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[^TEXT:  VESPASIAN HOMILIES.
EARLY ENGLISH HOMILIES FROM
THE TWELFTH CENTURY MS. VESP. D. XIV.
EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY, O.S. 152.
ED. R. D.-N. WARNER.
NEW YORK, 1971 (1917).
PP. 88.15  - 89.31 (XXXII)    (SAMPLE 1)
PP. 89.33  - 91.7  (XXXIII) 
PP. 129.4  - 134.4 (XLII) 
PP. 146.16 - 148.9 (XLVIII)
PP. 3.13   - 7.33  (III)      (SAMPLE 2)^]

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[} [\XXXII\] }]
[} [\ (\NATHANIS JUDAEI LEGATIO.\) \] }]

   On Tiberies dagen +t+as mycele caseres, hit gelamp binnen    #
lyttle
f+ace +after +tan +te Crist ahangen w+as, +tt sum +a+dele mann  #
w+as,
+t+as name w+as Tirus. & he w+as on Equitania rice king under
Tiberie +tan casere, & he w+as gelomest wunigende on +t+are     #
ceastre
Libie. & he w+as se ilca Tirus swa unhal on his andwliten, +tt  #
+tt
adle, +te cancre hatte, him w+as on +tan nebbe fram +tan        #
swy+dre
nos+tyrlle, o+d+det hit com to +tan ege. & w+as, +tt sum man    #
w+as
farende of Judea lande, +t+as name w+as Natan. He w+as anes
burhmannes sune on Israele lande, +t+as name w+as Nau; & se     #
ilce
Nathan w+as forli+den, +tt he w+as gefaren fram +alcen lande    #
to o+dren,
& fram s+a to s+a, swa +tt he h+afde ealle eor+de gem+aren      #
+turhfaren.
& se ilca Nathan w+as ges+and fram Tiberie +tan casere to       #
Romesbyrig,
to +tan +tt he scolde his +arende l+aden Claudium, & he ferde
for+d on +t+are s+a, & se su+derne wind hine bedraf to +t+are   #
burh
Libia. & Tirus +t+ar burge hlaford +tt gefran & gecneow beo     #
heora
f+arelde, +tt heo of Judea lande w+aron, & cw+a+d, 'N+afre
ic +ar swylcne wunder ne geseh, +tt of Judea lande scipen       #
scolden
hider cumen.' & Tirus +tider s+ande & het +tt +tider scolde to  #
him
cumen, se +te eldest w+are on +tan scipe. Nathan him sone com   #
to,
& Tirus him sone axede, 'Hw+at eart +tu, & hwanen come +tu      #
hider?'
He him andswerede, 'Ic eam Nathan, Naos sune, & ic eam of
Grecane rice, & ic of Judean w+as +tan Pontisscen Pilate        #
under+deodd,
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& ic eam ges+and fram +tan casere Tiberie to Claud[{e{] & me    #
w+as
se su+derne wind be+aften, & hider adraf & awr+ac, +tt ic nat,  #
hwar ic
eam.' Tirus +ta cw+a+d, 'La, gyf +tu mihtest +anige bote me     #
finden of
minen yfele, ic +te wolde gyfen gold & seolfer swa mycel swa    #
+tin
scip heonne ferigen wolde.' & he him his yfel +ateowde. +Ta     #
cw+a+d
Nathan, 'L+at +te fulhtigen on name +t+as F+ader & +t+as Sunen  #
& +t+as
Halgen Gastes, +tonne byst +tu sone hal.' Tirus his worden      #
gelefde,
& fulht underfeng, & he w+as sone hal +turh rihten geleafe, &   #
swa
f+ager & swa strang, swa he w+as +ta +ta he w+as +trittig       #
wintre; &
he +ta ealle his +teode to cristendome aw+ande, & his
godes on fyre forb+arnde, & halige mynstres ar+arde, & halige   #
rode
+t+ar inn gesette. & he +ta Nathan & his +arendraca +after his  #
bro+dre
Titus & Vaspasius s+ande, & wi+dinnen feower wucan comen to him
mid mycelen ferde, & heo +ta befrinen +tone casere, hw+at heo
scolden, & he heom atealde of +tan Nazarenisscen kinge, hwu he
gepined w+as, & ealle +ta wundra, +te he on Jerusalemes lande
worhte, & he +ateowde his unh+ale, & hwu he fulluht underfeng &
ciricen hr+arde, & +t+aron belefde, & begen his bro+dren +ta    #
to cristendome
aw+ande, & heo to Jerusalem as+ande, & mid mycele ferde +ta
burhware uten belagen. Titus & Vaspasius & Tirus ferden geond
eall +tt land, & ealle +ta Judees ofslogen, +te Criste nolden   #
heren &
fulluht underfon. & heo lagen abuten +ta ceastre, +tt heo       #
n+afden
n+anne bigleofe; & heo inne +t+are ceastre namen to hr+ade,     #
+tt heora
+alc o+derne ofsloh. & heo +ta eall +tt land to cristendome     #
aw+anden.
