And ouer al þer þei go
Cristen folk schul þei slo;
And þei schul receyue antecrist
And wene þt he be ihū crist;
And sone after comiþ domes day,
As we in prophecye her say."
5. The last passage I shall cite is a curious exposition of the First Commandment (p. 455.):—
"Þe first heste is þis: Þu schalt worschipen Þi lord god & him alone seruyn. In þt heste is forboden to don any sacrifice to mawmettis or worschipe to fals goddis. In þt heste also is forboden al maner wicchecraftis, enchauntementis, wiþ seruys and markis and al manere experimentis, coniuraciouns, as men wone to do and maken for thynges i-stolen, in bacynes, in swerdis and in certeyn names wreten and enclosed, holi water and holi candel and oþere manye maneris whiche ben nought good to neuene. In þt heste also is forboden al maner iogelyng and for to tellyn of þing þt is to comen, be sterres and planets, or be metell, or be destene, or be schynynge of þe pawme of mannes hond or eny oþere maneris. For þei aproperen to man þing þt oneliche falleþ to god, to witen of þinges þt arn to come," &c.
C. H.
St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge.