Part 14

O helle deaðes hus. wununge of wanunge. of grure ant of granunge. heatel [f. 75v] ham. [&] heard wan. of alle wontreaðes. buri of bale. [&] bold of eau{er} euch bitternesse . þu laðest lont of alle. þu dorc stude ifullet {130} of alle dreorinesses. Ich cwakie of g{ri}sle [&] of grure. [&] euch ban schekeð me. [&] euch her me rueð up of þi munegunge. for nis þer na steuene bi{t}uhhe þe fordemde bute wu{m}me. [&] wa is me. [&] wa beo þe. [&] wa beo þe. wa ha [gh]eieð. [&] wa ha habbeð ne of al [þ/] eau{er} wa is{;} ne schal ha{m} neau{er} wontin. þe swuch wununge of earneð. for ei hwilinde {135} blisse her o þisse worlde{;} wel were him [gh]ef [þ/] he neau{er} ibore nere. bi þis [gh]e mahen sumdel witen hwuch is helle. for i{}wis ich habbe þrin isehen a þusent siðe wurse. [&] from þeonne kimeð deað wið a þusent deoflen hiderwart as ich seide. ant ich com þ{us} q{uo}ð fearlac forte warnin ow fore{;} [&] tellen ow þeos tidinges. {140}

[Linenote: 133. _bicuhhe_ MS.]

++Nv lau{er}d godd q{uo}ð warschipe wardi us [&] werie. [&] rihte us [&] reade hwet us beo to donne. ant we beon þe warre [&] wakere to witen us on euch half under godes wengen. [gh]ef we wel werieð [&] witeð ure hus [&] godes deore tresor [þ/] he haueð bitaht us{;} cume deað hwen he wule. Ne þurue we nowðer beon `of´dred for hire. ne {145} for helle. for ure deað bið deore godd [&] i{n}{}[gh]ong in to heouene. of þeos fikelinde world{;} ne of hire false blisse : ne neome we neau{er} [gh]eme. for al [þ/] is on eorðe. nis bute as a schadewe{;} for al wurðeð [f. 76r] to noht bute [þ/] deore tresor godes deorewurðe feh [þ/] is us bitaht to witene. Ich habbe þeruore sar care for ich iseo seið warschipe hu þe {150} unwhiht wið his ferd ase liun iburst. [gh]eað abuten ure hus sechinde [gh]eornliche hu he hit forswolhe. [&] tis ich mei seið warschipe warnin ow of his lað [&] for his wrenches. ah ich ne mei nawt a[gh]eines his strengðe.

[Linenotes: 142. _donne_] the second _n_ corr. out of _t_. || 145. _of_ over _[a.]_ MS.]

[[Linenote 142 was printed out of sequence, after 159.]]

++Do nu q{uo}ð strengðe. warschipe suster [þ/] te limpet to þe [&] warne us of his wiheles. for of al his strengðe ne drede {155} we nawiht. for nis his strengðe noht wurð bute hwer{}se he ifindeð eðeliche. [&] wake unwarnede of treowe bileaue. þe apostle seið. Etstont. þen feont. [&] he flið anan riht. schulde we þenne fleon him? [gh]e nis godd ure scheld. [&] alle beoð ure wepnen of his deore g{ra}ce. ant godd is on ure half. [&] stont bi us ifehte. [gh]ef he schute {160} towart me wið weole [&] wunne of þe world. wið este of flesches lustes. of þulliche nesche wepnen ich mahte carien summes weis. ah ne mei me na þing heardes offearen. ne nowcin. ne na wone falsi min heorte ne wursi mi bileaue towart him [þ/] [gh]eueð me alle mine strengðen.

[Linenote: 159. _[gh]enis_ MS.]

