me 5 to draghen 12 hine 13 wes se 7 3 tha1 he hefede' ther ane hwile istonde,' tha bicom his licome swithe feble, and • nom 10 11 and caste in to him for rapes ut of thisse pütte. Ah 14 his licome 7 15 swithe 8 feble thet he ne mihte noht 18 itholie 17 the herdnesse 18 of the rapes. Tha sende me clathes 19 ut of thes 20 kinges huse for to bi-winden " the rapes, thet his licome, the 22 feble wes, ne sceolde 23 noht wursien." Leofemen,25 theos ilke weord 28 the 22 ic 20 habbe 30 her i-seid 31 habbeth muchele 32 bi-tacnunge, and god 7 5 33 26 27 34 ha 35 beoth 30 to heren and muchele betere to et-halden.37 56 54 15 38 22 Bi Jeremie the prophete we aghen 3 to understonden ülcne 39 mon sünfulle 40 thet lith in hevie sünne and thurh sothe "scrift 2 his sünbendes 13 nüle "slakien." Funiculi amaritudines penetencie significant. The the rapes weren i-cast to him bi-tacneth 16 the herdnesse of scrifte 42; for nis "7 nan 48 of us se strong the " hefde idon 50 thre hefed 51 sünnen thet his licome nere 52 swithe feble er 53 he hefde i-dreghen thet 55 scrift the 22 ther-to bilimpeth. Thas kinges hus bi-tacneth Hali Chirche. Tha clathes thet weren i-sende ut of thes kinges huse for to binden the rapes mid 57 bi-tacnet 58 the halie 5 ureisuns the 61 me singeth in halie chirche and the halie sacrame 62 sacreth 63 in 64 a-lesnesse 65 of mens the 61 alla sünfulle. Leofemen, nu ye habbeth i-herd of this pütte the bi-tacninge the ic habbe embe i-speken and the bi-tacninge of the prophete and thet" the rapes bi-tacneth, and hwat " tha clathes bi-tacneth the 19 the rapes weren mide57 bi-wunden. I-hereth" nuthe" whülche" thinges wunieth 73 in thisse pütte. Ther wunieth fower 74 cünnes 75 würmes inne," thet for-doth 78 nuthe " al theos midelard." 14 he mare strengtheth him to swimminde mid 10 the watere, se 17 he mare swimmeth abac.18 And the alde crabbe seide to the yunge, 19" Hwi ne swimmest thu forthward in there i sea alse 14 other fisses doth?" And heo 20 seide, "Leofe " moder, swim thu foren "2 me and tech me hu 23 ic scal 24 swimmen forthward." And heo 20 bigon to swimmen forthward mid the streme, and swam hire 25 therayen." Thas 27 faghe neddre3 bi-tacneth this faghe folc 28 the 29 wuneth in thisse weorlde, [etc.] On alre-erest,31 hwon 32 ye schulen 33 to oure parlures thürle," iwiteth 37 et 38 ower 34 meiden 39 hwo hit 40 beo "thet is icumen,“ vor 13 swüch “ hit mei 45 beon 46 thet 49 and hwon ou; alles 51 vorth, ye creoiseth 53 ful yeorne 54 our muth, earen, and eien, and te "7 breoste eke; and goth forth mid Godes drede to preoste. On erest 60 siggeth" confiteor," and ther-efter benedicite. Thet 64 he ouh 65 to siggen, hercneth his wordes, and sitteth al stille, thet, hwon 32 he parteth vrom ou, 68 thet he ne cunne 69 ower god 70 ne ower üvel "nouther; ne he ne cunne ou nouther" blamen ne preisen. Sum 73 is so spotted * adders s yellow 1 when 2 had 3 4 bear stood then became 7 body one, they (indefinite) 10 took 11 17 endure 15 16 not ropes 18 12 draw hardness 10 fish 16 with 1in (to be taken with Ther) • their poison 11 the 12 such 18 aback 7 toads 18 nature 14 as 19 20 she 21 dear 26 against 29 that 20 the (gen. s.) 21 wind about 14 but 19 cloths 23 should 24 grow worse, suffer 28 words 29 I 30 have 32 much 33 meaning, significance 34 39 each 40 sinful 41 true 42 confes sion, penance 43 sin-bonds 44 will not 45 loosen 50 done ere, 56 belongs 51 head, chief 52 were not, would not become 53 