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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Departing Soul's Address to the Body + A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem, Discovered Among the + Archives of Worcester Cathedral + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Thomas Phillipps + +Translator: Samuel Weller Singer + +Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19937] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEPARTING SOUL *** + + + + +Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + + + + + + + + + +THE + +DEPARTING SOUL'S + +ADDRESS TO THE BODY + +A FRAGMENT OF + +A SEMI-SAXON POEM, + +DISCOVERED AMONG THE ARCHIVES OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, + +BY SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, BART. + +WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, + +BY + +S. W. SINGER. + +LONDON: +PRINTED BY LUKE JAMES HANSARD & CO. + +M.DCCC.XLV. + + + + +_The student of our early literature and language is indebted to the +zeal of Sir Thomas Phillipps, for the discovery of the following +interesting Fragment, which appears to have formed part of a volume that +contained Ælfric's Grammar and Glossary, probably of the Twelfth +Century. The fragments were discovered among the archives of Worcester +Cathedral; and in 1836 Sir Thomas Phillipps printed the whole of them in +folio. I know not whether the form or the typographical arrangement has +been the cause of the neglect of this publication; but it has escaped +both Mr. Wright and Mr. Thorpe. The former, in his interesting edition +of "The Latin Poems of Walter de Mapes," where he has given the literary +history of this legend with extracts, has not even referred to our +fragment; nor has Mr. Thorpe adverted to it in his publication of the +"Codex Exoniensis," which contains an Anglo-Saxon poem of the same kind, +with which it is interesting to compare this later version of the +legend. There is a portion of another semi-Saxon poem, entitled "The +Grave," printed in Mr. Conybeare's "Illustrations," and by Mr. Thorpe in +his "Analecta Anglo-Saxonica," which appears to be by the same hand, or +at any rate of the same school and age. Indeed some of the lines and +thoughts are identical with passages of the following poem. Mr. Thorpe +has justly called "The Grave" a singularly impressive and almost +appalling fragment; expressions equally characteristic of that with +which the reader is here presented._ + +_This impressive character, coupled with the interest which the fragment +possesses, as a specimen of the moral poetry of our ancestors, and as +throwing light upon the transition of our language from Saxon to +English, has been the motive for producing it in a more legible form +than that in which it first appeared._ + +_In one of the smaller poems (No. V.), printed by Mr. Wright with the +Owl and the Nightingale, from the Cottonian MS. Calig. A. ix. "The sorie +sowle maketh hire mone," in language not dissimilar to that used in the +following fragment; and the dreary imagery of the house appointed for +all living, and the punishment which awaits a wicked life at its close, +are painted in an equally fearful manner._ + +_Mr. Thorpe points to an Anglo-Saxon prose Homily as the original of the +poem on the same theme in the Exeter MS., which is repeated, with some +variation, in the Vercelli Codex. In a rude and simple age this dramatic +way of awakening the sinner to a sense of his perilous state, was +perhaps the most effective that could have been chosen, and it was +naturally a favorite with the moral and religious teachers for some +centuries. M. Karajan, in a very pleasing little publication +(Frülingsgabe für freunde Alterer Literatur, Wien 1839) has printed the +"Visio Philiberti," a Latin poem in dialogue on this subject, with two +old German versions; and the notes contain some interesting information +relating to similar compositions; but Mr. Wright's volume, before +referred to, contains ample illustrations of the legend in all +languages._ + +_The fragment here given, it will be seen, is very defective. An attempt +has been made to supply words which were wanting, from the mutilation of +the MS. leaves; but what is engrafted on the original is scrupulously +distinguished by the Italic character. A version has also been added, +the imperfections of which those who are acquainted with the +difficulties of such renderings will best know how to excuse._ + +_The language of this poem seems to have a striking resemblance to that +of one of the MSS. of Laȝamon, and we may hope, when the lovers of +our early lore shall be favoured with the long and anxiously expected +edition of that work by Sir Frederick Madden, that much light will be +thrown upon the history of the transitions of our language._ + +_For what has been already done by Conybeare, Price, Kemble, Thorpe, +Madden, Stevenson, Wright, Way and others, the present writer is most +grateful; but he would wish to see the same spirit and enthusiasm, the +same unwearied zeal displayed in the elucidation of the noble remains of +our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, and of the interesting stores of our early +literature and language, which has been so long a distinguishing feature +of Germany, whose example has of late years lighted up a similar +patriotic flame in France and Belgium._ + +_Mickleham, August 20, 1844._ + + + + +THE + +DEPARTING SOUL'S ADDRESS TO THE BODY. + + +* * * * en earde. * * * * +and alle theo isceæfestan. * * * * +the him to * * * * * * * +and mid muchele _wisdome_. and with much _wisdom_ +_thon_ne mon he idihte. 5 then man he framed, +and him on ileide. bestowed on him +lif and soule. life and soul, +softliche he heo isom_ne_. tenderly he united them; +ac thær bith sor idol. but there is a sad portion +that bodeth that bearn. 10 which awaits that child. +thonne hit iboren bith. When it is born; +hit _woan_eth and mænet theo weowe. it waileth, and bemoans the woe, +and thene seoruhfule sith. and the sorrowful time, +and that sori idol. and that sad lot, +that soule schal _hire li_came. 15 that shall the soul from her body +sorliche idælen. sadly separate. +Forthon hit cumeth weopinde. Therefore it cometh weeping, +and woniende iwiteth. and wailing departeth, +_thonne D_eath mid his pricke. when Death, with his dart, +pineth thene licame. 20 pineth the body. +He walketh and wendeth. He walketh and goeth, +and woneth _his si_thes. and bewails his destiny; +he sæith on his bedde. he saith, on his bed, +wo me that ic libbe. Wo me! that I live; +that æffre min lif dawes. 25 that ever my life +thus _lon_ge me ilesteth. so long endureth. +for heui is his greoning. For heavy is his groaning, +and seohrful is his woaning. and sorrowful his wailing. +and all _reowliche_ his sith. and all rueful his lot, +mid seorwe biwunden. 30 with sorrow encompassed. +him deaueth tha æren. His ears deafen, +him dimmeth _tha_ eiȝen. his eyes become dim, +him scerpeth the neose. his nose sharpens, +him scrincketh tha lippen. his lips shrink, +him scorteth _the_ tunge. 35 his tongue shorteneth +him truketh his iwit. his sense faileth, +him teoreth his miht. his strength wasteth, +him coldeth his _heorte_. his _heart_ chilleth, +_him_ leggeth the ban stille. his bones lie still; +thonne bith that soule hus. 40 then is that soul-house +seoruhliche bereaved. wofully bereaved +_of_ also muchele wunne. of as much delight +the ther inne wunede as therein dwelled. +thus bith thæs bearnes. Thus are these children +mid pin_unge_ ifulled. 45 filled with torment; +theo moder greoneth. The mother groaneth, +and that bearn woaneth. and the child waileth; +so bith theo _hear_dtid. so is that hard hap +mid balewen imenged. with torment mingled. +So bith eft the feorthsith. 50 So is oft the departure, +sorhliche to dæ_led_ miserably apportioned, +mid seoruwen al bewunden. with sorrow all surrounded, +thonne the licame and the sowle. when the body and the soul +soriliche to _dæl_eth. sorrowfully separate. +thonne bith that wræcche lif. 55 Then is that wretched life +iended al mid sori sith. ended all with sad departure; +thonne bith the _bodi_ge. then is the body +iflut to then flore. banished to the floor; +he bith eastward istreiht. he is stretcht eastward; +he bith sone stif. 60 he is soon stiff; +he _hear_deth also clei. he hardens like clay; +hit is him ikunde. it is of kin to him. +mon hine met mit on ȝerde. They measure him with a yard, +and tha mol_de_ seoththen. and that dust, thenceforth, +ne mot he of thære molde. 65 may not of the earth +habben namore. have any more +thonne that rihte imet. than that right measured +r_ih_tliche tæcheth. rightly teacheth. +Thonne lith the clei clot. Then lies the clay clod +cold on then flore. 70 cold on the floor, +and him sone from _fleoth_. and soon from him _flee_ +theo he ær freome dude. those he before help did; +nulleth heo mid honden. nor will they, with _their_ hands, +his heafod riht wen_den_. lay his head straight; +heom thuncheth that hore honden. they think that their hands +swuthe beoth ifuled. 76 are much defiled +gif heo hondleth the _d_æde. if they handle the dead. +Seoththen his deaȝes beoth igon. After his days are gone, +sone cumeth that wrecche wif. soon cometh the wretched wife, +_forh_oweth thene earfeth sith. 80 lamenteth the woeful time, +forbindeth thæs dædan muth. binds up the mouth of the dead, +and his dimme eiȝen. and closes his dim eyes. +* * * _ie_ thet riche[A] wif. * * * that wretched wife +forhoweth thene earueth sith. lamenteth the woeful time; +for ufel is that wrecche lufe. 85 for evil is that wretched love +_thon_ne theo unblisse cumath. when adversity cometh. +Thonne besihth theo soule. Then saith the soul +sorliche to then lich_ame_. sadly to the body, +* * * * * * * * * * +_hwi noldest bethenchen_ thu me. 90 _why wouldst thou not think of me_ +theo hwule thet ic wunede inne the. while that I dwelt in thee, +for thu were leas and lutiȝ. for thou wert false and deceitful, +and _un_riht lufedest. and iniquity didst love; +godnesse and riht. goodness and justice +æfre thu onscunedest. 95 ever thou didst shun. +hwar is nu the _mo_dinesse. Where is now the pride +swo muchel the thu lufedæst. thou so much didst love? +hwar beoth nu theo pundes. Where are now the pounds +thurh * * * newes igædered. by * * * gathered? +heo weren monifolde. 100 they were manifold, +bi markes itolde. counted by marks. +hwar beoth _nu_ theo goldfæten. Where are now the vessels of gold +theo the guldene. that thou idolized, +comen to thine honden. as they came to thy hands? +thin blisse is _nu_ al igon. 105 Thy bliss is now all gone; +min seoruwe is fornon. my sorrow is near. +hwar beoth nu thin wæde. Where are now thy clothes +the th_u_ wel lufedest. that thou well didst love? +hwar beoth the. Where are they +seten sori ofer the. 110 that sate sorry over thee, +beden swuthe ȝeorne. praying right earnestly +_that_ the come bote. that help _might_ come to thee? +heo_m_ thuthte alto longe. They thought it all too long +that thu were on live. that thou wert alive, +for heo _we_ren grædie. 115 for they were greedy +to gripen thin æihte. to gripe thy property. +nu heo hi dælith heom imang. Now they divide it among them, +_heo_ doth the withuten. they do without thee, +ac nu heo beoth fuse. eke now they are prompt +to bringen the ut of huse. 120 to bring thee out of house; +bergen the ut æt thire dure. bearing thee out at the door. +Of weolen thu art bedæled. Of wealth thou art deprived. +Hwui noldest th_u be_thenchen me. Why wouldst thou not think of me +theo hwile ic was innen the. while I was within thee? +ac scendest me mid sunne. 125 but blemished me with sin. +fo_rthi_ ic seoruhful eam. Therefore I sorrowful am; +weile that ic souhte. alas! that I sought +so seoruhfulne buc. such a miserable body. +noldest th_u lo_kien lufe. Nor wouldst thou observe love +with ilærede men. 130 with learned men, +ȝiven ham of thine gode. give them part of thy wealth +that heo the fo_re_ beden. that they _might_ pray for thee, +heo mihten mid salm songe. that they might with psalm sung +thine sunne acwenchen. thy sin extinguish, +mid * * * re_in_esse. 135 with * * * +thine misdeden forebiddan. pray for thy misdeeds; +heo mihten offrian loc. that they might offer gifts +leofli_che_ for the. acceptable for thee, +swuth deor thurthe lac. through the most dear sacrifice +licame Cristes. 140 of Christ's body; +thurh thære thu wære. by which thou were +alese_d_ from helle wite. redeemed from pains of hell; +and mid his reade blode. and with his red blood, +that he ȝeat on rode. that he shed on the cross, +the thu we_ren_ ifreoed. 145 by which thou wert freed +to farene into heouene. to enter into heaven. +ac thu fenge to theowdome. But thou took to thraldom +thurh thæs de_ofles_ lore. through the devil's lore. +Bi the hit is iseid. Concerning thee it is said +and soth hit is on boken. 150 in books, and true it is: +_Qui custodiat divitias._ _Qui custodiat divitias,_ +_Ser_vus _est divitiis._ _Servus est divitiis._ +Thu were theow. Thou wert slave +thines weolan. to thy wealth, +noldest thu nouht. 155 nor wouldst thou ought +thærof d_ælen_. thereof distribute +for Drihtenes willæn. for God's pleasure; +ac æfre thu grædiliche, but thou ever greedily +gæderdest the more. didst gather the more. +lu_ther_liche eart thu forloren. 160 Miserably art thou separated +from al that thu lufedest. from all that thou lovedst, +and ic scal wræcche soule. and I, wretched soul, shall +_ece_ we nu driæn. now suffer everlasting woe. +eart thu nu loth and unwurth. Thou art now loathsome and contemptible +alle thine freonden. 165 to all thy friends. +nu ha_m thun_cheth alto long. Now they think it all too long +that thu ham neih list. that thou liest nigh them, +ær thu beo ibrouht. ere thou be brought +thær thu be_grafen_ scalt. where thou shalt be buried +on deope sæthe. 170 in a deep pit, +on durelease huse. in a doorless house, +thær wurmes wældeth. where worms possess +al_le that_ wurthest was. all that was most honoured +fuweles quale holde. of the foul dead carcase, +the thu icwemedest ær. 175 that thou formerly delightedst +mid alre _kunde_ swetnesse. with all kind of sweetness, +theo thu swuthe lufedest. that thou much didst love. +theo swetnesse is nu al agon. The sweetness is now all gone, +that b_ittere_ the bith fornon. the bitter is thee near, +that bittere ilæsteth æffre. 180 that bitter lasteth ever, +that swete ne cumeth the _næffre_. that sweet cometh to thee never. +* * * * * * * * * * +_thun_cheth that thu hire bi_lei_ben. thinketh that thou here remain. +ȝet sæith theo sowle. Yet saith the soul +soriliche to then licame. 185 sadly to the body: +sæ _ne thea_rft thu on stirope. see, thou canst not on stirrup +stonden mid fotan. stand with thy feet, +on nenne goldfohne bowe. on no gold-glittering saddle; +for thu _scal_t faren alto howe. for thou shalt journey all to woe, +and thu scalt nu ruglunge. 190 and thou shalt now backwards +ridæn to thære eorthe. ride to the earth; +ut _sceo_t æt thære dure. shut out at the door, +ne thearft thu næffre onȝean. nor canst thou ever again +cumæn reowliche riden. come fiercely riding. +_nu alle_ beræfed. 195 Now all bereaved, +ac thene eorthliche weole. eke the earthly wealth, +the thu iwold ohtest. that thou possessed power _over_. +nu mon mæi _seg_gen bi the. Now they may say of thee, +thes mon is iwiten. this man is departed, +nu her weila. 200 Alas! now here, +and his weolæn beoth her belæfed. and his wealth is here left behind. +_nol_de he nefre thær of don. he would never do therewith +his drihtenes wille. his Lord's will. +ac æfre thu gæderest. But ever thou didst gather +gær_sumen_ thine feonde. 205 riches of thine enemies. +nulleth heo nimen gete. Yet will they not take +hwo hit biȝete. who procured it? +nafst thu bute _we_lawei. nor hast thou but well away! +that thu weole heuedest. that thou hadst wealth. +al is reowliche thin sith. 210 All ruefull is thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wicked life. +theo men beoth the blithre. Those men are the blither +the arisen ær with the. that formerly jangled with thee, +that thin muth is betuned. that thy mouth is closed, +_the_ theo teone ut lettest. 215 with which thou reproach uttered, +the he heom sore grulde. which sorely provoked them; +thet ham gros the aȝan. that they raged against thee; +_dæ_th hine haveth bituned. death hath closed it, +and thene teone aleid. and the anger taken away. +Soth is iseid. 220 Truly it is said +on then salme _be_c. in the Psalm book, +_Os tuum habundavit malitia_, _os tuum habundavit malitia_, +was on thine muthe. wickedness ripe +luthernesse ripe. was in thy mouth. +_no_ldest thu on thine huse. 225 Thou wouldst not in thy house +herborwen theo wrecchen. shelter the poor, +ne mihten heo under _thine_ roue. nor might they under thy roof +none reste finden. find any rest; +noldest thu næfre helpen. nor wouldst thou ever help +tham orlease w_recche_n. 230 the unhappy wretches; +ac thu sete on thine benche. but thou sate on thy bench, +underleid mid thine bolstre. underlaid with thy bolster, +thu wurpe _cn_eow ofer cneow. thou threw knee over knee, +ne icneowe thu the sulfen. nor knew thou thyself +that thu scoldest mid wurmen. 235 that thou shouldst with worms +_husien_ in eorthan. dwell in the earth. +nu thu hauest neowe hus. Now thou hast a new house, +inne bethrungen. a crowded dwelling; +lowe beoth the helewewes. low is the covering, +unheiȝe beoth the sidwowes. 240 unhigh the sidewalls, +thin rof liith on thin breoste ful thy roof lieth on thy breast full + _nei_. _nigh_. +colde is the ibedded. Cold art thou embedded, +clothes bidcled. beclad in clothes +nulleth thine hinen. thy hinds would refuse. +clothes the sen * * * 245 Clothes the sen * * * +for heom thuncheth alto lut. for they think all too little +that thu heom bilefdest. that thou didst leave them; +that thu hefdest on hor_de_. that thou hadst in hoard +theo hit wulleth heldan. they will it keep. +thus is iwitan thin weole. 250 Thus is departed thy wealth, +wendest thet hit thin were. _thou_ thoughtest that it thine were. +thus _reowliche_ nu thin sith. Thus ruefull now thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wretched life. +the sculen nu waxen. Now wormes shall grow +wurmes besiden. 255 beside thee, +_thene_ hungrie feond. the hungry enemy +theo the freten wulleth. that will devour thee, +heo wulleth the frecliche freten. they will thee greedily devour; +for _heo_ thin flæsc liketh. for they like thy flesh, +he_o_ wulleth freten thin fule hold. they will devour thy foul carcase, +theo hwule heo hit fin_deth_. 261 as long as they find it; +thonne hit al bith agon. when it is all gone +heo wulleth gnawen thin bon. they will gnaw thy bone; +theo orlease wu_rmes_. those vile worms, +heo windeth on thin armes. 265 they wind on thy arms, +heo breketh thine breoste. they break up thy breast, +and borieth the ofer al. and perforate thee all over; +_heo_ reoweth in and ut. they rove in and out, +thet hord is hore open. that hoard is open to them, +and so heo wulleth waden. 270 and so they will wade +wide in thi _wom_be. wide in thy stomach; +todelen thine thermes. parting thy entrails +theo the deore weren. that were dear to thee. +lifre and thine lihte. Thy liver and thy lights +lod_liche_ torenden. 275 loathfully rending, +and so scal formelten. and so shall waste away +mawe and thin milte. thy maw and thy melt, +and so scal win * * * and so shall win * * * +* * * * * * * * * * +_wur_mes of thine flæsc. 280 worms of thy flesh, +thu scalt fostren thine feond. thou shalt nourish thine enemy +thet thu beo al ifreten until thou art all devoured; +_thu_ scalt nu herborwen. thou shalt now harbour +unhol wihte. hateful creatures, +noldest thu ær gode men. 285 (heretofore thou wouldst not, good men, +for lufe go_de sel_lan. for love, give _of thy_ goods;) +heo wulleth wurchen hore hord. they will work their hoard +on thine heaued ponne. in thy skull. +m_oton_ heo bileafen. Should they leave +thine lippen unfreten. 290 thy lips undevoured, +ac thu scalt grisliche grennien. eke thou shalt grin horribly, +_that_ hwo so hit iseiȝe. that whosoever sees it +he mihte beon offered. he might be frightened; +Reowliche bith so thin sith. so rueful is thy lot, +efter _thin_ wercche lif. 295 after thy wicked life. +nu me wule swopen thine flor. Now men will sweep thy floor, +and thet flet clensien. and cleanse the dwelling; +for hit is h_eom_ lothre. for it is the loather to them +the thu theron leiȝe. that thou liest thereon. +heo wulleth mid holiwatere. 300 They will, with holy water, +beworpen ec theo p_ædas_. sprinkle eke the vestments, +blecsien ham ȝeorne. cleansing them carefully +to burewen ham with the. to bury them with thee; +beren ut thin bed strau. bear out thy bed-straw +b_rennen_ hit mid fure. 305 to burn it with fire. +thus thu ert nu ilufed. Thus thou art now beloved +seoththen thu me forlure. since thou lost me. +al hit is reow_liche_ thin sith. All rueful is thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wicked life. +ȝet sæith the soule. 310 Yet saith the soul +so_r_iliche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +_nol_dest thu la erming. Alas! miserable, wouldst thou not +her o to wunienne. here for ever dwell? +nes hit the no wiht icunde. it was no whit known to thee +that thu icore_n me_ hefdest. 315 that thou hadst chosen me; +nes hit icunde the. it was not known to thee +more then thine cunne biuoren the. more than to thy kin before thee, +ne heold is thin _æiȝe_ opene. nor was thine eye held open +theo hwule ic the inne was. while I was within thee. +hwi noldest thu lefen. 320 Why wouldst thou not believe, +tha thu hi iseiȝe. though thou saw it, +hu thin ford_feren_. how thy forefathers +ferden biforen the. went before thee. +nu heo wunieth on eorthe. Now they dwell in the earth, +wurmes ham habbeth todæled. 325 worms have shared them, +is_ceorf hore_ sorhfulle bones. gnawed their miserable bones +the theo sunne wrohten. with which they wrought sin. +tha ȝet seith theo soule. Again saith the soul, +soriliche to hire li_chame_. sorrowfully to the body, +æfre thu were luther. 330 thou wert ever wicked +theo hwile thu lif hæfdest. whilst thou hadst life, +thu were leas and luti. thou wert false and deceitful, +and unriht lufede_st_. and loved injustice +_and_ luthere deden. and wicked deeds, +deredest cristene men. 335 and injured Christian men +and mid worde and mid werke. with word and with work, +so thu wurst mihte. as thou worst might. +_ic was_ from Gode clene. I was sent to thee +to the isend. innocent from God, +ac thu hauest unc fordon. 340 but thou hast undone us, +mid thine luthere deden. with thy wicked deeds. +_æfre_ thu were gredi. Ever thou wert greedy, +and mid gromen the onfulled. and filled thyself with fierceness, +unneathe ic on the. I hardly in thee +eni wununge ha_uede_. 345 had any dwelling, +for hearde nithe. for hard covetousness, +and ofer mete fulle. and foul gluttony; +for thin wombe was thin god. for thy belly was thy god, +and thin wulder _thu_ iscend. 349 and thou spoiled thy glory. +forloren thu havest theo ece blisse. Lost thou hast everlasting bliss, +binumen thu havest the paradis. thou hast deprived thee of Paradise. +bi_nu_men the is that holi lond. Taken from thee is that holy land; +then deofle thu bist isold on hond. thou art given into the devil's hand, +for noldest thu nefre _habb_en inouh. for thou wouldst never have enough, +buten thu hefdest unifouh. 355 unless thou hadst repletion. +Nu is that swete al agon. Now is the sweet all gone, +thet bittere the bi_th_ fornon. the bitter is near thee, +that bittere ilest the efre. that bitter lasteth thee ever, +thet gode ne cumeth the nefre. that good cometh to thee never. +thus ageth nu th_in sith_. 360 Thus goeth now thy lot, +æfter thin wrecce lif. after thy wicked life. +thu wendest that thin ende. Thou thoughtest that thine end +nefre ne cuman scolde. should never come. +to long * * * lede death the. Too long * * * death thee, +that he nolde nimen the. 365 that he would not take thee, +for efre thu arerdest sake. for thou ever raised up strife +and unseihte * * * and discord, * * * +and ic was with innen the. and I was within thee +biclused swuthe fule. most foully enclosed; +thu were wedlowe. 370 thou wert faithless +and mon sware. and perjured, +and * * * hund inouh. and * * * enough; +for thu were mid sunne. for thou wert with sin +ifulled al with inne. filled all within, +for the deofle l_ored the al_l. 375 for the devil taught thee all, +ord fulneih thine heorte. chief full nigh thy heart. +efre thu woldest fullen. Ever thou wouldst fulfil, +al that was his wille. all that was his will. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * thu nefre th. 380 * * * * * +_drihtenes_ * * * * * * * * +* * * _iwo_ld ahte. * * * * * +The ȝet seith theo soule. Again, saith the soul, +soriliche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +clene bith the eor_the_. 385 the earth is pure +_ær_ thu to hire to cume. e'er thou come to it, +ac thu heo afulest. but thou defilest it +mid thin fule holde. with thy foul carcase; +thet is that fu_lnesse_. only that foulness is +afursed from monnen. 390 removed from men; +nu thu bist bihuded. now thou art hidden +on alre horde fulest. in foulest hoard, +on _deope_ seathe. in a deep pit, +on durelease huse. in a doorless house. +thu scalt rotien. 395 Thou shalt rot +and brostnian. and corrupt; +thine bon beoth bedæled. thy bones will be separated +_from th_ære wæde. from the clothing +the heo weren to iwunede. in which they were inhabited; +breketh lith from lithe. 400 limb breaks from limb; +liggeth the bon stil. the bones lie still, +_tha_ ure drihten eft. until our Lord again +of deathe heo aræreth. from death raiseth them, +so he alle men deth. as he doth all men, +thonne domes daie _cume_th. 405 when doomsday cometh. +thonne scalt thu erming. Then shalt thou, miserable! +up arisen. up arise, +imeten thine morth deden. thy deadly sins measured, +theo the murie _were_n. that were so pleasant to thee; +seoruhful and sorimod. 410 sorrowful and melancholy, +so thin lif wrouhte. the crimes of thy life. +nu beoth thine earen fordutte. Now are thine ears closed, +_non drea_me ihereth. no pleasant sounds they hear; +theo leorneden theo listen. they learned, they listened +tha luthere weren. 415 to those that were wicked. +[_mid_] wowe domes. With unjust judgments, +and gultes _feole_. and many trespasses, +_thu_ othre beræfedest. thou others bereaved +rihtes istreones. of rightful wealth, +_thurh_ thæs deofles lore, 420 through the devil's lore, +theo the likede wel. that thou liked well. +the _deofle_ tuhte his hearpe. The _devil_ touched his harp, +and tuhte the to him. and enticed thee to him; +thu iherdest thene dream. thou heardest the harmony; +he was drih_tene f_ulloth. 425 it was hateful to the Lord. +he swefede the. He lulled thee +mid then sweize. with the sound; +swote thu sleptest. sweetly thou sleptest +longe on thine bedde. long in thy bed; +_n_is the to chirche. 430 nor art thou at church, +ne mostes thu iheren. nor canst thou hear +theo holie dræmes. those holy sounds, +theo bellen rungen. the bells tolling, +_that s_iker becnunge wæs. that a sure beckoning was; +ne holie lore. 435 nor holy lore +the unker helpe wære. that should be our help. +ac efre he tuhte the. But ever he enticed thee, +_andnu_ beo the iwold ahte. and now thou art in his power; +ac nu beoth fordutte. eke now are closed +thine dream thurles. 440 thy doors of sound, +ne ihereth heo _ne_ more. nor hear they more +non herunge of the. any praise of thee, +ær theo bemen blowen. until the trumpets blow +the unc becnien scu_llen_. which shall summon us +_f_rom deathes dimnesse. 445 from death's dimness +to drihtenes dome. to the Lord's doom. +thonne thu scalt iheren. Then thou shalt hear +thene _lauer_de dom. the Lord doom, +the thu on thisse life. that thou in this life +lutherliche of eodest. 450 wickedly walked. +Thet et seith the sowle. Again saith the soul +_soril_iche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +nu thu bist afursed. now thou art separated +from alle thine freonden. from all thy friends; +nu is thin muth forscutted. 455 now is thy mouth prevented, +for death hine haueth fordutted. for death has closed it; +ne bith he _ne m_are undon. nor will it be ever opened +ær cume thæs heiȝe kinges dom. before the high King's doom. +thonne hit bith isene. Then it will be seen, +_thet_ on Psalme seith. 