Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".

And ley [leye O, leyn D.] hyt on hys fadyr for colde. Þe chylde [dede [dede D, om. HO.] ] as he bad hym do, Toke a sak [sake O.] & karf [karfe O.] hyt yn [he tok . . . on to D.] two. Line 1156 Hys fadyr spakë to hym ȝorne, [O. glossed 'vaste.' he seyde to þe child hym be-forn D.] "Sey, why hast þou þe [qwhy hast þou þus þis D.] sak shorne?" þe chylde answered hym [hym answerde D.] yn haste A wurdë þurgh þe holy gaste, [hely gast D.] Line 1160 "Þys dedë haue y do for þe; Gode ensample ȝyuyst [ȝyfst O, ȝeue D.] þou me How y shal serue þe yn þy [þyn O, þus schal I þe serue in þin D.] elde, whan þou, þy self, mayst nat [qwhan þou mayst not þe be D.] welde; Line 1164 Þys halfe sak [sake O.] shal lygge [lyn D.] þy fadyr aboue, And kepe þe touþer part [& I schal kepe þat oþer D.] to þy [þyn D.] behoue. [

D adds 2 lines:

þou must han nedis cloth & corn& I provyde for þe be-forn.
]
Vnkyndly þou techyst me þe [lernyst me to be D.] gode; Of unkynde cumþ vnkyndë [onkynde . comyþ onkynde D.] blode." Line 1168
[
This example were good to knowe.boþe for þe hyȝe & lowhe D.
] Þys ensample were gode [is good D.] to kone,
Boþe to þe fadyr & eke to [for þe fader & D.] þe sone. God ys noght payd, here [not plesyd as D.] we fynde, Þat þe sone to þe fadyr ys nat kynde. [þer þe . . . vnkynde D.] Line 1172 Þarfor spekþ [spekyþ O, seyth þe wyse D.] Salamon To fadrys & to husbandys echon, [euerychon.] 'Þe whylys þat ȝe may drawe ȝoure [ȝour O, qwhyl . . . ȝour ond D.] hand, Ne ȝyueþ neuer awey [ȝeue neuer a-wey al D.] ȝoure land, Line 1176 And make ȝoure [ȝow O, ȝour D.] self, sogettys to be [to be soget D.] To hem þat owyn ȝow seruee.' [serue O, to serue ȝow bet D. D again adds 2 lines: 'do be counseyl & make it sekyr; þat it be truly sauyd fro bekyr'; but then leaves out two, 1183-4, 'Ne þy . . a-ȝene.'] Anoþer wysdom a clerk vs telleþ, [folio 8b:2]
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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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