Ȝemine leoue sustren *bute ȝef neod ow driue* ne schulen habben no best .bute kat one. ancre þet haueð eihte þuncheð bet husewif ase marthe was .þen ancre . ne none weis ne mei heo beon marie . *marthe suster *mid griðfulnesse of heorte. Vor þeonne mot heo þenchen of þe kues foddreand of5heordemonne huire . oluhnen þene heiward . warien hwon me punt hire ⁊ȝelden þauh ðe hermes. wat crist þis is lodlich þing . hwon me [f. 116 v] makeð mone in tune ofancre eihte. Þauh ȝif eni mot nede habben ku : loke ðet heo nonemonne ne eilie : ne ne hermie . ne þet hire þouht ne beonout þeron i uestned. | 8. me me MS.
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1. mine ... sustren om.
2. schule ȝe C || haue || na | nan C || beast B || cat ||ane B || þe C
3. haues || ahte | achte C || semes || betere B ||as B || wes C || þen ancre om. B nanes | for `lihtlicheoðer´ nanes C
4. weies || mai || ho | ha C || beo || wið B
5. for þenne B || ho | ha C || cuwes C || andom. B
6. þe heordes || hure C || Olcne | olchni C || þe B ||haiward | haiwart C || hwen he B || pundes
7. ȝelde B || þah | þach C || harmes B || ladli |ladlich C || þing is wat crist hwen B
8. mon || makes B || in tune man | itune man C|| ancres B || ahte | achte C || Nu þenne latterdeleted, þah in margin | Nu þach C || ȝef C ||ani B
9. nedinge | nedunge C || haue || ku] hit B || hit namon B || eile | eili C || harme | harmi C |
ancre ne ouh nout10to habben no þing þet drawe utward hire heorte. none cheffare ne driueȝe. ancre þet is cheapild .* þe buð forte sullen efter biȝete * heo cheapeð hire soule : þe chepmonof helle. *Þing þah þ̵ ha wurcheð; ha mei wel þurh hiremeistres read; for hire neode sullen. þah swa dernliche as hamei for misliche monne wordes.* Ne wite ȝe15nout in oure huse of oðer monnes þinges . ne eihte . necloðes . ne nout ne vnderuo ȝe ðe chirche uestimenz ne þene caliz buteȝif * neod oðer* strencðe hit makie : oðer muchel eie. vor ofswuche witunge is i kumen muchel `vuel´ oftesiðen.wiðinnen ower woanes : ne lete ȝe nenne mon slepen. ȝifmuchel neode mid alle makeð breken20ower hus : þeo hwule ðet hit euer is i broken : lokeþet ȝe habben þerine mid ou one wummon of clene liue .deies ⁊ nihtes. | 12. ȝe over an erasure.
19. vuel on margin. |
10. ni || þoht | þocht C || nawt | nawicht C ||ter on | þron C || ifestnet || Anker || ah | ach C ||nawt T om. C
11. haue || no þing om. T || nan C || utward drahe |utwart draȝe C || Na B || chaffare | cheffere C
12. Anker || chapmon chepilt C
13. ho | ha C || cheapes | cheapeð C || sawle | sauleto C || chapmon | chepmon C
15. Nawt ne | Naut ne C || ȝe om. C
16. owre | ouwer C || hus B || of om. B ||monne C || ahte | achte C || claðes || ne nout ...caliz om. C, then interlined `bute neod ... eie´ || ne ...ȝe om.