460 as the Psalm sayeth, +_Reddituri sunt de factis propriis _Reddituri sunt de factis propriis + rationem._ rationem._ +thonne sculen theo _w_eile. Then shall those servants +seggen hore deden. tell their deeds, +wisliche thurh wisdome. truly through wisdom, +for drihten hit wot. 465 for the Lord knoweth them; +_thon_ne heo onfoth hore dom. then they receive their doom +of drihtenes muthe. from the Lord's mouth, +also hit is awriten. as it is written; +of _drih_tenes muthe. from the Lord's mouth: +_Ite maledicti in ignem eternum._ 470 _Ite maledicti in ignem eternum._ +thonne sculen wit si_thien_. Then shall we depart +to alre seoruwe mest. into uttermost sorrow, +faren mid feondes. go with fiends +in thet eche fur. in that everlasting fire, +beornen _æ_fre. 475 to burn for ever; +ende nis ther nefre. end is there never. +_Et quia bona egerunt ibunt in vitam _Et quia bona egerunt ibunt in vitam + eternam._ eternam._ +thonne _go_n theo goden. Then go the good, +mid Gode sithian. departing with God, +echeliche wunien. 480 to dwell everlastingly +in alre wuldre. in ever-during glory. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * me suke to the. * * * * * +_Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._ _Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._ +thu * * * et drowe me to the. thou * * * drew me to thee, +walawa! and wa is me. 486 well away! and woe is me! +that ic efre com to the. that I ever came to thee; +for noldest _thu_ mid thine muthe. for thou wouldst not with thy mouth +bimænen thine neode. bewail thy infirmities; +ac æfre diȝelliche. 490 but ever darkly +thu woldest _ham_ bidernan. thou wouldst hide them; +noldest thu ham siggen. nor wouldst thou confess them; +biforen none preosten. before any priest, +ther _al_le men secheth ham ore. where all men seek pardon, +bimæneth hore misdeden. 495 bewail their misdeeds, +and seoththen milts_unge_ foth. and afterwards obtain mercy; +thurh sothne scrift. through true shrift +sithieth to Criste. depart to Christ; +seggeth hore sunnen. confess their sins +and hor _soules_ helpith. 500 and help their souls, +thurh sothe bireousunge. through true repentance. +theo soule reste onfoth. the soul acquires rest; +ac ne the _scalt_ nefre resten. but thou shalt never rest, +thurh thine bireousunge. through thy repentance. +ac altogædere ic am forlor_en_. 505 Eke I am altogether lost +_thurh_ thine luthere deden. through thy wicked deeds; +noldest thu mid muthe. thou wouldst not with thy mouth +bidden me none milt_sunge_. pray for mercy to me; +nu thu ert adumbed. now thou art bedumbed, +and death haueth the keiȝe. 510 and death has caught thee; +mid clutes thu ert forl_ig_den. thou art laid out with rags, +and loth alle freonden. and loath to all thy friends, +efre ma eft. for ever and ever +on to lokienne. to look on. +thus is reoulic_he thin_ sith. 515 Thus rueful is thy lot, +efter thine wrecche lif. after thy wicked life; +for thu were beset. for thou wert beset +thicke mid sunne. thick with sin, +and alle _theo_ weren prickiende. and they all were pricking +so wiles on ile. 520 like quills on porcupine; +he bith thicke mid wiles. he is thick _set_ with quills; +ne prikieth he_om_ no wiht. they prick him not, +for al bith that softe. for the soft part is all +iwend to him sulfen. turned to himself, +that ne mawen his wil_es_. 525 that his quills cannot +_pri_kien him sore. prick him sore, +for al bith that scearpe. for the points are all +him iwend fromward. turned him fromward. +So thu we_ren_ mid sunne. Thus thou wert with sin +iset alle with inne. 530 beset all within; +theo sunfule pikes. those sinful pikes +prikieth me fuls_ore_. prick me full sore, +_ac thu al that_ softe was. but thou all that was soft +iwend to the sulven. turned to thyself, +and efre thet scerpe. 535 and ever the sharp +scored me touar_des_. scored me towards, +heo weren iwend. they were turned +so me wurst was. as was worst for me, +ich was mid thine prickunge. I was with the pricking +ipin_ed ful_sore. 540 pained ful sore: +ac nu me wulleth prikien. but now will prick me +theo pikes inne helle. those pikes in hell; +pinion me ful so_re_. punish me full sore +for thine sunne. for thy sin. +Ic was on heihnes isceapen. 545 On high was I created, +and soule ihoten. and named soul. +Ic was the seo_fothe_ isceaft. I was the seventh creation, +So theo bec seggeth. as the book says, +the the Almihti God. that Almighty God +mildeliche iwrouhte. 550 mercifully wrought. +wisli_che_ mid worde. Truly by his word +so hit al iwearth. thus it all came to pass: +heouene and eorthe. heaven and earth, +luft and engles. air and angels, +wind and wa_tere_. 555 wind and water, +thæs monnes soule. the soul of man, +this beoth theo seouene. these are the seven +the ic ær foreseide. that I before mentioned. +this was ma_kede_. These were made +thæs Almihties fæder. 560 by the Almighty Father; +of thissen andweorke. of this substance +alle thing he iwrouhte. all things he wrought; +and th_us_ hit is iwriten. and thus it is written +on holie wisdome. in holy wisdom, +_Fiat et facta sunt omnia._ 565 _Fiat et facta sunt omnia._ +He seide iwu_rthe_. He said, let be, +_and_ alle thing iworthen. and all things were; +thus mid one worde. thus with one word +al hit was iwurthen. was all created; +he iscop th_onne_ thene sune. 570 he made then the sun, +alle isceafte wisliche. all truly created +thurh wisdome. by his wisdom, +and efre he hit wiseth. and he guides it ever, +_Imaginem et similitudinem._ _Imaginem et similitudinem._ +and ic deorewurthe. 575 And I, in the dear +drihtenes onlicn_esse_. Lord's likeness. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * * of God. * * * of God, +and ic the imæne. and me between, +mid lothre lufe. 580 with pure love, +and ic thin wale iwearth. and I thy bliss decreed; +hu so _thu nol_dest. how so thou wouldst not; +weila thine fule iwill. alas! thy foul will +wo haveth hit me idon. hath wrought my woe. +Thu fule mathe _mæ_te. 585 Thou foul food for worms, +hwi hauest thu me biswiken. why hast thou deceived me? +For thine fule sunne. For thy wicked sin +ic scal nu _in helle_. I shall now in hell +dreiȝen ther wrecche sith. suffer there a wretched time, +all for thine fule lif. 590 all for thy wicked life; +ȝet ic wulle the ætwi_nne_. yet I will flee thee +_and thine_ wea sithes. and thy dreary fate. +Nu ic scal soriliche. Now I shall sorrowfully +sithien from the. depart from thee; +nu beoth thine teth atru. 595 thy teeth are now poisonous; +_thin_ tunge is ascorted. thy tongue is shortened, +theo the facen was. which was so deceitful +and then feonde icweme. and pleasing to the fiend. +Mid wowe _dreames_. With unjust judgments, +and mid gultes feole. 600 and with many trespasses, +_thu_ othre birefedest. thou bereaved others +rihtes istreones. of their rightful wealth, +gæderest to * * * ime. gatheredest * * * +ac hit is nu all igon. but it is now all gone +thurh thæs deofles lore. 605 through the devil's lore, +the the licode wel. that thou liked so well. +Nu lith thin _bodige_ stille. Now lieth thy body still +on ful colde denne. in full cold den; +nafest thu gaersume themo. nor hast thou the treasure +the heo was spekinde. 610 of which she spake; +_for_ heo was faken biforen. for she was deceitful before, +and atterne bihinden. and envenomed after; +heo demde feole domes. she pronounced many judgments +the drihten _was_ lothe. that were hateful to the Lord. +Iseid hit is on psalme. 615 It is said in the Psalm, +and ful sothe hit is bihire. and full true it is of her: +_Lingua tua concinnabat dolos._ _Lingua tua concinnabat dolos._ +Heo ȝeothede fakenliche. She poured out deceitfully, +and then feonde icwemde. and pleased the fiend; +heo heou mid hearde worde. 620 she hewed with hard words, +and _icwem_de tha wrecches. and delighted the wretches. +scearpe heo was and kene. Sharp she was and keen, +and cwemde then deofle. and pleased the devil +mid alle then sun_ne_. with all the sin +_that_ efre was his wille. 625 that ever was his will. +A wurthe hire wa. Wo be to her! +that heo spekinde was so. that she spake so; +heo haue_th_ unc _dom_ned. she has damned us +to deoppere helle. to deeper hell. +Nis hit non sellic. 630 Is it not wonderful, +thauh ic segge of boken. though I read in books, +thauh ic _thonne_ that sothe repie. though I then the truth gathered, +for ic was ilered. for I was taught +of mine leoue fæder. by my dear father +feire on frumthe. 635 beautifully in the beginning, +aer ic _ford_ferde. before I departed, +ic was Godes douhter. I was God's daughter, +ac thu amerdest that foster. but thou didst hinder that fostering. +ic sceolde lif holden. I might life have held, +_me selle_the he wolde. 640 that he would have given me. +Sone thu were lifleas. Soon thou wert lifeless, +seoththen ic the forleas. sithence I left thee. +Ic was thin imake. I was thy wife, +_so so_ bec seggeth. as the book says: +_Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ 645 _Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ +Ic was the biwedded. I was wedded to thee +wurthliche * * * e. honourably, +et then fontstone. at the fount stone, +that thu haucst ifuled. that thou hast defiled +mid thine fule othes. 650 with thy foul oaths. +Thu hafest thin ful_luht_ forloren. Thou hast forfeited thy baptism +behinden and biuoren. here and hereafter. +Feire thu were imerked. Fair thou wert marked, +heie on thine heafde. high on thy head, +_mid th_en holie ele. 655 with the holy oil +Thu hauest kine merke. Thou hadst the mark of royalty; +thu scoldest beon on heouene. thou mightst have been in heaven, +heih * * * under Gode. high * * * under God, +ȝif thu hit ne forlure. if thou hadst not forfeited it +thuruh thæs deofles lore. 660 through the devil's lore. +Thine godfæderes _ihat_en. Thy godfathers promised, +ær heo the forleten. before they relinquished thee, +that thu me scoldest holden. that thou shouldst keep me +thuruh holie lufe Cristes. in Christ's holy love +and _drig_htene lawe. 665 and the law of God, +ledene me to Criste. and lead me to Christ. +Thu withsoke thene deofel. Thou renounced the devil, +efter drihtenes cw_ithe_. (after the Lord's word,) +_his_ modes and his wrænches. his moods, and his deceits, +and his wieles thærto. 670 and his wiles thereto. +Seoththen thu hine lufedest. Afterwards thou lovedst him, +and for_w_inne drihten. and rebelled against the Lord, +for thu lufedest theo lawen. for thou lovedst the traitors +the drihten weren lothe. that were hateful to God; +unker team _for_loren. 675 our progeny lost +the wit scolden teman. that we should bring forth; +so ic was the betæiht. as I was given to thee +that wit scolden teman. that we might propagate. +Thu _haue_st beon bearne fæder. Thou hast been father of children, +and ic hore moder. 680 and I their mother; +wit scolden fostrien bearn. we should foster our progeny, +and bring _ham_ to Criste. and bring them to Christ. +Thet beoth theos bearn. These are the children +so so bec mæneth. that the book mentions: +_Filii tui sicut novell_ * * * _Filii tui sicut novell_ * * * + + _Cetera desunt._ + +[Footnote A: Wrecche?] + + +LONDON: +PRINTED BY LUKE JAMES HANSARD & CO. + +M.DCCC.XLV. +ONE HUNDRED COPIES. + +No 5 + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Departing Soul's Address to the +Body, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEPARTING SOUL *** + +***** This file should be named 19937-0.txt or 19937-0.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/9/3/19937/ + +Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Departing Soul's Address to the Body + A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem, Discovered Among the + Archives of Worcester Cathedral + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Thomas Phillipps + +Translator: Samuel Weller Singer + +Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19937] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEPARTING SOUL *** + + + + +Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + + + + + + + + + +THE + +DEPARTING SOUL'S + +ADDRESS TO THE BODY + +A FRAGMENT OF + +A SEMI-SAXON POEM, + +DISCOVERED AMONG THE ARCHIVES OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, + +BY SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, BART. + +WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, + +BY + +S. W. SINGER. + +LONDON: +PRINTED BY LUKE JAMES HANSARD & CO. + +M.DCCC.XLV. + + + + +[Transcriber's note: The Middle_English character yogh is transcribed as +[gh]. Other letters or words in brackets are as in original.] + + + + +_The student of our early literature and language is indebted to the +zeal of Sir Thomas Phillipps, for the discovery of the following +interesting Fragment, which appears to have formed part of a volume that +contained lfric's Grammar and Glossary, probably of the Twelfth +Century. The fragments were discovered among the archives of Worcester +Cathedral; and in 1836 Sir Thomas Phillipps printed the whole of them in +folio. I know not whether the form or the typographical arrangement has +been the cause of the neglect of this publication; but it has escaped +both Mr. Wright and Mr. Thorpe. The former, in his interesting edition +of "The Latin Poems of Walter de Mapes," where he has given the literary +history of this legend with extracts, has not even referred to our +fragment; nor has Mr. Thorpe adverted to it in his publication of the +"Codex Exoniensis," which contains an Anglo-Saxon poem of the same kind, +with which it is interesting to compare this later version of the +legend. There is a portion of another semi-Saxon poem, entitled "The +Grave," printed in Mr. Conybeare's "Illustrations," and by Mr. Thorpe in +his "Analecta Anglo-Saxonica," which appears to be by the same hand, or +at any rate of the same school and age. Indeed some of the lines and +thoughts are identical with passages of the following poem. Mr. Thorpe +has justly called "The Grave" a singularly impressive and almost +appalling fragment; expressions equally characteristic of that with +which the reader is here presented._ + +_This impressive character, coupled with the interest which the fragment +possesses, as a specimen of the moral poetry of our ancestors, and as +throwing light upon the transition of our language from Saxon to +English, has been the motive for producing it in a more legible form +than that in which it first appeared._ + +_In one of the smaller poems (No. V.), printed by Mr. Wright with the +Owl and the Nightingale, from the Cottonian MS. Calig. A. ix. "The sorie +sowle maketh hire mone," in language not dissimilar to that used in the +following fragment; and the dreary imagery of the house appointed for +all living, and the punishment which awaits a wicked life at its close, +are painted in an equally fearful manner._ + +_Mr. Thorpe points to an Anglo-Saxon prose Homily as the original of the +poem on the same theme in the Exeter MS., which is repeated, with some +variation, in the Vercelli Codex. In a rude and simple age this dramatic +way of awakening the sinner to a sense of his perilous state, was +perhaps the most effective that could have been chosen, and it was +naturally a favorite with the moral and religious teachers for some +centuries. M. Karajan, in a very pleasing little publication +(Frlingsgabe fr freunde Alterer Literatur, Wien 1839) has printed the +"Visio Philiberti," a Latin poem in dialogue on this subject, with two +old German versions; and the notes contain some interesting information +relating to similar compositions; but Mr. Wright's volume, before +referred to, contains ample illustrations of the legend in all +languages._ + +_The fragment here given, it will be seen, is very defective. An attempt +has been made to supply words which were wanting, from the mutilation of +the MS. leaves; but what is engrafted on the original is scrupulously +distinguished by the Italic character. A version has also been added, +the imperfections of which those who are acquainted with the +difficulties of such renderings will best know how to excuse._ + +_The language of this poem seems to have a striking resemblance to that +of one of the MSS. of La[gh]amon, and we may hope, when the lovers of +our early lore shall be favoured with the long and anxiously expected +edition of that work by Sir Frederick Madden, that much light will be +thrown upon the history of the transitions of our language._ + +_For what has been already done by Conybeare, Price, Kemble, Thorpe, +Madden, Stevenson, Wright, Way and others, the present writer is most +grateful; but he would wish to see the same spirit and enthusiasm, the +same unwearied zeal displayed in the elucidation of the noble remains of +our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, and of the interesting stores of our early +literature and language, which has been so long a distinguishing feature +of Germany, whose example has of late years lighted up a similar +patriotic flame in France and Belgium._ + +_Mickleham, August 20, 1844._ + + + + +THE + +DEPARTING SOUL'S ADDRESS TO THE BODY. + + +* * * * en earde. * * * * +and alle theo iscefestan. * * * * +the him to * * * * * * * +and mid muchele _wisdome_. and with much _wisdom_ +_thon_ne mon he idihte. 5 then man he framed, +and him on ileide. bestowed on him +lif and soule. life and soul, +softliche he heo isom_ne_. tenderly he united them; +ac thr bith sor idol. but there is a sad portion +that bodeth that bearn. 10 which awaits that child. +thonne hit iboren bith. When it is born; +hit _woan_eth and mnet theo weowe. it waileth, and bemoans the woe, +and thene seoruhfule sith. and the sorrowful time, +and that sori idol. and that sad lot, +that soule schal _hire li_came. 15 that shall the soul from her body +sorliche idlen. sadly separate. +Forthon hit cumeth weopinde. Therefore it cometh weeping, +and woniende iwiteth. and wailing departeth, +_thonne D_eath mid his pricke. when Death, with his dart, +pineth thene licame. 20 pineth the body. +He walketh and wendeth. He walketh and goeth, +and woneth _his si_thes. and bewails his destiny; +he sith on his bedde. he saith, on his bed, +wo me that ic libbe. Wo me! that I live; +that ffre min lif dawes. 25 that ever my life +thus _lon_ge me ilesteth. so long endureth. +for heui is his greoning. For heavy is his groaning, +and seohrful is his woaning. and sorrowful his wailing. +and all _reowliche_ his sith. and all rueful his lot, +mid seorwe biwunden. 30 with sorrow encompassed. +him deaueth tha ren. His ears deafen, +him dimmeth _tha_ ei[gh]en. his eyes become dim, +him scerpeth the neose. his nose sharpens, +him scrincketh tha lippen. his lips shrink, +him scorteth _the_ tunge. 35 his tongue shorteneth +him truketh his iwit. his sense faileth, +him teoreth his miht. his strength wasteth, +him coldeth his _heorte_. his _heart_ chilleth, +_him_ leggeth the ban stille. his bones lie still; +thonne bith that soule hus. 40 then is that soul-house +seoruhliche bereaved. wofully bereaved +_of_ also muchele wunne. of as much delight +the ther inne wunede as therein dwelled. +thus bith ths bearnes. Thus are these children +mid pin_unge_ ifulled. 45 filled with torment; +theo moder greoneth. The mother groaneth, +and that bearn woaneth. and the child waileth; +so bith theo _hear_dtid. so is that hard hap +mid balewen imenged. with torment mingled. +So bith eft the feorthsith. 50 So is oft the departure, +sorhliche to d_led_ miserably apportioned, +mid seoruwen al bewunden. with sorrow all surrounded, +thonne the licame and the sowle. when the body and the soul +soriliche to _dl_eth. sorrowfully separate. +thonne bith that wrcche lif. 55 Then is that wretched life +iended al mid sori sith. ended all with sad departure; +thonne bith the _bodi_ge. then is the body +iflut to then flore. banished to the floor; +he bith eastward istreiht. he is stretcht eastward; +he bith sone stif. 60 he is soon stiff; +he _hear_deth also clei. he hardens like clay; +hit is him ikunde. it is of kin to him. +mon hine met mit on [gh]erde. They measure him with a yard, +and tha mol_de_ seoththen. and that dust, thenceforth, +ne mot he of thre molde. 65 may not of the earth +habben namore. have any more +thonne that rihte imet. than that right measured +r_ih_tliche tcheth. rightly teacheth. +Thonne lith the clei clot. Then lies the clay clod +cold on then flore. 70 cold on the floor, +and him sone from _fleoth_. and soon from him _flee_ +theo he r freome dude. those he before help did; +nulleth heo mid honden. nor will they, with _their_ hands, +his heafod riht wen_den_. lay his head straight; +heom thuncheth that hore honden. they think that their hands +swuthe beoth ifuled. 76 are much defiled +gif heo hondleth the _d_de. if they handle the dead. +Seoththen his dea[gh]es beoth igon. After his days are gone, +sone cumeth that wrecche wif. soon cometh the wretched wife, +_forh_oweth thene earfeth sith. 80 lamenteth the woeful time, +forbindeth ths ddan muth. binds up the mouth of the dead, +and his dimme ei[gh]en. and closes his dim eyes. +* * * _ie_ thet riche[A] wif. * * * that wretched wife +forhoweth thene earueth sith. lamenteth the woeful time; +for ufel is that wrecche lufe. 85 for evil is that wretched love +_thon_ne theo unblisse cumath. when adversity cometh. +Thonne besihth theo soule. Then saith the soul +sorliche to then lich_ame_. sadly to the body, +* * * * * * * * * * +_hwi noldest bethenchen_ thu me. 90 _why wouldst thou not think of me_ +theo hwule thet ic wunede inne the. while that I dwelt in thee, +for thu were leas and luti[gh]. for thou wert false and deceitful, +and _un_riht lufedest. and iniquity didst love; +godnesse and riht. goodness and justice +fre thu onscunedest. 95 ever thou didst shun. +hwar is nu the _mo_dinesse. Where is now the pride +swo muchel the thu lufedst. thou so much didst love? +hwar beoth nu theo pundes. Where are now the pounds +thurh * * * newes igdered. by * * * gathered? +heo weren monifolde. 100 they were manifold, +bi markes itolde. counted by marks. +hwar beoth _nu_ theo goldften. Where are now the vessels of gold +theo the guldene. that thou idolized, +comen to thine honden. as they came to thy hands? +thin blisse is _nu_ al igon. 105 Thy bliss is now all gone; +min seoruwe is fornon. my sorrow is near. +hwar beoth nu thin wde. Where are now thy clothes +the th_u_ wel lufedest. that thou well didst love? +hwar beoth the. Where are they +seten sori ofer the. 110 that sate sorry over thee, +beden swuthe [gh]eorne. praying right earnestly +_that_ the come bote. that help _might_ come to thee? +heo_m_ thuthte alto longe. They thought it all too long +that thu were on live. that thou wert alive, +for heo _we_ren grdie. 115 for they were greedy +to gripen thin ihte. to gripe thy property. +nu heo hi dlith heom imang. Now they divide it among them, +_heo_ doth the withuten. they do without thee, +ac nu heo beoth fuse. eke now they are prompt +to bringen the ut of huse. 120 to bring thee out of house; +bergen the ut t thire dure. bearing thee out at the door. +Of weolen thu art bedled. Of wealth thou art deprived. +Hwui noldest th_u be_thenchen me. Why wouldst thou not think of me +theo hwile ic was innen the. while I was within thee? +ac scendest me mid sunne. 125 but blemished me with sin. +fo_rthi_ ic seoruhful eam. Therefore I sorrowful am; +weile that ic souhte. alas! that I sought +so seoruhfulne buc. such a miserable body. +noldest th_u lo_kien lufe. Nor wouldst thou observe love +with ilrede men. 130 with learned men, +[gh]iven ham of thine gode. give them part of thy wealth +that heo the fo_re_ beden. that they _might_ pray for thee, +heo mihten mid salm songe. that they might with psalm sung +thine sunne acwenchen. thy sin extinguish, +mid * * * re_in_esse. 135 with * * * +thine misdeden forebiddan. pray for thy misdeeds; +heo mihten offrian loc. that they might offer gifts +leofli_che_ for the. acceptable for thee, +swuth deor thurthe lac. through the most dear sacrifice +licame Cristes. 140 of Christ's body; +thurh thre thu wre. by which thou were +alese_d_ from helle wite. redeemed from pains of hell; +and mid his reade blode. and with his red blood, +that he [gh]eat on rode. that he shed on the cross, +the thu we_ren_ ifreoed. 145 by which thou wert freed +to farene into heouene. to enter into heaven. +ac thu fenge to theowdome. But thou took to thraldom +thurh ths de_ofles_ lore. through the devil's lore. +Bi the hit is iseid. Concerning thee it is said +and soth hit is on boken. 150 in books, and true it is: +_Qui custodiat divitias._ _Qui custodiat divitias,_ +_Ser_vus _est divitiis._ _Servus est divitiis._ +Thu were theow. Thou wert slave +thines weolan. to thy wealth, +noldest thu nouht. 155 nor wouldst thou ought +throf d_len_. thereof distribute +for Drihtenes willn. for God's pleasure; +ac fre thu grdiliche, but thou ever greedily +gderdest the more. didst gather the more. +lu_ther_liche eart thu forloren. 160 Miserably art thou separated +from al that thu lufedest. from all that thou lovedst, +and ic scal wrcche soule. and I, wretched soul, shall +_ece_ we nu drin. now suffer everlasting woe. +eart thu nu loth and unwurth. Thou art now loathsome and contemptible +alle thine freonden. 165 to all thy friends. +nu ha_m thun_cheth alto long. Now they think it all too long +that thu ham neih list. that thou liest nigh them, +r thu beo ibrouht. ere thou be brought +thr thu be_grafen_ scalt. where thou shalt be buried +on deope sthe. 170 in a deep pit, +on durelease huse. in a doorless house, +thr wurmes wldeth. where worms possess +al_le that_ wurthest was. all that was most honoured +fuweles quale holde. of the foul dead carcase, +the thu icwemedest r. 175 that thou formerly delightedst +mid alre _kunde_ swetnesse. with all kind of sweetness, +theo thu swuthe lufedest. that thou much didst love. +theo swetnesse is nu al agon. The sweetness is now all gone, +that b_ittere_ the bith fornon. the bitter is thee near, +that bittere ilsteth ffre. 180 that bitter lasteth ever, +that swete ne cumeth the _nffre_. that sweet cometh to thee never. +* * * * * * * * * * +_thun_cheth that thu hire bi_lei_ben. thinketh that thou here remain. +[gh]et sith theo sowle. Yet saith the soul +soriliche to then licame. 185 sadly to the body: +s _ne thea_rft thu on stirope. see, thou canst not on stirrup +stonden mid fotan. stand with thy feet, +on nenne goldfohne bowe. on no gold-glittering saddle; +for thu _scal_t faren alto howe. for thou shalt journey all to woe, +and thu scalt nu ruglunge. 190 and thou shalt now backwards +ridn to thre eorthe. ride to the earth; +ut _sceo_t t thre dure. shut out at the door, +ne thearft thu nffre on[gh]ean. nor canst thou ever again +cumn reowliche riden. come fiercely riding. +_nu alle_ berfed. 195 Now all bereaved, +ac thene eorthliche weole. eke the earthly wealth, +the thu iwold ohtest. that thou possessed power _over_. +nu mon mi _seg_gen bi the. Now they may say of thee, +thes mon is iwiten. this man is departed, +nu her weila. 200 Alas! now here, +and his weoln beoth her belfed. and his wealth is here left behind. +_nol_de he nefre thr of don. he would never do therewith +his drihtenes wille. his Lord's will. +ac fre thu gderest. But ever thou didst gather +gr_sumen_ thine feonde. 205 riches of thine enemies. +nulleth heo nimen gete. Yet will they not take +hwo hit bi[gh]ete. who procured it? +nafst thu bute _we_lawei. nor hast thou but well away! +that thu weole heuedest. that thou hadst wealth. +al is reowliche thin sith. 210 All ruefull is thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wicked life. +theo men beoth the blithre. Those men are the blither +the arisen r with the. that formerly jangled with thee, +that thin muth is betuned. that thy mouth is closed, +_the_ theo teone ut lettest. 215 with which thou reproach uttered, +the he heom sore grulde. which sorely provoked them; +thet ham gros the a[gh]an. that they raged against thee; +_d_th hine haveth bituned. death hath closed it, +and thene teone aleid. and the anger taken away. +Soth is iseid. 220 Truly it is said +on then salme _be_c. in the Psalm book, +_Os tuum habundavit malitia_, _os tuum habundavit malitia_, +was on thine muthe. wickedness ripe +luthernesse ripe. was in thy mouth. +_no_ldest thu on thine huse. 225 Thou wouldst not in thy house +herborwen theo wrecchen. shelter the poor, +ne mihten heo under _thine_ roue. nor might they under thy roof +none reste finden. find any rest; +noldest thu nfre helpen. nor wouldst thou ever help +tham orlease w_recche_n. 230 the unhappy wretches; +ac thu sete on thine benche. but thou sate on thy bench, +underleid mid thine bolstre. underlaid with thy bolster, +thu wurpe _cn_eow ofer cneow. thou threw knee over knee, +ne icneowe thu the sulfen. nor knew thou thyself +that thu scoldest mid wurmen. 235 that thou shouldst with worms +_husien_ in eorthan. dwell in the earth. +nu thu hauest neowe hus. Now thou hast a new house, +inne bethrungen. a crowded dwelling; +lowe beoth the helewewes. low is the covering, +unhei[gh]e beoth the sidwowes. 