before 54 endured, performed 65 the 57 with 58 signifies holy 60 orisons, prayers one, they (indefinite) 63 celebrate(s) 64 for 61 that 65 22 before 23 how 31 first of all 36 window 45 may 89 maid 40 it 41 is 46 be 47 shall, ought to 48 shun, avoid 49 you (reflexive, not to be translated) 50 by all means or necessarily 51 must [go] 82 forth, i.e. out of your dwelling cross, i.e. bless with the sign of the cross 64 zealously mouth 67 the, i.e. your eyes 60 first 61 (Imper.) re 70 hear 62 67 about 68 spoken 69 what 72 what sort of 73 dwell 74 four 75 kinds 77 in (to be taken with Ther) 78 destroy 71 76 reptiles 79 world 59 the priest 56 as are some of the other verbs in -eth) of confession 63 a canticle or hymn: Lord!" that 08 64 what 06 65 ought say 70 58 go say (Imperative, 62 the formula "Bless ye the 67 that, in order good 71 evil 72 neither 73 one . 38 16 7 4 35 31 40 wel ilered 'other' se' wis-iworded, thet heo' wolde thet he wüste hit; the' sit' 10 and speketh touward him, and yelt " him word ayein 12 word, and bicumeth meister,13 the schulde beon ancre; and leareth 14 him thet is icumen 15 to leren 18 hire: 17 wolde 18 bi hire tale sone beon mit 20 te wise icüd 21 and icnowen." Icnowen heo is wel, vor 23 thurh thet ilke thet heo weneth 25 to beon 26 wis iholden," he understont 28 thet heo is sot.29 Vor heo hunteth efter pris,30 and keccheth lastunge. Vor et 32 te 33 laste, hwon * he is iwend 3 a-wei, "Theos ancre," he wüle 37 siggen,38 "is of muchele 3 speche." Eve heold ine paraïs longe tale" mid 20 te neddre," and tolde hire 17 al thet lescun 43 thet God hire hefde 44 ilered 45 and Adam of then 33 epple; and so the veond1o thurh hire word understod an-on-riht 7 hire wocnesse, 48 and ivond 49 wei touward hire of hire vorlorenesse.50 Ure 51 Lefdi,52 Seinte Marie, düdeal an other wise: ne tolde heo then 33 engle " none tale, auh askede him thing scheortliche " thet heo ne kuthe.58 Ye, mine leove" süstren, voleweth" Ure 51 Lefdi, and nout 61 the kakele Eve. Vor-thi 63 ancre, hwat-se" heo beo, alse" muchel 30 ase heo ever con "7 and mei, holde hire 68 stille: nabbe 69 heo nout henne 70 künde." 71 The hen, hwon heo haveth ileid, ne con 67 buten 56 kakelen.73 And hwat biyit 4 heo ther-of? Kumeth" the coue" anon-riht" and reveth " hire hire eiren,' and fret " al thet of hwat 80 heo schulde vorthbringen hire cwike 81 briddes; 82 and riht also 83 the lüthere coue, deovel, berth a-wei vrom the kakelinde ancren and vorswoluweth 88 al thet 33 god " thet heo istreoned" habbeth,"1 thet schulden ase" briddes beren ham up tou 72 67 79 54 1 taught 89 87 74 65 62 priest should know 12 against, for 13 master 14 teacheth 15 17 her 18 she would 19 soon 16 teach 20 with 21 recognized 22 known 23 for 24 very thing 25 thinks, expects 26 be 27 held 28 understands 20 foolish 30 praise 31 blame 36 this 87 will 41 talk 42 adder, ser 22 at say 38 pent 33 the 39 much 43 lesson 34 when 35 turned 40 paradise 44 had 45 taught 46 fiend 47 at 49 found 50 perdition 51 Our 52 Lady 63 did 54 all, entirely 55 angel 56 but 57 briefly once 48 weakness 58 knew 59 dear 63 therefore be 66 as 60 follow 61 not what-so, i.e. whosoever 67 can 62 chattering 65 be, may 68 herself 60 have not (hortative 72 hath 73 cackle 74 ob Subj.) 70 hen's 71 nature 75 cometh 76 chough 79 eats 84 wicked lows up 91 them 77 takes from 78 eggs 83 SO young 85 the devil 86 bears 87 cackling 88 swal0 produced 91 has 92 as 93 bear 89 good ward