Part 11

_+Q+{ui}a {est} p{re}ciu{m} mu{n}di._ for it is wurð al þe wereld. [&] bet{er}e þene [f. 46v] al þe wereld. þis is þe holi manne þe ure driht{en} sende alse snow sleðrende alse þe p{ro}ph{et}e seið. _+P+luit ill{is} ma{n}na ad ma{n}duca{n}d{um} [&] pane{m} celi dedit eis._ {170} _[P]ane{m} ang{e}lor{um} ma{n}ducau{it} h{om}o._ he let he{m} reine ma{n}ne to bi{}liue. [&] gef he{m} bred of heuene. [&] men ete{n} englene [bred].

_+M+anna i{n}t{er}p{re}tat{ur}. q{ui}d {est} h{oc}?_ Manne bitocneð wat is tis{;} [&] þo ure drihte{n} sende þis mete fro heuene þe israelisse folke{;} it warð on eches muð wat mete se he mest luuede. [&] bitocneð holi {175} husel{;} þe ech c{ri}steman understont nuðe. þe is þe ma{n}ne hegeste sweteste este þe is of sinne clensed. oðer bigunne to clensende. [&] alre bit{er}e bit{er}est eches mannes soule þe ne haueð alle michele sinnes forleten. [&] bet. oðer bigunnen alse þ{e} ap{ostel} seið.

[Linenote: 179. _þe_] _þa_ MS.]

_+Q+{ui} ma{n}ducat c{orpus} d{omini} [&] b{ibit} [&]c._ Ech þe understandeð [þ/] holi husel {180} unwurðliche he understant hi{m} seluen eche pine. [&] endelese wowe. Nime we nu geme ure ech agen hi{m} seluen. gif we bien cumen on bicumeliche wise. [þ/] is to soð shrifte. to hol[i] axen a palm sunedai{;} to p{ro}cession. a shereðursdai to absoluciun. a langefridai to holi c{ru}che. an ester euen to p{ro}cession. [&] gif we ben cumene mid {185} bicumeliche wede. of lodlesnesse [þ/] is clensinge. swo [þ/] we hauen ure sinnes forleten. [&] bi shriftes wissenge bet. oðer bigu{n}nen to beten. [&] milce bidden. þanne muge we bicumeliche to godes bord{;} bugen. [&] his bode wurðliche bruken. [&] þureh þe holi este cumen to driste. _Quod nobis prestet qui hodie surrex{it} [&] uiuit c{um} deo p{at}re {190} in unitate sp{iritu}s s{an}c{t}i._

[Linenotes: 189. _driste_] _d_ corr. out of _e_.]

XIII. VICES AND VIRTUES

[[MS description from Notes volume:

"Stowe 34, British Museum: of the early part of the thirteenth century; written on vellum, 223 × 160 mm., by three scribes, with numerous corrections by at least three other hands."]]

[[Each selection was printed as a single paragraph. They have been broken up for this e-text.]]

A. THE ARK OF HOLY CHURCH

[f. 14v] ++Ðe gastliche hierdes ðe scule{n} boðe loki{n} [&] stiere{n}. ðo ðe bieð i{n} ðare woreld{;} [&] ec `ðo´ ðe bieð ute. hie fol[gh]ið noe ðane gode stieres{}ma{n}n ðe god{e} was swiðe lief. [&] [gh]ecweme. For ðare muchele hersumnesse ðe he mani[gh]e wi{n}tre swanc. ær he `ða´ arche mihte habbe{n} [gh]emaked. [&] seððen hie swa stierd{e} on ðe muchele {5} wilde flode. ðe ouer[gh]iede all midde{n}eard. mang stro{n}ge wi{n}des [&] stormes ðat he ðarof ne forleas naþing. ðe godd hi{m} hadde betaht to liue [&] to lo{n}de to bri{n}ge{n}. Swa scule ða gastlich`e´ stieres{}me{n}n. `steren´ ða arche of ðe hali cherche ðat hie ðarof ne for{}liesen ne lichame ne saule. For none wi{n}de of ma{n}nliche fandi{n}ge. [f. 15r] {10} Ne for none storme of dieuliche fandi{n}ge.

