Die Kildare-gedichte; die ältesten mittelenglischen denkmäler in anglo-irischer überlieferung von Dr. W. Heuser ...

                                
                                  Man þat swinkeþ and doþ his dede
                                
                                  May ete as ofte, as he haþ nede;
                                
                                  And he þat eteþ for coueityse
                                
                                  And drink so myche, er he arise,
                                
                                  Þat wolnot wone his body wiþ inne —
                                
                                  Forsoþe þat is dedly sinne.
                                
                                  And a man þat haþ his hele
                                
                                  And mete ynouh at a mele,
                                
                                  Oþer begged oþer bouht,
                                
                                  And is ydel and swinkeþ nought
                                
                                  And on fasting day ete twie —
                                
                                  Forsothe þat is glotonye.
                                
                                  A man þat swat not ne swinkeþ
                                
                                  And atte tauerne sit and drinkeþ
                                
                                  Before mete and in his wille,
                                
                                  Of wyn or ale his body to fille,
                                
                                  Forsoþe he ne fasteþ nought,
                                
                                  He brekeþ his fast in þat thought.
                                
                                  A poynt of glotonye þis is,
                                
                                  And ȝet þer beon mo ywis.
                                
                                  Who so is alday wel dyght
                                
                                  And ete in vntyme be nyght,
                                
                                  He shent godes creature
                                
                                  Þat sholde liuen in mesure,
                                
                                  Þer he liþ in glotonye
                                
                                  And doþ þe soule gret vilenye
                                
                                  And wasteþ þat oþere myght ete
                                
                                  Þat hauen gret defaute of mete.
                                
                                  Who so deliteþ him þer inne,
                                
                                  Forsoþe it is a dedly sinne.
                                
                                  And who so haþ drink and mete
                                
                                  And anon after þat mete
                                
                                  Atte tauerne so long sit,
                                
                                  Til him ginne to wante wit,
                                
                                  And wile þanne contek beginne —
                                
                                  Forsoþe þat is dedly sinne.
                                
                                  An oþer glotonye þer is,
                                
                                  Þat alle men knowe not ywis.
                                
                                  Atte þe mete, if he beo
                                
                                  And he may here and seo

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Title: Die Kildare-gedichte; die ältesten mittelenglischen denkmäler in anglo-irischer überlieferung von Dr. W. Heuser ...
Author: Heuser, Wilhelm
Canvas: Page 188
Publication: Bonn,: P. Hanstein,; 1904.

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