17. Nawt te chircheuestemenz ne þe chaliz || ȝif ... oðer om.
18. strengðe || make || vor om. B || swuch |swich C || lokinge | witing C
19. muchel bifallen | muchel uuel ilumpen C || vuelom. || siðe || Inwið B || owre || wahes | wanes C ||lete ȝe bis
20. na wepmon | nan mon C || ȝef C ||muche B || ned | neod C || wið makes B || to breke |breoken C
21. owre || þe om. B || hwil B || ðet om. B|| eauer B || loke þet ȝe om. B || haues |habbeð C || ter inne | þrinne C
22. wið ow B || a | an C || cleane lif B || daies ||nichtes C |
Uor ðiþet no mon ne i sihð ou . ne ȝe ne i seoð nenne mon :wel mei don of ower cloðes . beon heohwite : beon heo blake. bute þet heo beon unorne ⁊ warme ⁊ wel iwrouhte. uelles wel i tauwed.25⁊ habbeð ase monie ase ou to neodeð . to bedde and eke to rugge. | 23, 24. welmeidon MS. |
23. For B || na nan C || seo | sið C || ow B ||ne iseoð om. B || ham | him C
24. duhen || owre | ouwer C || clað B || beo hit hwit beo hitblac bute hit beo B
25. ⁊ om. B || warm B || iwraht | iwracht C ||felles B || iteawet | itauwet C
26. habbes || as ow B || to nedes || eke om. B |
Nexst fleshe ne schal non werien nolinnene cloð bute ȝif hit beo of herde and of greate heorden. stamin`habbe´ hwo se wule. and hwo se wule mei beon buten. ȝeschullen liggen in on heater and i gurd. ne bere ȝe non iren . ne here .ne [f. 117 r] irspiles felles.30ne ne beate`ou´þer mide. ne mid schurge i leðered : nei leaded. ne mid holie . ne mid breres . ne ne biblodge hiresulf : wið uten schriftes leaue . ne ne nime et enes toueole disceplines. ower schon beon greate and warme. Ine sumer ȝe habbeðleaue uorto gon and sitten baruot. and hosen wið uten uaumpez .and ligge ine ham : hwo so likeð. Sum35wumon i nouh reaðe . wereð þe brech of heare fulweli knotted . and þe strapeles adun to hire uet. i laced fulueste. | |
27. Nest flesch B || nan B || werie || no om. ||nan C || cloð om. B || ȝif om. B
28. harde B || heordes || were C || hwa B || wile
29. and om. || hwa B || nule; beo wið uten || meibeon om. C || schuln in | schulen in C || an B ||hatter | hetter C
30. gurd liggen | igurd liggen C || were nan irn | beore naniren C || haire || ylespiles B
31. hire þerwið B || wið B || i leðered ne om. B|| ileadet B || ne om. B
32. wið holin | wið holine C || wið B || ne blodeke | nebibloðgi C || seluen | seolf C || ute C ||schirches
33. nine for ne ne || neome C || ateanes | ed eanes C|| feole B || disciplines | diciplines C || owre ||scheon C
34. I | In C || hauen || barefot to Gan ⁊ sitten | barfotgan ⁊ sitten C
35. and om. B || Hose || uampez | uampeð C || andom. B || ham om. B || hwa se like | hwasewule C
36. mon || inohraðe | inochraðe C || weres te brec || haire |here C || icnotten | icnotted C || and om. B
37. strapples || dun to þe fet B || faste |
ȝif ȝe muwen beon wimpel leas : *⁊ ȝe wel wullen* beoð bi warmekeppen . and þeruppon *oðer hwite oðer* blake ueiles. *Ancrensumme sungið in ha[re] wimlunge na lesse þene lefdị Sum seið þ̵hit limped . to e wummon cundeliche;40for te weri[en] wimpel. Nai . Wimpel ne hef[ed] nouðer ne nemneðhali writ; ah wriheles of heuet. Ad cor[inth.]Mulier uelet caput suum. Wummonseið þe apostel schal wrihen hi[re] heauet. wrihen he seið naut wimplin.wrihen ha schal hire scheome as sunfule eue dohte[r;] imungunge of þe sunne þ̵ sch[en]de us erst alle ⁊ naut45drah[en] þ̵ wriheles te tiffung ⁊ te pru[e]. Eft wule seintepauel þ̵ wumm[on] wreo ichirche hire neb ȝette leste vuel þoht arise þurh hir[e] on sihðe⁊ hoc est · propter ang[e]los. | |
37. For ȝif ... bi, T has habbes || ȝef ȝe mahen(over muchel del.) beo wimpelles C
38. cappes | cappen C || and ... wimlunge in l. 52om. || þruppon C
39. ueilles C |
Hwi þenne þu chirche ancre al beo þu iwimplet; openest þahþi neb to weopmones ehe . Te ȝeines þe. þe isist men spekeð seintepauel. Ah ȝef ei þing50wriheð; þi neb from monnes ehe; beohit wah beo hit clað i þi parlures þurl; welmei duhen ancre of oðer wimlunge.*Hwo se wule beon i seien . þauh heo atiffehire; nis nout muchel wunder . auh to godes eien . heois lufsumere þet is uor ðe luue of him; untiffedwið uten. Ring . ne broche nabbe ȝe . ne gurdel i membred .55ne glouen . ne no swuch þing þet ou . ne deih for to habben.*vnderstondeð . þ̵ of alle þeose þinges nis nan hest ne forbot for alleha beoð of þe vttere riwle þ̵ is lute strencðe of; for hwonþ̵ te inre beo wel iwist as ic seide i þe frumðe . ha mei beonichanget hwer se euer ei neod oder eni skile hit askeð .efter þ̵ ha mei ase60þuften . best seruin þe leafdi riwle.* | 52. wimlumpe MS.
55. i menbred MS.
59. ha] & MS. |
52. hwa B
53. wile || isehen | iseȝen C || of alle þ hire cumen toadd. || þah | þach C || ho | ha C || atiffen |atifi C || ham | na | nan C || muche B
54. Ah | ach C || ehne | echnen C || ho | ha C ||lufsumer || þe is C || for B
55. untiffet B || ni || ni || i membret
56. ni gloues || na | nan C || swich C || ow B || deah ||i burð C || for om. B |
Euerme is leouere . so ȝe don gretture werkes. ne makie none purses . uorteureonden ou mide .* bute to þeo þ̵ ower meistre ȝeoueð ow hisleaue*; ne blodbendes of seolke .* ne laz . buteleaue*; auh schepieð and seouweð and amendeð chirche cloðes .and poure65monne cloðes. no þing ne schule ȝe ȝiuen : wið utenschriftes leaue. helpeð mid ower owune swinke so uorð so ȝe muwen toschruden ou suluen and *feden ȝef neod is* þeo ðet ou serueð . ase seintierome lereð : ne beo ȝe neuer idel . uor anonrihtes ðeueond beot hire his werc : þet ine godes werke ne wurcheð . and hetuteleð anon|rihtes70touward hire. uor þeo hwule [f. 117 v] þet he isihð hirebisi . | |
62. Eauer B || leuere | leoure C || se B ||grattere | grettere C || Ne ... cloðes in l. 66om. || make ȝe C || nane C
63. forto freonden ow wið C
64. blod binden of seolc C
65. Ach schap`i´eð ⁊ seoweð ⁊ mendeð (e over ạ) C ||claðes C
66. menne hettren C || Na | nan || `swuc´ C || ȝeouenbute ȝe hauen chirches leaue || ȝeuen C
67. Helpes || wið B || owre || ahne | achne C || swinc |swinch C || se forð se B || muhen | muchȝen C
68. ow seluen | ow seoluen C || ta þ̵ ow seruen | owseruið C || As B || sein
69. leares | leareð C || neauer B || `allunge´idel `⁊ se forð as ȝe mahen´ C || for B || ananrihtes |ananrichtes C || te || feond | feont C || bedes.
70. þe C || i | in C || werc B || swinkes |swinkeð C || he om. B || tuteles | anan B
71. toward | towart C || for hwil he B || seos |sið C |
`he´ þencheð þus . vor nout ich schulde nu kumen neihhire; ne mei heo nout i hwulen uorto her`c´nen minelore. of idelnesse awakeneð muchel flesshes fondunge .Iniquitas sodome . saturitas panis ⁊ocium. þet is. al sodomes cweadschipe kom ofidelnesse : ⁊ of ful75wombe. Iren þet lið stille; gedereð sone rust . and water þetne stureð nout readliche stinkeð. ancre ne schal nout forwurðenscolme`i´stre : ne turnen hire ancre hus; to childrenescole. hire meiden mei þauh techen sum lutel meiden. þet weredute of forto leornen among gromes . auh ancre ne ouh forto ȝemen butegod one. *þah80bi hire meistres read; ha mei sum rihten ⁊ helpe teleren.* | |
72. he þe swike þenches tus || for B || noht |naut C || ischulde nu cume to hire | cumen nu nech hire C ||mai
73. ho | ha C || nawt | naut C || ȝeme nu | iȝemen C ||to B || lustnen mi | lustin min C || lare B ||wakenen
74. muchele || flesches B || fondinges
75. al om. B || sodome || cwedschipe C || com B
76. wambe || Irn þ̵ lis || Gederes || muche C || andom. B
77. stures || nawt | naut C || raðliche | readiliche C ||stinkes || ȝe ne schule sende lettres. | Ne underfo lettres buteleaue C || nawt | naut C || forwurðe B || scolemeister ||scol above erasure C
78. hire om. B || ancres || childre`ne´ schole C ||Hire ... leren in l. 81 om.
