Si sciret paterfamilias qua hora fur uenturus esset; vigilaret utique ⁊ non sineret perfodi domum suam. Ure lauerd i þe godspel teacheð us þurh abisne. hu we ahen wearliche to biwiten us seoluen wið þe unwiht of helle. ⁊ wið his wernches. 5 ȝef þes lauerd wiste he seið. hwenne ⁊ hwuch time. þe þeof walde cume to his hus; he walde wakien. ne nalde he nawt þolien þe þeof forte breoken hire. Þis hus þe ure lauerð spekeð of; is seolf þe mon inwið þe monnes wit. I þis hus. is þe huse lauerd. ant te fulitohe wif; mei beon wil ihaten. þ̵ ga þe hus efter hire; ha diht hit al to wundre. 10 bute wit ase lauerd chasti hire þe betere. ⁊ bi neome hire muchel of þ̵ ha walde. ant tah walde al hire hird folhin hire ouer al; gef wit ne forbude ham. for alle hit beoð untohene. ⁊ rechelese hinen; bute ȝef he ham rihte. Ant hwucche beoð þeos hinen; Summe beoð wið vten. ⁊ summe wið in nen. þeo wið vten beoð. þe monnes fif 15 wittes. Sihðe. ⁊ herunge. smechunge. ⁊ smeallunge. ⁊ euch limes felunge. þeos beoð hinen vnder wit. as under huse lauerd. 17.
hwer] r over ṭ.
37. After gastelich, e erased. ⁊ hwer se he is ȝemeles; nis hare nan þe ne feareð ofte untoheliche. ⁊ gulteð ilome. oðer ifol semblant; oder in vuel dede. In wið beoð his hinen. in se moni mislich þonc to cwemen wel þe husewif; aȝein godes 20 wille. ⁊ swerieð somet reaðliche. þ̵ efter hire hit schal [f. 72 v] gan. þah we hit ne here nawt; we mahen `iþþlen´ hare nurhð. ⁊ hare untohe bere. a þet hit cume forð. ⁊ ba wið eie. ⁊ wið luue tuhte ham þe betere. Ne bið neauer his hus for þeos hinen wel iwist. for hwen þ̵ he slepe. oðer ohwider from hame. þ̵ is hwen mon forȝet his wit. 25 ⁊ let ham i wurðen. ah ne bihoueð hit nawt. þ̵ tis hus beo irobbet. for þer is inne þe tre[sor] þ̵ godd ȝef him seolf fore. þ̵ is monnes sawle. forte breoke þis hus efter þis tresor. þ̵ godd bohte mid his deað. ⁊ lette lif o rode; is moni þeof a buten ba bi dei ⁊ bi niht. vnseheliche gasttes wið alle unwreaste þeawes. ⁊ a ȝein euch god þeaw. þe biwiteð 30 iþis hus godes deore castel . vnder wittes wissunge þ̵ is huse lauerd. is eauer hire unþeaw forte sechen inȝonge abute þe wahes to a murðrin hire þrinne. þ̵ heaued þrof is þe feont. þe meistreð ham alle aȝeines him ⁊ his keis. þe husebonde þ̵ is wit. warneð his hus þus. vre lauerd haueð ileanett him froure of his dehtren. þ̵ beoð to 35 vnderstonden þe fowr heaued þeawes. þe earste is warschipe icleopet. ant te oþer is ihaten gasteli`c´h strengðe. ⁊ te þridde is meað. rihtwisnesse þe feorðe. Wit þe husbonde godes cunestable cleopeð warschipe [f. 73 r] forð. ⁊ makid hire durewart. þe warliche loki hwam ha leote in ⁊ ut. ⁊ of feor bihalde alle þe cuminde. hwuch beo wurðe 40 inȝonge to habben; oðer beon bisteken þrute. Strengðe stont nest hire. þ̵ ȝef ei wule in; warschipes vn þonkes. warni strengðe fore. þ̵ is hire suster; ⁊ heo hit ut warpe. þe þridde suster þ̵ is meað. hire he makeð meistre ouer his willesfule hirð þ̵ we ear of speken. þ̵ ha leare ham mete . þ̵ me meosure hat. þe middel of twa uueles . for 45 þ̵ is þeaw in euch stude ⁊ tuht forte halden. ⁊ hateð ham alle þ̵ nan of ham aȝein hire; nohwer wid vnmeoð; ne ga ouer mete. þe feorðe suster rihtwisnesse. sit on hest as deme . ⁊ beateð þeo þe aȝulteð. ⁊ cruneð þeo þe wel doð. ⁊ demeð euchan his dom efter his rihte. for dret of hire nimeð his hirð euch efter þ̵ he is warde to witene . þe 50 ehnen hare. þe muð his. þe earen hare. þe hondon hare. ⁊ euch alswa of þe oþre wit þ̵ onont him ne schal nan un þeaw cumen iN.
