[[MS description from Notes volume:
"As for Sawles Warde. The text of this extract is from the Royal MS."]]
[Headnote: Clara per Progenitores]
[f. 11r] ++Constantin. ant Maxence weren on ane time as in keiseres
stude hehest i rome. ah constantin ferde þurh þe burhme{n}ne read
in{}to fronc{}londe. ant wunede summe hwiles þer for þe burhes
neode. ant Maxence storede þe refschipe in rome. weox umbehwiles
wreððe him bitweonen. ant comen to þe fehte. {5} þes maxence wes
ouercumen. ant fleh into alixaundre. Constantin walde efter. ant
warpen him þeonne. ah so wide him weox weorre on euch halue. ant
nomeliche in an lond y{li}rie hatte. [þ/] ter he etstutte. Þa
Maxence iherde þis{;} [þ/] he wes of him siker. ant of his cume
karles. warð king of þat lond [þ/] lei into rome. as duden
meast {10} alle þe oðere of þe world. bigon anan as wedwulf to
weorrin hali chirche. ant dreie{n} cristene men þe lut [þ/] ter
weren alle to heðenedom heðene as he wes.
[Linenote:
8. After _an_, _e_ erased: _[.y]rie_ MS.]
Summe þurh muchele [gh]eoue ant misliche meden. Summe þ{urh} farlac
of his fule þreates. Oleast wið stronge tintreo ant licomliche
pinen. Þe fif [&] þrittuðe [gh]er of his {15} rixlunge he set
okine{}seotle i þe moder{}burh [f. 11v] of alixaundres riche. he
sende heste. [&] bode so wide so [þ/] lond wes. [þ/] poure ba [&]
riche comen biuoren hi{m} to þe temple iþe tun of his heðene godes.
euchan wið his lac{;} forto wurgin ham wið. comen alle to his bode.
[&] euchan bi `hi´s euene biuoren Maxence seolf to wurgen his {20}
mawmez. þe riche roðeren [&] schep [&] bule hwa so mahte brohte to
lake. þe poure cwike briddes in þis ilke burh wes wuniende a
meide{n} swiðe [gh]ung of [gh]eres twa wone of twenti. feie`r´ [&]
freolich o wlite [&] o wastu{m}. ah [gh]et [þ/] wes mare wurð
steðeluest wið{}innen of treowe bileaue. anes kinges cost hehte
anlepi dohter icuret clergesse. kat{er}ine {25} inempnet.
[Linenote:
24. _wastun_ MS.]
þis meiden wes boðen federles [&] moderles of hire child-hade, ah
þah ha [gh]ung were{;} ha heold hire aldrene hird wisliche [&]
warliche iþe eritage. [&] iþe herd [þ/] com of hire burde. nawt for
{þ}i hire þuhte god to habben monie under hire [&] beon icleopet
lefdi [þ/] feole telleð wel to. ah ba ha wes offearet of scheome [&]
of sunne. {30} [þ/] þeo weren to{}dreuet oðer mis{}ferden [þ/] hire
forð-federes hefden ifostred. For hire seolf ne kepte heo nawt of þe
world. þ{us} lo for hare sake ane dale [f. 12r] heo et{}heold [of
hire eldrene god] [&] spende al [þ/] oðer in neodful [&] i{n}
nakede.
[Linenotes:
28. _[þ/]i_ MS. || 33. _of ... god_ from C.]
++Þeos milde meoke meiden þes lufsum lefdi mid lasteles lates
ne {35} luuede heo nane lihte plohen ne nane luue ronnes. nalde
heo nane songes. ne nane luue{}runes leornin ne lustnin ah eauer
ha hefde on hali{}writ ehnen oðer horte. oftest ba to gederes.
hire feder hefde iset hire earliche to leaf [&] to lare. [&] heo
underueng hit þ{urh} þen hali{}gast so wel [þ/] nan nes hire
euening{e}. Modie meistres [&] {40} feole fondeden hire ofte.
oswiðe feole halue forto under{}neomen hire. ah nes þer nan [þ/]
mahte neuer enes wrenchen hire mid al his crefti crokes ut of þe
weie. ah swa sone heo [gh]eld ham swucche [gh]ein cleppes. [&] wende
hare wiheles uppon ha{m} seoluen [þ/] al ha i{}cneowen ham crauant
[&] ouercumen. [&] cweðen hire þe meistrie [&] te menske al up. {45}
[Linenote:
35. After _lates_, _f_ erased.]
++Þus hwil ha wiste hire [&] þohte aa to witen hire meiden
i{}meiðhad. as ha set in a bur of hire burde boldes heo iherde a
swuch murhðe towart þe awariede mawmetes temple lowing{e} of [þ/]
ahte. luding{e} of þe men. gleowunge [f. 12v] of euch gleo to
herien [&] hersumin hare heðene godes. as ha þis iherde [&] nuste
[gh]et hwet hit wes. ha sende swiðe for {50} to witen hwet wunder
hit were. sone so hire sonde com a[gh]ein [&] seide hire [þ/] soðe{;}
heo swa itend of wreððe wes [þ/] wod ha wurðen walde. het up of
hire hird hwuch as heo walde ant wende hire þideward. ifont þer
swiðe feole [gh]einde [&] [gh]urinde. [&] þeotinde unþuldeliche wið
rewfule remes [þ/] cristene weren. [&] leafful in godes la[.y].