heovene, yif hit nere' icakeled. The wrecche peoddare more noise he maketh to yeien his sope then a riche mercer al his deorewurthe ware. 7 To summe gostliche thet ye beoth trusti uppen, ase ye muwen "beon of lüt,12 god 3 is thet ye asken red" and salve,15 thet he teche ou toyeines 10 fondunges, and ine schrifte 18 scheaweth 19 him, yif he wüle iheren,20 ower greste 22 and ower lodlükeste sünnen, vor-thi-thet him areowe ou; 25 and thurh the bireounesse 20 crie Crist inwardliche 27 merci vor ou, and habbe 28 ou ine münde 29 and in his bonen.30 Sed multi veniunt ad vos in vestimentis ovium; intrinsecus autem sunt lupi rapaces. "Auh 31 witeth 32 ou, and beoth iwarre,' "34 he seith, ure Loverd, "vor monie " cumeth to ou ischrud 37 mid lombes fleose,38 and beoth 39 wode 40 wulves." Worldliche men ileveth" lüt; "2 religiuse yet lesse. Ne wilnie ye nout to muchel hore 44 kuthlechunge." Eve withute drede spec mit te neddre. Ure 35 Lefdi 47 was ofdred 48 of Gabrieles speche. Ure deorewurthe Lefdi, Seinte Marie, thet ouh ❝ to alle wümmen beon vorbisne,50 was of so lüte speche thet nouhware "1 ine Holi Write ne ivinde we thet heo spec" bute vor 53 sithen; 54 auh 31 for 55 the seldspeche" hire wordes weren hevie," and hefden 58 muche mihte. Hire vorme 59 wordes thet we redeth of weren tho 60 heo onswerede then engle Gabriel, and theo weren so mihtie thet mid tetthet heo seide, Ecce ancilla Domini; fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum, et tisse 65 worde Godes sune and soth 66 God bicom 67 mon; and the Loverd, thet al the world ne mühte 68 nout bivon," bitünde him" withinnen the meidenes 72 wombe Marie. Hire othre 73 wordes weren thoa 60 heo 75 Elizabeth hire mowe; com and grette and hwat mihte, wenest-tu," was icüd "ine theos "2 time thet heo spec," thet was et te neoces, and ther, thurh hire bone,' was water iwend to wine. The veorthe time was thoa". heo hefde1 10 imist 11 hire sune, 12 and eft 13 hine 14 ivond.15 And hu muchel wunder voluwede.16 theos wordes! Thet God almihti beih 17 him 18 to one monne,20 to one Ismithe, and to ane wümmone,21 and foluwude 16 ham,* ase 22 hore,23 hwüder-so 24 heo 25 ever wolden.26 Nimeth 27 her 20 yeme, 30 and leorneth yeorne 31 her-bi hu 32 seldcene 33 speche haveth muche strencthe. nu 28 19 29 19 31 NUNS MAY KEEP NO BEAST BUT A CAT 43 19 Ye, mine leove 34 süstren," ne schulen " habben37 no best,38 bute kat one. 39 Ancre 40 thet haveth eihte" thüncheth" bet 13 husewif," ase Marthe was, then ancre; 40 45 ne none-weis ne mei heo" beon " Marie mid grithfulnesse 48 of heorte. Vor theonne 40 mot 50 heo thenchen $1 of the kues 52 foddre, and of heordemonne 53 huire," oluhnen 55 thene 50 heiward," warien 58 60 the hermes.64 61 63 74 none hwon 50 me pünt hire, and yelden," thauh,63 Wat 65 Crist, this is lodlich thing hwon 59 me 60 maketh mone 67 in tune 68 of ancre "eihte." Thauh, yif 70 eni mot 50 nede habben "ku, loke " thet heo 40 monne ne eilie, 73 ne ne hermie; ne thet hire thouht ne beo 75 nout ther-on ivestned." Ancre ne ouh" nout to habben" no thing thet drawe78 utward hire heorte. None cheffare 79 ne drive ye. Ancre thet is cheapild," heo cheapeth hire soule the chepmon 82 of helle. Ne wite 83 ye nout in oure huse of other monnes thinges, ne eihte," ne clothes; ne nout ne undervo9 ye the chirche vestimenz, ne thene 87 84 85 81 Henr', bur312 godes fultume king on Engleneloande, Lhoauerd on Yrloand', Duk on Norm', on Aquitain', and eorl