+Ta com Godes bebod ofer heom, eall swa heo +ar ab+aden, +tt    #
w+as his
wraca, +tt heo sy+d+den +afre unwur+de w+aron on heora
lifdagen, & get synden underlinges, for +tan +te heo heora      #
hlaford
bel+awden; ne wur+d of heom n+afre cyng ne ealdor ofer land ne  #
ofer
burh. +Tiss synd +ta gedone +ting, +te beo uren +Almihtige      #
Hlaford
Godes Sune gedone w+aron, +tan seo lof & wille & wyr+dmynt
F+ader & Sune & +tan Halgen Gaste aa buten +ande. Amen. 

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<P 89>
[} [\XXXIII\] }]
[} [\SIGNS OF THE LAST JUDGEMENT.\] }] 

   On +tan nexten fiftene dagen beforen domesd+age, sculen      #
gewur+den
foretacnen, +te bodie+d & tacnie+t +tone styrnlicne ege, +te    #
God
sceawe+d +tan arleasen, +tone he demen sceal rihtwisen &        #
unrihtwisen.
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On +tan formen d+aige, se s+a heo onhef+d ofer ealle dunen
feowertig elnen on hehnysse swa swa weall, & swa hit by+d fram
morgen o+d +afen. On +tan o+dren d+aige, seo s+a besinc+d inn   #
agean
swa deope, +tt unea+de man gesic+d +tt ufemeste, & swa hit      #
by+d eallne
d+aig. On +tan +tridden d+aige, heo gecer+d to hire rihte       #
gecynde
mid eallen hire streamen, +te heo h+afde +at frym+den, +ta +ta  #
God
+arest toscelede w+ater fram lande. On +tan feor+den d+aige,    #
ealle
s+alice deor & fissces heo +ateowigie+d bufe +tan y+den &
bellgige+d swa swa mid m+annisscre reorde, ac +tehhwe+dere ne
understant nan mann heora gereord bute God ane; & +tt by+d to
tacnunge +t+are eorre, +te God cy+d+d +tan synfullen on domes   #
d+aige.
On +tan fiften d+aige, ealle wyrte & ealle treowwes ageafe+d    #
read swat
swa blodes dropen. +T+at do+d +ta wyrten, for +ty +tt +ta       #
synfulle m+an
heo tr+aden, & +ta treowwen, for +tan +te +ta synfulle h+afden  #
freome
of heom & of heora w+astmen. On +tan sixten d+aige sculen slean
tog+adere ealle stanes lytle & mycele, & +alc stan tobrytt on   #
feower
hloten, & +alc +t+are hloten fiht wi+d o+der, o+d+det heo eall  #
to duste
gewur+de+d. +tt heo do+d for+tan, +tt +ta arlease m+ann of      #
heom worhten
steples & castles, +tt heo +t+ar mid sw+ancten geleaffulle      #
m+ann &
Godes +tearefen. On +tan seofe+den d+aige wur+de+d geemnode     #
denen
& dunen, swa +tt eall eor+de by+d sme+de & emne. +tt            #
betacned, +tt God
ne forsih+d +t+as +tearfendan ansene, ne ne wur+de+d +t+as      #
mihtiges
mannes modignysse, ac besic+d to +alces mannes gewyrhten.
On +tan ehte+den d+aige gewur+d+d swylc eor+dstyrung, +tt
eall middeneard beofe+d fram eastd+ale to westd+ale, for +tan   #
+te he
ab+ar +t+ar mannen unrihtwisnysse. On +tan nige+den d+aige      #
tofealle+d
castles, & steples, & hus, & circen, & ealle getimbrunge lytle  #
& mycele,
for +tan +te +ta synfulle h+afden +t+aron heora wununge. On     #
+tan
ten+den d+aige, heo gegaderige+d ealle deaddre manna lymen, swa
+tt gyf an mann w+are dead on middewearden, & his an hand       #
o+d+de
fot w+are on eastd+ale, & his o+der lym on westd+ale,           #
+tehhwe+dere heo
cume+d tog+adere +alc to his lichame, & +alc lichame arist o+d  #
his
byrigeles brerd. On +tan +andeleften d+age eorne+d wilddeor beo
tunen, & felden, & manna wunungen, swa swa heo beon wittlease.
