But heo parceyued sone hit, [(ut erat prudens et sollertis ingenii,) statim sensit insidias et, subridens, meum esse quod ille diceret intimavit. (Quid plura?)]
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Heo louh and seide hit was my wit
Þat þe pope Epiphayn
So schulde hire bidde and to hire sayn.
Whon i sauh þat heo so louh, [Cum beatus pontifex (engl. I, sc. Ierom) post multa horamenta exiisset foras, quaerenti mihi quid egisset, respondit: Tan|tum profeci ut ipsa mihi seni homini paene persuaserit ut vinum non bibam (der engl. Text setzt eine andere Lesart des Orig. voraus?]
Out of þe hous I me drouh.
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And whon þat i was out iworþe,
I abod til heo com forþe; [heo statt he?]
Þen I him asked hou he hedde isped
Of þe wordus þat I him red.
He onswerde þat heo him bad
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To bidde an holde mon, þat wolde be lad,
Wyn forte drinke, for heo wolde non,
For frendes counseyl ne for fon.
Whon þat heo serwe schulde make [In luctu mitis erat et suorum mor|tibus frangebatur maxime liberorum, nam et viri et filiorum dormitione saepe pericli|tata est,]
For deþ, for hire children sake,
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Euere þerwiþ heo was meke;
But neuerþeles heo was ofte seke
For hire hosebondes diȝinge
And for hire children departynge,
Out of þis world whon þat þei went;
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But euermore heo tok entent [et cum os stomachumque signaret et matricis dolorem crucis niteretur im|pressione lenire, (superabatur affectu et credulam mentem parentis viscera consterne|bant animoque vincens fragilitate corporis vincebatur — Der engl. Dichter folgt hier dem wohl verdorbenen oder in seinen Antithesen nicht bequemen Text seiner Vor|lage nicht genau, vgl. V. 156-159).]
Wiþ signe of þe holy crois
Hire mouþ to stoppe and hire vois,
Hire þouht also heo wolde refreyne,
On God þerfore þat heo nolde pleyne.
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And þauh monkynde, þat is so frele.
For frendes deþ wol make gret dele,
Wiþ good bileeue and sad preyere
Hire soule heo cumforted here.
Studefastliche heo set hire wit [Scripturas sanctas tenebat memoriter, et cum amaret historiam et illam veritatis diceret fundamentum, magis sequebatur intel|ligentiam spiritualem et hoc culmine aedificationis animae protegebat.]
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In muynde to haue holy writ;
Heo louede wel good stori
And clept hit foundement of soþfastnus, witerly.
Whon heo hit herde, was hire vertue
Parfytliche forte suwe
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Þe spirituel vndurstondyng,
To kepe hire soule in good lyuyng.
Heo hedde also þis vertu [(Loquar et aliud, quod fortasse aemulis videtur incredulum:) Hebraeam linguam, (quam ego ab adolescentia multo labore et sudore ex parte didici et infatigabili meditatione non desero, ne ipsa ab ea deseratur,) discere voluit et consecuta est ita, ut psalmos hebraice caneret et sermonem absque ulla latinae linguae proprietate personaret — quod quidem usque hodie in sancta filia Eustochia ejus cernimus.]
Þat heo couþe speken Ebru,
In so muchel, wiþouten lesynge,
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Þat heo wolde boþe rede and synge
Þe salmus of þe sauteer
Wiþouten fayle al in feer,
Vppon hire tonge feire hit felle
On Ebru hire tale to telle.
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So dude aftur hire hir douhtur dere,
Eustoche, þat wel couþe lere.
NOu who mihte wiþoute wepyng [(Hucusque navigavimus pro|speris ventis et crispantia maris aequora labens carina sulcavit; nunc in scopulos incurrit oratio,) quis enim posset siccis oculis Paulam narrare morientem?]
Telle of þis wommons departyng
Out of þis world at Godus wille,
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Þat heo disirede euere to folfulle?
In to a wondur gret seknes [Incidit in gra|vissimam valetudinem, immo quod optabat invenit: ut nos desereret et domino plenius jungeretur. (Quid diu differo et dolorem meum in aliis immorando facio longiorem?)]
Þis wommon fel, wiþouten les;