240 unhigh the sidewalls, +thin rof liith on thin breoste ful thy roof lieth on thy breast full + _nei_. _nigh_. +colde is the ibedded. Cold art thou embedded, +clothes bidcled. beclad in clothes +nulleth thine hinen. thy hinds would refuse. +clothes the sen * * * 245 Clothes the sen * * * +for heom thuncheth alto lut. for they think all too little +that thu heom bilefdest. that thou didst leave them; +that thu hefdest on hor_de_. that thou hadst in hoard +theo hit wulleth heldan. they will it keep. +thus is iwitan thin weole. 250 Thus is departed thy wealth, +wendest thet hit thin were. _thou_ thoughtest that it thine were. +thus _reowliche_ nu thin sith. Thus ruefull now thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wretched life. +the sculen nu waxen. Now wormes shall grow +wurmes besiden. 255 beside thee, +_thene_ hungrie feond. the hungry enemy +theo the freten wulleth. that will devour thee, +heo wulleth the frecliche freten. they will thee greedily devour; +for _heo_ thin flsc liketh. for they like thy flesh, +he_o_ wulleth freten thin fule hold. they will devour thy foul carcase, +theo hwule heo hit fin_deth_. 261 as long as they find it; +thonne hit al bith agon. when it is all gone +heo wulleth gnawen thin bon. they will gnaw thy bone; +theo orlease wu_rmes_. those vile worms, +heo windeth on thin armes. 265 they wind on thy arms, +heo breketh thine breoste. they break up thy breast, +and borieth the ofer al. and perforate thee all over; +_heo_ reoweth in and ut. they rove in and out, +thet hord is hore open. that hoard is open to them, +and so heo wulleth waden. 270 and so they will wade +wide in thi _wom_be. wide in thy stomach; +todelen thine thermes. parting thy entrails +theo the deore weren. that were dear to thee. +lifre and thine lihte. Thy liver and thy lights +lod_liche_ torenden. 275 loathfully rending, +and so scal formelten. and so shall waste away +mawe and thin milte. thy maw and thy melt, +and so scal win * * * and so shall win * * * +* * * * * * * * * * +_wur_mes of thine flsc. 280 worms of thy flesh, +thu scalt fostren thine feond. thou shalt nourish thine enemy +thet thu beo al ifreten until thou art all devoured; +_thu_ scalt nu herborwen. thou shalt now harbour +unhol wihte. hateful creatures, +noldest thu r gode men. 285 (heretofore thou wouldst not, good men, +for lufe go_de sel_lan. for love, give _of thy_ goods;) +heo wulleth wurchen hore hord. they will work their hoard +on thine heaued ponne. in thy skull. +m_oton_ heo bileafen. Should they leave +thine lippen unfreten. 290 thy lips undevoured, +ac thu scalt grisliche grennien. eke thou shalt grin horribly, +_that_ hwo so hit isei[gh]e. that whosoever sees it +he mihte beon offered. he might be frightened; +Reowliche bith so thin sith. so rueful is thy lot, +efter _thin_ wercche lif. 295 after thy wicked life. +nu me wule swopen thine flor. Now men will sweep thy floor, +and thet flet clensien. and cleanse the dwelling; +for hit is h_eom_ lothre. for it is the loather to them +the thu theron lei[gh]e. that thou liest thereon. +heo wulleth mid holiwatere. 300 They will, with holy water, +beworpen ec theo p_das_. sprinkle eke the vestments, +blecsien ham [gh]eorne. cleansing them carefully +to burewen ham with the. to bury them with thee; +beren ut thin bed strau. bear out thy bed-straw +b_rennen_ hit mid fure. 305 to burn it with fire. +thus thu ert nu ilufed. Thus thou art now beloved +seoththen thu me forlure. since thou lost me. +al hit is reow_liche_ thin sith. All rueful is thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wicked life. +[gh]et sith the soule. 310 Yet saith the soul +so_r_iliche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +_nol_dest thu la erming. Alas! miserable, wouldst thou not +her o to wunienne. here for ever dwell? +nes hit the no wiht icunde. it was no whit known to thee +that thu icore_n me_ hefdest. 315 that thou hadst chosen me; +nes hit icunde the. it was not known to thee +more then thine cunne biuoren the. more than to thy kin before thee, +ne heold is thin _i[gh]e_ opene. nor was thine eye held open +theo hwule ic the inne was. while I was within thee. +hwi noldest thu lefen. 320 Why wouldst thou not believe, +tha thu hi isei[gh]e. though thou saw it, +hu thin ford_feren_. how thy forefathers +ferden biforen the. went before thee. +nu heo wunieth on eorthe. Now they dwell in the earth, +wurmes ham habbeth todled. 325 worms have shared them, +is_ceorf hore_ sorhfulle bones. gnawed their miserable bones +the theo sunne wrohten. with which they wrought sin. +tha [gh]et seith theo soule. Again saith the soul, +soriliche to hire li_chame_. sorrowfully to the body, +fre thu were luther. 330 thou wert ever wicked +theo hwile thu lif hfdest. whilst thou hadst life, +thu were leas and luti. thou wert false and deceitful, +and unriht lufede_st_. and loved injustice +_and_ luthere deden. and wicked deeds, +deredest cristene men. 335 and injured Christian men +and mid worde and mid werke. with word and with work, +so thu wurst mihte. as thou worst might. +_ic was_ from Gode clene. I was sent to thee +to the isend. innocent from God, +ac thu hauest unc fordon. 340 but thou hast undone us, +mid thine luthere deden. with thy wicked deeds. +_fre_ thu were gredi. Ever thou wert greedy, +and mid gromen the onfulled. and filled thyself with fierceness, +unneathe ic on the. I hardly in thee +eni wununge ha_uede_. 345 had any dwelling, +for hearde nithe. for hard covetousness, +and ofer mete fulle. and foul gluttony; +for thin wombe was thin god. for thy belly was thy god, +and thin wulder _thu_ iscend. 349 and thou spoiled thy glory. +forloren thu havest theo ece blisse. Lost thou hast everlasting bliss, +binumen thu havest the paradis. thou hast deprived thee of Paradise. +bi_nu_men the is that holi lond. Taken from thee is that holy land; +then deofle thu bist isold on hond. thou art given into the devil's hand, +for noldest thu nefre _habb_en inouh. for thou wouldst never have enough, +buten thu hefdest unifouh. 355 unless thou hadst repletion. +Nu is that swete al agon. Now is the sweet all gone, +thet bittere the bi_th_ fornon. the bitter is near thee, +that bittere ilest the efre. that bitter lasteth thee ever, +thet gode ne cumeth the nefre. that good cometh to thee never. +thus ageth nu th_in sith_. 360 Thus goeth now thy lot, +fter thin wrecce lif. after thy wicked life. +thu wendest that thin ende. Thou thoughtest that thine end +nefre ne cuman scolde. should never come. +to long * * * lede death the. Too long * * * death thee, +that he nolde nimen the. 365 that he would not take thee, +for efre thu arerdest sake. for thou ever raised up strife +and unseihte * * * and discord, * * * +and ic was with innen the. and I was within thee +biclused swuthe fule. most foully enclosed; +thu were wedlowe. 370 thou wert faithless +and mon sware. and perjured, +and * * * hund inouh. and * * * enough; +for thu were mid sunne. for thou wert with sin +ifulled al with inne. filled all within, +for the deofle l_ored the al_l. 375 for the devil taught thee all, +ord fulneih thine heorte. chief full nigh thy heart. +efre thu woldest fullen. Ever thou wouldst fulfil, +al that was his wille. all that was his will. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * thu nefre th. 380 * * * * * +_drihtenes_ * * * * * * * * +* * * _iwo_ld ahte. * * * * * +The [gh]et seith theo soule. Again, saith the soul, +soriliche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +clene bith the eor_the_. 385 the earth is pure +_r_ thu to hire to cume. e'er thou come to it, +ac thu heo afulest. but thou defilest it +mid thin fule holde. with thy foul carcase; +thet is that fu_lnesse_. only that foulness is +afursed from monnen. 390 removed from men; +nu thu bist bihuded. now thou art hidden +on alre horde fulest. in foulest hoard, +on _deope_ seathe. in a deep pit, +on durelease huse. in a doorless house. +thu scalt rotien. 395 Thou shalt rot +and brostnian. and corrupt; +thine bon beoth bedled. thy bones will be separated +_from th_re wde. from the clothing +the heo weren to iwunede. in which they were inhabited; +breketh lith from lithe. 400 limb breaks from limb; +liggeth the bon stil. the bones lie still, +_tha_ ure drihten eft. until our Lord again +of deathe heo arreth. from death raiseth them, +so he alle men deth. as he doth all men, +thonne domes daie _cume_th. 405 when doomsday cometh. +thonne scalt thu erming. Then shalt thou, miserable! +up arisen. up arise, +imeten thine morth deden. thy deadly sins measured, +theo the murie _were_n. that were so pleasant to thee; +seoruhful and sorimod. 410 sorrowful and melancholy, +so thin lif wrouhte. the crimes of thy life. +nu beoth thine earen fordutte. Now are thine ears closed, +_non drea_me ihereth. no pleasant sounds they hear; +theo leorneden theo listen. they learned, they listened +tha luthere weren. 415 to those that were wicked. +[_mid_] wowe domes. With unjust judgments, +and gultes _feole_. and many trespasses, +_thu_ othre berfedest. thou others bereaved +rihtes istreones. of rightful wealth, +_thurh_ ths deofles lore, 420 through the devil's lore, +theo the likede wel. that thou liked well. +the _deofle_ tuhte his hearpe. The _devil_ touched his harp, +and tuhte the to him. and enticed thee to him; +thu iherdest thene dream. thou heardest the harmony; +he was drih_tene f_ulloth. 425 it was hateful to the Lord. +he swefede the. He lulled thee +mid then sweize. with the sound; +swote thu sleptest. sweetly thou sleptest +longe on thine bedde. long in thy bed; +_n_is the to chirche. 430 nor art thou at church, +ne mostes thu iheren. nor canst thou hear +theo holie drmes. those holy sounds, +theo bellen rungen. the bells tolling, +_that s_iker becnunge ws. that a sure beckoning was; +ne holie lore. 435 nor holy lore +the unker helpe wre. that should be our help. +ac efre he tuhte the. But ever he enticed thee, +_andnu_ beo the iwold ahte. and now thou art in his power; +ac nu beoth fordutte. eke now are closed +thine dream thurles. 440 thy doors of sound, +ne ihereth heo _ne_ more. nor hear they more +non herunge of the. any praise of thee, +r theo bemen blowen. until the trumpets blow +the unc becnien scu_llen_. which shall summon us +_f_rom deathes dimnesse. 445 from death's dimness +to drihtenes dome. to the Lord's doom. +thonne thu scalt iheren. Then thou shalt hear +thene _lauer_de dom. the Lord doom, +the thu on thisse life. that thou in this life +lutherliche of eodest. 450 wickedly walked. +Thet et seith the sowle. Again saith the soul +_soril_iche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +nu thu bist afursed. now thou art separated +from alle thine freonden. from all thy friends; +nu is thin muth forscutted. 455 now is thy mouth prevented, +for death hine haueth fordutted. for death has closed it; +ne bith he _ne m_are undon. nor will it be ever opened +r cume ths hei[gh]e kinges dom. before the high King's doom. +thonne hit bith isene. Then it will be seen, +_thet_ on Psalme seith. 460 as the Psalm sayeth, +_Reddituri sunt de factis propriis _Reddituri sunt de factis propriis + rationem._ rationem._ +thonne sculen theo _w_eile. Then shall those servants +seggen hore deden. tell their deeds, +wisliche thurh wisdome. truly through wisdom, +for drihten hit wot. 465 for the Lord knoweth them; +_thon_ne heo onfoth hore dom. then they receive their doom +of drihtenes muthe. from the Lord's mouth, +also hit is awriten. as it is written; +of _drih_tenes muthe. from the Lord's mouth: +_Ite maledicti in ignem eternum._ 470 _Ite maledicti in ignem eternum._ +thonne sculen wit si_thien_. Then shall we depart +to alre seoruwe mest. into uttermost sorrow, +faren mid feondes. go with fiends +in thet eche fur. in that everlasting fire, +beornen __fre. 475 to burn for ever; +ende nis ther nefre. end is there never. +_Et quia bona egerunt ibunt in vitam _Et quia bona egerunt ibunt in vitam + eternam._ eternam._ +thonne _go_n theo goden. Then go the good, +mid Gode sithian. departing with God, +echeliche wunien. 480 to dwell everlastingly +in alre wuldre. in ever-during glory. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * me suke to the. * * * * * +_Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._ _Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._ +thu * * * et drowe me to the. thou * * * drew me to thee, +walawa! and wa is me. 486 well away! and woe is me! +that ic efre com to the. that I ever came to thee; +for noldest _thu_ mid thine muthe. for thou wouldst not with thy mouth +bimnen thine neode. bewail thy infirmities; +ac fre di[gh]elliche. 490 but ever darkly +thu woldest _ham_ bidernan. thou wouldst hide them; +noldest thu ham siggen. nor wouldst thou confess them; +biforen none preosten. before any priest, +ther _al_le men secheth ham ore. where all men seek pardon, +bimneth hore misdeden. 495 bewail their misdeeds, +and seoththen milts_unge_ foth. and afterwards obtain mercy; +thurh sothne scrift. through true shrift +sithieth to Criste. depart to Christ; +seggeth hore sunnen. confess their sins +and hor _soules_ helpith. 500 and help their souls, +thurh sothe bireousunge. through true repentance. +theo soule reste onfoth. the soul acquires rest; +ac ne the _scalt_ nefre resten. but thou shalt never rest, +thurh thine bireousunge. through thy repentance. +ac altogdere ic am forlor_en_. 505 Eke I am altogether lost +_thurh_ thine luthere deden. through thy wicked deeds; +noldest thu mid muthe. thou wouldst not with thy mouth +bidden me none milt_sunge_. pray for mercy to me; +nu thu ert adumbed. now thou art bedumbed, +and death haueth the kei[gh]e. 510 and death has caught thee; +mid clutes thu ert forl_ig_den. thou art laid out with rags, +and loth alle freonden. and loath to all thy friends, +efre ma eft. for ever and ever +on to lokienne. to look on. +thus is reoulic_he thin_ sith. 515 Thus rueful is thy lot, +efter thine wrecche lif. after thy wicked life; +for thu were beset. for thou wert beset +thicke mid sunne. thick with sin, +and alle _theo_ weren prickiende. and they all were pricking +so wiles on ile. 520 like quills on porcupine; +he bith thicke mid wiles. he is thick _set_ with quills; +ne prikieth he_om_ no wiht. they prick him not, +for al bith that softe. for the soft part is all +iwend to him sulfen. turned to himself, +that ne mawen his wil_es_. 525 that his quills cannot +_pri_kien him sore. prick him sore, +for al bith that scearpe. for the points are all +him iwend fromward. turned him fromward. +So thu we_ren_ mid sunne. Thus thou wert with sin +iset alle with inne. 530 beset all within; +theo sunfule pikes. those sinful pikes +prikieth me fuls_ore_. prick me full sore, +_ac thu al that_ softe was. but thou all that was soft +iwend to the sulven. turned to thyself, +and efre thet scerpe. 535 and ever the sharp +scored me touar_des_. scored me towards, +heo weren iwend. they were turned +so me wurst was. as was worst for me, +ich was mid thine prickunge. I was with the pricking +ipin_ed ful_sore. 540 pained ful sore: +ac nu me wulleth prikien. but now will prick me +theo pikes inne helle. those pikes in hell; +pinion me ful so_re_. punish me full sore +for thine sunne. for thy sin. +Ic was on heihnes isceapen. 545 On high was I created, +and soule ihoten. and named soul. +Ic was the seo_fothe_ isceaft. I was the seventh creation, +So theo bec seggeth. as the book says, +the the Almihti God. that Almighty God +mildeliche iwrouhte. 550 mercifully wrought. +wisli_che_ mid worde. Truly by his word +so hit al iwearth. thus it all came to pass: +heouene and eorthe. heaven and earth, +luft and engles. air and angels, +wind and wa_tere_. 555 wind and water, +ths monnes soule. the soul of man, +this beoth theo seouene. these are the seven +the ic r foreseide. that I before mentioned. +this was ma_kede_. These were made +ths Almihties fder. 560 by the Almighty Father; +of thissen andweorke. of this substance +alle thing he iwrouhte. all things he wrought; +and th_us_ hit is iwriten. and thus it is written +on holie wisdome. in holy wisdom, +_Fiat et facta sunt omnia._ 565 _Fiat et facta sunt omnia._ +He seide iwu_rthe_. He said, let be, +_and_ alle thing iworthen. and all things were; +thus mid one worde. thus with one word +al hit was iwurthen. was all created; +he iscop th_onne_ thene sune. 570 he made then the sun, +alle isceafte wisliche. all truly created +thurh wisdome. by his wisdom, +and efre he hit wiseth. and he guides it ever, +_Imaginem et similitudinem._ _Imaginem et similitudinem._ +and ic deorewurthe. 575 And I, in the dear +drihtenes onlicn_esse_. Lord's likeness. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * * of God. * * * of God, +and ic the imne. and me between, +mid lothre lufe. 580 with pure love, +and ic thin wale iwearth. and I thy bliss decreed; +hu so _thu nol_dest. how so thou wouldst not; +weila thine fule iwill. alas! thy foul will +wo haveth hit me idon. hath wrought my woe. +Thu fule mathe _m_te. 585 Thou foul food for worms, +hwi hauest thu me biswiken. why hast thou deceived me? +For thine fule sunne. For thy wicked sin +ic scal nu _in helle_. I shall now in hell +drei[gh]en ther wrecche sith. suffer there a wretched time, +all for thine fule lif. 590 all for thy wicked life; +[gh]et ic wulle the twi_nne_. yet I will flee thee +_and thine_ wea sithes. and thy dreary fate. +Nu ic scal soriliche. Now I shall sorrowfully +sithien from the. depart from thee; +nu beoth thine teth atru. 595 thy teeth are now poisonous; +_thin_ tunge is ascorted. thy tongue is shortened, +theo the facen was. which was so deceitful +and then feonde icweme. and pleasing to the fiend. +Mid wowe _dreames_. With unjust judgments, +and mid gultes feole. 600 and with many trespasses, +_thu_ othre birefedest. thou bereaved others +rihtes istreones. of their rightful wealth, +gderest to * * * ime. gatheredest * * * +ac hit is nu all igon. but it is now all gone +thurh ths deofles lore. 605 through the devil's lore, +the the licode wel. that thou liked so well. +Nu lith thin _bodige_ stille. Now lieth thy body still +on ful colde denne. in full cold den; +nafest thu gaersume themo. nor hast thou the treasure +the heo was spekinde. 610 of which she spake; +_for_ heo was faken biforen. for she was deceitful before, +and atterne bihinden. and envenomed after; +heo demde feole domes. she pronounced many judgments +the drihten _was_ lothe. that were hateful to the Lord. +Iseid hit is on psalme. 615 It is said in the Psalm, +and ful sothe hit is bihire. and full true it is of her: +_Lingua tua concinnabat dolos._ _Lingua tua concinnabat dolos._ +Heo [gh]eothede fakenliche. She poured out deceitfully, +and then feonde icwemde. and pleased the fiend; +heo heou mid hearde worde. 620 she hewed with hard words, +and _icwem_de tha wrecches. and delighted the wretches. +scearpe heo was and kene. Sharp she was and keen, +and cwemde then deofle. and pleased the devil +mid alle then sun_ne_. with all the sin +_that_ efre was his wille. 625 that ever was his will. +A wurthe hire wa. Wo be to her! +that heo spekinde was so. that she spake so; +heo haue_th_ unc _dom_ned. she has damned us +to deoppere helle. to deeper hell. +Nis hit non sellic. 630 Is it not wonderful, +thauh ic segge of boken. though I read in books, +thauh ic _thonne_ that sothe repie. though I then the truth gathered, +for ic was ilered. for I was taught +of mine leoue fder. by my dear father +feire on frumthe. 635 beautifully in the beginning, +aer ic _ford_ferde. before I departed, +ic was Godes douhter. I was God's daughter, +ac thu amerdest that foster. but thou didst hinder that fostering. +ic sceolde lif holden. I might life have held, +_me selle_the he wolde. 640 that he would have given me. +Sone thu were lifleas. Soon thou wert lifeless, +seoththen ic the forleas. sithence I left thee. +Ic was thin imake. I was thy wife, +_so so_ bec seggeth. as the book says: +_Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ 645 _Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ +Ic was the biwedded. I was wedded to thee +wurthliche * * * e. honourably, +et then fontstone. at the fount stone, +that thu haucst ifuled. that thou hast defiled +mid thine fule othes. 650 with thy foul oaths. +Thu hafest thin ful_luht_ forloren. Thou hast forfeited thy baptism +behinden and biuoren. here and hereafter. +Feire thu were imerked. Fair thou wert marked, +heie on thine heafde. high on thy head, +_mid th_en holie ele. 655 with the holy oil +Thu hauest kine merke. Thou hadst the mark of royalty; +thu scoldest beon on heouene. thou mightst have been in heaven, +heih * * * under Gode. high * * * under God, +[gh]if thu hit ne forlure. if thou hadst not forfeited it +thuruh ths deofles lore. 660 through the devil's lore. +Thine godfderes _ihat_en. Thy godfathers promised, +r heo the forleten. before they relinquished thee, +that thu me scoldest holden. that thou shouldst keep me +thuruh holie lufe Cristes. in Christ's holy love +and _drig_htene lawe. 665 and the law of God, +ledene me to Criste. and lead me to Christ. +Thu withsoke thene deofel. Thou renounced the devil, +efter drihtenes cw_ithe_. (after the Lord's word,) +_his_ modes and his wrnches. his moods, and his deceits, +and his wieles thrto. 670 and his wiles thereto. +Seoththen thu hine lufedest. Afterwards thou lovedst him, +and for_w_inne drihten. and rebelled against the Lord, +for thu lufedest theo lawen. for thou lovedst the traitors +the drihten weren lothe. that were hateful to God; +unker team _for_loren. 675 our progeny lost +the wit scolden teman. that we should bring forth; +so ic was the betiht. as I was given to thee +that wit scolden teman. that we might propagate. +Thu _haue_st beon bearne fder. Thou hast been father of children, +and ic hore moder. 680 and I their mother; +wit scolden fostrien bearn. we should foster our progeny, +and bring _ham_ to Criste. and bring them to Christ. +Thet beoth theos bearn. These are the children +so so bec mneth. that the book mentions: +_Filii tui sicut novell_ * * * _Filii tui sicut novell_ * * * + + _Cetera desunt._ + +[Footnote A: Wrecche?] + + +LONDON: +PRINTED BY LUKE JAMES HANSARD & CO. + +M.DCCC.XLV. +ONE HUNDRED COPIES. + +No 5 + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Departing Soul's Address to the +Body, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEPARTING SOUL *** + +***** This file should be named 19937-8.txt or 19937-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/9/3/19937/ + +Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Departing Soul's Address to the Body + A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem, Discovered Among the + Archives of Worcester Cathedral + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Thomas Phillipps + +Translator: Samuel Weller Singer + +Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19937] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEPARTING SOUL *** + + + + +Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + + + + + +</pre> + + + + + +<h3>THE</h3> + +<h2>DEPARTING SOUL'S</h2> + +<h1>ADDRESS TO THE BODY</h1> + +<h4>A FRAGMENT OF</h4> + +<h2>A SEMI-SAXON POEM,</h2> + +<h4>DISCOVERED AMONG THE ARCHIVES OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL,</h4> + +<h2>BY SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, BART.</h2> + +<h3>WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION,</h3> + +<h4>BY</h4> + +<h3>S. W. SINGER.</h3> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<h4>LONDON:<br /> +PRINTED BY LUKE JAMES HANSARD & CO.</h4> + +<h5>M.DCCC.XLV.</h5> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><i>The student of our early literature and language is indebted to the +zeal of Sir Thomas Phillipps, for the discovery of the following +interesting Fragment, which appears to have formed part of a volume that +contained Ælfric's Grammar and Glossary, probably of the Twelfth +Century. The fragments were discovered among the archives of Worcester +Cathedral; and in 1836 Sir Thomas Phillipps printed the whole of them in +folio. I know not whether the form or the typographical arrangement has +been the cause of the neglect of this publication; but it has escaped +both Mr. Wright and Mr. Thorpe. The former, in his interesting edition +of "The Latin Poems of Walter de Mapes," where he has given the literary +history of this legend with extracts, has not even referred to our +fragment; nor has Mr. Thorpe adverted to it in his publication of the +"Codex Exoniensis," which contains an Anglo-Saxon poem of the same kind, +with which it is interesting to compare this later version of the +legend. There is a portion of another semi-Saxon poem, entitled "The +Grave," printed in Mr. Conybeare's "Illustrations," and by Mr. Thorpe in +his "Analecta Anglo-Saxonica," which appears to be by the same hand, or +at any rate of the same school and age. Indeed some of the lines and +thoughts are identical with passages of the following poem. Mr. Thorpe +has justly called "The Grave" a singularly impressive and almost +appalling fragment; expressions equally characteristic of that with +which the reader is here presented.</i></p> + +<p><i>This impressive character, coupled with the interest which the fragment +possesses, as a specimen of the moral poetry of our ancestors, and as +throwing light upon the transition of our language from Saxon to +English, has been the motive for producing it in a more legible form +than that in which it first appeared.</i></p> + +<p><i>In one of the smaller poems (No. V.), printed by Mr. Wright with the +Owl and the Nightingale, from the Cottonian MS. Calig. A. ix. "The sorie +sowle maketh hire mone," in language not dissimilar to that used in the +following fragment; and the dreary imagery of the house appointed for +all living, and the punishment which awaits a wicked life at its close, +are painted in an equally fearful manner.</i></p> + +<p><i>Mr. Thorpe points to an Anglo-Saxon prose Homily as the original of the +poem on the same theme in the Exeter MS., which is repeated, with some +variation, in the Vercelli Codex. In a rude and simple age this dramatic +way of awakening the sinner to a sense of his perilous state, was +perhaps the most effective that could have been chosen, and it was +naturally a favorite with the moral and religious teachers for some +centuries. M. Karajan, in a very pleasing little publication +(Frülingsgabe für freunde Alterer Literatur, Wien 1839) has printed the +"Visio Philiberti," a Latin poem in dialogue on this subject, with two +old German versions; and the notes contain some interesting information +relating to similar compositions; but Mr. Wright's volume, before +referred to, contains ample illustrations of the legend in all +languages.</i></p> + +<p><i>The fragment here given, it will be seen, is very defective. An attempt +has been made to supply words which were wanting, from the mutilation of +the MS. leaves; but what is engrafted on the original is scrupulously +distinguished by the Italic character. A version has also been added, +the imperfections of which those who are acquainted with the +difficulties of such renderings will best know how to excuse.</i></p> + +<p><i>The language of this poem seems to have a striking resemblance to that +of one of the MSS. of Laȝamon, and we may hope, when the lovers of +our early lore shall be favoured with the long and anxiously expected +edition of that work by Sir Frederick Madden, that much light will be +thrown upon the history of the transitions of our language.</i></p> + +<p><i>For what has been already done by Conybeare, Price, Kemble, Thorpe, +Madden, Stevenson, Wright, Way and others, the present writer is most +grateful; but he would wish to see the same spirit and enthusiasm, the +same unwearied zeal displayed in the elucidation of the noble remains of +our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, and of the interesting stores of our early +literature and language, which has been so long a distinguishing feature +of Germany, whose example has of late years lighted up a similar +patriotic flame in France and Belgium.</i></p> + +<p><i>Mickleham, August 20, 1844.</i></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> +<h3>THE</h3> + +<h2>DEPARTING SOUL'S ADDRESS TO THE BODY.</h2> + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" summary=""> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * * en earde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and alle theo isceæfestan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the him to * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and mid muchele <i>wisdome</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and with much <i>wisdom</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thon</i>ne mon he idihte.