Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".

Here douȝtyr was nat alle [not al D.] redy, Ne comë nat at here fyrst [& cam not at þe ferste D.] cry. Line 1264 Þe modyr þat sat in here baþ wax [wex D.] ful of ire and of wraþ, And cleþyd [clepede OD.] eft-sonys aftyr here, [. . hyre O, clepede hir hastyly D.] kursyng [Kursynge O.] with ryghte gretë yre, [waryed hir ful bitterly D.] Line 1268 And seyd, "þe devyl come on [sche seyde þe deuyl mote come with D.] þe, For, þou art nat redy to me." "And y am redy," seyd [þo seyde D.] þe deuyl, Line 1271 "To take þat þou me betaght [betakyst D.] with euyl." he flegh on herë [fley in-to hir D.] þere [þer.] she stode, And madë herë wytte [here of here wyt O, hir out of hir wit D.] al wode.
Þys godë man for a-nouþer þyng [made a gret spekyng D.] Tolde hyt oft [ofte.] yn hys prechyng, [þat non come nyȝe hire for no þing D.] Line 1276 Þat none durste speke with here syþyn But ȝyf [ȝyf om. D.] he werë clenë shryuyn; For [& D.] ȝyf he were yn dedely synne, Þe fendë [deuyl D.] þat was here with-ynne Line 1280 Made here seye hym so moche [dede hir seyn hym so mechil D.] shame Þat alle men wundred [þat alle wundredyn D.] on hys blame. And þat was preued with [be D.] many one Þat to þe holy lond was gone. Line 1284
Þerfore, ȝe chyldryn, before al þyng [þynge O, for alle þinge D.] Dredyþ ȝoure [ȝour O, ȝe D.] modrys warryng; [waryynge, glossed 'cursynge,' O; moderys waryynge D.] And, ȝe wyuys, þenkeþ on þys cas, werryþ nat [Waryyþ noghte O, waryyth not for a D.] for lytyl trespas. Line 1288 Þey þat wyl [wyle O, For ȝe þat wil D. D has in margin, 'be war of waryyng.'] gladly warye, hem warryþ [waryyþ O, warye hem D.] god & seynt marye. For ho-so haunteþ hyt [hauntyþ hyt O, it hawnte D.] comunly
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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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