Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".

Go we now fyrþer [furþer O, forth a litil paas D.] on oure pas And tellë [telle we D.] more of oure trespas.
[On Witchcraft and Dreams.]
Ȝyf þou euer [euere O.] þurgh folye Dydyst ouȝt [oght O, dedyst ony n. D.] do nygrómauncy. Line 340 Or to þe deuyl dedyst [dedist to þe deule D.] sacryfyse Þurgh wychcraftys [wycchecraftys O, wycchecraft as þe on-wyse D.] asyse, Or any man ȝaf [ȝafe O, ȝaf D.] þe mede [folio 3a:2] For to reyse [reysyn D.] þe deuyl yn dede, Line 344 For to telle, or for to wrey, [or to be wreyȝe D.] Þyng þat þe [þat þe O, þat HD.] was don awey; [a weyȝe D.] Ȝyf þou haue do any [don ony D.] of þys, Þou hast synned & do [þan hast þou synnyd & don D.] a-mys, Line 348 And [And om. D.] þou art wurþy [wrþy O, wurþi D.] to be shent Þurgh þys yche [for brekyng of þis D.] commaundëment.
Ȝyf you yn swerd, oþer [or OD.] yn bacyn, Any chylde madyst [ony child dedyst D.] loke þeryn, Line 352 Or yn þumbe, [tombe D.] or yn cristal,— wycchëcraft [. . . fte O, wycchecraft D.] men clepyn [callyn D.] hyt al: [al OD, alle H.] Beleue nouȝt [noght O, trowe not D.] yn þe pyys cheteryng; [. . . nge O, pyȝes chateryng D.] Hyt ys no trouþe, but fals beleuyng. [. . . nge O, It ne is but fals & lesyng D.] Line 356 Many beleuyn [trowyn D.] yn þe pye: whan she comyþ [comþ H, comyþ O, quan he chateryth lowhe or hyȝe D.] lowe or hye Cheteryng, [Cheterynge O, þat cryȝith faste D.] and haþ no reste, þan sey [seye O, sey D.] þey we shul haue geste. [han a gest D.] Line 360 Manyon trowyn on [Harl. or, on O, of D.] here wylys, And many tymes þe pye hem gylys. [many on þe pyȝe be-gylys D.]
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Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".
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Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
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London :: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,
1901-[03].

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