Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

Altenglische legenden.

And be ware yn worde & dede [B lyȝht st. wyse. T in dede.] And yn oþur þyngus, as we rede. [A oþere, B other, T othir. A þyng, BT thingys. A as men may.] Who of þe sonne hath most plente, [BT Who so. AB sone. T hathe moste.] 205 hote & haste he shall be, [A hot. A hastyf, B hasty.] Also stalleworþ mon & mykyll of myȝth, [AT Also fehlt, B And. ABT stalworth. ABT man of mayn & myght.] And be ryȝth reson a party lyȝth. [BT ryȝth fehlt. ABT he schall (T scholde) be lyght.] Who-so of þe stone ys most wroȝth, [A Who, T Hoso. A stonys. A Iwrough, B wrouȝt, T wrowȝt.] he shall be steddefast yn hys þowȝth [AB stedfast, T stedfaste. A of þought, BT in thouȝt (T thowght).] 210 And yn trauayle trusty & trewe, [A traueill, B trauell, T trauayll. AB trysty, T be troste. B trew.] And be ryȝth reson pale of hewe. [BT ryȝth fehlt. T be pale. B hew.] Who þat hath most of þe holy gost, [BT Who so, A Who ohne þat. BT goste.] He shall haue yn herte most [AB hert. BT moste.] Good worde, good þowȝt, & good dede, [AB gode. B wordys &. In A fehlt and nach þought, in B gode.] 215 The pore & naked to cloþe & fede, [The fehlt in AT. A nakyd, to fehlt. B And þe pore cloth & fede, T Pore to clothe & nakyd to fede.] And loue well god & holy chyrche, [And fehlt in AT. T lowe. A welle. AB chirch.] And oþur penaunce for to wyrche." [T othyr. B And sofere penans & penans wyrch.] [Nach 218) schiebt T ein: The Emperoure sayde be hewyng(!), Chyld þis was a fayer vndoyng.] The emperour sayde wyth wordus mylde [sayde fehlt in AT; B sey. ABT wordys. B myld.] Anone ryght to þe chylde: [AT sayde st. ryght. B chyld.] 220 "Thow speke fyrst of þe see, [A Who spake, B Tho spake. A are whils, B ryght now, T longe here.] I wolde wyte what hyt myȝt be." [A Ich. AB wold. A wit, T wytte. ABT it may.] The chylde sayde wythout lesyng: [A answerd. AB withoute.] "A wylde way of wendynge; [A wyld. T an ywyll waye. B It is a wyld wey. T wyndyng.] For such way þou myȝth take þer-Inne, [For fehlt in ABT. A soch a, B sych a, T soche. A saill, B wynd, T wente. BT ine.] 225 That þou shalt neuur to londe wynne." [B schall, A schold, T scholde. T newyr. to fehlt in ABT. AB lond. BT wyne.] The emperour sayde wythout delay: [AT withoute. B seyd I þe pray.] "Tell me, chylde, y þe pray, [A Telle þow. B Tell me withoutene deley.] What tyme dyde Adam amys, [T amysse.] That he loste paradys?" [BT Wherefore. B lest.] 230 The chylde sayde: "at mydde-mo|rowt(yde), [B chyld seyd. T myd, fehlt in B.] And or mydday he loste hys pryde; [B And fehlt. T er, B At. B lost. T loste it þourowe pryde.] An angell drofe hym yn-to desert [T droffe. B to st. into. B deserte, T dysserte.] Wyth a bryȝth brennyng swerde, [B brynneng. B suerd, T suerde.] Ther to be yn care & wo, [T There. B To be in sorow & in wo there.] 235 he & hys ofsprynge for euer-mo." [T alsoo st. for euer mo. B more.] "Alas, sayde þe emperour, for dole, [T quod. for dole fehlt in T.] That Adam was so mykyll a fole! [229—238) fehlen in A.] [B gret. T foll.] how mony synnus dyde Adam, [A howe. ABT many. AB synnes, T synnys. T dede. ABT Adame.] Byfore þat god bekam manne?" [T Wherefore þat god bycome mane. A Wherefor god oure kyng (l. kynd) name, B Werfore he lost hys kyngdame.] 240 "Seuene, sayde þe chyld, wythout mo. [AB seuen. BT he seyd (T sayde), fehlt in A. A withoute, T withowtte, B withoutene. T moo.] And sacrylege was on of þo, [And fehlt in ABT. A Sacralege, T sacriloge. BT one. T þoo.] Lecherye was on of þese, [AB Fornicacion. BT one. A thyse, BT shys.]
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Altenglische legenden.
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Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
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Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,
1881.
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Saints -- Legends
English poetry
Legends

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