As 58. Before leane, feier erased.
73. enbreueḍt MS. þis is ido þus. ⁊ is al stille þrinne; warschipe þ̵ áá is waker is offearet lest sum for truste him. ⁊ feole o slepe. ⁊ forȝeme his warde. ⁊ sent ham. in a sonde. þ̵ ha wel cnaweð. of feorren icumen. forte 55 offearen þeo þe beoð [f. 73 v] ouer hardi. ⁊ þeo þe ȝemelese beoð; halden ham wakere. he is underuon in. ⁊ swiðe bihalden of ham alle. for lonc he is. ⁊ leane. ⁊ his leor deaðlich. ⁊ blac ⁊ elheowet. ⁊ euch her þunc`h´eð þ̵ stont in his heaued up; warschipe hat him tellen biuoren. hwet he beo ⁊ hweonene he comme ⁊ hwet he þer seche. Ne mei 60 ich he seið. nohwer speoken. bute ich habbe god lust; lustnið me þenne. fearlac ich hatte. ant am deaðes sonde. ⁊ deaðes munegunge. ⁊ am icumen biuore hire to warnin ow of hire cume. warschipe þ̵ best con bisetten hire wordes. ⁊ ec hire werkes; spekeð for ham alle. ⁊ freineð hweonene he cume. ⁊ hwuch hird ha leade. fearlac 65 hire ontswereð. Ich nat nawt þe time; for ha ne seide hit me nawt. ah eauer lokið hwenne. for hire wune is to cumen bi stale ferliche ⁊ unmundlunge hwen me least weneð. of hire hird þ̵ tu easkest. Ich þe ondswerie. ha lihteð hwer se ha eauer kimeð wið a þusent deoflen. ⁊ euch an bereð a gret boc al of sunnen iwriten wið swarte smeale 70 leattres. ⁊ an unrude raketehe gled read of fure. forte binden ⁊ to drahen in to in warde helle. hwuch se he mei preoouin þurh his boc þ̵ is on euch sunne enbre[f. 74 r]uet. þ̵ he wið wil. oðer wið word. oðer wið werc. wrahtte in al his lif siðe. bute þ̵ he haueð i bet earþon wið soð schrift. ⁊ wið deadbote. ant warschipe hire easkeð. Hweonene 75 cumest tu fearlac deaðes munegunge. Ich cume he seið of helle. Of helle ha seið warschipe. ⁊ hauest tu isehen helle? Ȝe seið fearlac witerliche. ofte ⁊ ilome. Nu seið þenne warschipe. forþi trowðe treoweliche tele us hwuch is helle. ⁊ hwet tu hauest isehen þrin. ant ich he seið fearlac omi trowðe bluðeliche. nawt tah efter þ̵ hit is. for þ̵ ne mei na 80 tunge `tellen´. ah efter þ̵ ich mei ⁊ con; þer towart ich chulle readien.
Helle is [wid] wið ute met. ⁊ deop wið ute grunde. ful of brune uneuenlich . for ne mei nan eorðlich fur euenin þer towart. ful of stench unþolelich. for ne mahte in eorðe na cwic þinge hit þolien. ful of sorhe untalelich. for ne mei na muð for wrecchedom 85 ne for wa; rikenin hit ne tellen. Se þicke is þrinne þe þosternesse; þ̵ me hire mei grapin. for þ̵ fur. ne ȝeueð na liht. ah blent ham þe ehnen. þe þer beoð wið a smorðrinde smeke smeche forcuðest. ⁊ tah iþ̵ ilke swarte þeosternesse swarte þinges ha iseoð as deoflen þ̵ ham meallið ⁊ derueð áá ⁊ dreccheð wið alles cunnes pinen. ⁊ iteilede 90 draken gri`s´liche ase deoflen þe forswolheð ham ihal. ⁊ speoweð ham [f. 74 v] eft ut biuoren ⁊ bihinden. oðer hwile torendeð ham ⁊ to cheoweð ham euch greot. ant heo eft iwurðeð hal. to a swuch bale bute bote as ha ear weren. ant ful wel ha i seoð ham to grisle ⁊ to grure. ⁊ to echen hare pine. þe laðe helle wurmes. tadden ⁊ froggen. 