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2 r 1 \>at ek alldn ne heyndi ne hugsade neinws maimzs hiarta \mt
gud hefer fyrer butf sinum oooooo |2 en??, olæude man?? suarade. ]?ui
harm elskade uel hunnda ok hauka olc aunreur ueralliooooo |3 ok gaman
f. 2r
1-3 The last part of II. 1-3 has been cut away.
1 The left half of the first letter in the last word indicates that it was an e, the
word was probably elskendum, which could be spelled elskndm.
2 The dasnaged word was certainly the adjective uerallifg], followed by a short
noun (gædi?).
charite was betwene hem—“ ånde so I haue ordeynede hem with vs to
dwelle in Helle.” Tlian seide the Mayster Deuylle, that sate in the chayre,
“Ye wote not what ye saye; that may yete be sory for here synnes, ånde be
20 confessyde, ånde sauyde.” Oone of hem seide to the Mayster Deuylle, that
he dide a woman do a synne in here yonge age, ånde hathe kepte here therein
vnto here laste ende of here sekenesse, tellynge here, that be goode werkes ||
72 r she may be sauyde, with oute oontrieione ånde confessione,—“beholde,
I haue here tonge in my purse, for she hathe loste here speche.” Ånde tolde
26 the synne that she hade done. When the preste hade herde this, he wente
to hire a goode påse, ånde prechide to here of here synnes of yonge age;
that she shulde aske Gode merey, ånde be sorye that she hade offendide,
with sorowe of herte; ånde if she myght not speke, she shulde holde vpp
here handes, or loke vpwarde. Ånde she dide so, ånde wepte faste; ånde
30 he sawe here deuocione, ånde prayde to Gode, ånde alle that were there,
that he wolde shewe here speche, to be shrevyne. Ånde anone she spake,
ånde blessyde Gode. Ånde the preste and askide of here of such a synne of
yonge age. Then she was aknowe of that synne, ånde alle othere that myght
come to here mynde, with a wondre grete contricione of herte, ånde sorowe
35 of sperite; that Gode forgafe here bothe the gylte ånde the payne for synne.
Then the preste wente agayne to his selle, ånde herde a ferdfulle noyse of
the Deuylle, criynge, “Alas! alas! for now haue I loste that I haue many
a day kepte. I se the aungels bere the soule of that woman to Heuyne, the
whieh so longe I haue kepte in synne. He, this papularde preste, hathe herde
40 oure cownsaylle, ånde hathe delyuerede here frome syn, ånde alle oure
powere!” This tale telleth Seynte Anselyne. Amen.
7. The Wolf and the Svnne
(11. 2-23 rendered in N, f. 2rl-18b)
xlix 56 r A lewde man on a tyme askide a clerk, “What ioye is in Paradise?”
The clerke saide, “There is such a ioye, that I neuer sawe, ne neuer herde,
ne assendide in mannys herte, that oure Lorde hathe ordeynede to his louers.”
Than saide the lewde man, that lovyde wele houndes, be cause of huntynge,