On +tan twelften d+aige eorne+d m+ann geond eall middeneard
byfigende & dr+adende Cristes tocyme to demene cwican & deaden,
swa +tt se were ne gret his wif, ne +tt wif hire were, +teh     #
heo heom
gemeten, ac by+d swa swa wittlease & unspecende. Ne heo ne      #
ete+d,
ne heo ne drinca+d. On +tan +treottende d+aige fealle+d sunne   #
& mone,
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& ealle steorren, for +tan +te heo geafen leome +tan
yfelen mannen. On +tan feowerten+den d+aige, ealle libbende     #
m+ann
gewur+de+d deade, swa +tt heora nan ne by+d gebyrod, ac fyr     #
cum+d
& forb+arn+d +ta eor+de, for +tan +te heo fostrede +ta          #
synfulle & +ta
arlease. On +tan fiften+de d+aige cum+d flod & geswyle+d +ta    #
+asscen,
& bes+anc+d ealle +ta uncl+annyssen into +t+are eor+de          #
deopnysse, swa
+tt on middenearde ne bel+af+d naht uncl+anes gesene. 

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<P 129>
[} [\XLII\] }]
[}OF SEINTE NEOTE.}]

   M+an +ta leofeste, we wylle+d eow cy+den beo sumen d+ale emb
+tyssen halgen, +te we tod+aig wur+dige+d, +tt eower geleafe    #
+te
trumre seo; for +tan mancynn behofe+d godcundre lare, +tt heo
+turh +ta mugen to lifes wege becumen. Hit s+ag+d on +tan
halgen godspelle, +tt +tt liht on Godes gela+dun[{ge{] na       #
behydd beon
ne sceal, ac up asett ofer +tan candelstafe, +tt +ta +te +t+ar  #
in ga+d,
mugen +tone leome geseon & on lihte beon. Swa eac ne mihte
Sanctus Neotus behydd beon ne bedigelod, +ta +ta God hine
geupped habben wolde. He w+as on juge+de, +t+as +te bec         #
secge+d, to
boclicre lare gesett, & to godcunden +teawen becom, & georne    #
smeade
+ta he andgitfull w+as emb +tt ece lif, & hwu he sti+dlucest    #
her on life
for Gode libben mihte; swa hit awriten is, +tt se weig is       #
sticol &
neare, +te to +tan ecen life belimp+d, & nan mann +t+ar to ne   #
becum+d,
bute +turh mycel geswync & forh+afednysse. Swa dyde Sanctus
Neotus, forh+afde hine sylfne fram gelustfullunge +tysses       #
lifes. He
w+as man+dw+are & milde ealle mannen & he d+aighwamlice to his
Drihtene clypode +after Dauides sange +tuss cwe+dende,          #
'Drihten, +tine
weges ic lufige, & +tine +a ic folgigen +t+ance. Do beo me      #
+after
+tinre mildheortnysse & t+ac me +tine rihtwisnysse.' So+dlice   #
+tt ilca
gebed us is alefd, gyf we wylle+d inweardlice to Gode
clypigen & his mildheortnysse biddan. Hit s+aig+d on gewritan,  #
+tt
+tes halge were to Gl+astingebyrig gecerred w+are on            #
Sanctes +Alfeges
dagen +t+as halgen biscopes, & +at him underfeng +tone halge    #
sacerdhad,
& hine wel geheold, & +t+ar under wel ge+deah, & w+as eallen    #
mannen
eadmod & lufigendlic, & his salmes & o+dre gebedan he geornlice
beeode d+aiges & nihtes; & his gewune w+as, +tt he wolde on     #
d+aig
gelomen his cneowe gebegen, & eac swylce on niht to +tan
+Almihtigen Gode, swa se halge apostel Sanctus Bartholomeus
dyde, hund si+den on niht & eall swa oft on d+ag. He gemunde
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symle his synnen, +te he on his iuge+de gefremede, & +ta        #
geornlice
beweop & bereowsede, & o+dre gode forbisnen +ateowde. He        #
geneosode
Romeburh seofe si+den Criste to lofe & Seinte Petre, & +t+are
his synnen forgyfenysse underfeng. He w+as on eallen Godes