</td> + <td align='right'>5 </td> + <td align='left'>then man he framed,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and him on ileide.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>bestowed on him</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>lif and soule.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>life and soul,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>softliche he heo isom<i>ne</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>tenderly he united them;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac thær bith sor idol.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but there is a sad portion</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that bodeth that bearn.</td> + <td align='right'>10 </td> + <td align='left'>which awaits that child.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne hit iboren bith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>When it is born;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hit <i>woan</i>eth and mænet theo weowe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>it waileth, and bemoans the woe,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and thene seoruhfule sith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and the sorrowful time,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and that sori idol.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and that sad lot,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that soule schal <i>hire li</i>came.</td> + <td align='right'>15 </td> + <td align='left'>that shall the soul from her body</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>sorliche idælen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sadly separate.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Forthon hit cumeth weopinde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Therefore it cometh weeping,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and woniende iwiteth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and wailing departeth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thonne D</i>eath mid his pricke.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>when Death, with his dart,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>pineth thene licame.</td> + <td align='right'>20 </td> + <td align='left'>pineth the body.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>He walketh and wendeth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>He walketh and goeth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and woneth <i>his si</i>thes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and bewails his destiny;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he sæith on his bedde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>he saith, on his bed,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wo me that ic libbe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Wo me! that I live;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that æffre min lif dawes.</td> + <td align='right'>25 </td> + <td align='left'>that ever my life</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thus <i>lon</i>ge me ilesteth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>so long endureth.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for heui is his greoning.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>For heavy is his groaning,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and seohrful is his woaning.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and sorrowful his wailing.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span>and all <i>reowliche</i> his sith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and all rueful his lot,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid seorwe biwunden.</td> + <td align='right'>30 </td> + <td align='left'>with sorrow encompassed.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him deaueth tha æren.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>His ears deafen,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him dimmeth <i>tha</i> eiȝen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his eyes become dim,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him scerpeth the neose.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his nose sharpens,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him scrincketh tha lippen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his lips shrink,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him scorteth <i>the</i> tunge.</td> + <td align='right'>35 </td> + <td align='left'>his tongue shorteneth</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him truketh his iwit.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his sense faileth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him teoreth his miht.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his strength wasteth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him coldeth his <i>heorte</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his <i>heart</i> chilleth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>him</i> leggeth the ban stille.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his bones lie still;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne bith that soule hus.</td> + <td align='right'>40 </td> + <td align='left'>then is that soul-house</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>seoruhliche bereaved.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>wofully bereaved</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>of</i> also muchele wunne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>of as much delight</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the ther inne wunede</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as therein dwelled.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thus bith thæs bearnes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thus are these children</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid pin<i>unge</i> ifulled.</td> + <td align='right'>45 </td> + <td align='left'>filled with torment;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo moder greoneth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>The mother groaneth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and that bearn woaneth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and the child waileth;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so bith theo <i>hear</i>dtid.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>so is that hard hap</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid balewen imenged.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with torment mingled.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>So bith eft the feorthsith.</td> + <td align='right'>50 </td> + <td align='left'>So is oft the departure,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>sorhliche to dæ<i>led</i></td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>miserably apportioned,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid seoruwen al bewunden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with sorrow all surrounded,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne the licame and the sowle.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>when the body and the soul</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>soriliche to <i>dæl</i>eth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sorrowfully separate.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne bith that wræcche lif.</td> + <td align='right'>55 </td> + <td align='left'>Then is that wretched life</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>iended al mid sori sith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>ended all with sad departure;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne bith the <i>bodi</i>ge.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>then is the body</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>iflut to then flore.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>banished to the floor;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he bith eastward istreiht.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>he is stretcht eastward;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he bith sone stif.</td> + <td align='right'>60 </td> + <td align='left'>he is soon stiff;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he <i>hear</i>deth also clei.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>he hardens like clay;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hit is him ikunde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>it is of kin to him.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mon hine met mit on ȝerde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>They measure him with a yard,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and tha mol<i>de</i> seoththen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and that dust, thenceforth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne mot he of thære molde.</td> + <td align='right'>65 </td> + <td align='left'>may not of the earth</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span>habben namore.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>have any more</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne that rihte imet.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>than that right measured</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>r<i>ih</i>tliche tæcheth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>rightly teacheth.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thonne lith the clei clot.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Then lies the clay clod</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>cold on then flore.</td> + <td align='right'>70 </td> + <td align='left'>cold on the floor,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and him sone from <i>fleoth</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and soon from him <i>flee</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo he ær freome dude.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>those he before help did;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nulleth heo mid honden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor will they, with <i>their</i> hands,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>his heafod riht wen<i>den</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>lay his head straight;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heom thuncheth that hore honden.</td> + <td align='right'>75 </td> + <td align='left'>they think that their hands</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>swuthe beoth ifuled.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>are much defiled</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>gif heo hondleth the <i>d</i>æde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>if they handle the dead.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Seoththen his deaȝes beoth igon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>After his days are gone,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>sone cumeth that wrecche wif.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>soon cometh the wretched wife,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>forh</i>oweth thene earfeth sith.</td> + <td align='right'>80 </td> + <td align='left'>lamenteth the woeful time,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>forbindeth thæs dædan muth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>binds up the mouth of the dead,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and his dimme eiȝen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and closes his dim eyes.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * <i>ie</i> thet riche<a name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a> wif.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * that wretched wife</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>forhoweth thene earueth sith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>lamenteth the woeful time;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for ufel is that wrecche lufe.</td> + <td align='right'>85 </td> + <td align='left'>for evil is that wretched love</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thon</i>ne theo unblisse cumath.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>when adversity cometh.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thonne besihth theo soule.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Then saith the soul</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>sorliche to then lich<i>ame</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sadly to the body,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>hwi noldest bethenchen</i> thu me.</td> + <td align='right'>90 </td> + <td align='left'><i>why wouldst thou not think of me</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo hwule thet ic wunede inne the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>while that I dwelt in thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for thu were leas and lutiȝ.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thou wert false and deceitful,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and <i>un</i>riht lufedest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and iniquity didst love;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>godnesse and riht.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>goodness and justice</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>æfre thu onscunedest.</td> + <td align='right'>95 </td> + <td align='left'>ever thou didst shun.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hwar is nu the <i>mo</i>dinesse.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Where is now the pride</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>swo muchel the thu lufedæst.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou so much didst love?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hwar beoth nu theo pundes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Where are now the pounds</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thurh * * * newes igædered.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>by * * * gathered?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo weren monifolde.</td> + <td align='right'>100 </td> + <td align='left'>they were manifold,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span>bi markes itolde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>counted by marks.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hwar beoth <i>nu</i> theo goldfæten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Where are now the vessels of gold</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo the guldene.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou idolized,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>comen to thine honden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as they came to thy hands?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thin blisse is <i>nu</i> al igon.</td> + <td align='right'>105 </td> + <td align='left'>Thy bliss is now all gone;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>min seoruwe is fornon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>my sorrow is near.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hwar beoth nu thin wæde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Where are now thy clothes</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the th<i>u</i> wel lufedest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou well didst love?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hwar beoth the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Where are they</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>seten sori ofer the.</td> + <td align='right'>110 </td> + <td align='left'>that sate sorry over thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>beden swuthe ȝeorne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>praying right earnestly</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>that</i> the come bote.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that help <i>might</i> come to thee?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo<i>m</i> thuthte alto longe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>They thought it all too long</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thu were on live.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou wert alive,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for heo <i>we</i>ren grædie.</td> + <td align='right'>115 </td> + <td align='left'>for they were greedy</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to gripen thin æihte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>to gripe thy property.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu heo hi dælith heom imang.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now they divide it among them,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>heo</i> doth the withuten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they do without thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac nu heo beoth fuse.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>eke now they are prompt</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to bringen the ut of huse.</td> + <td align='right'>120 </td> + <td align='left'>to bring thee out of house;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>bergen the ut æt thire dure.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>bearing thee out at the door.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Of weolen thu art bedæled.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Of wealth thou art deprived.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Hwui noldest th<i>u be</i>thenchen me.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Why wouldst thou not think of me</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo hwile ic was innen the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>while I was within thee?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac scendest me mid sunne.</td> + <td align='right'>125 </td> + <td align='left'>but blemished me with sin.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>fo<i>rthi</i> ic seoruhful eam.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Therefore I sorrowful am;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>weile that ic souhte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>alas! that I sought</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so seoruhfulne buc.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>such a miserable body.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>noldest th<i>u lo</i>kien lufe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Nor wouldst thou observe love</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>with ilærede men.</td> + <td align='right'>130 </td> + <td align='left'>with learned men,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ȝiven ham of thine gode.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>give them part of thy wealth</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that heo the fo<i>re</i> beden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that they <i>might</i> pray for thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo mihten mid salm songe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that they might with psalm sung</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thine sunne acwenchen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thy sin extinguish,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid * * * re<i>in</i>esse.</td> + <td align='right'>135 </td> + <td align='left'>with * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span>thine misdeden forebiddan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>pray for thy misdeeds;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo mihten offrian loc.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that they might offer gifts</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>leofli<i>che</i> for the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>acceptable for thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>swuth deor thurthe lac.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>through the most dear sacrifice</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>licame Cristes.</td> + <td align='right'>140 </td> + <td align='left'>of Christ's body;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thurh thære thu wære.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>by which thou were</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>alese<i>d</i> from helle wite.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>redeemed from pains of hell;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and mid his reade blode.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and with his red blood,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that he ȝeat on rode.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that he shed on the cross,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the thu we<i>ren</i> ifreoed.</td> + <td align='right'>145 </td> + <td align='left'>by which thou wert freed</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to farene into heouene.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>to enter into heaven.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac thu fenge to theowdome.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>But thou took to thraldom</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thurh thæs de<i>ofles</i> lore.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>through the devil's lore.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Bi the hit is iseid.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Concerning thee it is said</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and soth hit is on boken.</td> + <td align='right'>150 </td> + <td align='left'>in books, and true it is:</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Qui custodiat divitias.</i></td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>Qui custodiat divitias,</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Ser</i>vus <i>est divitiis.</i></td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>Servus est divitiis.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thu were theow.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thou wert slave</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thines weolan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>to thy wealth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>noldest thu nouht.</td> + <td align='right'>155 </td> + <td align='left'>nor wouldst thou ought</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thærof d<i>ælen</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thereof distribute</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for Drihtenes willæn.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for God's pleasure;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac æfre thu grædiliche,</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but thou ever greedily</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>gæderdest the more.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>didst gather the more.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>lu<i>ther</i>liche eart thu forloren.</td> + <td align='right'>160 </td> + <td align='left'>Miserably art thou separated</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>from al that thu lufedest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>from all that thou lovedst,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and ic scal wræcche soule.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and I, wretched soul, shall</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>ece</i> we nu driæn.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>now suffer everlasting woe.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>eart thu nu loth and unwurth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thou art now loathsome and contemptible</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>alle thine freonden.</td> + <td align='right'>165 </td> + <td align='left'>to all thy friends.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu ha<i>m thun</i>cheth alto long.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now they think it all too long</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thu ham neih list.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou liest nigh them,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ær thu beo ibrouht.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>ere thou be brought</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thær thu be<i>grafen</i> scalt.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>where thou shalt be buried</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on deope sæthe.</td> + <td align='right'>170 </td> + <td align='left'>in a deep pit,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on durelease huse.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in a doorless house,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thær wurmes wældeth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>where worms possess</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span>al<i>le that</i> wurthest was.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>all that was most honoured</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>fuweles quale holde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>of the foul dead carcase,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the thu icwemedest ær.</td> + <td align='right'>175 </td> + <td align='left'>that thou formerly delightedst</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid alre <i>kunde</i> swetnesse.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with all kind of sweetness,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo thu swuthe lufedest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou much didst love.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo swetnesse is nu al agon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>The sweetness is now all gone,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that b<i>ittere</i> the bith fornon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the bitter is thee near,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that bittere ilæsteth æffre.</td> + <td align='right'>180 </td> + <td align='left'>that bitter lasteth ever,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that swete ne cumeth the <i>næffre</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that sweet cometh to thee never.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thun</i>cheth that thu hire bi<i>lei</i>ben.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thinketh that thou here remain.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ȝet sæith theo sowle.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Yet saith the soul</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>soriliche to then licame.</td> + <td align='right'>185 </td> + <td align='left'>sadly to the body:</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>sæ <i>ne thea</i>rft thu on stirope.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>see, thou canst not on stirrup</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>stonden mid fotan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>stand with thy feet,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on nenne goldfohne bowe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>on no gold-glittering saddle;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for thu <i>scal</i>t faren alto howe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thou shalt journey all to woe,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and thu scalt nu ruglunge.</td> + <td align='right'>190 </td> + <td align='left'>and thou shalt now backwards</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ridæn to thære eorthe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>ride to the earth;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ut <i>sceo</i>t æt thære dure.