79. þauh om. C || learen C || lute C ||of; to C
80. bimong gremes C || Ach C || nach to ȝeme C ||ane C |
Ȝene schulen senden lettres . ne underuon lettres . ne writen : butenleaue. ȝe schulen beon i dodded four siðen iðe ȝere : uortolihten ower heaued. *oðer ȝef ȝe wulled ischauen. hwa se wule ieveset.ah ha mot te oftere weschen ⁊ kemben hire heauet*; andase ofte ileten85blod . and oftere ȝif neod is . and hwo so mei beon þer wiðuten; ich hit mei wel i þolien. hwon ȝe beoð i letenblod . ȝe ne schulen don no þing þeo þreo dawes; þet ou greue. auh talkeð mid ower meidenes. | |
82. underfon || bute
83. schule C || beo || idoddet C || iþe ȝer fiftenesiðe || ȝer C uorto ... heauet in l. 85 om. || to lichtenower heauet C
85. ⁊ fowr siðe ileten ⁊ as ofte ilete blod `⁊ ȝefneod is oftere´ C
86. oftre || ned || and ... þolien om. C || Hwa se mai welbeo wið uten: ich hit mai þolien
87. Hwon ... blod om. C || Hwen || arn schule C doþreo daies na þing þ̵ ow greues || don `þeo´ þreo daȝes nan þingþ̵ ow greueð C
88. Ah ach C || talkes || to B || owre seruant owermeidnes C |
and mid þeaufule talen : schurteð ou to gederes. ȝe muwen don soofte : hwon ou þuncheð heuie . oðer beoð uor sume worldliche þinge90sorie : oðer seke. So wisliche witeð ou in ourblod letunge : and holdeð ou ine swuche reste . þet ȝe longeþer efter muwen ine godes seruise þe monluker swinken . and also hwon ȝei ueleð eni secnesse . vor muchel sotschipe hit is. uorto[f. 118r] uorleosen uor one deie . tene oðer tweolue. Wassheð ouhwar se ȝe habbeð neode : ase ofte95ase ȝe wulleð. | |
89. wið B || þeawfule þeufule C || tales: schurtesow schurtið C || muhen muȝe C || swa don oftehwen ow B
90. þunches || heui C || arn || for sum B ||worldlich C || þing B
91. sari B || Swa B wislich C || wites || Of ower blodletungein marg. C || ow B || owre ower C ||blodletinge
92. haldes haldeð C || ow B || iswuch inswich C || rest || þrafter þrefter C ||muhen muȝen C || ine om. C || i godes
93. þe om. C || wurchen C || alswa alse C|| hwen B || felen feleð C || ani B
94. vor om. B || muche B || sotchipe C || uortoom. C || to lose leosen C || for an B ||dai dei C
95. twelue tweọlue C || Vas del. wasches inmarg. wescheð C || ow B || hwer B || ned is neod is C || as B
96. as B || wiln wullet C ||Ouwer meidnes riwle in marg. C |
Ancreþet naueð nout neih honde hire uode : beoð bisie two wummen. on ðet bi leaue euer ethom . an oðer þet wende ut hwonhit is neod . and þeo beo ful unorne *oðer a lute þuhten*oðer of feir elde and biðe weie ase heo geð . go singinde hire beoden .100ne ne holde heo nout none tale mid mon ne mid wummon . ne nesitte ne ne stonde bute þet leste þet heo meier þen heo kume hom. nouhwuder elles ne go heo; bute þiderase me sent hire. wið ute leaue : ne ete heo ne ne drinkeute. þe oðer beo euer inne . ne wið ute þe ȝeate nego heo nout wið ute leaue. boðe beon obedient to hore105dame in alle þinges; bute ine sūnne one. | 102. After mei erasure of one letter. |
97. Anker || þe C || naues || nawt | naut C || neh hond |nech hont C || fode B || beos || bisi || twa wimmen B
98. an B || þe C || leaue eauer with erasure of twoletters before || eauer leaue C || at hame | ed hame C ||þe C
99. hwen B || ned driues | neod driueð C || tat
100. of om. || feiȝer C || ealde B || andom. B || wei || as B || ho Gas | ha geað C ||Ga B || seiende | segginde C || beodes
101. Ni ne || halde B || heo nout om. B || na |nan C || wið B || wið B || ni sitte ne stonde | Ne sittenne stonden C
102. þe B || leaste || ho | ha C || ear B || þenne C|| ho | ha C || ham cume B
103. Nohwider | Nochwder C || ga B || heo om. ||ha C || as B || mon sendes
104. eote C || ho | ha C || eauer B
105. ȝate | ȝete C || ga B || heo om. | ha C ||nout om. B || Baðe | ba C || hare C
106. þing B || in B || ane B |
no þing nabben heo; þet hore dame hit nute . ne neunderuon no þing . ne ne ȝiuen wið uten hire leaue. Nenne mon neleten heo in . ne ðe ȝungre ne speke mid none monne : bute leaue .ne ne go nout ut of tune . wið uten siker uere . ne ne ligge ute.ȝif heo ne con o boke : sigge bi pater nostres110and bi auez hire vres . and wurche þet me hat hire wið utengruc|chunge. habbe euer hire earen opene touward hire dame. nouðer of ðewummen ne beren urom hore dame . ne ne bringen to hire . noneidele talen : ne neowe tiþinges . ne bitweonen ham sulf nesingen . ne ne speken none worldliche spechen . ne lauhwen ne ne pleienso ðet115ei mon þet hit iseie . muhte [f. 118 v] hit to v`u´elturnen. ouer alle þing leasunge and luðere wordes .hatien. Hore her beo i koruen . | |