[Linenote: 8. _gastliche_] _e_ above erasure.]

[&] eft on faire wedere ne bien hie naht to sikere. forðan swo mani[gh]e litle dropes of mani[gh]es ke{n}nes [gh]emeleastes mihte{n} cume{n} in to ðe saule bote ðat hie mihte{n} sinke{n}. mid alle hire bi[gh]eates. Ac lokie{n} hie alle ðe wið{}i{n}nen scipes borde wuni[gh]eð. [þ/] hie bie{n} hersum. [&] leðebei[gh]e here stieres ma{n}ne. {15} swa swa hie willeð cume{n} to ðe liuiende land{e} mid saule [&] mid lichame. And hlesteð hwat ðe hlauerd seið. ðe ðat scip auh to ðe stieresma{n}ne{n} [&] to alle ðe ðar inne wuni[gh]eð.

[Linenote: 14. _lokieð_ MS.]

_Q{ui} uos audit me audit_. Se ðe [gh]e`w´er ra`d´ hlest he seið. he hlest me selue{n}. [&] se ðe [gh]ew forsakþ [&] [gh]ewere lare he forsakþ full[gh]ewiss me seluen. Þis he {20} sei{ð} to ða stieresma{n}ne{n}. On michele hahte we fareð alle ðe fareð _i{n} h{oc} mare magnu{m}_. on ðessere michele sea of ðare bitere woreld. Of ure stieresma{n} is [gh]ewriten _Asce{n}du{n}t usq{ue} ad celos. [&] desce{n}du{nt} usq{ue} ad abissos_. Hie stieð up to heuene mid here gastliche þohtes for to sceawi{n} ðe michele merhðe of heuene riche. {25} for to sceawi{n} ðe wi{n}des [&] ðe euele stormes. ðe cumeð of deules blastes [&] for us te warni{n} [þ/] ure ropes ne to{}breke{n}. ðe bieð i{}broide{n} mid þrie strænges. Of rihte ileaue. [&] of faste hope te god{e}. And of ðare soðe luue ðe is ihote{n} carite ðe Crist mæst luueð.

[Linenotes: 19. _gewer_] _w_ above _[.u.]_. || _rad_] _d_ above erasure. || 21. _seid_ MS.]

[[19 "gewer" shown as printed: body text has "[gh]ewer"]]

Eft hit seið ðat hie stikð niðer i{n} to nielnesse mid here ðohtes. for us eft to {30} warni{n} wið ðo stanroches of ðe hard{e} hierte ðe næure ne wile nexi{n}. for none wat{er}e of wisdome. Ac [gh]if ðar cu{m}þ scip to hit tobrekð. Alswo doð ðat unwise ma{n}n ðe cu{m}þ to ðan unbiliefde ma{n}ne ðe ne wile ne ne mai godes lare understa{n}de{n} for his h{er}te hardnesse[.] he tobrek{ð} [gh]if he ani god wille hafð. forðan he hert his gode wille {35} [&] hie tobrecþ. [f. 15v] mid þelliche wordes. Hwat dest þu{;} he seið ðu dalst al ðat tu hafst. Wile ðu hleste{n}. spelleres. [&] pr`i´estes. [&] munekes. [&] þese hadede ma{n}ne{n}. Ne scalt ðu næure habben god{;} Hie wolde{n} for`i´swel[gh]en all ðe woreld [gh]if hie mihte{n}. be trewe ma{n}n [&] halt ti{n} god. þu finst feawe ðe wile [gh]iue{n} ðe ani þi{n}g. bute {40} hie wite{n} hwarfore.

[Linenotes: 30. _nielnesse_] on margin _abissos_. || 35. _tobrekd_ MS.: in lower margin, qui cu{m} in forma dei e`s´set no{n} rapina{m} arbit{ra}tus _est_ semet.]

