Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...

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Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co.,
1874-93.
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When þou es noght cursed þan If comun with cursed man.
Here haue I rekkind of sere thing Line 29432 þat men falles fore in cursing, þarfore here next now will I neuyn Of cases þat I find elleuyn. Line 29435 In whilk cases none er cursed þan If þai comun with cursed man. Þe first case es, if þou noght wate, [j] þat he es in cursed state, Line 29439 þou may with him comun in dede, Bot þe wers may þi wirking spede. þat oþer es in feld or toun [ij] With þi carl may þou comoun, And also childer within elde, Of cursed man may haue þaire belde. Þe thrid case es a sposed wife, [iij] Line 29446 With cursed husband may lede hir life. þe firth if þi wife cursed be, [folio 73a:2] [iiij] þat cursing sall noght cum to þe, If scho þe serue in al thing, Line 29450 þat falles vntill order of weding. þe fift if þe fader in cursyng ly, [v] þe sun may dwell in cumpany, And serue his fader als falles þarto And right so may his doghter do. þe sext if þe fader haue nede of fode, [vj] Of his cursed sun he may tak gude, Line 29457

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Line 29457 And dwell with him in cumpany, Line 29458 And be no thing cursed forþi. . . . . . . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] Þe seuynd es if þou haue hine [vij] Line 29462 And er bifor þat cursing þine, þai may þe serue to terme day, Wheþer so be cursed or þai. þe agtend es of man walkand [viij] Line 29466 Als pilgrim thurgh a cursed land, He may tak þare, withowten syn, His fode ay whils he dwelles þarin. Þe nighend es for þine awin prow [ix] Line 29470 With cursed man comun may þou, Askand if he aw þe dett And him to pay sal þou noght let. Þe tende if þou him gif cownsaill [x] Of thing þat may his sawl avail, Or wis him with þi wordes at win Line 29476 Smertlyer out of his syn. þe elleuynd es by þis resoune [xi] Felaws þat dwelles in a comoune, Line 29479 þai may comun both euyn and morn In thinges þat may noght be forborn.
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