106. Na | Nan C || heo om.
107. ho | heo C for hore dame || ni vnderfo | Ne underuo C|| na | nan C || ȝiue | ȝeouen C || add nowðer |nouðer C
108. leue || Na | Nan C || heo om. B || ni || ðe ȝungreom. C || speoken C || mid none monne om. C|| wið na wepmon
109. wið ute B || leue || Ne ga B || noht | naut C
110. fere B || ȝef C || ho | ha C || on C ||segge B
111. auees C || wurche ⁊ do hwat C || mon bides ||wið ute || grucchinge B
112. eauer B || eares || toward | towart C || lafdi ||Nowðer
113. of þe wummen om. C || of þe familiers ne beofram hire lafdi ni ni bringe nowðer || ne beore ne ne bringe toheore dame C || none om. B
114. tales || newe || tidinges C || bitwenen B || self |seolf C || ne ne singen C || ni ne speken | ne ne speoken hamseolf C
115. none om. C || nane speches || lahhen swa ne pleien þ̵ |lachȝen swa ne pleiȝen þ̵ C
116. ani || sehe | sechȝe C || mihte | machte C || hitom. C || turnen hit
117. þinge || leasinges | leasing C || uuele C ||hare C || beon C || icoruen B |
hore heuedcloð sitte lowe. eiðer ligge one. Hore hesmel beo heieistihd; al wið ute broche. no mon ne i seo hamunweawed . ne open heaued. *Inwið þe wanes ha muhe werie scapeloris hwenmantel120ham heuegeð . ute; gan i mantlet þe heaueti hudeket.* louh lokunge habben. heo ne schulen cussen nenne mon.* ne cuð mon ne cunes mon . nefor nan cuððe cluppen* ne uor luue cluppen . ne kuð ne unkuð . newasshen hore heaued . ne loken ueste o none monne . ne toggen midhim; ne pleien. hore weaden beon of swuche scheape125⁊ alle hore aturn swuch; þet hit beo eðcene hwarto heo beoði turnde. hore lates loken warliche . þet non ne edwite ham neine huse ne ut of huse. | 122. cuð corr. out of enð. |
118. hore ... i hudeket om. || hare C || clað C ||lachȝe C || ane C || hare cop beo hechȝe isticched C
119. al om. C || na C || seo C ||unlepped C
121. Lah lokinge | Lach locunge C
122. Eiðer ligge ane add. || ho | ha C || schulenom. C || schule || cusse B || na | nan C ||cunnes
123. ni || na || ne uor ... unkuð om. B
124. ne ... heaued om. | nene weschen hare C || Ni ||loke B || faste || o na | on an C || mon B
125. toggle | toggi C || wið B || him om. B ||pleiȝen C || Hare B || wede | weden C || beo || swuch |swich C || schape B
126. al || ⁊ of swic aturn þ̵ `hit´ C || eðscene | edsene C ||hwerto B || ho | ha C || beon B
127. Hare B || werliche C || nan B || etwite overwite del. C || ne om. B || inhus B
128. hus |
on alle wise uorberen to wreððen hore dame . and ase ofte ase heo hit doð er heo drinkenoðer eten . makien hore uenie akneon adun to þer eorðe biuorenhire : ⁊ sigge mea culpa . and underuon130ðe penitence : ðet heo leið upon hire lutende hire louwe. þe ancreneuer more þer efter þene ilke gult ne upb[r]eide hire : uornone wreððe . bute ȝif heo eft sone ualle iðet ilke . auh do hit allungeut of hire heorte. and ȝif eni strif ariseð bitweonen ðewummen; ðe ancre makie eiðer of ham to makienoðer venie akneon to ðer eorðe . and135eiðer rihte up oðer : ⁊ kussen ham on ende . and þe ancrelegge on eiðer sum penitence. More upon þeo ilke : ðetgretluker haueð agult. | |
128. forbeoren B || wradðen | wraððen C || hare C ||as B
129. as B || ho | ha C || don || ear || ho | ha C ||eoten C || Maken C || hire B || o cneos |acneon C
130. dun || to þer eorðe om. B || bifore | biforen C ||seggen B || vnder fo
131. penitance C || ho | ha C || leis || ham B ||lutinde C || lahe | lachȝe C || anker
132. þilke gult neauer mare þr after | þer efterneauer mare þilke gult C || hire om. B ||for B || na | nan C
133. wraððe B || ȝef C || ho | ha C || sones falle B|| i þat ilke | i þilke C || Ah | Ach C