++For ba me ah. q{uo}ð meað. ant for heart of nowcin. [&] for wone of {165} wunne dreden. [&] carien. for moni for to muchel heard of wa [þ/] he d`r´eheð. for[gh]et ure lau{er}d. ant ma þah for nesche ant for flesches licunge for [f. 76v] [gh]emeð ham ofte. bituhhen heard [&] nesche. bituhhe wa of þis world ant to muche wunne. bituhhe muchel [&] lutel is in euch worldlich þing þe middel wei [gh]uldene. [gh]ef we hire haldeð {170} þenne gawe sikerliche ne þerf us nowðer for deað ne for deouel dreden. hwet{}se beo of heardes ne drede ich nawiht nesches for ne mei·na wunne. ne na flesches licunge ne licomlich este bringe me ou{er} þe midel of mesure. [&] of mete.

[Linenotes: 166. _ca[r.]ien_ MS. || 170. _we_] _we[i.]_ MS.]

++Rihtwissnesse spekeð nu. Mi sust{er} ha seið warschipe þe haueð {175} wit. [&] schad bituhhe god. [&] uuel. [&] wat hwet is in euch þing{e} to cheosen [&] to schunien{;} readeð us [&] leareð forte [gh]eme lutel alle fallinde þing. [&] witen warliche þeo þe schulen á lesten. [&] seið as ha soð seið [þ/] þurh unweotenesse ne mei ha nawt sunegin. [&] tah nis nawt siker of þe unwihtes strengde as þeo þe halt hire wac {180} þah ha beo muche wurð. [&] ure alre ehnen demeð hire unmihti onont hire seoluen to etstonden wið his. t{ur}nes [&] deð ase þe wise. Mi sust{er} strengðe is swiðe bald. [&] seið [þ/] nawiht heardes ne mei hire offearen. ah þah ha ne trust nawt on hire ahne wepnen{;} ah deð o goðes g{ra}ce [&] [þ/] ich demi riht [&] wisdom to donne. Mi {185} þridde sust{er}. meað spekeð of þe middel sti. bituhhe riht [&] luft [þ/] lut cunnen halden. [f. 77r] [&] seið inesche ha is bald. [&] heard mei hire offearen. [&] for{}þi ne [gh]elpeð ha of na sikernesse ant deð as þe wise.

Mi meoster is to do riht forte demen ant ich deme me seolf [þ/] ich þurh me ne do hit nawt{;} for al [þ/] god is of godd [þ/] we her {190} habbeð. Nu is riht þenne [þ/] we demen us seolf eau{er} unmihtie to werien [&] to witen us oðer ei god to halden wið ute godes helpe. Þe rihtwise godd wule [þ/] we demen us seolf eðeliche [&] lahe. Ne beo we neau{er} swucche{;} for þenne demeð he us muche wurð [&] gode ant halt for his dehtren. for þah mi forme sust{er} war beo of euch uuel{;} {195} ant min oðer strong beo to [gh]eines euch nowcin{;} ant mi þridde meaðul in alles cunnes estes{;} [&] ich do riht [&] deme. bute we wið al þis milde beon [&] meoke{;} [&] halden us wake. godd mei mid rihte fordemen us of al þis þurh ure prude. ant for{}þi is riht dom þet we al ure god þonkin him ane. +W+jit þe husebonde godes cunestable hereð {200} alle hare sahen [&] þonkeð god [gh]eorne wið swiðe glead heorte of se riche lane as beoð þeos sustren his fowr dehtren [þ/] he haueð ileanet him on helpe forte wite wel [&] werien his castel. [&] godes deorewurðe feh. [þ/] is biloke þrinne.

++Þe willesfule husewif halt hire al stille. ant al [þ/] hird [þ/] ha wes {205} i wunet to dreaien eft{er} hire{;} turneð [f. 77v] ham treowliliche to wit hare lau{er}d. [&] to þeos fowr sustren. +V+mben ane stunde spekeð eft warschipe. [&] seið ich iseo a sonde cumen swide gledd icheret. feier [&] freolich [&] leofliche aturnet. let him in seið wit [gh]ef godd wule he bringeð us gleade tidinges. ant [þ/] us were muche {210} neod. for fearlac deaðes sonde haueð wið his{;} offearet us swiðe mid alle. warschipe let him in. [&] he gret wit þen lau{er}d. [&] al [þ/] hird seoðen. wið lahhinde chere. ant ha [gh]eldeð him his gretunge. [&] beoð alle ilihtet [&] igleadet ham þu{n}cheð of his on{}sihðe. for al [þ/] hus schineð. [&] schimmeð of his leome. he easkeð ham [gh]ef ham biluueð to {215} heren him ane hwile. [gh]e q{uo}ð ha rihtwisnesse. wel us biluueð hit. [&] wel is riht [þ/] we þe liðeliche lustnin.