95 þe freoteð ham ut te ehnen. ⁊ te nease gristles. ant snikeð in. ⁊ ut neddren. ⁊ eauraskes. nawt ilich þeose her; ah hundret siðe grisluker et muð. ⁊ et earen. ed ehnen. ⁊ ed neauele. ant ed te breoste holke as meaðen iforrotet flesch eauerȝete þickest. þer is remunge iþe brune. ⁊ toðes hechelunge iþe snawi weattres. ferliche ha flutteð from þe 100 heate; in to þe chele. Ne neauer nuten ha of þeos twa; hweðer ham þuncheð wurse. for eiðer is unþolelich. ant iþis ferliche monge þe leatere þurh þe earre derueð þe mare. þ̵ fur ham forbearneð al to colen calde. þ̵ pich ham forwalleð aðet ha beon for mealte. ⁊ eft acwikieð anan to drehen al þ̵ ilke; ant muchedeale wurse á wið uten 105 ende. Ant tis ilke unhope is ham meast pine. þ̵ nan naueð neauer mare hope of nan a couerunge. Ah aren sikere of euch uuel to þurh leasten iwa from world in to worlde áá on echnesse. Euch aþrusmeð oðer. ⁊ euch is oðres pine. Ant euchan heateð oðer. ⁊ him seoluen as [f. 75 r] þe blake deouel. ⁊ eauer se ha i þis world luueden 110 ham mare; se ha þer heatieð ham swiðere. ⁊ eiðer curseð oðer. ⁊ fret of þe oðres earen. ⁊ te nease alswa. Ich habbe bigunne to tellen of þing þ̵ ich ne mahte nawt bringe to eni ende. þah ich hefde a þusent tungen of stele ⁊ talde aðet ha weren alle forwerede. Ah þencheð nu her þurh hwuch þe measte pine beo; for þe leaste pine is 115 se heard þ̵ hefde a mon i slein ba mi feader. ⁊ mi moder ant al þe ende of mi cun. ⁊ i do me seoluen al þe scheome ⁊ te hearm þ̵ cwic mon mahte þolien. ⁊ ich isehe þes mon i þe ilke leaste pine. þ̵ ich iseh in helle; Ich walde ȝef hit mahte beon. þolien a þusent deaðes to a rudden him ut þrof. swa is þe sihðe grislich ⁊ reowðful to bihalden. 120 for þah neauer nere nan oðer pine bute to i seon eauer þe unseli gastes. ⁊ hare grisliche schape. biseon on hare grimfule. ⁊ grurefule nebbes. ⁊ heren hare rarunge. ⁊ hu ha wið hokeres edwiteð ⁊ up breideð euchan his sunnen. þis schenðlac ⁊ te grure of ham were unimete pine; ⁊ hure þolien ⁊ a beoren hare unirude duntes wið 125 mealles istelet. ⁊ wið hare eawles gled reade hare dustlunges. as þah hit were a pilche clut euchan towart oðer imisliche pinen. O helle deaðes hus. wununge of wanunge. of grure ant of granunge. heatel [f. 75 v] ham. ⁊ heard wan. of alle wontreaðes. buri of bale. ⁊ bold of eauer euch bitternesse . þu laðest lont of alle. þu dorc stude ifullet 130 of alle dreorinesses. Ich cwakie of grisle ⁊ of grure. ⁊ euch ban schekeð me. ⁊ euch her me rueð up of þi munegunge. 133. bicuhhe MS. for nis þer na steuene bituhhe þe fordemde bute wumme. ⁊ wa is me. ⁊ wa beo þe. ⁊ wa beo þe. wa ha ȝeieð. ⁊ wa ha habbeð ne of al þ̵ eauer wa is; ne schal ham neauer wontin. þe swuch wununge of earneð. for ei hwilinde 135 blisse her o þisse worlde; wel were him ȝef þ̵ he neauer ibore nere. bi þis ȝe 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 þus quoð fearlac forte warnin ow fore; ⁊ tellen ow þeos tidinges. 140
Nv 142. donne] the second n corr. out of t.
145. of over ạ MS. lauerd godd quoð 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. ȝef we wel werieð ⁊ witeð ure hus ⁊ godes deore tresor þ̵ 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 ⁊ in ȝong in to heouene. of þeos fikelinde world; ne of hire false blisse : ne neome we neauer ȝeme. for al þ̵ is on eorðe. nis bute as a schadewe; for al wurðeð [f. 76 r] to noht bute þ̵ deore tresor godes deorewurðe feh þ̵ 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. ȝeað abuten ure hus sechinde ȝeornliche hu he hit forswolhe. ⁊ tis ich mei seið warschipe warnin ow of his lað ⁊ for his wrenches. ah ich ne mei nawt aȝeines his strengðe.
