alle. nawt efteR wil þe untohe lefdi [&] his lust leareð. ah efteR
[þ/] wit wule [þ/] is husebonde. tuhten [&] teachen [þ/] wit ga {365}
eueR biuore ant teache wil efter him. to al [þ/] he dihteð [&] demeð
to donne. ant wið þe fowR sustren{;} þer{}fore þe fowr heued
þeawes. WaRschipe. Strencðe in godd. Ant Með. Ant
+R+ihtwisnesse. witen godes treosor [þ/] is his ahne sawle. iþe
hus of þe bodi{;} from þe þeof of helle. þulli þoht makeð mon te
fleon alle unþeawes ant ontent his {370} heorte toward þe blisse
of heouene. [þ/] ure lauerd [gh]eue us þ{urh} his hali milce [þ/] wið
þe fedeR. ant e sune a{n}t e hali gast rixleð in þreo had á
buten ende. AMEN.
+P+ar seinte charite biddeð a pateR nost{er} for iohan [þ/] þeos
boc w{ra}t. {375}
++Hwa se þis writ haueð ired.
+A+nt crist him haueð swa isped.
+I+ch bidde p{ar} seinte charite.
+Þ+et [gh]e bidden ofte for me.
+A+a p{ate}R n{oste}R. ant aue maRie. 380
+Þ+et ich mote [þ/] lif heR drehen.
+A+nt ure lauerd wel i{}cwemen.
+I+ Mi [gh]uheðe [&] in min elde.
+Þ+et ich mote ih{es}u crist mi sawle [gh]elden.