[Linenote:
53. After _of hire_, _[h.][a.] [w.]_ MS.]
ah for dred {55} of deað duden þes deouel[e]s lac as þe heðene
duden. hwa wes wurse þen hire heorte iwundet in{}wið for þe
wrecches [þ/] heo iseh wraðe werkes wurchen a[gh]eines godes wille.
þohte þah as heo wes þuldi [&] þolemod so [gh]ung þing as heo wes.
hwet hit mahte [gh]einen þah heo hire ane were a[gh]ein so kene
keisere [&] his kineriche. {60} stod stille ane hwile [&] hef hire
heorte up to þe hehe healent þe iheret is in heouene. bisohte
him help. [&] hap. [&] wisdom. as wisliche as al þe world is iwald
þ{urh} his wissunge. þrefter wepnede hire mid soðe bileaue. [&]
wrat on hire breoste ant biuoren hire teeð [&] tunge of hire muð
þe hali [f. 13r] rode taken. [&] com lepinde {65} forð al itend of
lei of þen hali gast. as þe keiser stod bimong þe su{n}ful slaht
of [þ/] islein ahte deoulen to lake [þ/] euch wariet weouet of þe
mix mawmez ron of [þ/] balefule blod al{}bi{}blodeget. [&] bigon to
[gh]eien ludere stefne.
[Linenote:
56. _þes þes_ MS.]
++Gretinge keiser walde. þe bi{}cumen for þin hehnesse [gh]ef þu
þis {70} il{k}e [gh]eld [þ/] tu dest to deouelen [þ/] for{}deð þe
baðe ilicom [&] i sawle{;} [&] alle [þ/] hit driueð. [gh]ef þu hit
[gh]ulde [&] [gh]eue to his wurðmunt þe scheop þe ant al þe world.
[&] al walt þ{urh} his wisdom. [&] al [þ/] ischapen is. ich walde
keiser igreten þe. [gh]ef þu understode [þ/] he him ane is to herien
þ{urh} hwam [&] under hwam {75} alle kinges rixleð. ne ne mei na
þing wið{}stonden his i{}wil. þah he muche þolie. þes heouenliche
lauerd luueð treowe bileaue. [&] nowðer blod ne ban of unforgult
ahte. ah [þ/] me halde [&] heie his halewunde heastes. Ne nis na
þing hwar þ{urh} monnes muchele medschipe wreððeð him wið mare þen
þe schaft of mon{;} [þ/] he scheop. [&] [gh]ef {80} schad ba of god
[&] of uuel þ{urh} wit [&] þ{urh} wisdom schal wurðen forð. ut of
his witte þ{urh} þe awariede gast [þ/] he [gh]elt þe wur [f. 13v]
ðmunt to unwitlese þing [þ/] te feont wuneð in. [þ/] he ahte to godd
[&] hereð [&] hersumeð seheliche schaftes [&] blodles [&] banles.
[&] leomen buten liue. as he schulde his [&] heoren. [&] alre þinge
schuppent [þ/] is {85} godd unsehelich.
[Linenote:
71. _ille_ MS.]
[Headnote: Claruit per Sacros Mores]
++Þe feont þe fint al uuel bimong alle his crokinde creftes. wið
neauer an ne keccheð he creftluker cang men ne leadeð to
unbileaue. þen [þ/] he makeð men. [þ/] ahten to witen wel. [þ/] ha
beoð bi{}[gh]etene. i{}borene [&] broht forð þ{urh} þe heoueneliche
feder{;} to makien {90} swucche mawmez of treo. oðer of stan.
oðer þ{urh} mare medschipe. of gold oðer of seoluer{;} [&] [gh]eouen
ham misliche nome. of sunne oðer of mone. of wind of wude. of
wettres. [&] hersumið. [&] wurgið as þah ha godes weren. ne naueð he
þurh oðer þing i þis bileaue ibroht ow bute [þ/] ow þuncheð [þ/] ha
schulden leasten aa. forþi [þ/] [gh]e ne schulen {95} ham neu{er}
biginnen. ah þer nis buten an godd þ{urh} hwam witerliche alle
weren i{}wrahte. [&] of nawt i þis woorld iset us forto frourin.
ant to fremien. [&] al{}swa as euch þing hefde biginnunge of his
godlec{;} al{}swa schulden alle habben endunge [gh]ef ha [þ/]
[f. 14r] walden. engles [&] sawlen þurh [þ/] ha bigunnen ahten [&]
mahten endin þurh cunde. {100} ah he þurh his milce. [&] godlec of
his grace makeð ham [þ/] ha beoð in eche buten ende. [&] ter uore
nis na þing euening. ne eche wið godd [þ/] [gh]e gremieð. for he is
hare alre schuppent. [&] scheop as in su{m} time. [&] na time nes
neauer [þ/] he ne bigon te beon in.