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>shut out at the door,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne thearft thu næffre onȝean.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor canst thou ever again</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>cumæn reowliche riden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>come fiercely riding.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>nu alle</i> beræfed.</td> + <td align='right'>195 </td> + <td align='left'>Now all bereaved,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac thene eorthliche weole.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>eke the earthly wealth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the thu iwold ohtest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou possessed power <i>over</i>.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu mon mæi <i>seg</i>gen bi the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now they may say of thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thes mon is iwiten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>this man is departed,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu her weila.</td> + <td align='right'>200 </td> + <td align='left'>Alas! now here,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and his weolæn beoth her belæfed.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and his wealth is here left behind.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>nol</i>de he nefre thær of don.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>he would never do therewith</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>his drihtenes wille.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his Lord's will.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac æfre thu gæderest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>But ever thou didst gather</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>gær<i>sumen</i> thine feonde.</td> + <td align='right'>205 </td> + <td align='left'>riches of thine enemies.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nulleth heo nimen gete.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Yet will they not take</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hwo hit biȝete.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>who procured it?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nafst thu bute <i>we</i>lawei.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor hast thou but well away!</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thu weole heuedest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou hadst wealth.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span>al is reowliche thin sith.</td> + <td align='right'>210 </td> + <td align='left'>All ruefull is thy lot,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>efter thin wrecche lif.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>after thy wicked life.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo men beoth the blithre.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Those men are the blither</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the arisen ær with the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that formerly jangled with thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thin muth is betuned.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thy mouth is closed,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>the</i> theo teone ut lettest.</td> + <td align='right'>215 </td> + <td align='left'>with which thou reproach uttered,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the he heom sore grulde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>which sorely provoked them;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thet ham gros the aȝan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that they raged against thee;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>dæ</i>th hine haveth bituned.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>death hath closed it,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and thene teone aleid.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and the anger taken away.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Soth is iseid.</td> + <td align='right'>220 </td> + <td align='left'>Truly it is said</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on then salme <i>be</i>c.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in the Psalm book,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Os tuum habundavit malitia</i>,</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>os tuum habundavit malitia</i>,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>was on thine muthe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>wickedness ripe</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>luthernesse ripe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>was in thy mouth.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>no</i>ldest thu on thine huse.</td> + <td align='right'>225 </td> + <td align='left'>Thou wouldst not in thy house</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>herborwen theo wrecchen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>shelter the poor,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne mihten heo under <i>thine</i> roue.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor might they under thy roof</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>none reste finden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>find any rest;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>noldest thu næfre helpen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor wouldst thou ever help</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>tham orlease w<i>recche</i>n.</td> + <td align='right'>230 </td> + <td align='left'>the unhappy wretches;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac thu sete on thine benche.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but thou sate on thy bench,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>underleid mid thine bolstre.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>underlaid with thy bolster,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu wurpe <i>cn</i>eow ofer cneow.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou threw knee over knee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne icneowe thu the sulfen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor knew thou thyself</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thu scoldest mid wurmen.</td> + <td align='right'>235 </td> + <td align='left'>that thou shouldst with worms</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>husien</i> in eorthan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>dwell in the earth.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu thu hauest neowe hus.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now thou hast a new house,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>inne bethrungen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>a crowded dwelling;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>lowe beoth the helewewes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>low is the covering,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>unheiȝe beoth the sidwowes.</td> + <td align='right'>240 </td> + <td align='left'>unhigh the sidewalls,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thin rof liith on thin breoste ful <i>nei</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thy roof lieth on thy breast full <i>nigh</i>.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>colde is the ibedded.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Cold art thou embedded,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>clothes bidcled.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>beclad in clothes</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nulleth thine hinen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thy hinds would refuse.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>clothes the sen * * *</td> + <td align='right'>245 </td> + <td align='left'>Clothes the sen * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for heom thuncheth alto lut.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for they think all too little</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span>that thu heom bilefdest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou didst leave them;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thu hefdest on hor<i>de</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou hadst in hoard</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo hit wulleth heldan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they will it keep.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thus is iwitan thin weole.</td> + <td align='right'>250 </td> + <td align='left'>Thus is departed thy wealth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wendest thet hit thin were.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>thou</i> thoughtest that it thine were.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thus <i>reowliche</i> nu thin sith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thus ruefull now thy lot,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>efter thin wrecche lif.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>after thy wretched life.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the sculen nu waxen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now wormes shall grow</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wurmes besiden.</td> + <td align='right'>255 </td> + <td align='left'>beside thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thene</i> hungrie feond.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the hungry enemy</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo the freten wulleth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that will devour thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo wulleth the frecliche freten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they will thee greedily devour;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for <i>heo</i> thin flæsc liketh.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for they like thy flesh,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he<i>o</i> wulleth freten thin fule hold.</td> + <td align='right'>260 </td> + <td align='left'>they will devour thy foul carcase,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo hwule heo hit fin<i>deth</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as long as they find it;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne hit al bith agon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>when it is all gone</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo wulleth gnawen thin bon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they will gnaw thy bone;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo orlease wu<i>rmes</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>those vile worms,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo windeth on thin armes.</td> + <td align='right'>265 </td> + <td align='left'>they wind on thy arms,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo breketh thine breoste.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they break up thy breast,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and borieth the ofer al.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and perforate thee all over;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>heo</i> reoweth in and ut.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they rove in and out,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thet hord is hore open.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that hoard is open to them,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and so heo wulleth waden.</td> + <td align='right'>270 </td> + <td align='left'>and so they will wade</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wide in thi <i>wom</i>be.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>wide in thy stomach;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>todelen thine thermes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>parting thy entrails</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo the deore weren.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that were dear to thee.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>lifre and thine lihte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thy liver and thy lights</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>lod<i>liche</i> torenden.</td> + <td align='right'>275 </td> + <td align='left'>loathfully rending,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and so scal formelten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and so shall waste away</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mawe and thin milte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thy maw and thy melt,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and so scal win * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and so shall win * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>wur</i>mes of thine flæsc.</td> + <td align='right'>280 </td> + <td align='left'>worms of thy flesh,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu scalt fostren thine feond.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou shalt nourish thine enemy</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thet thu beo al ifreten</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>until thou art all devoured;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thu</i> scalt nu herborwen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou shalt now harbour</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span>unhol wihte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>hateful creatures,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>noldest thu ær gode men.</td> + <td align='right'>285 </td> + <td align='left'>(heretofore thou wouldst not, good men,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for lufe go<i>de sel</i>lan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for love, give <i>of thy</i> goods;)</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo wulleth wurchen hore hord.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they will work their hoard</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on thine heaued ponne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in thy skull.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>m<i>oton</i> heo bileafen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Should they leave</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thine lippen unfreten.</td> + <td align='right'>290 </td> + <td align='left'>thy lips undevoured,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac thu scalt grisliche grennien.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>eke thou shalt grin horribly,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>that</i> hwo so hit iseiȝe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that whosoever sees it</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he mihte beon offered.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>he might be frightened;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Reowliche bith so thin sith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>so rueful is thy lot,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>efter <i>thin</i> wercche lif.</td> + <td align='right'>295 </td> + <td align='left'>after thy wicked life.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu me wule swopen thine flor.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now men will sweep thy floor,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and thet flet clensien.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and cleanse the dwelling;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for hit is h<i>eom</i> lothre.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for it is the loather to them</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the thu theron leiȝe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou liest thereon.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo wulleth mid holiwatere.</td> + <td align='right'>300 </td> + <td align='left'>They will, with holy water,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>beworpen ec theo p<i>ædas</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sprinkle eke the vestments,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>blecsien ham ȝeorne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>cleansing them carefully</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to burewen ham with the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>to bury them with thee;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>beren ut thin bed strau.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>bear out thy bed-straw</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>b<i>rennen</i> hit mid fure.</td> + <td align='right'>305 </td> + <td align='left'>to burn it with fire.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thus thu ert nu ilufed.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thus thou art now beloved</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>seoththen thu me forlure.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>since thou lost me.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>al hit is reow<i>liche</i> thin sith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>All rueful is thy lot,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>efter thin wrecche lif.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>after thy wicked life.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ȝet sæith the soule.</td> + <td align='right'>310 </td> + <td align='left'>Yet saith the soul</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so<i>r</i>iliche to hire licame.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sadly to the body,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>nol</i>dest thu la erming.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Alas! miserable, wouldst thou not</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>her o to wunienne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>here for ever dwell?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nes hit the no wiht icunde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>it was no whit known to thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thu icore<i>n me</i> hefdest.</td> + <td align='right'>315 </td> + <td align='left'>that thou hadst chosen me;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nes hit icunde the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>it was not known to thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>more then thine cunne biuoren the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>more than to thy kin before thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne heold is thin <i>æiȝe</i> opene.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor was thine eye held open</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo hwule ic the inne was.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>while I was within thee.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hwi noldest thu lefen.</td> + <td align='right'>320 </td> + <td align='left'>Why wouldst thou not believe,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span>tha thu hi iseiȝe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>though thou saw it,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hu thin ford<i>feren</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>how thy forefathers</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ferden biforen the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>went before thee.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu heo wunieth on eorthe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now they dwell in the earth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wurmes ham habbeth todæled.</td> + <td align='right'>325 </td> + <td align='left'>worms have shared them,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>is<i>ceorf hore</i> sorhfulle bones.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>gnawed their miserable bones</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the theo sunne wrohten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with which they wrought sin.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>tha ȝet seith theo soule.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Again saith the soul,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>soriliche to hire li<i>chame</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sorrowfully to the body,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>æfre thu were luther.</td> + <td align='right'>330 </td> + <td align='left'>thou wert ever wicked</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo hwile thu lif hæfdest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>whilst thou hadst life,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu were leas and luti.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou wert false and deceitful,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and unriht lufede<i>st</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and loved injustice</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>and</i> luthere deden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and wicked deeds,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>deredest cristene men.</td> + <td align='right'>335 </td> + <td align='left'>and injured Christian men</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and mid worde and mid werke.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with word and with work,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so thu wurst mihte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as thou worst might.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>ic was</i> from Gode clene.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I was sent to thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to the isend.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>innocent from God,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac thu hauest unc fordon.</td> + <td align='right'>340 </td> + <td align='left'>but thou hast undone us,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid thine luthere deden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with thy wicked deeds.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>æfre</i> thu were gredi.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Ever thou wert greedy,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and mid gromen the onfulled.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and filled thyself with fierceness,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>unneathe ic on the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I hardly in thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>eni wununge ha<i>uede</i>.</td> + <td align='right'>345 </td> + <td align='left'>had any dwelling,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for hearde nithe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for hard covetousness,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and ofer mete fulle.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and foul gluttony;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for thin wombe was thin god.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thy belly was thy god,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and thin wulder <i>thu</i> iscend.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and thou spoiled thy glory.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>forloren thu havest theo ece blisse.</td> + <td align='right'>350 </td> + <td align='left'>Lost thou hast everlasting bliss,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>binumen thu havest the paradis.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou hast deprived thee of Paradise.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>bi<i>nu</i>men the is that holi lond.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Taken from thee is that holy land;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>then deofle thu bist isold on hond.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou art given into the devil's hand,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for noldest thu nefre <i>habb</i>en inouh.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thou wouldst never have enough,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span>buten thu hefdest unifouh.</td> + <td align='right'>355 </td> + <td align='left'>unless thou hadst repletion.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Nu is that swete al agon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now is the sweet all gone,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thet bittere the bi<i>th</i> fornon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the bitter is near thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that bittere ilest the efre.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that bitter lasteth thee ever,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thet gode ne cumeth the nefre.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that good cometh to thee never.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thus ageth nu th<i>in sith</i>.</td> + <td align='right'>360 </td> + <td align='left'>Thus goeth now thy lot,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>æfter thin wrecce lif.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>after thy wicked life.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu wendest that thin ende.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thou thoughtest that thine end</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nefre ne cuman scolde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>should never come.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to long * * * lede death the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Too long * * * death thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that he nolde nimen the.</td> + <td align='right'>365 </td> + <td align='left'>that he would not take thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for efre thu arerdest sake.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thou ever raised up strife</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and unseihte * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and discord, * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and ic was with innen the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and I was within thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>biclused swuthe fule.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>most foully enclosed;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu were wedlowe.</td> + <td align='right'>370 </td> + <td align='left'>thou wert faithless</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and mon sware.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and perjured,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and * * * hund inouh.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and * * * enough;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for thu were mid sunne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thou wert with sin</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ifulled al with inne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>filled all within,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for the deofle l<i>ored the al</i>l.</td> + <td align='right'>375 </td> + <td align='left'>for the devil taught thee all,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ord fulneih thine heorte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>chief full nigh thy heart.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>efre thu woldest fullen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Ever thou wouldst fulfil,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>al that was his wille.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>all that was his will.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * thu nefre th.