on Aniow, Send 15 igretinge 16 to alle hise holde,1 ilærde 18 and ileawede on Huntendon'schir'. witen 21 3e22 wel alle, þat we willen and vnnen 23 þæt þæt 25 rædesmen 20 alle, ober5 þe vre moare dæl of heom 30 þæt beob 31 ichosen bur3 vs and burz þæt loandes 32 folk on vre kuneriche, 33 habbeb 34 idon 35 and schullen 38 don 37 in be worpnesse 38 of gode 39 and on vre treowbe for be freme of be loande burz be 42 of þan 27 besi 3te to-foreniseide 3 redesmen," beo stedefæst and ilestinde" in alle pinge a 45 buten 40 ænde.47 And we hoaten 18 alle vre treowe, 19 in 12 be treowbe 40 þæt heo50 us ozen,$1 þæt heo stedefæstliche healden 52 and sweren to healden and to werien 53 po 27 isetnesses $4 þæt beon imakede and beon to makien $5 burg 12 þan 27 to-foren-iseide 3 rædesmen oper þurg þe moare dæl of heom,30 alswo alse 57 hit 58 is biforen iseid.59 And þæt æhc 60 oper helpe þæt for to done 37 bi þan ilche ope agenes alle men Rigt for to done 37 and to foangen.65 And noan 66 ne nime 7 of loande ne 68 of egte 9 wherþurg þis besigte muze 70 beon ilet 71 oper iwersed 72 on onie 73 wise. And gif 4 oni 75 oper onie cumen her-on genes, we willen and hoaten 48 þæt alle vre treowe 49 heom healden deadliche ifoan.78 And for þæt we willen þæt bis beo stedefæst and lestinde," we sended" gew 80 þis writ 1 chalice • make, cause 10 evil 18 greeting come 9 19 a 24 whitherso 18 sends they 26 would 27 take (Imperative) 28 now 29 here 19 unlearned 20 man 25 21 woman as 80 heed 31 well 32 how 33 42 36 shall 37 have 38 beast 39 39 only 43 rather 44 housewife 48 peacefulness 49 then seems 47 be 82 cow's 53 herdsmen's 61 impounds 62 65 knows 69 a nun's 74 harm 34 dear 35 sisters 41 property no-ways rare 40 a nun 45 54 hire 58 curse 60 must 58 flatter 69 when 63 nevertheless pay 66 hateful 46 she 51 think 50 the 60 one 64 damages 73 disturb 67 complaint 68 town, farm 71 have 72 look 75 be 76 fastened 77 ought 70 if 79 bargain 80 bargainer 81 sells 78 may draw 82 tradesman 83 keep, take care of 84 85 house 86 receive 87 the your 34 21 33 16 26 25 The lufe of Jhesu Criste es ful dere 10 tresure, ful delytabyl" joy, and ful syker 12 to trayst 13 man on. For-thi," he wil not gyf it to folys," that kan noght hald 1 it and kepe it tenderly; bot 7 til 18 thaim he gese 19 it the whilk 20 nowther " for wele ne for wa 22 wil lat 23 it passe fra tham, bot are " thai wil dye or thai wolde wrath Jhesu Criste. And na wyse man dose " precyous lycor in a stynkand vessell, bot in a clene. Als 28 Criste dose " noght his lufe in a foule hert in syn and bownden in vile lust of flesche, bot in a hert that es fayre and clene in vertues. Noght-for-thi," a fowle vessel may be made sa clene that a ful dere thyng savely 30 may be done tharin.32 And Jhesu Criste oft-sythes purges many synfull mans sawle and makes it abyl 35 thurgh his grace to receyve the delitabel" swetnes of hys luf, and to be his wonnyng-stede 36 in halynes; and ay 38 the clennar it waxes, the mare Forand solace of heven Criste settes thar-in. thi," at the fyrst tyme when a man es turned to God, he may not fele " that swete lycor til he have bene wele used in Goddes servys and his hert be purged thorow prayers and penance and gode thoghtes in God. For he that es slaw 43 in Goddes servyce may noght be byrnand" in lufe, bot-if he do al his myght and travell nyght and day to fulfill Goddes will. And when that blyssed lufe es in a mans hert, it will not suffer hym be