134. and om. B || ȝef C || ani B || rises ||bitwenen ham utewið; | bitwene þe wimmen C|| þe anker
135. make B || of ham om. B || make B || þeoðer C || o cneos | o cneon C || dun to þe | to þe C
136. richte C || cussen on B || te anker leie
137. penitance C || Mare B || up o þ̵ ilke | up onþilke C || þe C || greatluker || gulte B |
þis is o þing wute `ȝe´ [f. 119 r] wel to soðe ðet is godeleouest; seih[t]nesse ⁊ some. ⁊ þe ueonde loðest. andfor þi he is euer umbe to arearen sume wreððe. nu isihð ðedeouel wel ðet hwon þet fur140is wel o brune . ⁊ me wule ðet hit go ut : me sundreð ðe brondes .and he deð `also´ onond þet ilke. luue is ihesu cristes fur þethe wule ðet blasie in vre heorte . and þe deouel bloweð fortopuffen hit ut . and hwon his blowinge ne geineð nout : þeonnebringeð he up sum luðer word . oðer sum oþernouhtunge : hwar þuruh heo to hurteð eiðer145urommard oðer; and þe holi gostes fur;acwencheð hwon ðe brondes þuruh wreððe; beoði sundred. and for þi holden ham ine luue uesteto gederes . | 138. ȝe added in margin. |
138. is om. C || a | an C || witen B ||ho | ha C || to soðe om. B || godd | god C ||leuest
139. sahtnesse | sachtnesse C || somentale || te feond | þefeont C || laðest B || and om. B || eauerumben B
140. reare | arere C || sum laððe B || seos |sið C || te swike | þe sweoke C || hwen fur B
141. onbrune C || mon wile || Ga B || mon sundres te ||brendes C
142. dos hond to þ̵ ilke | deð þ̵ ilke C || fuir || wile
143. owre || te || blawes | blaweð C
144. and om. B || hwen B || blast |blawunge C || Geines || nawt | naut C || þeonneom. B || he bringes | he bringeð C
145. luðer om. || hwat | nochtunge C || hwer B || þurh| þurch C || ho | ha C || hurren B
146. framward | frommart C || te || hali gastes B ||cwenches | cwencheð C || hwen
147. þurh | þurch C || wraððe B || beon isundret || andom. B || halde | halden C || iluue | inluue C ||faste | feste C |
and ne beo ham nout of; hwon ðe ueond blowe . andnomeliche ȝif monie beoð i ueied somed; and wel mid luueontende. Þauh ðe ancre on hire meidenes uor openliche gultes . leggepenitence150neuer ðe later to ðe preoste schriuen ham ofte . auheuer þauh mid leaue. and ȝif heo ne kunnen nout ðe metegraces : siggen in hore stude; pater .noster . ⁊ aue maria biuoren mete . and efter mete also . ⁊ credomoare . and siggen þus on ende . veder ⁊ sune ⁊ holi gost . ⁊ on almihtigod; he ȝiue ure dame his grace; so lengre so more.155⁊ leue hire ⁊ us boðe nimen god endinge . ⁊ forȝelde alle ðet us god doð. ⁊ milce hore soulen : þet us god i don habbeð . hore soulen⁊ alle cristene soulen. amen. | |
148. nawt | naut C || hwen B || feond |feont C || blawe B || and om. B
149. nomeli || ȝef C || beon B || ifest to Gedere || iueiȝetsomet C || wel om. || wið B || ontendet
150. Þah | þach C || þe om. || anker || seruanz ||for B || Giltes || leie || penitance C
151. to preost no ðe latere | to þe preost no ðelatere C || Ah | Ach C || eauer B || þah |þach C || wið B
152. and om. B || ȝef C || ho | ha C || cunen noht| cunne naut C || te || seggen B || hare C
153. studen C || Pater noster biforen | paternoster biuoren C || maria. After mete alswa | marie.efter mete alse C
154. a crede C || mare B || seggen | segge C || fadersune B || ⁊ om. || hali gast B
155. ⁊ om. B || an B || almichtin C || godd || heom. B || ȝeoue C || lauedi || se B || semare B
156. baðe | ba C || nime | neome C || ende B || ⁊om. B || þe C
157. don || heore C || sawle | saule C || ⁊ þ̵ us | þeus C || hauen || hore soulen om. C || sawle
158. sawle | saule C || amen om. B |