beboden swy+de fullfremed. Sohte +ta weste stowe geond eall     #
+tiss
land on to wunigene, & +ta gemette he +turh Godes               #
foresceawunge;
seo is w+astd+ales +tysses landes, ten milen fram Petrocesstowe
+ta me hatt 'Neotes stoca'; & he him +t+ar wununge
getimbrode on swy+de f+ageren stowe, & myrige w+atersea+des     #
+t+ar
abuten stande+d, & +ta synden swy+de wynsume of to +tycgene.    #
+T+ar
se Godes +teowe Sanctus Neotus his lif adreah on mycelre        #
forh+afednysse,
ofer m+an o+dre modes & m+aignes +teowwigende +tan, +te hine to
+teowe geceas, +tt w+as Gode sylfen. Ne m+aig nan mann fullice
gecy+den, hwu sti+dlice he his lif adreah +ar his               #
m+assepreosthade ne
+after. Ne gl+aingde he his lichame mid deorewur+den scrude, ne
he mid estmeten his inna+d ne gefyllde. Mid +tan +te he +tuss   #
lange
gedrohtned h+afde on +t+are stowe, +te we won +ar fore s+aden,  #
+ta
ongann se ungeseowenlice feond him togeanes andigen, swa him    #
+alc
god of+dinc+d. Ongann +ta s+anden his +attrige w+apnen, +tt     #
synd
costnungen, togeanes +tan halgen were. Ac he +tone feond        #
oferswa+d
mid rihten geleafen +turh Godes gescyldnysse. Him comen gelomen
to halige Godes +angles and hine gefrefreden & wel geherten, &  #
hine
manoden, +tt he ne geswice Godes word to bodigenne
ealle mannen o+d+d his lifes +ande, & beheten him gewiss +tt    #
ece lif, +te
he nu mid myrh+de onwune+d. He dyde swa se +angel bebead.
Bodede ealle mannen rihtne geleafe; +tan synfullen & +tan +te   #
heora
synnen andetten wolden & +afre geswican, he behet Godes         #
godnysse
& his mildheortnysse, & +t+ar toecan +tt ece lif; +ta gode he   #
manode, +tt
heo on heora godnysse +turhwunedan. Hit gelamp sume d+aige,
+tt se halge were on +arnemorgen digellice ferde to his         #
w+atersea+de, &
+t+ar his drohtnunge & his salmsanges on +tan w+atere hnacodan
leomen adreah, swa his gewune w+as. +Ta geherde he f+aringe 
ridenda menige. He +ta hr+adlice mid mycelen ofste fram +t+are
welle onette, nolde +tt his drohtnung +anigen eor+dlice m+an    #
cu+d
wurde on his life bute +tan anen, +te ofer eallen rixe+d.       #
Forleas +ta
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on +tan f+arelde his +anne scoh, & o+derne mid him to his       #
gebedhuse
ham gebrohte. Mid +tan +te he his salmes & his gebeden &        #
r+adingan
embhydiglice smeade, +ta becom him to gemynde his
o+der scoh, +tt he hine on +tan f+arelde forleas. Clypode +ta   #
him to
his +teign, & bebead him +tt he him his sco gefeccen scolde.    #
He +ta
w+as his f+ader bebodan gehersum, & hr+adlice ferde to +t+are   #
welle,
& +t+are on +tan wegge wunderlice wise gemette; +tt is +tt an   #
fox, +te
is geapest ealra deora, +t+ar arn geond dunen & denen           #
wunderlice
beseonde mid egen hider & +tider, & f+aringe becom to +t+are    #
stowe,
+t+are se halge were his fet ge+dwoh, & +tone scoh gel+ahte, &  #
+atfaren
+tohte. +Ta beseh +t+ar to se arf+aste Drihten & nolde, +tt     #
his +teowe
on swa medemlice +tingen geunrotsed w+are. Ges+ande +ta sl+ap   #
on
+tone fox, swa +tt he his lif alet, habbende +ta +twanges of    #
+tan sco on
his fracede mu+de. Se +teign +ta +t+ar to geteignde & +tone     #
sco genam
& +tan halge gebrohte, & him cydde eall hw+at +t+ar gelumpen    #
w+as.