Ðe unware ma{n}n ðe ðis [gh]eherð. ðingþ ðat he seið hi{m} god rad. [Gh]if he arrer dede litel te gode. ðar after he doð michel`e´ lasse. [&] swo he forfarð. for ðan ðe he his priestes lare ne his ræd lesten ne fol[gh]in ne wile Carite sprat his bowes o{n} bræde [&] o{n} le{n}gðe swiðe ferr. Hie me haueð ido{n} speke{n}. forðer ðane ic {45} hadde [gh]eþouht. Ac nu ic wile wænden to ðe hali mihtes al{}swo ich ær hadde i[gh]u{n}nen be god{e}s fultume. Ac me þincþ ðat tu lokest aweiward [&] heuiliche latst. And hit is me to muchel iswinch ðar embe to þe{n}nke{n} oðer to speke{n}, bute [gh]if ðu woldest mid god wille ðar{}to lheste{n}. [&] hes understande{n}. {50}

[Linenotes: 42. _[Gh]if_] _[gh]_ corr. out of _G_. || 44. _bowes_] _w_ corr. out of _u_.]

+Hu andswereð ðe saule [&] seið :+

++Ich ðe bidde for ðan ilche hlauerd ðe ðe iscop me to helpe. ðat alswo ðu hauest [gh]egu{n}ne{n} [&] ðane gru{n}dwall ileid. Of ðese hali mihtes ðat tu hes forð{}bri{n}ge [&] me hes tæche. forðan hie bieð me swiðe unbecnawe for ðe mani[gh]e unðeawes ðe ic mid me to longe {55} habbe ihafd. Ac nu ic hes wile lete{n}. [&] mid godes fultume of he{m} [gh]eswike{n}. And mi{n} [gh]eþanc to ðine lore healde{n}. For ðare hali mihte ðe cariteð is icleped ic ðe beseche [&] bidde ðat tu ðese halwe{n}de lore o{n} write sette. for ðan ic am michel þe{n}chi{n}d{e} ðar hwile ðe ic o{n} ðese wrecche lichame am wuniende. [&] ofte for[gh]ete ðat me god{;} wære {60} te healde{n}. and ec sum oðer saule hit wile helpe{n}.

[Linenote: 54. _tæche_] _c_ corr. out of _s_.]

+Hu andswereð scadwisnesse. [&] þus seið.+ [f. 16r

++Ðas þe me þincþ þu wilt godes lore bliðeliche understonden. [&] lierni{n}. [&] ðat me likeð swiðe wel. forði ðat hit seið on ðe hali godspelle. _Q{ui} {est} ex deo uerba dei audit._ Se ðe is of god{e} he {65} harkeð bleðeliche godes wordes. Nu me cu{m}þ on iþanke an forbisne. þe _sa{n}ct{us} Gregori{us}_ us sei{ð} : _Q{ui} uirtutes sine humilitate {con}gregat q{ua}si i{n} ue{n}to puluere{m} portat._ Se ðe gadereð mihtes wiðute{n} eadmodnesse he seið. he is ilich ðo ma{n}ne ðe berð dust amideward{e} ðe wi{n}de. For ði me þingþ [þ/] is wisdo{m} ðat we {70} alre ðinge arst speken of ðessere hali mihte wi{ð}{}uten hwam no{n} ne mai bie{n} wið{}healde{n} te none freme ne te none gode.

[Linenotes: 67. _seid_ MS. || 71. _wid_ MS.]

B.