++Hercnið nu þenne he seið. [&] [gh]eornliche understondeð. [I]ch am murðes sonde. [&] munegunge of eche lif. ant liues luue i{}haten [&] cume riht from heouene [þ/] ich habbe isehen nu ant ofte ear {220} þe blisse [þ/] na monnes tunge ne mei of tellen. þe iblescede godd iseh ow offruhte. [&] sumdel drupnin of [þ/] fearlac talde of deað. [&] of helle. ant sende me to gleadien ow. nawt for{}þi [þ/] hit ne beo al soð [þ/] he seide. [&] [þ/] schulen alle uuele fondin. [&] ifinden. Ah [gh]e wið þe fulst of godd ne þurue na þi{n}g dreden for he sit on [f. 78r] he [þ/] is {225} ow on helpe. [&] is al wealdent [þ/] haueð ow to witene.

++A seið warschipe welcume liues luue. ant for þe luue of godd seolf [gh]ef þu eauer sehe him{;} tele us sumhwet of him. [&] of his eche blisse. [gh]e iseoð q{uo}ð liues luue{;} Murhdes sonde. Ich habbe isehen him ofte nawt tah alswa as he is{;} for a[gh]ein þe brihtnesse [&] te {230} liht of his leor. þe sunne gleam is dosc [&] þuncheð a{}schadewe. ant for{}þi ne mahte ich nawt a[gh]ein þe leome of his wlite lokin ne bihalden{;} bute þurh a schene schawere bituhhe me [&] him [þ/] schilde mine ehnen. Swa ich habbe ofte isehen þe hali þru{m}nesse. feader [&] sune. [&] hali gast. þreo an unto{}dealet. ah lutle hwile ich mahte þolie {235} þe leome. ah su{m}mes weis ich mahte bihalden ure lau{er}d ih{es}u c{ri}st. godes sune [þ/] bohte us o rode. Hu he sit blisful on his feader riht half [þ/] is al wealdent rixleð i [þ/] eche lit bute linnunge. se unimete feier{;} [þ/] te engles ne beoð neau{er} ful on him to bihalden. ant [gh]et ich iseh etscene þe studen of his wunden. [&] hu he schaweð ham his {240} feader to cuðen hu he luuede us [&] hu he wes buhsum to him þe sende him swa to alesen us [&] bisecheð him a for mo{n}cu{n}nes heale.

[Linenotes: 229. After _habbe_, _him ofte_ deleted MS. || 234. _mine_ above _meine_ MS.: after _habbe_, _ofsee_ deleted MS.]

++Eft{er} him ich iseh on heh ou{er} alle heouenliche þe eadi meiden his moder marie i ne{m}pnet sitten in [f. 78v] a trone se swiðe briht wid [gh]immes i stirret. [&] hire wlite se weoleful{;} [þ/] euch eorðlich liht{;} is {245} þeoster þe[r]o{}[gh]eines. þear ich iseh as ha bit hire deore wurðe sune se [gh]eornliche. [&] se inwardliche for þeo [þ/] hire seruið. [&] he hire [gh]etteð blideliche al [þ/] ha bi secheð. Þet liht þa ich ne mahte lengre þolien{;} Ich biseh to þe engles [&] to þe archangles ant to þe oðre{;} þe beoð buuen ham. iblescede gastes þe beoð a biuore godd [&] seruið him {250} eau{er}. [&] singeð a unwergeð. Nihe wordes þer beoð. ah hu ha beoð i{}ordret [&] sunderliche isette. þe an buue þe oðre. [&] euchanes meoster were long to tellen. Se muche murhðe ich hefde on hare on sihðe{;} [þ/] ne mahte `ich´ longe hwile elles hwider lokin.