ydel," bot ay it stirres hym to do som gode that myght be lykand " til God, as in praying, or in wirkyng 46 40 safe-keeping 18 to 24 sooner 42 39 37 joy 41 3 profitabel thynges, or in spekyng of Cristes passyon; and principally in thoght, that the mynde of Jhesu Criste passe noght fra his thoght. For if thou lufe hym trewly, thou wil glad the" in hym and noght in other thyng; and thou wil thynk on hym, kastand away al other thoghtes. Bot if thou be fals, and take other than hym, and delyte the in erthly thyng agaynes his wille, wit thou wele he will forsake the as thou hase done hyme, and dampne the for thi synne. ourselves the crowning is 10 precious 13 trust 14 therefore 15 fools 19 gives 26 no 21 neither 28 SO 20 which 27 puts 29 nevertheless 30 safely 31 32 therein 33 oft-times 35 able dwelling-place 37 holiness 88 ever 22 woe put 24 soul 29 more 40 feel 41 service ❝ burning 42 through 45 unless 40 labor 47 idle 43 slow 48 pleasing Wharfore, that thou may lufe hym trewly, understand that his lufe es proved in thre thynges; in thynkyng, in spekyng, in wirkyng. Chaunge thi thoght fra the worlde, and kast it haly on hym, and he sall norysche the." Chaunge thi mowth fra unnayte and warldes 10 speche, and speke of hym, and he sall comforth 12 the. Chaunge thi hend 13 fra the warkes 14 of vanitese, and lyft tham 15 in his name, and wyrke anly 18 for hys lufe, and he sall" receyve the. Do thus, and than lufes 17 thou trewly and gase 18 in the way of perfitenes. Delyte the sa 19 in hym that thi hert receyve nowther 20 worldes joy ne worldes sorow, and drede no anguys " ne noy 22 that may befalle bodyly on the or on any of thi frendes; bot betake 23 all in-til Goddes will and thank hym ay of all hys sandes," swa1 that thou may have rest and savowre in hys lufe. For if thi hert owther 25 be ledde with worldes drede or worldes solace, thou ert 20 full fer 2 fra the swetnes of Cristes lufe. . . . Wasche thi thoght clene wyth lufe-teres 28 and brennand 20 yernyng, that he fynd na 31 thyng fowle in the, for his joy es that thou be fayre and lufsom 32 in his eghen.33 Fayrehede 4 of thi sawle, that he covaytes, es that thou be chaste and meke, mylde and sufferand, never irk 35 to do his wille, ay hatand all wykkednes. In al that thou dose,36 thynk ay to com to the syght of his fairehede, 34 and sett al thine entent 37 thar-in, that thou may com thar-til 38 at thine endyng; for that aght 3 to be the ende of al oure traveyle, that we evermare, whils we lyve here, desyre that syght, in all oure hert, and a wilt ♦ casting vain 1 passion, suffering memory ō know 6 thee 7 hast 8 wholly 4 THE VOIAGE AND TRAVAILE OF SIR JOHN MAUNDEVILE, KT. FROM CHAP. IV that we thynk ay lang thar-till.' Als sa ' SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE? (D. 1371) festen in thi hert the mynd of his passyon and of his woundes: grete delyte and swetnes sal thou fele if thou halde thi thoght in mynde of the pyne that Cryst sufferd for the. I wate na thyng that swa' inwardly sal take thi hert to covayte Goddes lufe and to desyre the joy of heven and to despyse the vanitees of this worlde, as stedfast thynkyng of the myscheves and grevous woundes and of the dede of Jhesu Criste. It wil rayse thi thoght aboven erthly lykyng, and make thi hert brennand 10 in Cristes lufe, and purches in thi sawle delitabelte" and savoure of heven. 