</td> + <td align='right'>380 </td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>drihtenes</i> * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * <i>iwo</i>ld ahte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>The ȝet seith theo soule.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Again, saith the soul,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>soriliche to hire licame.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sadly to the body,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>clene bith the eor<i>the</i>.</td> + <td align='right'>385 </td> + <td align='left'>the earth is pure</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>ær</i> thu to hire to cume.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>e'er thou come to it,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac thu heo afulest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but thou defilest it</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid thin fule holde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with thy foul carcase;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thet is that fu<i>lnesse</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>only that foulness is</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>afursed from monnen.</td> + <td align='right'>390 </td> + <td align='left'>removed from men;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu thu bist bihuded.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>now thou art hidden</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span>on alre horde fulest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in foulest hoard,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on <i>deope</i> seathe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in a deep pit,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on durelease huse.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in a doorless house.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu scalt rotien.</td> + <td align='right'>395 </td> + <td align='left'>Thou shalt rot</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and brostnian.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and corrupt;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thine bon beoth bedæled.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thy bones will be separated</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>from th</i>ære wæde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>from the clothing</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the heo weren to iwunede.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in which they were inhabited;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>breketh lith from lithe.</td> + <td align='right'>400 </td> + <td align='left'>limb breaks from limb;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>liggeth the bon stil.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the bones lie still,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>tha</i> ure drihten eft.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>until our Lord again</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>of deathe heo aræreth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>from death raiseth them,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so he alle men deth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as he doth all men,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne domes daie <i>cume</i>th.</td> + <td align='right'>405 </td> + <td align='left'>when doomsday cometh.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne scalt thu erming.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Then shalt thou, miserable!</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>up arisen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>up arise,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>imeten thine morth deden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thy deadly sins measured,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo the murie <i>were</i>n.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that were so pleasant to thee;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>seoruhful and sorimod.</td> + <td align='right'>410 </td> + <td align='left'>sorrowful and melancholy,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so thin lif wrouhte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the crimes of thy life.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu beoth thine earen fordutte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now are thine ears closed,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>non drea</i>me ihereth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>no pleasant sounds they hear;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo leorneden theo listen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they learned, they listened</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>tha luthere weren.</td> + <td align='right'>415 </td> + <td align='left'>to those that were wicked.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>[<i>mid</i>] wowe domes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>With unjust judgments,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and gultes <i>feole</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and many trespasses,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thu</i> othre beræfedest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou others bereaved</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>rihtes istreones.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>of rightful wealth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thurh</i> thæs deofles lore,</td> + <td align='right'>420 </td> + <td align='left'>through the devil's lore,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo the likede wel.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou liked well.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the <i>deofle</i> tuhte his hearpe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>The <i>devil</i> touched his harp,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and tuhte the to him.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and enticed thee to him;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu iherdest thene dream.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou heardest the harmony;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he was drih<i>tene f</i>ulloth.</td> + <td align='right'>425 </td> + <td align='left'>it was hateful to the Lord.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he swefede the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>He lulled thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid then sweize.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with the sound;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>swote thu sleptest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sweetly thou sleptest</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span>longe on thine bedde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>long in thy bed;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>n</i>is the to chirche.</td> + <td align='right'>430 </td> + <td align='left'>nor art thou at church,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne mostes thu iheren.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor canst thou hear</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo holie dræmes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>those holy sounds,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo bellen rungen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the bells tolling,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>that s</i>iker becnunge wæs.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that a sure beckoning was;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne holie lore.</td> + <td align='right'>435 </td> + <td align='left'>nor holy lore</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the unker helpe wære.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that should be our help.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac efre he tuhte the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>But ever he enticed thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>andnu</i> beo the iwold ahte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and now thou art in his power;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac nu beoth fordutte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>eke now are closed</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thine dream thurles.</td> + <td align='right'>440 </td> + <td align='left'>thy doors of sound,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne ihereth heo <i>ne</i> more.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor hear they more</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>non herunge of the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>any praise of thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ær theo bemen blowen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>until the trumpets blow</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the unc becnien scu<i>llen</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>which shall summon us</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>f</i>rom deathes dimnesse.</td> + <td align='right'>445 </td> + <td align='left'>from death's dimness</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to drihtenes dome.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>to the Lord's doom.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne thu scalt iheren.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Then thou shalt hear</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thene <i>lauer</i>de dom.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the Lord doom,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the thu on thisse life.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou in this life</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>lutherliche of eodest.</td> + <td align='right'>450 </td> + <td align='left'>wickedly walked.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thet et seith the sowle.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Again saith the soul</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>soril</i>iche to hire licame.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sadly to the body,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu thu bist afursed.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>now thou art separated</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>from alle thine freonden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>from all thy friends;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu is thin muth forscutted.</td> + <td align='right'>455 </td> + <td align='left'>now is thy mouth prevented,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for death hine haueth fordutted.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for death has closed it;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne bith he <i>ne m</i>are undon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor will it be ever opened</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ær cume thæs heiȝe kinges dom.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>before the high King's doom.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne hit bith isene.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Then it will be seen,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thet</i> on Psalme seith.</td> + <td align='right'>460 </td> + <td align='left'>as the Psalm sayeth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Reddituri sunt de factis propriis rationem.</i></td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>Reddituri sunt de factis propriis rationem.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne sculen theo <i>w</i>eile.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Then shall those servants</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>seggen hore deden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>tell their deeds,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wisliche thurh wisdome.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>truly through wisdom,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span>for drihten hit wot.</td> + <td align='right'>465 </td> + <td align='left'>for the Lord knoweth them;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thon</i>ne heo onfoth hore dom.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>then they receive their doom</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>of drihtenes muthe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>from the Lord's mouth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>also hit is awriten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as it is written;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>of <i>drih</i>tenes muthe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>from the Lord's mouth:</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Ite maledicti in ignem eternum.</i></td> + <td align='right'>470 </td> + <td align='left'><i>Ite maledicti in ignem eternum.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne sculen wit si<i>thien</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Then shall we depart</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to alre seoruwe mest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>into uttermost sorrow,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>faren mid feondes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>go with fiends</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>in thet eche fur.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in that everlasting fire,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>beornen <i>æ</i>fre.</td> + <td align='right'>475 </td> + <td align='left'>to burn for ever;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ende nis ther nefre.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>end is there never.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Et quia bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam.</i></td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>Et quia bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thonne <i>go</i>n theo goden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Then go the good,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid Gode sithian.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>departing with God,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>echeliche wunien.</td> + <td align='right'>480 </td> + <td align='left'>to dwell everlastingly</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>in alre wuldre.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in ever-during glory.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * me suke to the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum.</i></td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu * * * et drowe me to the.</td> + <td align='right'>485 </td> + <td align='left'>thou * * * drew me to thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>walawa! and wa is me.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>well away! and woe is me!</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that ic efre com to the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that I ever came to thee;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for noldest <i>thu</i> mid thine muthe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thou wouldst not with thy mouth</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>bimænen thine neode.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>bewail thy infirmities;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac æfre diȝelliche.</td> + <td align='right'>490 </td> + <td align='left'>but ever darkly</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu woldest <i>ham</i> bidernan.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou wouldst hide them;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>noldest thu ham siggen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor wouldst thou confess them;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>biforen none preosten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>before any priest,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ther <i>al</i>le men secheth ham ore.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>where all men seek pardon,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>bimæneth hore misdeden.</td> + <td align='right'>495 </td> + <td align='left'>bewail their misdeeds,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and seoththen milts<i>unge</i> foth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and afterwards obtain mercy;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thurh sothne scrift.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>through true shrift</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>sithieth to Criste.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>depart to Christ;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>seggeth hore sunnen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>confess their sins</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span>and hor <i>soules</i> helpith.</td> + <td align='right'>500 </td> + <td align='left'>and help their souls,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thurh sothe bireousunge.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>through true repentance.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo soule reste onfoth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the soul acquires rest;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac ne the <i>scalt</i> nefre resten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but thou shalt never rest,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thurh thine bireousunge.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>through thy repentance.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac altogædere ic am forlor<i>en</i>.</td> + <td align='right'>505 </td> + <td align='left'>Eke I am altogether lost</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thurh</i> thine luthere deden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>through thy wicked deeds;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>noldest thu mid muthe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou wouldst not with thy mouth</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>bidden me none milt<i>sunge</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>pray for mercy to me;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu thu ert adumbed.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>now thou art bedumbed,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and death haueth the keiȝe.</td> + <td align='right'>510 </td> + <td align='left'>and death has caught thee;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid clutes thu ert forl<i>ig</i>den.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou art laid out with rags,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and loth alle freonden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and loath to all thy friends,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>efre ma eft.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for ever and ever</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on to lokienne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>to look on.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thus is reoulic<i>he thin</i> sith.</td> + <td align='right'>515 </td> + <td align='left'>Thus rueful is thy lot,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>efter thine wrecche lif.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>after thy wicked life;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for thu were beset.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thou wert beset</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thicke mid sunne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thick with sin,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and alle <i>theo</i> weren prickiende.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and they all were pricking</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so wiles on ile.</td> + <td align='right'>520 </td> + <td align='left'>like quills on porcupine;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he bith thicke mid wiles.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>he is thick <i>set</i> with quills;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ne prikieth he<i>om</i> no wiht.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they prick him not,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for al bith that softe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for the soft part is all</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>iwend to him sulfen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>turned to himself,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that ne mawen his wil<i>es</i>.</td> + <td align='right'>525 </td> + <td align='left'>that his quills cannot</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>pri</i>kien him sore.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>prick him sore,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for al bith that scearpe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for the points are all</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>him iwend fromward.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>turned him fromward.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>So thu we<i>ren</i> mid sunne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thus thou wert with sin</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>iset alle with inne.</td> + <td align='right'>530 </td> + <td align='left'>beset all within;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo sunfule pikes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>those sinful pikes</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>prikieth me fuls<i>ore</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>prick me full sore,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>ac thu al that</i> softe was.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but thou all that was soft</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>iwend to the sulven.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>turned to thyself,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and efre thet scerpe.</td> + <td align='right'>535 </td> + <td align='left'>and ever the sharp</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>scored me touar<i>des</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>scored me towards,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span>heo weren iwend.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>they were turned</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so me wurst was.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as was worst for me,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ich was mid thine prickunge.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I was with the pricking</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ipin<i>ed ful</i>sore.</td> + <td align='right'>540 </td> + <td align='left'>pained ful sore:</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac nu me wulleth prikien.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but now will prick me</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo pikes inne helle.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>those pikes in hell;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>pinion me ful so<i>re</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>punish me full sore</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for thine sunne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thy sin.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Ic was on heihnes isceapen.</td> + <td align='right'>545 </td> + <td align='left'>On high was I created,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and soule ihoten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and named soul.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Ic was the seo<i>fothe</i> isceaft.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I was the seventh creation,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>So theo bec seggeth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as the book says,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the the Almihti God.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that Almighty God</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mildeliche iwrouhte.</td> + <td align='right'>550 </td> + <td align='left'>mercifully wrought.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wisli<i>che</i> mid worde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Truly by his word</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so hit al iwearth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thus it all came to pass:</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heouene and eorthe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>heaven and earth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>luft and engles.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>air and angels,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wind and wa<i>tere</i>.</td> + <td align='right'>555 </td> + <td align='left'>wind and water,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thæs monnes soule.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>the soul of man,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>this beoth theo seouene.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>these are the seven</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the ic ær foreseide.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that I before mentioned.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>this was ma<i>kede</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>These were made</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thæs Almihties fæder.</td> + <td align='right'>560 </td> + <td align='left'>by the Almighty Father;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>of thissen andweorke.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>of this substance</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>alle thing he iwrouhte.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>all things he wrought;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and th<i>us</i> hit is iwriten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and thus it is written</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on holie wisdome.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in holy wisdom,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Fiat et facta sunt omnia.</i></td> + <td align='right'>565 </td> + <td align='left'><i>Fiat et facta sunt omnia.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>He seide iwu<i>rthe</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>He said, let be,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>and</i> alle thing iworthen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and all things were;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thus mid one worde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thus with one word</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>al hit was iwurthen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>was all created;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>he iscop th<i>onne</i> thene sune.</td> + <td align='right'>570 </td> + <td align='left'>he made then the sun,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>alle isceafte wisliche.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>all truly created</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thurh wisdome.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>by his wisdom,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and efre he hit wiseth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and he guides it ever,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span><i>Imaginem et similitudinem.