[Linenote: 245. After _se_, _wle_ deleted.]

+E+ft{er} ham ich iseh towart te p{at}riarches. [&] te p{ro}ph{et}es þe makied swuch murhðe [þ/] ha {255} aren nuðe i [þ/] ilke lont of blisse [þ/] ha hefden of feor igret ear on eorðe [&] seoð nu al [þ/] isoðet. [þ/] ha hefden longe ear icwiddet of ure lau{er}d as he hefde ischawed ha{m} igastelich sihðe. +I+ch iseh þe apostles poure. [&] lah on eorðe. ifullet [&] bigoten al of unimete blisse sitten i trones. ant al under hare uet [þ/] heh is i þe worlde. [gh]arowe forte {260} demen i þe dei of dome kinges [&] keiseres. [&] alle cunreadnes of alle cunnes ledenes. [f. 79r] +I+ch biheolt te Martyrs. [&] hare unimete murhðe þe þoleden her pinen. [&] deað for ure lau{er}d. [&] lihtliche talden to alles cunnes neowcins. [&] eorðliche tintreohen a[gh]eines þe blisse [þ/] godd in hare heorte schawede ham to cumene.

[Linenote: 255. _ha_] _ha ha_ MS.]

+E+ft{er} ham {265} ich biheolt þe cunfessurs hird þe liueden igod lif. [&] haliche deiden. þe schineð as doð steorren iþe eche blissen. [&] seoð godd in his wlite [þ/] haueð alle teares iwipet of hare ehnen. +I+ch iseh [þ/] schene [&] [þ/] brihte fer`r´eden of þe eadi meidnes ilikest towart engles. ant feolohlukest wið ham blissin [&] gleadien. þe libbinde iflesche ou{er}gað {270} flesches lahe ant ou{er}cumeð cunde þe leadeð heouenlich lif in eorðe as ha wunieð hare murhðe. [&] hare blisse. þe feierl`e´ac of hare wlite. þe swetnesse of hare song{;} ne mei na tunge tellen. Alle ha singeð þe þer beoð. Ah hare song ne mahe nane buten heo singen. Se swote sme`a´l ham folheð hwider{}se ha wendeð. [þ/] me mahte libben {275} aa bi þe swotnesse. hwam se heo bisecheð fore{;} is sikerliche iborhen. for a[gh]ein hare bisocnen{;} godd him seolf ariseð [þ/] alle þe oðre halhen sittende ihereð.

[Linenotes: 266. _cunfessurs_] _urs_ above _[o.][r.][e.][s.]_ MS.]

++Swiðe wel q{uo}ð warschipe likeð us [þ/] tu seist. Ah nu þu hauest se wel iseið of euch a setnesse{;} of þe seli sunder lepes sumhwet sei {280} us nu hwuch blisse is to alle iliche meane{;} [&] liues luue hire ondswereð. [f. 79v] Þe imeane blisse is seouenfald. lengðe of lif. wit. [&] luue. [&] of þe luue a gleadunge. wið{}ute met murie. loft song. [&] lihtschipe. ant sikernesse. is þe seoueðe. þah ich þis seið warschipe sumdel understonde{;} þu most unwreo þis witerluker [&] openin to þeos oðre. {285} ant hit schal beon seið liues luue warschipe as þu wilnest.

++Ha liuieð á in awlite. [þ/] is brihtre seoueuald. [&] schenre þen þe sunne. ant eau{er} in a strengðe to don buten euch swinc al [þ/] ha wulleð. [&] eau{er} mare in a steal in al [þ/] eauer god is wið{}ute wonunge. wið{}uten euch þing [þ/] mahe hearmin oðer eilin. {290} in al [þ/] eau{er} is. softe oðer swote. [&] hare lif is godes sihðe. [&] godes cnawlechunge as ure lau{er}d seide. [þ/] is q{uo}ð he eche lif to seon [&] cnawen sod godd. [&] him [þ/] he sende ih{es}u c{ri}st ure lau{er}d to ure alesnesse [&] beoð for þi ilich him iþe ilke wlite [þ/] he is. for ha seoð him as he is. nebbe to nebbe.

