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

                                
                                  And wole beon at on ful fayn —
                                
                                  Suche angur, as þis is,
                                
                                  No dedly synne it nis.
                                
                                  Or if his neighbore in a cas
                                
                                  Haue doñ him any trespas,
                                
                                  Þan he thenk nyght and day
                                
                                  To haue amendes, if he may,
                                
                                  And non oþer harm him nile,
                                
                                  Bot haue amendes be right skile,
                                
                                  And after is in gode loue —
                                
                                  Suche ire shal beo sone forȝeue.
                                
                                  Bot who so is in wille pilt
                                
                                  To man þat haueþ him agilt,
                                
                                  Forto slen him or to bete
                                
                                  In þat angur and þat hete,
                                
                                  Or if he dar not him selue,
                                
                                  Hyreþ ten men or twelue,
                                
                                  To brek his legges or his armes
                                
                                  Or on his catel do him harmes,
                                
                                  To make him leose his worldly winne —
                                
                                  Such ire is dedly sinne;
                                
                                  Kep iche man him wel þer fro,
                                
                                  Suche ire doþ þe soule wo.
                                
                                  Nou haue ȝe herd of lecherie,
                                
                                  Of pride and of golotonye,
                                
                                  Of coueitise and enuie
                                
                                  And of ire a partye,
                                
                                  Nou shole ȝe here of an oþer:
                                
                                  Nithe and onde, þat is here broþer.
                                
                                  Many man wile ete and drinke
                                
                                  And wiþ an oþer swete and swink
                                
                                  And bere him fair companye
                                
                                  And thinkeþ al on felonie
                                
                                  And peyneþ him faire forto speke
                                
                                  And þenkeþ to ben awreke
                                
                                  Of trespas þat was doñ ȝore,
                                
                                  And al þat is þe fendes lore.
                                
                                  A mon forto turne his loue
                                
                                  For þing þat ones is forȝeue,
                                
                                  Certenly in þat cas

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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 194
Publication: Bonn,: P. Hanstein,; 1904.

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