Bitweonen mele ne gruselie ȝe nout . nouðer frut; `ne´oðerhwat . ne `ne´ drinken wið uten leaue . [f. 119 v]auh þe leaue beo liht in alle þeo þinges; þer nissunne. Ette mete160no word . oðer lut . ⁊ þeo beon stille. also efter ðe ancrecumplie uort midmorwen . ne don no þing . ne ne siggen . hwarþuruh hire silence muwe beon i sturbed. non ancre seruant neouhte mid rihte uorto asken i sette huire; bute mete ⁊cloð : þet heo mei vlutten bi . ⁊ godes milce. ne mis leuenon god; hwat so bitide of ðe ancre :165þet he hire trukie. Þe meidenes wið uten ȝif heo serueð ðe ancrealso ase heo owen; hore hure schal beon ðe eche blisse ofheouene. hwo so haueð eie hope touward so heie hure :gledliche wule heo seruen ⁊ lihtliche alle wo and alle teone þolien. Mideise ne mid este; ne kumeð me nout toþer heouene.170 | |
158. Bitwene B || meal | mel C || gruse | gruuesi C ||ȝe om. C || nawt | naut C
159. nowðer | nouðer C || fruit || oðer hwet C || ni |ne C || drinke || bute B
160. ⁊ te | ⁊ þe C || licht C || al þ̵ nis B || At te |ed þe C || na | nan C
161. ⁊ ta stille | ⁊ þeo stille C || Alswa B || afterancres B || aðet prime | oðet prime C
162. ni do þing ne segge | ne don nan þing ne seggen C ||hwer þurh | hwar þurch C
163. muhe | muȝe C || beo desturbet | beon to sturbed C|| Nan B || ancres seruante || ah | achte C || bi B
164. richte C || to B || iset hure B || ant C ||clað B || ho | ha C || mai || flutte B
165. nan B || godd || hwet C || se tide B || anker
166. over trukie faile C || þeo þ̵ arnwið uten || meidnes C || ȝef C || ho | ha C|| seruen | seruið C || anker
167. alswa as B || hom ahen | ha achȝen C || hare C ||beo
168. Hwa se B || haues || ehe of | eȝe of C || toward |towart C || se B || heh | hech C || gladli wile || ho |ha C || seruin C
169. lichtliche C || wa B || tene || wið B || estene C || wið B || eise C
170. bueð mon nawt blisse | buð me naut blisse C |
Ȝeancren owen þis lutle laste stucchen reden to our wummeneueriche wike enes uort ðet heo hit kunnen. and muche neod is oubeoðe : ðet ȝe nimen to ham godeȝeme . vor ȝe muwen muchel þuruh ham beon i goded. andi wursed on oðer halue. ȝif heo sunegeð þuruh owerȝemeleaste; ȝe schulen beon bicleoped þer of biuorenþe175heie demare . and for þi ase ou is muche neod . ⁊ ham isȝete more; ȝeorneliche techeð ham to holden horeriulen . | 173. After gode ḍẹ MS. |
171. ancres B || ahen | achȝe C || laste lutle B ||stucche | stuche C || rede || owre | ower C || seruanz
172. euche | uche C || eanes B || til þ̵ ho | oðet `til´ha C || cunnen B || ned || is þ̵ ȝe B
173. neomen C || to ham nimen || god || muche C || for B|| muhen | mughe C || muchel om. C || muche ||þurh B
174. hom beo || igodet B || wursnet. | iwurset. C || On B|| half B || ȝef C || ho | ha C || suneheþ |sungeð C
175. þurh | þurch C || owre || ȝemeles | ȝemeles`chipe´ C ||schule beo bicleopet || þrof | þref C || bifore | biforen C
176. hehe | hechȝe C || deme | dom C || and om. B|| as B || ow B || ned || hom | heom C || isom. B || ȝette | ȝet C || mare B
177. ȝeornliche || leares | leareð C || halden hare B|| riwle | riuwlen C |
boðe uor ou : ⁊ for ham suluen . liðeliche þauh ⁊luueliche; uor swuch ouh wummone lore to beon .luuelich and liðe and seldwhonne sturne. Boðe hit is riht þet heo ou[f. 120 r] dreden ⁊ luuien . auh þet ðer beo . moreeuer180of luue : þen of drede. þeonne schal hit wel uaren. Me schal heldeneoli and win beoðe i ne wunden, efter godere lore . auh more ofþe softe eolie; þen of þe bitinde wine . þet is . more ofliðe wordes : þen of suwinde . vor þerof kumeð þingebest; þet is luue eie. lihtliche ⁊ sweteliche uorȝiueðham hore gultes : hwon heo ham iknoweð and185bihoteð bote. | |
177. baðe | ba`þe´ C || for ow B
178. seolf B || þauh om. B || luuelice C ||for B || swich C || ah | ach C || wummoneslare B || of religiun add.