[Linenote: 291. After _[&] godes_, an erasure MS.]

+H+a beoð se wise [þ/] ha witen {295} alle godes reades. his runes [&] his domes þe derne beoð. [&] deopre þen eni sea dingle. ha seoð igodd alle þing. [&] witen of al [þ/] is [&] wes [&] eau{er} schal iwurden. hwet hit beo. hwi. [&] hwerto [&] hwer{}of hit bigunne. +H+a luuieð god wið{}ute met. for [þ/] ha understondeð hu he haueð bi ham idon þurh his muchele godlec [&] hwet ha ahen his {300} deorewurde milce to [gh]elden. ant euch{}an luueð oðer ase muchel as him seoluen.

+S+e gleade ha beoð of godd{;} [þ/] al is hare blisse. se muchel [f. 80r] [þ/] ne mei hit munne na muð. ne spealie [na speche] for þi [þ/] euchan luueð oðer as him seoluen. Euchan haueð of odres god ase muche murhðe as of his ahne. bi þis [gh]e mahen seon [&] witen. {305} [þ/] euchan haueð sunderlepes ase feole gleadschipes{;} as ha beod monie alle. [&] euch of þe ilke gleadschipes is to eau{er} euch{}an ase muche gleadunge{;} as his ahne sunderliche. [gh]et ou{er} al þis. hwen euchan luueð godd mare þen him seoluen. [&] þen alle þe odre{;} mare he gleadeð of godd wið{}uten ei etlunge þen of his ahne gleadunge. {310} [&] of alle þe oðres. Neomeð nu þenne [gh]eme [gh]ef neau{er} anes heorte ne mei in hire [und]eruon hire ahne gleadunge sunderliche. [iseide. se unim]ete muchel is þe anlepi blisse. [þ/] ha nimeð i[n] hi[re] þus monie. [&] þus muchele. for{}þi seide ure lau{er}d to þeo þe him hefden icwemet.

[Linenotes: 303. This leaf of the MS. defective. || 312, 313. MS. defective here. ]

_Intra in gaudiu{m}. et c'._ Ga q{uo}ð he in{}to þi {315} lau{er}des blisse. þu most al gan þrin. ant al beon bigotten þrin for in þe ne mei hit nanesweis neomen in. her{}of ha herieð godd [&] singeð á un{}werget eau{er} iliche lusti in þis loft songes. as hit iwriten is. _Beati q{ui} habitant. et c'._ Eadi beoð þeo lau{er}d. þe iþin hus wunieð. ha schulen herien þe from [worlde i{n}to worlde].

+H+a beoð {320} alle ase li[hte [&] ase swifte as þe sunne.] gleam þe sc[heot from est into west. ase þin ehe[f. 80v]lid tuneð ant openeð for hwer se eau{er} þe gast wule þe bodi is anan{}riht wið{}ute lettunge. for ne mei ham na þing a[gh]eines etstonden. for euch{}an is al{}mihti to don al [þ/] he wule. [gh]e makie to cwakien heouene ba [&] eorðe wið his an finger. {325} +S+ikere ha beoð of al þis. of þulli lif. of þulli wit. of þulli luue [&] gleadunge þrof. [&] of þulli blisse. [þ/] hit ne me neauer mare lutlin ne wursin. ne neome nan ende. þis lutle ich habbe iseid of [þ/] ich iseh in heouene ah nower neh ne{}{s}eh ich al. ne [þ/] [gh]et [þ/] ich [iseh. ne] ne con ich half tellen.

[Linenotes: 320-2. MS. defective here and at ll. 337-9. || 329. _seh_] _neh_ MS.]

