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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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