Do 159. ȝenis MS. nu quoð strengðe. warschipe suster þ̵ 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? ȝe nis godd ure scheld. ⁊ alle beoð ure wepnen of his deore grace. ant godd is on ure half. ⁊ stont bi us ifehte. ȝef 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 þ̵ ȝeueð me alle mine strengðen.
For 166. caṛien MS.
170. we] weị MS. ba me ah. quoð meað. ant for heart of nowcin. ⁊ for wone of 165 wunne dreden. ⁊ carien. for moni for to muchel heard of wa þ̵ he d`r´eheð. forȝet ure lauerd. ant ma þah for nesche ant for flesches licunge for [f. 76 v] ȝemeð 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 ȝuldene. ȝef 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 ouer þe midel of mesure. ⁊ of mete.
Rihtwissnesse spekeð nu. Mi suster ha seið warschipe þe haueð 175 wit. ⁊ schad bituhhe god. ⁊ uuel. ⁊ wat hwet is in euch þinge to cheosen ⁊ to schunien; readeð us ⁊ leareð forte ȝeme lutel alle fallinde þing. ⁊ witen warliche þeo þe schulen á lesten. ⁊ seið as ha soð seið þ̵ 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. turnes ⁊ deð ase þe wise. Mi suster strengðe is swiðe bald. ⁊ seið þ̵ nawiht heardes ne mei hire offearen. ah þah ha ne trust nawt on hire ahne wepnen; ah deð o goðes grace ⁊ þ̵ ich demi riht ⁊ wisdom to donne. Mi 185 þridde suster. meað spekeð of þe middel sti. bituhhe riht ⁊ luft þ̵ lut cunnen halden. [f. 77 r] ⁊ seið inesche ha is bald. ⁊ heard mei hire offearen. ⁊ for þi ne ȝelpeð ha of na sikernesse ant deð as þe wise. Mi meoster is to do riht forte demen ant ich deme me seolf þ̵ ich þurh me ne do hit nawt; for al þ̵ god is of godd þ̵ we her 190 habbeð. Nu is riht þenne þ̵ we demen us seolf eauer unmihtie to werien ⁊ to witen us oðer ei god to halden wið ute godes helpe. Þe rihtwise godd wule þ̵ we demen us seolf eðeliche ⁊ lahe. Ne beo we neauer swucche; for þenne demeð he us muche wurð ⁊ gode ant halt for his dehtren. for þah mi forme suster war beo of euch uuel; 195 ant min oðer strong beo to ȝeines 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. Wjit þe husebonde godes cunestable hereð 200 alle hare sahen ⁊ þonkeð god ȝeorne wið swiðe glead heorte of se riche lane as beoð þeos sustren his fowr dehtren þ̵ he haueð ileanet him on helpe forte wite wel ⁊ werien his castel. ⁊ godes deorewurðe feh. þ̵ is biloke þrinne.
Þe willesfule husewif halt hire al stille. ant al þ̵ hird þ̵ ha wes 205 i wunet to dreaien efter hire; turneð [f. 77 v] ham treowliliche to wit hare lauerd. ⁊ to þeos fowr sustren. Vmben ane stunde spekeð eft warschipe. ⁊ seið ich iseo a sonde cumen swide gledd icheret. feier ⁊ freolich ⁊ leofliche aturnet. let him in seið wit ȝef godd wule he bringeð us gleade tidinges. ant þ̵ 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 lauerd. ⁊ al þ̵ hird seoðen. wið lahhinde chere. ant ha ȝeldeð him his gretunge. ⁊ beoð alle ilihtet ⁊ igleadet ham þuncheð of his on sihðe. for al þ̵ hus schineð. ⁊ schimmeð of his leome. he easkeð ham ȝef ham biluueð to 215 heren him ane hwile. ȝe quoð ha rihtwisnesse. wel us biluueð hit. ⁊ wel is riht þ̵ we þe liðeliche lustnin.
Hercnið nu þenne he seið. ⁊ ȝeornliche understondeð. [I]ch am murðes sonde. ⁊ munegunge of eche lif. ant liues luue i haten ⁊ cume riht from heouene þ̵ ich habbe isehen nu ant ofte ear 220 þe blisse þ̵ na monnes tunge ne mei of tellen. þe iblescede godd iseh ow offruhte. ⁊ sumdel drupnin of þ̵ fearlac talde of deað. ⁊ of helle. ant sende me to gleadien ow. nawt for þi þ̵ hit ne beo al soð þ̵ he seide. ⁊ þ̵ schulen alle uuele fondin. ⁊ ifinden. Ah ȝe wið þe fulst of godd ne þurue na þing dreden for he sit on [f. 78 r] he þ̵ is 225 ow on helpe. ⁊ is al wealdent þ̵ haueð ow to witene.