+Of teares.+ [f. 47r

++Wite ðu to soðe ðat þese teares ðe we embe speke{ð} hie bieð iwis godes [gh]iue. [&] swiðe niedfulle to ðan inede þat iherd sculen [bien] of gode. Of hem sade ðe p{ro}phete : _Fuerunt m{ihi}_ {75} _lacrime me[e] panes die ac nocte._ Mine teares he sade me waren bred dai[gh] [&] niht swa gode hie þouhten. Of oþres kennes teares he sade : _Lac{ri}mis meis stratu{m} meum rigabo :_ Ich scal watrien min bedd mid mine teares. Ðies bedd tacneð þe _{con}sciencia_. þat is þat in[gh]ied wiðinnen. Þar ðe gode sawle {80} haueð hire reste{;} þar haueð se eule sawle hire pine. For þi he sade þat he wolde mid teares wascen þat in[gh]ied þar of ðe his herte him wrei[gh]ede. Ne finde we nawher þat godd wernde ani þing ðe ani ma{n}n mid teares him besouhte. Godd sante to Ezechie þe kinge be his p{ro}phete. [&] sade : _Dispone domui tue quia morieris [&] tu_ {85} _[&] non uiues._ Becweð þine [f. 47v] cwide he sade. for ðan þu scalt bien dead. [&] naht ne scalt tu libben. Ðe king warð sari. alswa richeise is lað to laten [&] swiðe lef to libben. He wante þo to ðe wau[gh]e [&] dede þat betste. `a´ hlauerd godd sade he þench nu ðat ich ðe habbe [gh]e luued. [&] for þine luue bliðeliche idon. [&] [gh]if me [gh]iet {90} a litel ferst for þine godnesse. Ðies was god in[gh]ied. [þ/] he mihte his gode dade forðsceawin þa þe he niede hadde. For þi him [gh]eherde godd [&] sade to is {pro}phete ðe was ham ward. Wand a[gh]ean cwað he [&] sai to þe kinge. _Vidi lacrimam tua{m}._ Ich iseih cwað he þine tear. [&] ich iherde þine bene. Þu scalt [gh]iet libben fiftene [gh]ear. {95} Swa michel ich habbe ieiht þi lif. Ðanne ðu on michele niede gode wilt beseken þanne is ðe wel god [þ/] þu mu[gh]e forðdra[gh]en sume gode dade. þin hierte bieð ðe gladdere. [&] ðe sikerliker ðu miht bidden. Segge we nu forð mid þe p{ro}phete _Ciba nos pane lacrimar{um}._ Hlauerd fed us mid ðo breade of swete teares. [&] _potu{m} da nobis {100} in lacrimis in me{n}sura._ [&] [gh]if us drinken of oðreskennes teares [&] ðat mid imete. Ðat ich wile þat ðu wel be iwarned. {[gh]}if godd ðe [gh]ifð þese swete teares þat non win in ðare world nis swa swete. [&] alswa alswa man to michel mai drinken of ðare wine alswa mai ðe mann to michel wepen. þeih hie swete bien. [&] for ði þe is god {105} [þ/] þu beseke at gode one mihte. ðe hatte _discrecio_. þat is [f. 48r] sckelewisnesse.

[Linenotes: 73. _speked_ MS. || 74. _inede_] _n_ corr. out of _h_. || 80. _is_ corr. out of _þ_. || 88. _lað_] _ð_ corr. out of _d_. || 89. _þat_ on an erasure. || 97. _god_] MS. _gode_, with _e_ partly erased. || 102. _[gh]if_] _Gif_ MS.]

++Hie is swiðe beheue mang alle ðe oðre mihtes. Ðis ðe hali faderes seggeð Hie is moder of alle ðe oðre mihtes. ðar ðe he rixið ne mai naure man forfaren. þe hire wile rixin [&] fol[gh]in. Hit {110} seið _in uitas patru{m}_. ðat at sume sal waren ðe hali faderes to{}gedere igadered. [&] waren spekinde betwen hem on `h´williche wise me mihte rihtist [&] sikerest to gode cumen. Sum sade þurh fasten. sum þurh wacche{n}. sum ðurh bede. sum sade þurh hersumnesse. sum sade ðurh annesse. sum sade ðurh herbor[gh]in {115} wrecche me{n}n. [&] feden [&] screden. Sum sade ðurh seke me{n}n to lokin. [&] on manieskennes wisen hie namden after ðan þe þat hali goddspell seið. Ða sade on of ða eldes[t] [&] on of ða wisest. Ðurh alle ðesen we habbeð ise[gh]en [&] iherd swiðe mani[gh]e [gh]ebor[gh]en. [&] manie of alle ðesen inamde mihten forfaren for þi ðat hem trukede {120} _discrecio_. þat is scadwisnesse and skele. For ði sume deden michel mare þan hie mihtin wel andin Sume deden to litel. Sume deden euele. [&] wenden wel don. Sume wel a{}gunnen [&] euele andeden. Ac naure ne [gh]esei[gh]e we manne þat hadde þese hali mihte mid him þat he aure misferde[.] be[gh]ete se ðe muge. {125}

[Linenotes: 115. _herbor[gh]in_] _[gh]_ on erasure. || 118. _eldest_] hole in MS. || 121. _ði_ on erasure.]