+W+it{er}[liche quoð] warschipe. wel we understondeð {330} [þ/] tu hauest ibeo þear [&] soð hauest iseid trof. eft{er} þi sihðe. ant wel is him [þ/] is war. [&] bisið him hu he mahe beast halden his hus [þ/] godes tresor is in a[gh]eines godes unwine þe weorreð þer towart a wið unþeawes. for þet. schal bringen hi{m} þider as he schal. al þis [þ/] tu hauest ispeken of an hundret siðe mare of blisse buten euch bale {335} folhin [&] ifinden. Q{uo}ð strengðe hwen hit swa is{;} hwet mei tweamen us from godd [&] hald[en us þeonne. ich] am siker ine godd. [[þ/] ne schal lif ne deað{;} ne wa] ne wunne nowðer [to dealen us ant his luue. ah al þis] us haueð igarc [f. 10r] ket. [gh]ef we as treowe tresures witeð wel his tresor [þ/] is bitaht us to{}halden. as we schulen ful wel undeR his wengen. {340}

[Linenotes: 339. MS. Bod. ends with _igarc_; the rest is from MS. Royal 17 A 27.]

++Varpeð ut quoð warschipe{;} farlac ure fa. nis nawt riht [þ/] an hus halde þeos tweien. for þeR as murðes sonde is{;} [&] soð luue of eche lif. farlac is fleme. nu ut quoð strenðe farlac ne schaltu na leng{er}e leuen in uRe ende. nu q{uo}ð `he´ ich seide for god al [þ/] ich seide. [&] þah hit muri nere nes na lessere mi tale þe{n} wes murhðes {345} sondes ne unbihefre to ow. þah hit ne beo so licwurðe ne icweme. Eiðer of ow haueð his stunde to speokene. ne nis i{n}ckeR noðres tale to schunien in his time. þu warnest of wa. he telleð of wunne. muche neod is [þ/] me ow ba [gh]eornliche hercni. Flute nu faRlac þah. hwil liues luue is heRinne. [&] þole wið efne heorte þe dom of rihtwisnesse. {350} for þu schal[t]. ful bliðeliche beon under{}fon in as ofte as liues luue stutteð forto spekene.

++Nv is wil [þ/] husewif al stille. [þ/] eR wes so willesful. Al{}ituht efter wittes wissunge [þ/] is husebonde. [&] Al [þ/] hird halt him stille. [þ/] wes i{}wunet to beon fulitohen [&] don efteR wil haRe lefdi. Ant {355} nawt efteR wit{;} lustneð nu his lare. [&] fondeð eueR euchan efteR [þ/] him limpeð to. þ{urh} þeos twa sonden. [þ/] ha i{}heRd habbeð. [&] [þ/] fowr sustren lerden þruppe for euch unþeawes in[gh]ong his warde te witene. ant{}te waRden treowliche. [f. 10v]

++Þvs ah mon te þenchen ofte Ant ilome. Ant wið þulliche þohtes {360} awecchen his heorte. þe islep of [gh]emeles for{}[gh]et hire sawle heale. efter þeos twa sonden. +F+rom helle sihðe biseon{;} to þe blisse of heouene. To habben farlac of [þ/] an{;} luue toward [þ/] oðeR. ant leaden him ant hinen. [þ/] beoð his limen alle. nawt efteR wil þe untohe lefdi [&] his lust leareð. ah efteR [þ/] wit wule [þ/] is husebonde. tuhten [&] teachen [þ/] wit ga {365} eueR biuore ant teache wil efter him. to al [þ/] he dihteð [&] demeð to donne. ant wið þe fowR sustren{;} þer{}fore þe fowr heued þeawes. WaRschipe. Strencðe in godd. Ant Með. Ant +R+ihtwisnesse. witen godes treosor [þ/] is his ahne sawle. iþe hus of þe bodi{;} from þe þeof of helle. þulli þoht makeð mon te fleon alle unþeawes ant ontent his {370} heorte toward þe blisse of heouene. [þ/] ure lauerd [gh]eue us þ{urh} his hali milce [þ/] wið þe fedeR. ant e sune a{n}t e hali gast rixleð in þreo had á buten ende. AMEN.