</i></td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>Imaginem et similitudinem.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and ic deorewurthe.</td> + <td align='right'>575 </td> + <td align='left'>And I, in the dear</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>drihtenes onlicn<i>esse</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Lord's likeness.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>* * * * of God.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>* * * * of God,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and ic the imæne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and me between,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid lothre lufe.</td> + <td align='right'>580 </td> + <td align='left'>with pure love,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and ic thin wale iwearth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and I thy bliss decreed;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hu so <i>thu nol</i>dest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>how so thou wouldst not;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>weila thine fule iwill.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>alas! thy foul will</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wo haveth hit me idon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>hath wrought my woe.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thu fule mathe <i>mæ</i>te.</td> + <td align='right'>585 </td> + <td align='left'>Thou foul food for worms,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>hwi hauest thu me biswiken.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>why hast thou deceived me?</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>For thine fule sunne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>For thy wicked sin</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ic scal nu <i>in helle</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I shall now in hell</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>dreiȝen ther wrecche sith.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>suffer there a wretched time,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>all for thine fule lif.</td> + <td align='right'>590 </td> + <td align='left'>all for thy wicked life;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ȝet ic wulle the ætwi<i>nne</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>yet I will flee thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>and thine</i> wea sithes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and thy dreary fate.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Nu ic scal soriliche.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now I shall sorrowfully</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>sithien from the.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>depart from thee;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nu beoth thine teth atru.</td> + <td align='right'>595 </td> + <td align='left'>thy teeth are now poisonous;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thin</i> tunge is ascorted.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thy tongue is shortened,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>theo the facen was.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>which was so deceitful</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and then feonde icweme.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and pleasing to the fiend.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Mid wowe <i>dreames</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>With unjust judgments,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and mid gultes feole.</td> + <td align='right'>600 </td> + <td align='left'>and with many trespasses,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>thu</i> othre birefedest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou bereaved others</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>rihtes istreones.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>of their rightful wealth,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>gæderest to * * * ime.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>gatheredest * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac hit is nu all igon.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but it is now all gone</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thurh thæs deofles lore.</td> + <td align='right'>605 </td> + <td align='left'>through the devil's lore,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the the licode wel.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou liked so well.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Nu lith thin <i>bodige</i> stille.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Now lieth thy body still</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>on ful colde denne.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in full cold den;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>nafest thu gaersume themo.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>nor hast thou the treasure</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the heo was spekinde.</td> + <td align='right'>610 </td> + <td align='left'>of which she spake;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>for</i> heo was faken biforen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for she was deceitful before,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span>and atterne bihinden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and envenomed after;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo demde feole domes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>she pronounced many judgments</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the drihten <i>was</i> lothe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that were hateful to the Lord.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Iseid hit is on psalme.</td> + <td align='right'>615 </td> + <td align='left'>It is said in the Psalm,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and ful sothe hit is bihire.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and full true it is of her:</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Lingua tua concinnabat dolos.</i></td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>Lingua tua concinnabat dolos.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Heo ȝeothede fakenliche.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>She poured out deceitfully,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and then feonde icwemde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and pleased the fiend;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo heou mid hearde worde.</td> + <td align='right'>620 </td> + <td align='left'>she hewed with hard words,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and <i>icwem</i>de tha wrecches.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and delighted the wretches.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>scearpe heo was and kene.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Sharp she was and keen,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and cwemde then deofle.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and pleased the devil</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>mid alle then sun<i>ne</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>with all the sin</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>that</i> efre was his wille.</td> + <td align='right'>625 </td> + <td align='left'>that ever was his will.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>A wurthe hire wa.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Wo be to her!</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that heo spekinde was so.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that she spake so;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heo haue<i>th</i> unc <i>dom</i>ned.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>she has damned us</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>to deoppere helle.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>to deeper hell.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Nis hit non sellic.</td> + <td align='right'>630 </td> + <td align='left'>Is it not wonderful,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thauh ic segge of boken.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>though I read in books,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thauh ic <i>thonne</i> that sothe repie.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>though I then the truth gathered,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for ic was ilered.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for I was taught</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>of mine leoue fæder.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>by my dear father</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>feire on frumthe.</td> + <td align='right'>635 </td> + <td align='left'>beautifully in the beginning,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>aer ic <i>ford</i>ferde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>before I departed,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ic was Godes douhter.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I was God's daughter,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ac thu amerdest that foster.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>but thou didst hinder that fostering.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ic sceolde lif holden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I might life have held,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>me selle</i>the he wolde.</td> + <td align='right'>640 </td> + <td align='left'>that he would have given me.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Sone thu were lifleas.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Soon thou wert lifeless,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>seoththen ic the forleas.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>sithence I left thee.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Ic was thin imake.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I was thy wife,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>so so</i> bec seggeth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as the book says:</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans.</i></td> + <td align='right'>645 </td> + <td align='left'><i>Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans.</i></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Ic was the biwedded.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>I was wedded to thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wurthliche * * * e.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>honourably,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>et then fontstone.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>at the fount stone,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thu haucst ifuled.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou hast defiled</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span>mid thine fule othes.</td> + <td align='right'>650 </td> + <td align='left'>with thy foul oaths.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thu hafest thin ful<i>luht</i> forloren.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thou hast forfeited thy baptism</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>behinden and biuoren.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>here and hereafter.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Feire thu were imerked.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Fair thou wert marked,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heie on thine heafde.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>high on thy head,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>mid th</i>en holie ele.</td> + <td align='right'>655 </td> + <td align='left'>with the holy oil</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thu hauest kine merke.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thou hadst the mark of royalty;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thu scoldest beon on heouene.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>thou mightst have been in heaven,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>heih * * * under Gode.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>high * * * under God,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ȝif thu hit ne forlure.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>if thou hadst not forfeited it</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thuruh thæs deofles lore.</td> + <td align='right'>660 </td> + <td align='left'>through the devil's lore.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thine godfæderes <i>ihat</i>en.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thy godfathers promised,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ær heo the forleten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>before they relinquished thee,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that thu me scoldest holden.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that thou shouldst keep me</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>thuruh holie lufe Cristes.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>in Christ's holy love</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and <i>drig</i>htene lawe.</td> + <td align='right'>665 </td> + <td align='left'>and the law of God,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>ledene me to Criste.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and lead me to Christ.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thu withsoke thene deofel.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thou renounced the devil,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>efter drihtenes cw<i>ithe</i>.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>(after the Lord's word,)</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>his</i> modes and his wrænches.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>his moods, and his deceits,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and his wieles thærto.</td> + <td align='right'>670 </td> + <td align='left'>and his wiles thereto.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Seoththen thu hine lufedest.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Afterwards thou lovedst him,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and for<i>w</i>inne drihten.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and rebelled against the Lord,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>for thu lufedest theo lawen.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>for thou lovedst the traitors</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the drihten weren lothe.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that were hateful to God;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>unker team <i>for</i>loren.</td> + <td align='right'>675 </td> + <td align='left'>our progeny lost</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>the wit scolden teman.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that we should bring forth;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so ic was the betæiht.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>as I was given to thee</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>that wit scolden teman.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that we might propagate.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thu <i>haue</i>st beon bearne fæder.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>Thou hast been father of children,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and ic hore moder.</td> + <td align='right'>680 </td> + <td align='left'>and I their mother;</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>wit scolden fostrien bearn.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>we should foster our progeny,</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>and bring <i>ham</i> to Criste.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>and bring them to Christ.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>Thet beoth theos bearn.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>These are the children</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'>so so bec mæneth.</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'>that the book mentions:</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='left'><i>Filii tui sicut novell</i> * * *</td> + <td align='left'></td> + <td align='left'><i>Filii tui sicut novell</i> * * *</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td align='center' colspan="3"><i>Cetera desunt.</i></td> +</tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Departing Soul's Address to the Body + A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem, Discovered Among the + Archives of Worcester Cathedral + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Thomas Phillipps + +Translator: Samuel Weller Singer + +Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19937] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEPARTING SOUL *** + + + + +Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + + + + + + + + + +THE + +DEPARTING SOUL'S + +ADDRESS TO THE BODY + +A FRAGMENT OF + +A SEMI-SAXON POEM, + +DISCOVERED AMONG THE ARCHIVES OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, + +BY SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, BART. + +WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, + +BY + +S. W. SINGER. + +LONDON: +PRINTED BY LUKE JAMES HANSARD & CO. + +M.DCCC.XLV. + + + + +[Transcriber's note: The Middle_English character yogh is transcribed as +[gh]. Other letters or words in brackets are as in original.] + + + + +_The student of our early literature and language is indebted to the +zeal of Sir Thomas Phillipps, for the discovery of the following +interesting Fragment, which appears to have formed part of a volume that +contained AElfric's Grammar and Glossary, probably of the Twelfth +Century. The fragments were discovered among the archives of Worcester +Cathedral; and in 1836 Sir Thomas Phillipps printed the whole of them in +folio. I know not whether the form or the typographical arrangement has +been the cause of the neglect of this publication; but it has escaped +both Mr. Wright and Mr. Thorpe. The former, in his interesting edition +of "The Latin Poems of Walter de Mapes," where he has given the literary +history of this legend with extracts, has not even referred to our +fragment; nor has Mr. Thorpe adverted to it in his publication of the +"Codex Exoniensis," which contains an Anglo-Saxon poem of the same kind, +with which it is interesting to compare this later version of the +legend. There is a portion of another semi-Saxon poem, entitled "The +Grave," printed in Mr. Conybeare's "Illustrations," and by Mr. Thorpe in +his "Analecta Anglo-Saxonica," which appears to be by the same hand, or +at any rate of the same school and age. Indeed some of the lines and +thoughts are identical with passages of the following poem. Mr. Thorpe +has justly called "The Grave" a singularly impressive and almost +appalling fragment; expressions equally characteristic of that with +which the reader is here presented._ + +_This impressive character, coupled with the interest which the fragment +possesses, as a specimen of the moral poetry of our ancestors, and as +throwing light upon the transition of our language from Saxon to +English, has been the motive for producing it in a more legible form +than that in which it first appeared._ + +_In one of the smaller poems (No. V.), printed by Mr. Wright with the +Owl and the Nightingale, from the Cottonian MS. Calig. A. ix. "The sorie +sowle maketh hire mone," in language not dissimilar to that used in the +following fragment; and the dreary imagery of the house appointed for +all living, and the punishment which awaits a wicked life at its close, +are painted in an equally fearful manner._ + +_Mr. Thorpe points to an Anglo-Saxon prose Homily as the original of the +poem on the same theme in the Exeter MS., which is repeated, with some +variation, in the Vercelli Codex. In a rude and simple age this dramatic +way of awakening the sinner to a sense of his perilous state, was +perhaps the most effective that could have been chosen, and it was +naturally a favorite with the moral and religious teachers for some +centuries. M. Karajan, in a very pleasing little publication +(Fruelingsgabe fuer freunde Alterer Literatur, Wien 1839) has printed the +"Visio Philiberti," a Latin poem in dialogue on this subject, with two +old German versions; and the notes contain some interesting information +relating to similar compositions; but Mr. Wright's volume, before +referred to, contains ample illustrations of the legend in all +languages._ + +_The fragment here given, it will be seen, is very defective. An attempt +has been made to supply words which were wanting, from the mutilation of +the MS. leaves; but what is engrafted on the original is scrupulously +distinguished by the Italic character. A version has also been added, +the imperfections of which those who are acquainted with the +difficulties of such renderings will best know how to excuse._ + +_The language of this poem seems to have a striking resemblance to that +of one of the MSS. of La[gh]amon, and we may hope, when the lovers of +our early lore shall be favoured with the long and anxiously expected +edition of that work by Sir Frederick Madden, that much light will be +thrown upon the history of the transitions of our language._ + +_For what has been already done by Conybeare, Price, Kemble, Thorpe, +Madden, Stevenson, Wright, Way and others, the present writer is most +grateful; but he would wish to see the same spirit and enthusiasm, the +same unwearied zeal displayed in the elucidation of the noble remains of +our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, and of the interesting stores of our early +literature and language, which has been so long a distinguishing feature +of Germany, whose example has of late years lighted up a similar +patriotic flame in France and Belgium._ + +_Mickleham, August 20, 1844._ + + + + +THE + +DEPARTING SOUL'S ADDRESS TO THE BODY. + + +* * * * en earde. * * * * +and alle theo isceaefestan. * * * * +the him to * * * * * * * +and mid muchele _wisdome_. and with much _wisdom_ +_thon_ne mon he idihte. 5 then man he framed, +and him on ileide. bestowed on him +lif and soule. life and soul, +softliche he heo isom_ne_. tenderly he united them; +ac thaer bith sor idol. but there is a sad portion +that bodeth that bearn. 10 which awaits that child. +thonne hit iboren bith. When it is born; +hit _woan_eth and maenet theo weowe. it waileth, and bemoans the woe, +and thene seoruhfule sith. and the sorrowful time, +and that sori idol. and that sad lot, +that soule schal _hire li_came. 15 that shall the soul from her body +sorliche idaelen. sadly separate. +Forthon hit cumeth weopinde. Therefore it cometh weeping, +and woniende iwiteth. and wailing departeth, +_thonne D_eath mid his pricke. when Death, with his dart, +pineth thene licame. 20 pineth the body. +He walketh and wendeth. He walketh and goeth, +and woneth _his si_thes. and bewails his destiny; +he saeith on his bedde. he saith, on his bed, +wo me that ic libbe. Wo me! that I live; +that aeffre min lif dawes. 25 that ever my life +thus _lon_ge me ilesteth. so long endureth. +for heui is his greoning. For heavy is his groaning, +and seohrful is his woaning. and sorrowful his wailing. +and all _reowliche_ his sith. and all rueful his lot, +mid seorwe biwunden. 30 with sorrow encompassed. +him deaueth tha aeren. His ears deafen, +him dimmeth _tha_ ei[gh]en. his eyes become dim, +him scerpeth the neose. his nose sharpens, +him scrincketh tha lippen. his lips shrink, +him scorteth _the_ tunge. 35 his tongue shorteneth +him truketh his iwit. his sense faileth, +him teoreth his miht. his strength wasteth, +him coldeth his _heorte_. his _heart_ chilleth, +_him_ leggeth the ban stille. his bones lie still; +thonne bith that soule hus. 40 then is that soul-house +seoruhliche bereaved. wofully bereaved +_of_ also muchele wunne. of as much delight +the ther inne wunede as therein dwelled. +thus bith thaes bearnes. Thus are these children +mid pin_unge_ ifulled. 45 filled with torment; +theo moder greoneth. The mother groaneth, +and that bearn woaneth. and the child waileth; +so bith theo _hear_dtid. so is that hard hap +mid balewen imenged. with torment mingled. +So bith eft the feorthsith. 50 So is oft the departure, +sorhliche to dae_led_ miserably apportioned, +mid seoruwen al bewunden. with sorrow all surrounded, +thonne the licame and the sowle. when the body and the soul +soriliche to _dael_eth. sorrowfully separate. +thonne bith that wraecche lif. 55 Then is that wretched life +iended al mid sori sith. ended all with sad departure; +thonne bith the _bodi_ge. then is the body +iflut to then flore. banished to the floor; +he bith eastward istreiht. he is stretcht eastward; +he bith sone stif. 60 he is soon stiff; +he _hear_deth also clei. he hardens like clay; +hit is him ikunde. it is of kin to him. +mon hine met mit on [gh]erde. They measure him with a yard, +and tha mol_de_ seoththen. and that dust, thenceforth, +ne mot he of thaere molde. 65 may not of the earth +habben namore. have any more +thonne that rihte imet. than that right measured +r_ih_tliche taecheth. rightly teacheth. +Thonne lith the clei clot. Then lies the clay clod +cold on then flore. 70 cold on the floor, +and him sone from _fleoth_. and soon from him _flee_ +theo he aer freome dude. those he before help did; +nulleth heo mid honden. nor will they, with _their_ hands, +his heafod riht wen_den_. lay his head straight; +heom thuncheth that hore honden. they think that their hands +swuthe beoth ifuled. 76 are much defiled +gif heo hondleth the _d_aede. if they handle the dead. +Seoththen his dea[gh]es beoth igon. After his days are gone, +sone cumeth that wrecche wif. soon cometh the wretched wife, +_forh_oweth thene earfeth sith. 80 lamenteth the woeful time, +forbindeth thaes daedan muth. binds up the mouth of the dead, +and his dimme ei[gh]en. and closes his dim eyes. +* * * _ie_ thet riche[A] wif. * * * that wretched wife +forhoweth thene earueth sith. lamenteth the woeful time; +for ufel is that wrecche lufe. 85 for evil is that wretched love +_thon_ne theo unblisse cumath. when adversity cometh. +Thonne besihth theo soule. Then saith the soul +sorliche to then lich_ame_. sadly to the body, +* * * * * * * * * * +_hwi noldest bethenchen_ thu me. 90 _why wouldst thou not think of me_ +theo hwule thet ic wunede inne the. while that I dwelt in thee, +for thu were leas and luti[gh]. for thou wert false and deceitful, +and _un_riht lufedest. and iniquity didst love; +godnesse and riht. goodness and justice +aefre thu onscunedest. 95 ever thou didst shun. +hwar is nu the _mo_dinesse. Where is now the pride +swo muchel the thu lufedaest. thou so much didst love? +hwar beoth nu theo pundes. Where are now the pounds +thurh * * * newes igaedered. by * * * gathered? +heo weren monifolde. 100 they were manifold, +bi markes itolde. counted by marks. +hwar beoth _nu_ theo goldfaeten. Where are now the vessels of gold +theo the guldene. that thou idolized, +comen to thine honden. as they came to thy hands? +thin blisse is _nu_ al igon. 105 Thy bliss is now all gone; +min seoruwe is fornon. my sorrow is near. +hwar beoth nu thin waede. Where are now thy clothes +the th_u_ wel lufedest. that thou well didst love? +hwar beoth the. Where are they +seten sori ofer the. 110 that sate sorry over thee, +beden swuthe [gh]eorne. praying right earnestly +_that_ the come bote. that help _might_ come to thee? +heo_m_ thuthte alto longe. They thought it all too long +that thu were on live. that thou wert alive, +for heo _we_ren graedie. 115 for they were greedy +to gripen thin aeihte. to gripe thy property. +nu heo hi daelith heom imang. Now they divide it among them, +_heo_ doth the withuten. they do without thee, +ac nu heo beoth fuse. eke now they are prompt +to bringen the ut of huse. 120 to bring thee out of house; +bergen the ut aet thire dure. bearing thee out at the door. +Of weolen thu art bedaeled. Of wealth thou art deprived. +Hwui noldest th_u be_thenchen me. Why wouldst thou not think of me +theo hwile ic was innen the. while I was within thee? +ac scendest me mid sunne. 