++Perseuerancia hatte an hali mihte. Hie nis naht [f. 48v] to laten for ðan hie makeð ðanne man ðe godd `h´is. to sant [þ/] he þurwuneð on his godnesse. On ðare ealde la[gh]e hit was i[h]oten [þ/] alle dier. ðe me gode scolde offrin þat hie lokeden wel ðat ðe tail ware on auriche netene. Þat tocneð ðat ilke mann ðe gode ani seruise {130} offreð. þat he þar on þur[gh]wunie[.] on ðessere newe la[gh]e sade crist. _Qvi p{er}seuerauerit usq{ue} in finem hic saluus erit._ Se {ð}ur[gh] wuneð on his godnesse ðe he hafð agunnen he worð ibor[gh]en [&] naht elles for none gode þe he don hafð. hwat `hwat´ it is.

[Linenotes: 128. _ihoten_] _io_ corr. by erasure. || 129. Before _ðe_, _ðe_ erased. || 132. On margin {Ew}angelista in red. || 133. _ður[gh]_] _dur[gh]_ MS. || 134. _`hwat´_ on erasure.]

+Ratio dicit a{n}i{m}e :+ {135}

++Lieue `saule´, ðis little writt ic `habbe´ sare beswonken he it wat [þ/] wot alle þing for ðe to wissin. for ðe to warnin. [&] for ðe to helpen [&] for ðe to ber[gh]in. {[gh]}if ðu wilt wel hit understonden [&] liernin [&] fol[gh]in [&] [h]ealden wið{}uten alche twene þu miht mid godes felste ðe ber[gh]en [&] heuneriches merchþe mid þese halie mihtes sike`r´liche {140} iwinnen.

[Linenotes: 136. _habbe_ above _write_ deleted. || 137. _[þ/]_] _[þ/][a.]_ MS. || 138. _[gh]if_] _Gif_ MS. || 139. _alche_] _c_ corr. out of _l_.]

+N{un}c autor loq{ui}t{ur} final{ite}r.+

++Hvte we nu þ`a´nkin [&] herien ure hlauerde almihtin gode of ðese witte and of ðese wisdome. ðe we hier habbeð igadered of `h´ishorde. [&] of mani[gh]es [f. 49r] hali[gh]es mannes [gh]eswinkes þe michel {145} sw`u´nken for ðe luue of gode. [&] for us to wissin. Hit is riht ðat we heri[gh]en [&] þankin [&] bledscin fader [&] sune [&] hali gast on ða hali þri{n}nesse. se ðe is on soð godd in onnesse. se ðe l`i´ueð [&] rixeð aure ma a woreld. amen. Ðat ne for[gh]eit ðu naure. þat ðu godd ne heri[gh]e. [&] þanke of alle gode. Alswa swa we habbeð niede him to bidden be {150} dai[gh] [&] be nihte. [&] ofte [&] [gh]elome alswa hit is niede{;} him to heri[gh]en. Amen.

_Veni creator sp{iritu}s mentes tuor{um} uisita implet sup{er}na gr{aci}a que tu creasti p`e´ctora._

[Linenotes: 142. _þankin_] _a_ over _[e.]_. || 146. _swunken_] _u_ over _[i.]_. || 148. _liueð_] _i_ over _[e.]_. || 149. _for[gh]eit_] _i_ over erasure.]

[[142: error for 143]]

XIV. LA[Gh]AMON

THE BRUT

[[MS description from Notes volume:

"i. Cotton Caligula A 9, British Museum (C); on vellum, 216 × 153 mm.; 192 folios in double columns of 32 to 34 lines, written by two scribes in the first quarter of the thirteenth century. It is bound up with another manuscript containing the Owl and the Nightingale and other pieces.

"ii. Cotton Otho C 13, British Museum (O); injured in the fire of 1731; on vellum; 145 folios in double columns of 38 lines; written in one hand, of the third quarter of the thirteenth century.

".... Mistakes common to both versions have been derived from an intermediate manuscript X."]]

(MS. Caligula)

(MS. Otho)

[[In the original text, line numbers were printed only on the MS. Caligula pages. Numbers have been added to MS. Otho when needed to identify linenotes.]]

Vnder þan comen tiðende{;}   to vortiger þan kinge. [f. 81r² [þ/] ouer sæ weoren icumen{;}   swiðe selcuðe gumen. Jnne þere Temese{;}   to londe heo weore{n} icu{m}men. þreo scipen gode{;}   comen mid þan flode. þreo hundred cnihten{;}   Alse hit weoren kinges. 5 wið{}uten þan scipen mo{n}nen{;}   þe weoren þer wið{}inne{n}. þis weoren þa færeste men{;}   þat auere her comen. Ah heo weore hæðene{;}   [þ/] wes hærm þa mare.

vnder þan com t[.y]dinge : to vortiger þan kinge. [f. 65v¹ þat ouer séé weren icome{;}   swiþe selliche gomes. þreo sipes gode{;}   i{}come were mid þan flode þar{}on þreo hundred cnihtes{;}   alse hit were kempes. þes weren þe faireste men þat euere come here. ac hii weren heþene þat was har[m] þe more.

Uortiger heom sende to{;}   And axede hu heo weoren idon. [Gh]if heo grið sohten{;}   [&] of his freond{}scipe rohte{n}. 10 heo wisliche and{}swerden{;}   Swa heo wel cuðen. [&] seiden [þ/] heo walden{;}   speken wið þan kinge. [&] Leofliche him heren{;}   [&] hælden hine for hærre. And swa heo gunnen wenden{;}   fforð to þan kinge. Þa wes Uortigerne þa ki{n}g{;}   In Cantuarie{}buri. 15 þer he mid his hirede{;}   Hæhliche spilede. þer þas cnihtes come{n}{;}   Bi{}fore{n} þan folc{}kinge. Sone swa heo | hine imetten{;}   fæire heo hine igrætten. [f. 81v¹ [&] seiden þat heo him wolden{;}   hæren iþisse londe. [gh]if he heom wolde{;}   mid rihten at{}halden. 20 Þa and{}swerede vortig{er}{;}   of elchen vuele he wes war. An alle mine iliue{;}   þe ich iluued habbe. bi dæie no bi nihtes{;}   ne sæh ich nauere ær swulche cnihtes. for eouwer cume{n} ich æm bliðe{;} [&] mid me [gh]e sculle{n} bilæfuen. [&] eouwer wille ich wulle dri[gh]en{;}   bi mine quicke liuen. 25

[Linenote: 25. _bimi ne_ MS.]

þeos comen to þan kinge and faire hine grette. and seide þat hii wolde{;}   him sarui in his lo{n}de [gh]if vs þou wolle{;}   mid rihte at{}holde. þo answerede vortiger{;}   þat of eche vuele he was war. In al mine lifue{;}   þat ich ileued habbe{;} Bi dai no bi nihte{;}   Ne seh ich soche cnihtes. for [gh]ou ich ham bliþe{;}   and mid me [gh]e solle bi{}lefue.

Ah of eou ich wulle iwiten{;}   þurh soðen eouwer wurð{}scipen. whæt cnihte{n} [gh]e seon{;}   [&] whænnenen [gh]e icumen beon. [&] whar [gh]e wullen beon treowe{;}   alde [&] æc neowe. þa answerede þe oðer{;}   þat wes þe aldeste broðer. lust me nu lauerd king{;}   [&] ich þe wullen cuðen. 30 what cnihtes we beoð{;}   [&] whanene we icumen seoð.

[Linenote: 27. _whæt_] _whahæt_ MS.]