179. second and om. C || seldscene |selthwenne C || Baðe | ba`þe´ C || hit om. B ||richt C
180. ho | he corr. out of ha C || ow B || ah |ach C || ter || eauer mare | mare eauer C
181. of þe || þenne B || faren B || Mon|| heolde
182. baðe | ba C || in B || wundes | wundesi erasureof two letters C || after || godes lare B || Ah |Ach C || mare B || þe om. B
183. eoli B || þenne C || þe om. B || bitende ||win B || ma | ma`re´ C || þenne C
184. suhiende | sturne C || for B || cumes | kimeð C ||Lichtliche C
185. swetelich || for ȝiues | forȝeoueð C || hare C ||hwen B || ho | ha C || arn cnawe | icnaweð C
186. bihaten | bihateð |
Seuorð ase ȝe muwen of drunch and of mete and of cloð and of oðer þingesþet neode of fleshe askeð : beoð large touward ham :þauh ȝe ðe neruwure beon and te herdure to ou suluen . vor so deð þe welbloweð . went þene neruwure ende of þe horne to his owune190muðe . ⁊ utward þene wide. and ȝe don also . ase ȝe wulleð þet owerbeoden bemen ⁊ dreamen wel : ine drihtenes earen . and nout one toower ones; auh to alle uolkes heale . ase ure louerdleue þuruh ðe grace of himsulf . þet hit so mote beon.amen. | |
187. Ase | Alse C || forð as B || muhen | muȝen C ||baðe add. || drinch || of drunch and om. C || andafter mete om. || claðes B
188. oðre C || þing || ned || flesch | fles C || askes|| beos || toward B
189. þah | þach C || ðe om. B || narewe beon ⁊ harde toow seoluen B || vor om. || `for´ C || Swa |swa C || dos
190. þ̵ || blawes | blaweð C || wendes || te | þe C || narewe|| ende om. || `ende´ C || horn B || toward || ahne |achne C
191. muð B || te | þe C || do alswa as B || wiln |wullet C ||owre beodes
192. bemen wel ⁊ B || i drihtines | indrichtines C || eare || and om. B || Nawt | naut C|| ane B
193. owre || anres | a`u´nes C || Ah | ach C || folkes B|| as B || lauerd B || þurh | þurch C
194. himself | him seolf C || swa mote B || beon.amen om. B |
O þisse boc redeð eueriche deie : hwon ȝe beoð eise .eueriche deie195lesse oðer more. uor ich hopie þet hit schal beon ou ȝif ȝe hit redeðofte : swuðe biheue þuruh godes grace . and elles ich heuede vuelebitowen muchel of mine hwule. God hit wot me were leouere uorto don metouward rome; þen uorto biginnen hit eft forto donne. and ȝifȝe iuindeð þet ȝe doð also ase ȝe redeð; þonkeð god ȝeorne .200and ȝif ȝe ne doð nout; biddeð godes ore .[f. 120 v] and beoð umbe þer abuten : þet ȝe hit bet holholden : efter ower mihte.Veder and sune and holi gost . and on almihti god : he wite ou inhis warde. he gledie ou and froure ou; mine leoue sustren.and for al þet ȝe uor him drieð and suffreð . he ne ȝiue ou neuerlesse huire þen205alto gedere him suluen. he beo euer i heid from worlde toworlde . euer on ecchenesse. amen. | |
195. Of C || þis B || redes || eueriche deieom. B || hwen B || arn || aise C || euchedai | uchedei C
196. mare B || uor om. B || þet om. || ow B|| ȝef C
197. hit add. B || reden || swiðe B || biheoue ||þurh B || `godes´ C || and om. B || hafde |hefde C
198. bitohen | bitochȝen uuele C || muche hwile B || God ...wot om. B || leuere | leoure C || deu le setadd. B
199. to do B || toward | towart C || for to | for te C
200. and om. B || ȝef C || finden |findeð C || don alswa as B || reden. þonkes godd
201. and om. B || ȝef C || don || nawt | naut C ||biddes godd || are B || beos || umben B
202. þer onuuen | þer an ouen C || hit bettere halden| hit halden C || after owre mihte | efter owermichte C || Fader sune. haligast an B
203. almichti C || godd || he om. B || ow B
204. gladie || ow B || frouri C || ow B || leue sustre
205. for B || drehen oðer drehden | dreȝeð ⁊ dreiȝeð C || heom. B || ni ȝiue | Ne ȝeoue C || ow B ||neauer B || lasse || hure C
206. seluen | seoluen C || Beo he B || ai ihehet |eauer ihechȝet C || fram || into B
207. a on ecnesse | `a on echnesse´ C |
ase ofte ase ȝe readeð out o þisse boc; greteð þe lefdimid one aue marie uor him ðet makede þeos riwle . and for him þethire wrot and swonc her abuten. Inouh meðful ich am; þetbidde so lutel.210 | |
208. As C | as B || hauen red | habbeð ired C || oht o þisboc | eawet þron C || Gretes ure || lauedi | lafdi C || wiðan B
209. marie om. B || for B || þ̵ swanc herabuten. | þe swong her abuten. C
210. Inouh ... lutel om. || `Jnoh meðful ic am þe bidde selutel´ C |