125 but blemished me with sin. +fo_rthi_ ic seoruhful eam. Therefore I sorrowful am; +weile that ic souhte. alas! that I sought +so seoruhfulne buc. such a miserable body. +noldest th_u lo_kien lufe. Nor wouldst thou observe love +with ilaerede men. 130 with learned men, +[gh]iven ham of thine gode. give them part of thy wealth +that heo the fo_re_ beden. that they _might_ pray for thee, +heo mihten mid salm songe. that they might with psalm sung +thine sunne acwenchen. thy sin extinguish, +mid * * * re_in_esse. 135 with * * * +thine misdeden forebiddan. pray for thy misdeeds; +heo mihten offrian loc. that they might offer gifts +leofli_che_ for the. acceptable for thee, +swuth deor thurthe lac. through the most dear sacrifice +licame Cristes. 140 of Christ's body; +thurh thaere thu waere. by which thou were +alese_d_ from helle wite. redeemed from pains of hell; +and mid his reade blode. and with his red blood, +that he [gh]eat on rode. that he shed on the cross, +the thu we_ren_ ifreoed. 145 by which thou wert freed +to farene into heouene. to enter into heaven. +ac thu fenge to theowdome. But thou took to thraldom +thurh thaes de_ofles_ lore. through the devil's lore. +Bi the hit is iseid. Concerning thee it is said +and soth hit is on boken. 150 in books, and true it is: +_Qui custodiat divitias._ _Qui custodiat divitias,_ +_Ser_vus _est divitiis._ _Servus est divitiis._ +Thu were theow. Thou wert slave +thines weolan. to thy wealth, +noldest thu nouht. 155 nor wouldst thou ought +thaerof d_aelen_. thereof distribute +for Drihtenes willaen. for God's pleasure; +ac aefre thu graediliche, but thou ever greedily +gaederdest the more. didst gather the more. +lu_ther_liche eart thu forloren. 160 Miserably art thou separated +from al that thu lufedest. from all that thou lovedst, +and ic scal wraecche soule. and I, wretched soul, shall +_ece_ we nu driaen. now suffer everlasting woe. +eart thu nu loth and unwurth. Thou art now loathsome and contemptible +alle thine freonden. 165 to all thy friends. +nu ha_m thun_cheth alto long. Now they think it all too long +that thu ham neih list. that thou liest nigh them, +aer thu beo ibrouht. ere thou be brought +thaer thu be_grafen_ scalt. where thou shalt be buried +on deope saethe. 170 in a deep pit, +on durelease huse. in a doorless house, +thaer wurmes waeldeth. where worms possess +al_le that_ wurthest was. all that was most honoured +fuweles quale holde. of the foul dead carcase, +the thu icwemedest aer. 175 that thou formerly delightedst +mid alre _kunde_ swetnesse. with all kind of sweetness, +theo thu swuthe lufedest. that thou much didst love. +theo swetnesse is nu al agon. The sweetness is now all gone, +that b_ittere_ the bith fornon. the bitter is thee near, +that bittere ilaesteth aeffre. 180 that bitter lasteth ever, +that swete ne cumeth the _naeffre_. that sweet cometh to thee never. +* * * * * * * * * * +_thun_cheth that thu hire bi_lei_ben. thinketh that thou here remain. +[gh]et saeith theo sowle. Yet saith the soul +soriliche to then licame. 185 sadly to the body: +sae _ne thea_rft thu on stirope. see, thou canst not on stirrup +stonden mid fotan. stand with thy feet, +on nenne goldfohne bowe. on no gold-glittering saddle; +for thu _scal_t faren alto howe. for thou shalt journey all to woe, +and thu scalt nu ruglunge. 190 and thou shalt now backwards +ridaen to thaere eorthe. ride to the earth; +ut _sceo_t aet thaere dure. shut out at the door, +ne thearft thu naeffre on[gh]ean. nor canst thou ever again +cumaen reowliche riden. come fiercely riding. +_nu alle_ beraefed. 195 Now all bereaved, +ac thene eorthliche weole. eke the earthly wealth, +the thu iwold ohtest. that thou possessed power _over_. +nu mon maei _seg_gen bi the. Now they may say of thee, +thes mon is iwiten. this man is departed, +nu her weila. 200 Alas! now here, +and his weolaen beoth her belaefed. and his wealth is here left behind. +_nol_de he nefre thaer of don. he would never do therewith +his drihtenes wille. his Lord's will. +ac aefre thu gaederest. But ever thou didst gather +gaer_sumen_ thine feonde. 205 riches of thine enemies. +nulleth heo nimen gete. Yet will they not take +hwo hit bi[gh]ete. who procured it? +nafst thu bute _we_lawei. nor hast thou but well away! +that thu weole heuedest. that thou hadst wealth. +al is reowliche thin sith. 210 All ruefull is thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wicked life. +theo men beoth the blithre. Those men are the blither +the arisen aer with the. that formerly jangled with thee, +that thin muth is betuned. that thy mouth is closed, +_the_ theo teone ut lettest. 215 with which thou reproach uttered, +the he heom sore grulde. which sorely provoked them; +thet ham gros the a[gh]an. that they raged against thee; +_dae_th hine haveth bituned. death hath closed it, +and thene teone aleid. and the anger taken away. +Soth is iseid. 220 Truly it is said +on then salme _be_c. in the Psalm book, +_Os tuum habundavit malitia_, _os tuum habundavit malitia_, +was on thine muthe. wickedness ripe +luthernesse ripe. was in thy mouth. +_no_ldest thu on thine huse. 225 Thou wouldst not in thy house +herborwen theo wrecchen. shelter the poor, +ne mihten heo under _thine_ roue. nor might they under thy roof +none reste finden. find any rest; +noldest thu naefre helpen. nor wouldst thou ever help +tham orlease w_recche_n. 230 the unhappy wretches; +ac thu sete on thine benche. but thou sate on thy bench, +underleid mid thine bolstre. underlaid with thy bolster, +thu wurpe _cn_eow ofer cneow. thou threw knee over knee, +ne icneowe thu the sulfen. nor knew thou thyself +that thu scoldest mid wurmen. 235 that thou shouldst with worms +_husien_ in eorthan. dwell in the earth. +nu thu hauest neowe hus. Now thou hast a new house, +inne bethrungen. a crowded dwelling; +lowe beoth the helewewes. low is the covering, +unhei[gh]e beoth the sidwowes. 240 unhigh the sidewalls, +thin rof liith on thin breoste ful thy roof lieth on thy breast full + _nei_. _nigh_. +colde is the ibedded. Cold art thou embedded, +clothes bidcled. beclad in clothes +nulleth thine hinen. thy hinds would refuse. +clothes the sen * * * 245 Clothes the sen * * * +for heom thuncheth alto lut. for they think all too little +that thu heom bilefdest. that thou didst leave them; +that thu hefdest on hor_de_. that thou hadst in hoard +theo hit wulleth heldan. they will it keep. +thus is iwitan thin weole. 250 Thus is departed thy wealth, +wendest thet hit thin were. _thou_ thoughtest that it thine were. +thus _reowliche_ nu thin sith. Thus ruefull now thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wretched life. +the sculen nu waxen. Now wormes shall grow +wurmes besiden. 255 beside thee, +_thene_ hungrie feond. the hungry enemy +theo the freten wulleth. that will devour thee, +heo wulleth the frecliche freten. they will thee greedily devour; +for _heo_ thin flaesc liketh. for they like thy flesh, +he_o_ wulleth freten thin fule hold. they will devour thy foul carcase, +theo hwule heo hit fin_deth_. 261 as long as they find it; +thonne hit al bith agon. when it is all gone +heo wulleth gnawen thin bon. they will gnaw thy bone; +theo orlease wu_rmes_. those vile worms, +heo windeth on thin armes. 265 they wind on thy arms, +heo breketh thine breoste. they break up thy breast, +and borieth the ofer al. and perforate thee all over; +_heo_ reoweth in and ut. they rove in and out, +thet hord is hore open. that hoard is open to them, +and so heo wulleth waden. 270 and so they will wade +wide in thi _wom_be. wide in thy stomach; +todelen thine thermes. parting thy entrails +theo the deore weren. that were dear to thee. +lifre and thine lihte. Thy liver and thy lights +lod_liche_ torenden. 275 loathfully rending, +and so scal formelten. and so shall waste away +mawe and thin milte. thy maw and thy melt, +and so scal win * * * and so shall win * * * +* * * * * * * * * * +_wur_mes of thine flaesc. 280 worms of thy flesh, +thu scalt fostren thine feond. thou shalt nourish thine enemy +thet thu beo al ifreten until thou art all devoured; +_thu_ scalt nu herborwen. thou shalt now harbour +unhol wihte. hateful creatures, +noldest thu aer gode men. 285 (heretofore thou wouldst not, good men, +for lufe go_de sel_lan. for love, give _of thy_ goods;) +heo wulleth wurchen hore hord. they will work their hoard +on thine heaued ponne. in thy skull. +m_oton_ heo bileafen. Should they leave +thine lippen unfreten. 290 thy lips undevoured, +ac thu scalt grisliche grennien. eke thou shalt grin horribly, +_that_ hwo so hit isei[gh]e. that whosoever sees it +he mihte beon offered. he might be frightened; +Reowliche bith so thin sith. so rueful is thy lot, +efter _thin_ wercche lif. 295 after thy wicked life. +nu me wule swopen thine flor. Now men will sweep thy floor, +and thet flet clensien. and cleanse the dwelling; +for hit is h_eom_ lothre. for it is the loather to them +the thu theron lei[gh]e. that thou liest thereon. +heo wulleth mid holiwatere. 300 They will, with holy water, +beworpen ec theo p_aedas_. sprinkle eke the vestments, +blecsien ham [gh]eorne. cleansing them carefully +to burewen ham with the. to bury them with thee; +beren ut thin bed strau. bear out thy bed-straw +b_rennen_ hit mid fure. 305 to burn it with fire. +thus thu ert nu ilufed. Thus thou art now beloved +seoththen thu me forlure. since thou lost me. +al hit is reow_liche_ thin sith. All rueful is thy lot, +efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wicked life. +[gh]et saeith the soule. 310 Yet saith the soul +so_r_iliche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +_nol_dest thu la erming. Alas! miserable, wouldst thou not +her o to wunienne. here for ever dwell? +nes hit the no wiht icunde. it was no whit known to thee +that thu icore_n me_ hefdest. 315 that thou hadst chosen me; +nes hit icunde the. it was not known to thee +more then thine cunne biuoren the. more than to thy kin before thee, +ne heold is thin _aei[gh]e_ opene. nor was thine eye held open +theo hwule ic the inne was. while I was within thee. +hwi noldest thu lefen. 320 Why wouldst thou not believe, +tha thu hi isei[gh]e. though thou saw it, +hu thin ford_feren_. how thy forefathers +ferden biforen the. went before thee. +nu heo wunieth on eorthe. Now they dwell in the earth, +wurmes ham habbeth todaeled. 325 worms have shared them, +is_ceorf hore_ sorhfulle bones. gnawed their miserable bones +the theo sunne wrohten. with which they wrought sin. +tha [gh]et seith theo soule. Again saith the soul, +soriliche to hire li_chame_. sorrowfully to the body, +aefre thu were luther. 330 thou wert ever wicked +theo hwile thu lif haefdest. whilst thou hadst life, +thu were leas and luti. thou wert false and deceitful, +and unriht lufede_st_. and loved injustice +_and_ luthere deden. and wicked deeds, +deredest cristene men. 335 and injured Christian men +and mid worde and mid werke. with word and with work, +so thu wurst mihte. as thou worst might. +_ic was_ from Gode clene. I was sent to thee +to the isend. innocent from God, +ac thu hauest unc fordon. 340 but thou hast undone us, +mid thine luthere deden. with thy wicked deeds. +_aefre_ thu were gredi. Ever thou wert greedy, +and mid gromen the onfulled. and filled thyself with fierceness, +unneathe ic on the. I hardly in thee +eni wununge ha_uede_. 345 had any dwelling, +for hearde nithe. for hard covetousness, +and ofer mete fulle. and foul gluttony; +for thin wombe was thin god. for thy belly was thy god, +and thin wulder _thu_ iscend. 349 and thou spoiled thy glory. +forloren thu havest theo ece blisse. Lost thou hast everlasting bliss, +binumen thu havest the paradis. thou hast deprived thee of Paradise. +bi_nu_men the is that holi lond. Taken from thee is that holy land; +then deofle thu bist isold on hond. thou art given into the devil's hand, +for noldest thu nefre _habb_en inouh. for thou wouldst never have enough, +buten thu hefdest unifouh. 355 unless thou hadst repletion. +Nu is that swete al agon. Now is the sweet all gone, +thet bittere the bi_th_ fornon. the bitter is near thee, +that bittere ilest the efre. that bitter lasteth thee ever, +thet gode ne cumeth the nefre. that good cometh to thee never. +thus ageth nu th_in sith_. 360 Thus goeth now thy lot, +aefter thin wrecce lif. after thy wicked life. +thu wendest that thin ende. Thou thoughtest that thine end +nefre ne cuman scolde. should never come. +to long * * * lede death the. Too long * * * death thee, +that he nolde nimen the. 365 that he would not take thee, +for efre thu arerdest sake. for thou ever raised up strife +and unseihte * * * and discord, * * * +and ic was with innen the. and I was within thee +biclused swuthe fule. most foully enclosed; +thu were wedlowe. 370 thou wert faithless +and mon sware. and perjured, +and * * * hund inouh. and * * * enough; +for thu were mid sunne. for thou wert with sin +ifulled al with inne. filled all within, +for the deofle l_ored the al_l. 375 for the devil taught thee all, +ord fulneih thine heorte. chief full nigh thy heart. +efre thu woldest fullen. Ever thou wouldst fulfil, +al that was his wille. all that was his will. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * thu nefre th. 380 * * * * * +_drihtenes_ * * * * * * * * +* * * _iwo_ld ahte. * * * * * +The [gh]et seith theo soule. Again, saith the soul, +soriliche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +clene bith the eor_the_. 385 the earth is pure +_aer_ thu to hire to cume. e'er thou come to it, +ac thu heo afulest. but thou defilest it +mid thin fule holde. with thy foul carcase; +thet is that fu_lnesse_. only that foulness is +afursed from monnen. 390 removed from men; +nu thu bist bihuded. now thou art hidden +on alre horde fulest. in foulest hoard, +on _deope_ seathe. in a deep pit, +on durelease huse. in a doorless house. +thu scalt rotien. 395 Thou shalt rot +and brostnian. and corrupt; +thine bon beoth bedaeled. thy bones will be separated +_from th_aere waede. from the clothing +the heo weren to iwunede. in which they were inhabited; +breketh lith from lithe. 400 limb breaks from limb; +liggeth the bon stil. the bones lie still, +_tha_ ure drihten eft. until our Lord again +of deathe heo araereth. from death raiseth them, +so he alle men deth. as he doth all men, +thonne domes daie _cume_th. 405 when doomsday cometh. +thonne scalt thu erming. Then shalt thou, miserable! +up arisen. up arise, +imeten thine morth deden. thy deadly sins measured, +theo the murie _were_n. that were so pleasant to thee; +seoruhful and sorimod. 410 sorrowful and melancholy, +so thin lif wrouhte. the crimes of thy life. +nu beoth thine earen fordutte. Now are thine ears closed, +_non drea_me ihereth. no pleasant sounds they hear; +theo leorneden theo listen. they learned, they listened +tha luthere weren. 415 to those that were wicked. +[_mid_] wowe domes. With unjust judgments, +and gultes _feole_. and many trespasses, +_thu_ othre beraefedest. thou others bereaved +rihtes istreones. of rightful wealth, +_thurh_ thaes deofles lore, 420 through the devil's lore, +theo the likede wel. that thou liked well. +the _deofle_ tuhte his hearpe. The _devil_ touched his harp, +and tuhte the to him. and enticed thee to him; +thu iherdest thene dream. thou heardest the harmony; +he was drih_tene f_ulloth. 425 it was hateful to the Lord. +he swefede the. He lulled thee +mid then sweize. with the sound; +swote thu sleptest. sweetly thou sleptest +longe on thine bedde. long in thy bed; +_n_is the to chirche. 430 nor art thou at church, +ne mostes thu iheren. nor canst thou hear +theo holie draemes. those holy sounds, +theo bellen rungen. the bells tolling, +_that s_iker becnunge waes. that a sure beckoning was; +ne holie lore. 435 nor holy lore +the unker helpe waere. that should be our help. +ac efre he tuhte the. But ever he enticed thee, +_andnu_ beo the iwold ahte. and now thou art in his power; +ac nu beoth fordutte. eke now are closed +thine dream thurles. 440 thy doors of sound, +ne ihereth heo _ne_ more. nor hear they more +non herunge of the. any praise of thee, +aer theo bemen blowen. until the trumpets blow +the unc becnien scu_llen_. which shall summon us +_f_rom deathes dimnesse. 445 from death's dimness +to drihtenes dome. to the Lord's doom. +thonne thu scalt iheren. Then thou shalt hear +thene _lauer_de dom. the Lord doom, +the thu on thisse life. that thou in this life +lutherliche of eodest. 450 wickedly walked. +Thet et seith the sowle. Again saith the soul +_soril_iche to hire licame. sadly to the body, +nu thu bist afursed. now thou art separated +from alle thine freonden. from all thy friends; +nu is thin muth forscutted. 455 now is thy mouth prevented, +for death hine haueth fordutted. for death has closed it; +ne bith he _ne m_are undon. nor will it be ever opened +aer cume thaes hei[gh]e kinges dom. before the high King's doom. +thonne hit bith isene. Then it will be seen, +_thet_ on Psalme seith. 460 as the Psalm sayeth, +_Reddituri sunt de factis propriis _Reddituri sunt de factis propriis + rationem._ rationem._ +thonne sculen theo _w_eile. Then shall those servants +seggen hore deden. tell their deeds, +wisliche thurh wisdome. truly through wisdom, +for drihten hit wot. 465 for the Lord knoweth them; +_thon_ne heo onfoth hore dom. then they receive their doom +of drihtenes muthe. from the Lord's mouth, +also hit is awriten. as it is written; +of _drih_tenes muthe. from the Lord's mouth: +_Ite maledicti in ignem eternum._ 470 _Ite maledicti in ignem eternum._ +thonne sculen wit si_thien_. Then shall we depart +to alre seoruwe mest. into uttermost sorrow, +faren mid feondes. go with fiends +in thet eche fur. in that everlasting fire, +beornen _ae_fre. 475 to burn for ever; +ende nis ther nefre. end is there never. +_Et quia bona egerunt ibunt in vitam _Et quia bona egerunt ibunt in vitam + eternam._ eternam._ +thonne _go_n theo goden. Then go the good, +mid Gode sithian. departing with God, +echeliche wunien. 480 to dwell everlastingly +in alre wuldre. in ever-during glory. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * me suke to the. * * * * * +_Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._ _Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._ +thu * * * et drowe me to the. thou * * * drew me to thee, +walawa! and wa is me. 486 well away! and woe is me! +that ic efre com to the. that I ever came to thee; +for noldest _thu_ mid thine muthe. for thou wouldst not with thy mouth +bimaenen thine neode. bewail thy infirmities; +ac aefre di[gh]elliche. 490 but ever darkly +thu woldest _ham_ bidernan. thou wouldst hide them; +noldest thu ham siggen. nor wouldst thou confess them; +biforen none preosten. before any priest, +ther _al_le men secheth ham ore. where all men seek pardon, +bimaeneth hore misdeden. 495 bewail their misdeeds, +and seoththen milts_unge_ foth. and afterwards obtain mercy; +thurh sothne scrift. through true shrift +sithieth to Criste. depart to Christ; +seggeth hore sunnen. confess their sins +and hor _soules_ helpith. 500 and help their souls, +thurh sothe bireousunge. through true repentance. +theo soule reste onfoth. the soul acquires rest; +ac ne the _scalt_ nefre resten. but thou shalt never rest, +thurh thine bireousunge. through thy repentance. +ac altogaedere ic am forlor_en_. 505 Eke I am altogether lost +_thurh_ thine luthere deden. through thy wicked deeds; +noldest thu mid muthe. thou wouldst not with thy mouth +bidden me none milt_sunge_. pray for mercy to me; +nu thu ert adumbed. now thou art bedumbed, +and death haueth the kei[gh]e. 510 and death has caught thee; +mid clutes thu ert forl_ig_den. thou art laid out with rags, +and loth alle freonden. and loath to all thy friends, +efre ma eft. for ever and ever +on to lokienne. to look on. +thus is reoulic_he thin_ sith. 515 Thus rueful is thy lot, +efter thine wrecche lif. after thy wicked life; +for thu were beset. for thou wert beset +thicke mid sunne. thick with sin, +and alle _theo_ weren prickiende. and they all were pricking +so wiles on ile. 520 like quills on porcupine; +he bith thicke mid wiles. he is thick _set_ with quills; +ne prikieth he_om_ no wiht. they prick him not, +for al bith that softe. for the soft part is all +iwend to him sulfen. turned to himself, +that ne mawen his wil_es_. 525 that his quills cannot +_pri_kien him sore. prick him sore, +for al bith that scearpe. for the points are all +him iwend fromward. turned him fromward. +So thu we_ren_ mid sunne. Thus thou wert with sin +iset alle with inne. 530 beset all within; +theo sunfule pikes. those sinful pikes +prikieth me fuls_ore_. prick me full sore, +_ac thu al that_ softe was. but thou all that was soft +iwend to the sulven. turned to thyself, +and efre thet scerpe. 535 and ever the sharp +scored me touar_des_. scored me towards, +heo weren iwend. they were turned +so me wurst was. as was worst for me, +ich was mid thine prickunge. I was with the pricking +ipin_ed ful_sore. 540 pained ful sore: +ac nu me wulleth prikien. but now will prick me +theo pikes inne helle. those pikes in hell; +pinion me ful so_re_. punish me full sore +for thine sunne. for thy sin. +Ic was on heihnes isceapen. 545 On high was I created, +and soule ihoten. and named soul. +Ic was the seo_fothe_ isceaft. I was the seventh creation, +So theo bec seggeth. as the book says, +the the Almihti God. that Almighty God +mildeliche iwrouhte. 550 mercifully wrought. +wisli_che_ mid worde. Truly by his word +so hit al iwearth. thus it all came to pass: +heouene and eorthe. heaven and earth, +luft and engles. air and angels, +wind and wa_tere_. 555 wind and water, +thaes monnes soule. the soul of man, +this beoth theo seouene. these are the seven +the ic aer foreseide. that I before mentioned. +this was ma_kede_. These were made +thaes Almihties faeder. 560 by the Almighty Father; +of thissen andweorke. of this substance +alle thing he iwrouhte. all things he wrought; +and th_us_ hit is iwriten. and thus it is written +on holie wisdome. in holy wisdom, +_Fiat et facta sunt omnia._ 565 _Fiat et facta sunt omnia._ +He seide iwu_rthe_. He said, let be, +_and_ alle thing iworthen. and all things were; +thus mid one worde. thus with one word +al hit was iwurthen. was all created; +he iscop th_onne_ thene sune. 570 he made then the sun, +alle isceafte wisliche. all truly created +thurh wisdome. by his wisdom, +and efre he hit wiseth. and he guides it ever, +_Imaginem et similitudinem._ _Imaginem et similitudinem._ +and ic deorewurthe. 575 And I, in the dear +drihtenes onlicn_esse_. Lord's likeness. +* * * * * * * * * * +* * * * of God. * * * of God, +and ic the imaene. and me between, +mid lothre lufe. 580 with pure love, +and ic thin wale iwearth. and I thy bliss decreed; +hu so _thu nol_dest. how so thou wouldst not; +weila thine fule iwill. alas! thy foul will +wo haveth hit me idon. hath wrought my woe. +Thu fule mathe _mae_te. 585 Thou foul food for worms, +hwi hauest thu me biswiken. why hast thou deceived me? +For thine fule sunne. For thy wicked sin +ic scal nu _in helle_. I shall now in hell +drei[gh]en ther wrecche sith. suffer there a wretched time, +all for thine fule lif. 590 all for thy wicked life; +[gh]et ic wulle the aetwi_nne_. yet I will flee thee +_and thine_ wea sithes. and thy dreary fate. +Nu ic scal soriliche. Now I shall sorrowfully +sithien from the. depart from thee; +nu beoth thine teth atru. 595 thy teeth are now poisonous; +_thin_ tunge is ascorted. thy tongue is shortened, +theo the facen was. which was so deceitful +and then feonde icweme. and pleasing to the fiend. +Mid wowe _dreames_. With unjust judgments, +and mid gultes feole. 600 and with many trespasses, +_thu_ othre birefedest. thou bereaved others +rihtes istreones. of their rightful wealth, +gaederest to * * * ime. gatheredest * * * +ac hit is nu all igon. but it is now all gone +thurh thaes deofles lore. 605 through the devil's lore, +the the licode wel. that thou liked so well. +Nu lith thin _bodige_ stille. Now lieth thy body still +on ful colde denne. in full cold den; +nafest thu gaersume themo. nor hast thou the treasure +the heo was spekinde. 610 of which she spake; +_for_ heo was faken biforen. for she was deceitful before, +and atterne bihinden. and envenomed after; +heo demde feole domes. she pronounced many judgments +the drihten _was_ lothe. that were hateful to the Lord. +Iseid hit is on psalme. 615 It is said in the Psalm, +and ful sothe hit is bihire. and full true it is of her: +_Lingua tua concinnabat dolos._ _Lingua tua concinnabat dolos._ +Heo [gh]eothede fakenliche. She poured out deceitfully, +and then feonde icwemde. and pleased the fiend; +heo heou mid hearde worde. 620 she hewed with hard words, +and _icwem_de tha wrecches. and delighted the wretches. +scearpe heo was and kene. Sharp she was and keen, +and cwemde then deofle. and pleased the devil +mid alle then sun_ne_. with all the sin +_that_ efre was his wille. 625 that ever was his will. +A wurthe hire wa. Wo be to her! +that heo spekinde was so. that she spake so; +heo haue_th_ unc _dom_ned. she has damned us +to deoppere helle. to deeper hell. +Nis hit non sellic. 630 Is it not wonderful, +thauh ic segge of boken. though I read in books, +thauh ic _thonne_ that sothe repie. though I then the truth gathered, +for ic was ilered. for I was taught +of mine leoue faeder. by my dear father +feire on frumthe. 635 beautifully in the beginning, +aer ic _ford_ferde. before I departed, +ic was Godes douhter. I was God's daughter, +ac thu amerdest that foster. but thou didst hinder that fostering. +ic sceolde lif holden. I might life have held, +_me selle_the he wolde. 640 that he would have given me. +Sone thu were lifleas. Soon thou wert lifeless, +seoththen ic the forleas. sithence I left thee. +Ic was thin imake. I was thy wife, +_so so_ bec seggeth. as the book says: +_Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ 645 _Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ +Ic was the biwedded. I was wedded to thee +wurthliche * * * e. honourably, +et then fontstone. at the fount stone, +that thu haucst ifuled. that thou hast defiled +mid thine fule othes. 650 with thy foul oaths. +Thu hafest thin ful_luht_ forloren. Thou hast forfeited thy baptism +behinden and biuoren. here and hereafter. +Feire thu were imerked. Fair thou wert marked, +heie on thine heafde. high on thy head, +_mid th_en holie ele. 655 with the holy oil +Thu hauest kine merke. Thou hadst the mark of royalty; +thu scoldest beon on heouene. thou mightst have been in heaven, +heih * * * under Gode. high * * * under God, +[gh]if thu hit ne forlure. if thou hadst not forfeited it +thuruh thaes deofles lore. 660 through the devil's lore. +Thine godfaederes _ihat_en. Thy godfathers promised, +aer heo the forleten. before they relinquished thee, +that thu me scoldest holden. that thou shouldst keep me +thuruh holie lufe Cristes. in Christ's holy love +and _drig_htene lawe. 665 and the law of God, +ledene me to Criste. and lead me to Christ. +Thu withsoke thene deofel. Thou renounced the devil, +efter drihtenes cw_ithe_. (after the Lord's word,) +_his_ modes and his wraenches. his moods, and his deceits, +and his wieles thaerto. 670 and his wiles thereto. +Seoththen thu hine lufedest. Afterwards thou lovedst him, +and for_w_inne drihten. and rebelled against the Lord, +for thu lufedest theo lawen. for thou lovedst the traitors +the drihten weren lothe. that were hateful to God; +unker team _for_loren. 675 our progeny lost +the wit scolden teman. that we should bring forth; +so ic was the betaeiht. as I was given to thee +that wit scolden teman. that we might propagate. +Thu _haue_st beon bearne faeder. Thou hast been father of children, +and ic hore moder. 680 and I their mother; +wit scolden fostrien bearn. we should foster our progeny, +and bring _ham_ to Criste. and bring them to Christ. +Thet beoth theos bearn. These are the children +so so bec maeneth. that the book mentions: +_Filii tui sicut novell_ * * * _Filii tui sicut novell_ * * * + + _Cetera desunt._ + +[Footnote A: Wrecche?] + + +LONDON: +PRINTED BY LUKE JAMES HANSARD & CO. + +M.DCCC.XLV. +ONE HUNDRED COPIES. + +No 5 + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Departing Soul's Address to the +Body, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEPARTING SOUL *** + +***** This file should be named 19937.txt or 19937.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/9/3/19937/ + +Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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