Ac forst ich wolle wite{;}   for [gh]oure mochele worsipe. wat cnihtes | beo [gh]eo{;} and wanene [gh]eo i{}comen beo. [f. 65v² þo answerede þe oþer{;}   þat was þe elder broþer.

++Ich hatte he{n}ges{;}   hors is mi broðer. we beoð of alemai{n}ne{;}   aðelest alre londe. of þat ilken ænde{;}   þe angles is ihaten. Beoð in ure londe{;}   selcuðe tiðende. 35 vmbe fiftene [gh]er{;}   þat folc hi[s] isomned. Al ure iledene folc{;}   [&] heore loten werpeð. vppen þan þe hit fal[l]ed{;}   he scal uaren of londe. Bilæuen scul | len þa fiue{;}   þa sexte scal forð liðe. [f. 81v² ut of þan leode{;}   to u[n]cuðe londe. 40

[Linenotes: 36. _his_] _h[-i]_ MS. || 38. _falled_] _faled_ MS.]

Ich hatte Hengest{;}   Hors hatte min broþer. we beoþ of Alemaine{;}   of one riche londe. of þan ilke hende   þat Ænglis his ihote. Beoþ in vre londe   wonder þenges gonde. bi eche fiftene [gh]er.   þat folk his i{}somned. And werpeþ þare hire lotes{;}   fo[r] to londes seche. v{p} wan þat lot falleþ{;}   he mot neod wende. 38

[Linenote: 38. _vp_] _vt_ MS.]

Ne beo he na swa leof mon{;}   uorð he scal liðen. For þer is folc swiðe muchel{;}   mære þene heo walden. þa wif færeð mid childe{;}   swa þe deor wilde. Æueralche [gh]ere{;} heo bereð child þere{;} [þ/] beoð an us feole{;}   þat we færen scolden. 45 Ne mihte we bilæue{;}   for liue ne for dæðe. Ne for nauer nane þinge{;}   for þan folc{}kinge.

Ne beo he noht so riche{;}   he mot lond seche. For{}þe wifues goþ þare mid childe{;}   alse þe deor wilde. bi euereche [gh]ere{;}   hii goþ mid childe þere. Þat lot on vs ful{;}   þat we faren solde. Ne moste we bi{}lefue{;}   for life ne for deaþe.

þus we uerden þere{;}   [&] for{}þi beoð nu here. to sechen vnder lu{f}te{;}   lond [&] godne lauerd. Nu þu hæfuest iherd lauerd ki[n]g{;}   Soð of us þurh alle þi[n]g. 50 Þa a{n}swarede vortiger{;}   of alc an vfele he wes war. Ich ileue þe cniht{;}   [þ/] þu me sugge soð{}riht. [&] wulche beoð æoure ileuen{;}   [þ/] [gh]e on ileueð. [&] eoure leofue godd{;}   þe [gh]e to luted. þa and{}swarede Hænges{;}   cnihtene alre fæirest. 55 Nis in al þis kine{}lond{;}   cniht swa muchel ne swa strong.

[Linenotes: 49. _luste_ MS. || 56. _muchel_ over erasure.]

þus hit fareþ þere{;}   þar{}fore we beoþ nou here. Nou þou hauest ihord louerd king{;}   soþ of vs and no lesing. þo saide vortiger   þat was wis and swiþe war. And woche beoþ [gh]oure biléue{;}   þat [gh]eo an bi{}léfeþ.

We habbeð gode`s´ gode{;}   þe we luuieð an ure mode. þa we habbeð hope to{;}   [&] heoreð heom mid mihte. Þe an hæhte phebus{;}   þe oðer Saturn{us}. þe þridde hæhte wode{n}{;}   [þ/] is an weoli godd. 60 þe feorðe hæh | [te] Jupit{er}{;} of alle þi{n}ge he is whar. [f. 82r¹ þe fifte hæhte Mercuri{us}{;}   þat {i}s þe hæhste ouer us. þæ sæxte hæhte appollin{;}   [þ/] is a godd wel idon.

[Linenotes: 58. _mid mid_ MS. || _is_] _us_ MS.]