He +ta, se halge, +t+as mycele wundrode, & bebead +tan +teigne  #
on +t+as
H+alendes name, +tt he hit nanen ne cydde +ar his lifes +ande.  #
On
+tan time w+as +Alfred king, & to +tan halgen gelomen com emb   #
his
sawle +tearfe. He hine eac +treade manega worden
& him to cw+a+d mid forewitegunge, 'Eala, +tu king, mycel       #
scealt +tu
+toligen on +tyssen life, on +tan towearden time; swa mycele    #
angsumnysse
+tu gebiden scealt, +tt nan m+annisc tunge hit eall asecgen ne
m+aig. Nu, leof bearn, geher me, gyf +tu wylt, & +tine heorte   #
to
mine r+ade gecerre. Gewit eallinge fram +tinre unrihtwisnysse,  #
&
+tine synnen mid +almessen ales, & mid tearen adigole, &        #
gebring
+tine lac to Romeburh, Martinum +tan pape, +te nu wealt         #
Engliscre
scole.' Se king +Alfred dyde +ta swa se halge hine bebead, &    #
his
beboden georne hlyste, & he him feala fores+ade mid             #
forewitegunge,
swa him sy+d+den aneode. Se halge eft cw+a+d o+dre wordan, 'Ic
nylle +te bedigeligen, gode king, +tt me toweard is forneh se   #
d+aig
mines for+dsi+des, +tone ic gernde simble mid ealre heorte. Ac  #
ic
secge get, +tt +after minen for+dsi+de +tu feale +toligen       #
scealt, & fram
Deniscre +teode +tu aflemed byst of +tinen cynerice, & +tine    #
c+ampen &
heretogen +te fram gewite+d & tost+ancte by+d; swa hit on       #
Drihtenes 
+trowunge awriten is +t+at, "+tone se herde aflemed &
ofslagen by+d, +tonne by+d +ta scep ealle tost+ancte." Ac       #
+tonne +te
ealre angsumest by+d on +tine mode, ge+d+anc +tu min, & ic +te
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gescilde on Drihtenes name.' +Ta se king +tas word geherde, +ta
forhtode he +tearle swy+de, & his bletsunge ab+ad, & aweig      #
gewende.
Him aneode sy+d+den swa Sanctus Neotus him fores+ade. +D+as
halgen untrumnysse weox +ta fram d+age to d+aige, & +ta on +tan
ytemesten d+aige his handbreden up to heofone astrehte, & mid
blisse his gast asende, & to reste gewende. So+dlice engles     #
togeanes
his sawle comen, & heo gel+adden mid mycelen gefean to          #
heofo[{n{]rices
myrh+de. His leorningcnihtes +ta bebyrigden his lic mid mycelen
wur+dmynte innen +t+are cirice, +te he sylf on +ar gesette.     #
+T+ar
becom +ta on +t+are hwile mycel swetnysse st+anc, swylc hit     #
eall
gestreawod w+are on +t+are stowe mid wynsume blostmen &         #
wyrtgemangum;
+t+ar wurden eac feale untrume geh+alde fram mistlicen
brocen +turh Godes mihten & +t+as halgen geearnunge. & eft      #
binnen
seofen gearen his ban up genumen wur+den & on o+dre
stowe mid wurdmynte aleigd, neh +tan altere, & +t+ar eft        #
wear+d mycel
swotnysse st+anc geworden on +t+are styrunge. Hw+at! +ta word
ealle gefyllede beon scolden, +te se halge fores+ade beo +tan   #
kinge.