16 26 Bot per-aunter 12 thou will say: "I may noght despyse the worlde, I may not fynd it in my hert to pyne my body, and me behoves 13 lufe my fleschly frendes and take ese when it comes. If thou be temped" with swilk 15 thoghtes, I pray the that thou umbethynk the," fra the begynnyng of this worlde, whare 18 the worldes lovers er 19 now, and whare the lovers er of God. Certes thai war 20 men and wymen as we er, and ete and drank and logh; " and the wreches that lofed 22 this worlde toke ese til 23 thair body and lyved as tham lyst,24 in likyng of thair wikked will, and led thair dayes in lust and delyces; 25 and in a poynt 20 thai fel intil hell. Now may thou see that thai wer 20 foles and fowle glotons, that in a few 27 wasted endles joy that was ordand 28 yeres for tham if thai walde 29 have done penance for thair synnes. Thou sese 30 that al the ryches of this world and delytes vanys away and commes til noght. Sothely, 32 swa dose 38 al the lofers thar-of; for nathyng may stande stabely on a fals gronde. Thair bodys er gyn til wormes in erth, and thair sawles til the devels of hell. Bot all that forsoke the pompe and the vanite of this lyfe and stode stalworthly 30 agaynes all temptacions and ended in the lufe of God, thai ar now in joy and hase " the erytage 3 of heven, thar to won 39 with-owten end, restand "0 in the delyces" of Goddes syght. 38 ... 40 31 35 3 And from Ephesim Men gon' throghe many Iles in the See, unto the Cytee of Paterane, where Seynt Nicholas was born, and so to Martha, where he was chosen to ben Bisschoppe; and there growethe right gode Wyn and strong; and that Men callen Wyn of Martha. And from thens gon Men to the Ile of Crete, that the Emperour yaf * somtyme 5 to Janeweys. And thanne passen Men thorghe the Isles of Colos and of Lango; of the whiche And some Men Iles Ypocras was Lord offe. seyn,' that in the Ile of Lango is yit the Doughtre of Ypocras, in forme and lykeness of a gret Dragoun, that is a hundred Fadme of lengthe, as Men seyn: For I have not seen hire. And thei of the Isles callen hire, Lady of the Lond. And sche lyethe in an olde castelle, in a Cave, and schewethe "twyes or thryes in the Yeer. And sche dothe none harm to no Man, but-yif 12 Men don hire harm. And sche was thus chaunged and transformed, from a fair Damysele, in-to lyknesse of a Dragoun, be 13 a Goddesse, that was clept Deane. 15 And Men seyn, that sche schalle so endure in that forme of a Dragoun, unto the tyme that a Knyghte come, that is so hardy, that dar come to hire and kiss hire on the Mouthe: And then schalle sche turne ayen to hire owne Kynde," and ben a Woman ayen: But aftre that sche schalle not liven longe. And it is not long siththen,18 that a Knyghte of the Rodes, that was hardy and doughty in Armes, seyde that he wolde kyssen hire. And whan he was upon his Coursere, and wente to the Castelle, and entred into the Cave, the Dragoun lifte up hire Hed ayenst him. And whan the Knyghte saw hire in that Forme so hidous and so horrible, he fleyghe 20 awey. And the Dragoun bare" the Knyghte upon a Roche,22 mawgre his Hede; 23 and from that Roche, sche caste him in-to the See: and so was lost bothe Hors and Man. And also a yonge" Man, that wiste 25 not of the Dragoun, 11 1 14 16 8 19 go 2 be 3 thence 4 gave formerly, once upon a time the Genoese 7 say yet 9 fathom 10 land appears 12 unless 18 by 14 called 15 Diana 16 again, back 18 since 19 against 20 fled 21 bore 22 rock 23 despite his head (=despite all he could do) 24 young 25 knew 17 nature |