We habbeþ godes gode{;}   þe we louieð in mode. þe on hatte phebus{;}   þe oþer Saturnus þe þri[d]de hatte Woden{;}   þat was a mihti þing. þe feorþe hatte Jubiter   of alle þinges He his war. | þe fifþe hatte Merchuri{us}{;} þat his þe hehest ouer vs. [f. 66r¹ þe sixte hatte appolin{;}   þat his a god of gret win.

[Linenote: 63. _þe_] _e_ partly destroyed.]

þe seoueðe hatte teruagant{;}   an hæh godd in ure lon. [Gh]et we habbeð anne læuedi{;}   þe hæh is [&] mæhti. 65 heh heo is [&] hali{;}   hired{}men heo luuieð for{}þi. heo js ihate Frææ{;}   wel heo heom dihteð. Ah for alle ure goden deore{;}   þa we scullen hæren.

[Linenotes: 64. _seoðueðe_ MS. || _dihteð_] _ð_ corr. out of _s_.]

þe soueþe hatte Teruagant{;}   an heh god in vre lond. [Gh]et we habbeþ an leafdi{;}   þat heh his and mihti. [gh]eo his i{}hote frea.   heredmen hire louieþ. To alle þeos godes   we worsipe wercheþ. And for hire loue{;}   þeos da[gh]es we heom [gh]efue. Mone we [gh]efue moneda[.y].   T[.y]dea we [gh]efue tisdei.

Woden hehde þa hæhste la[gh]e{;}   an ure ælderne dæ[gh]en. he heom wes leof{;}   æfne al swa heore lif. 70 he wes heore walden{;}   And heom wurðscipe duden. þene feorðe dæi iþere wike{;}   heo [gh]ifuen him to wurðscipe. Þa þunre heo [gh]iuen þu{n}res dæi{;} for{}þi þat heo heom helpen mæi. Freon heore læfdi{;}   heo [gh]iuen hire fridæi. Saturnus heo [gh]iuen sætterdæi{;} þene sunne heo [gh]iuen sonedæi. 75 Monen heo [gh]ifuen mone{}dæi{;}   Tidea heo [gh]euen tis{}dæi.

[Linenote: 76. _Monenen heo [gh]ifuenen_ MS.]

Woden we [gh]efue wendesdei.   Þane þonre we [gh]efue þorisdai. Frea þane frida[.y].   Saturnus þane sateresdai.

þus seide hæ[n]gest{;}   cnihten alre hendest. Þa answerede vortig{er}{;}   of ælchen vfel he wæs wær. Cnihtes [gh]e beoð me leofue{;}   ah þas tiðende me beoð laðe. eouwer ileuen beoð vnwraste{;} [Gh]e ne ileoueð noht an criste. | 80 Ah [gh]e ileoueð a þene wurse{;}   þe godd seolf awariede. [f. 82r² eoure godes ne beoð nohtes{;}   In helle heo niðer liggeð.

[Linenotes: 80. _ileuen_ written over _ilauerd_ deleted. || _cristre_ MS.]

þus saide Hengest{;}   cniht alre hendest. þo answerede vortiger{;}   of alle harme he was war. Cnihtes [gh]eo beoþ me leofue{;} ac [gh]oure bilefues me beoþ loþe.

Ah neoðeles ich wulle eou at{}hælde{;}   An mine anwalde. for norð Beoð þa Peohtes{;}   swiðe ohte cnihtes. þe ofte ledeð in mine londe{;}   ferde swiðe stronge. 85 [&] ofte dod me muchele scome{;}   [&] þerfore ich habbe grome. [&] [gh]if [gh]e me wulleð wræken{;}   [&] heore hæfden me bi[gh]eten. Ich eou wullen [gh]euen lond{;}   muchel seolueR [&] gold. Þa andswerede hængest{;}   cnihtene alre feirest. [Gh]if hit wulle saturnus{;}   al hit scal iwurðe þus. 90 [&] Woden ure lauerd{;}   þe we on bi{}liueð.

[Linenote: 86. _me_] _e_ corr. out of _u_.]