+P+ar seinte charite biddeð a pateR nost{er} for iohan [þ/] þeos boc w{ra}t. {375}

++Hwa se þis writ haueð ired. +A+nt crist him haueð swa isped. +I+ch bidde p{ar} seinte charite. +Þ+et [gh]e bidden ofte for me. +A+a p{ate}R n{oste}R. ant aue maRie. 380 +Þ+et ich mote [þ/] lif heR drehen. +A+nt ure lauerd wel i{}cwemen. +I+ Mi [gh]uheðe [&] in min elde. +Þ+et ich mote ih{es}u crist mi sawle [gh]elden.

AMEN.

XVII. SAINT KATHERINE

[[MS description from Notes volume:

"As for Sawles Warde. The text of this extract is from the Royal MS."]]

[Headnote: Clara per Progenitores]

[f. 11r] ++Constantin. ant Maxence weren on ane time as in keiseres stude hehest i rome. ah constantin ferde þurh þe burhme{n}ne read in{}to fronc{}londe. ant wunede summe hwiles þer for þe burhes neode. ant Maxence storede þe refschipe in rome. weox umbehwiles wreððe him bitweonen. ant comen to þe fehte. {5} þes maxence wes ouercumen. ant fleh into alixaundre. Constantin walde efter. ant warpen him þeonne. ah so wide him weox weorre on euch halue. ant nomeliche in an lond y{li}rie hatte. [þ/] ter he etstutte. Þa Maxence iherde þis{;} [þ/] he wes of him siker. ant of his cume karles. warð king of þat lond [þ/] lei into rome. as duden meast {10} alle þe oðere of þe world. bigon anan as wedwulf to weorrin hali chirche. ant dreie{n} cristene men þe lut [þ/] ter weren alle to heðenedom heðene as he wes.

[Linenote: 8. After _an_, _e_ erased: _[.y]rie_ MS.]

Summe þurh muchele [gh]eoue ant misliche meden. Summe þ{urh} farlac of his fule þreates. Oleast wið stronge tintreo ant licomliche pinen. Þe fif [&] þrittuðe [gh]er of his {15} rixlunge he set okine{}seotle i þe moder{}burh [f. 11v] of alixaundres riche. he sende heste. [&] bode so wide so [þ/] lond wes. [þ/] poure ba [&] riche comen biuoren hi{m} to þe temple iþe tun of his heðene godes. euchan wið his lac{;} forto wurgin ham wið. comen alle to his bode. [&] euchan bi `hi´s euene biuoren Maxence seolf to wurgen his {20} mawmez. þe riche roðeren [&] schep [&] bule hwa so mahte brohte to lake. þe poure cwike briddes in þis ilke burh wes wuniende a meide{n} swiðe [gh]ung of [gh]eres twa wone of twenti. feie`r´ [&] freolich o wlite [&] o wastu{m}. ah [gh]et [þ/] wes mare wurð steðeluest wið{}innen of treowe bileaue. anes kinges cost hehte anlepi dohter icuret clergesse. kat{er}ine {25} inempnet.

[Linenote: 24. _wastun_ MS.]

þis meiden wes boðen federles [&] moderles of hire child-hade, ah þah ha [gh]ung were{;} ha heold hire aldrene hird wisliche [&] warliche iþe eritage. [&] iþe herd [þ/] com of hire burde. nawt for {þ}i hire þuhte god to habben monie under hire [&] beon icleopet lefdi [þ/] feole telleð wel to. ah ba ha wes offearet of scheome [&] of sunne. {30} [þ/] þeo weren to{}dreuet oðer mis{}ferden [þ/] hire forð-federes hefden ifostred. For hire seolf ne kepte heo nawt of þe world. þ{us} lo for hare sake ane dale [f. 12r] heo et{}heold [of hire eldrene god] [&] spende al [þ/] oðer in neodful [&] i{n} nakede.

[Linenotes: 28. _[þ/]i_ MS. || 33. _of ... god_ from C.]