Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".

As he sagh þys sorowe so grym, Come a deuyl rennyng [Cam . . rennende D.] to hym Line 2524 with glesyng yȝen [eȝyn O, grysly eyȝen & hook D.] and croke yn hande, Þe steme stode oute of hys mouþ brennand: [ȝenande O.] he broght on þat brynnyng croke [kroke O, hook D.] A brennyng soule þat al to-shoke. [sore quook D.] Line 2528 Toward Fursyne [þe prist D.] he [he OD, hys Harl.] ran hys cours, And calyd [kalde O, callyd hym feloun of tretours D.] hym 'fals, felun, treytours.' "haue þys soule! þys hast þou slayn! Þou ȝeldyst nat [hym nat O, ȝelde hym now D.] hys gode aȝeyn. Line 2532 he kast þe soule vpp-on þe prest, And brenned hys o [he brent his oo D.] syde, and half hys brest. he went [wende O.] þat tyme haue deydë [wende þ. t. a be left D.] þore, For the soule brennyd [þat saule brende O, þat soule hadde brent D.] hym so sore; Line 2536 he hopyde neuer to haue come þen, [þeþen O, wende . . þenne D.] So had [hadde O, had D.] þe soule broght hym be-neþen. [on brenne D.] But at þe last þan gan he crye, 17 And seyd, "mayster, me17 [17_17 mayster D.] helpe now, or y dey!" Line 2540 Þan seyde þe aungel to Fursyne: "y tolde þe langer of þys [er. þis is þi D.] þyne; y sed langer [seyde þe er D.] at þe bygynnyng, Ȝyf þou haddest of oþer mennys þyng Line 2544 Þat þou madest nat of, amendëment, yn þys fyre hyt shulde be brent. loke now, ȝyf þou kanst hyt oght [can it D.] knowe, Þe soule þat þe brenned [brennede O, þat þer brent D.] so lowe." "Ȝe," [folio 17b:2] seyde Fursyne, [þan side þe prist D.] "y knowe hyt wele For whom [qwom D.] y suffre þys peyne eche dele:
Þys he dede, whan [qwan D.] he shuld deye, he ȝaf me a cloþe for hym to preye; Line 2552 For no maystry, ne for noun eyuyl, [non ille D.]
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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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