Com +ta Gu+drum, se h+a+dene king, mid his w+alreowen here      #
+arest on
eastd+ale Sexlandes, & +t+ar feala manne ofsloh. Sume eac       #
fleames
cepten, & sume on hand eodan. +Ta +Alfred king, +te we +ar embe
sp+acon, +tt ofaxode, +tt se here swa sti+dlic w+as, & swa neh  #
Englelande,
he sone forfyrht fleames cepte, & his c+ampen ealle forlet, &
his hertogen, & eall his +teode, madmes & madmfaten, & his life
gebearh. Ferde +ta lutigende geond heges & weges, geond wudes
& feldes, swa +tt he +turh Godes wissunge gesund becom to       #
+A+delingege,
& on sumes swanes huse his hleow gernde, & eac swylce him &
his yfele wife georne herde. Hit gelamp sume d+aige, +tt +t+as  #
swanes
wif h+atte hire ofen, & se king +t+ar-big s+at hleowwinde hine  #
beo +tan
fyre, +tan heowen nytende, +tt he king w+are. +Ta wear+d
+tt yfele wif f+aringe astyrod, & cw+a+d to +tan kinge eorre    #
mode,
'W+and +tu +ta hlafes, +tt heo ne forbeornen, for +tan ic       #
geseo d+aighwamlice,
+tt +tu mycel +ate eart.' He w+as sone gehersum +tan
yfele wife, for +tan +te he nede scolde. He +ta, se gode king,  #
mid
mycelre angsumnysse & siccetunge to his Drihtene clypode, his
mildse biddende. Hw+at! +ta abuten him aneode ealswa se halge
him fores+ade on +ar, & mare earfo+de he adreah, +tone we nu    #
areccen
<P 133>
mugen, ac he wear+d eft forra+de gefrefrod +turh +tone halgen
Neoten. He com to him anes nihtes on swefne swy+de brihte
scinende, & him to cw+a+d, 'Eala, +tu king, hw+at wylt +tu to   #
mede
gesyllen +tan +te +te fram +tyssen une+dnyssen alyse+d.' He     #
wear+d
afyrht on swefne f+arlice swy+de, & +teh +tan halgen            #
geandswerode, 
'Eala, leof,' he cw+a+d, 'hw+at m+aig ic syllen? Ic eam ealles  #
godes
ben+amed & mines kynerices.' Se halge him andswerode, 'Ic eam
Neotus, +tin freond, & ic nu blissige mid heofene Kinge. Gehyht
nu on his mihte, +tonne becumst +tu +after Eastern to
+tinen +a+dele, & +te togeanes cum+d +tin todr+afed here, &     #
+tines cymes
+tearle f+agenige+d. Ic +te toforen fare, +tu me +after folge,  #
& +tin folc
samod. Ic so+dlice todr+afe ealle +tine wi+derwinnen, & +tone   #
king, +te
+te togeanes win+d, to geleafen gebege.' Hit gelamp +ta eall    #
swa, &
Gu+drum se h+a+dene king com to +Alfrede +tan cristene kinge,   #
mid
+treottene c+ampen, & fri+des wilnode, & to fulhte feng, & he   #
twelf
dages +after +tan her on lande wunede mid mycelre blisse, &     #
sy+d+den
gesund gewende mid his herelafe to his agenen earde mid ealre
sibbe. +Ta weox +Alfredes cynerice, & his word wide sprang,     #
+tt he
on godcunden gewriten wel gel+ared w+as, swa +tt he ofer+deah
biscopes & m+assepreostes & hehdiacones, & cristendom wel       #
+teah on
+tan gode time. Eac is to wytene, +tt se king +Alfred manega    #
bec
+turh Godes gast gedyhte; & binnen twam & twentig gearen his
cynerices +tiss eor+dlice lif forlet, & to +tan ecen gewende,   #
swa him
God geu+de for his rihtwisnysse. Eala, m+an +ta leofe, +ta      #
w+aron
gode dages on +tan gode time for cristenes folcas
geearnunge, & rihtwisra heafodmanna. Nu is +aighwanen heof &
wop, & orefcwealm mycel for folces synnen, & w+astmes,          #
+aig+der gea
on wude gea on felde, ne synd swa gode, swa heo iu w+aron, ac
yfele+d swy+de eall eor+de w+astme, & unrihtwisnysse mycele     #
wexe+d
wide geond wurlde, & sibbe tolysnysse & t+alnysse, & se         #
+tinc+d nu
w+arrest & geapest, +te o+derne m+aig beswican, & his +ahte     #
him of
anymen. Eac man swere+d man mare +tone he scolde, +ty hit is
+te wyrse wide on eor+de, & beo +tan we mugen understanden,     #
+tt hit is
neh domesd+age. Ne spare+d nu se f+ader +tan sune, ne nan mann
o+dren, ac +alc man win+d ongean o+dren, & Godes lage ne        #
geme+d, swa
swa me scolde. Beo +tan we mugen ongyten, +tt +tiss wurld is
aweigweard & swy+de neh +tan +ande +tysser wurlde. Eale!        #
ges+alig
by+d se +te hine sylfen on time gebyrege+d. Uten nu bidden      #
georne
<P 134>
Seinte Neoten & o+dre halgen, +tt heo ure +tingeres beon to     #
+tan
Heofon-kinge, +tt we n+afre ealles to yfelne time ne gebiden on
+tyssen earmen life, & +tt we moten +after for+dsi+de to ecere  #
reste
becumen. 

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<P 146>
[} [\XLVIII\] }]
[} [\THE PHOENIX HOMILY.\] }]

   Sanctus Johannes +geseh ofer garseg swylc hit an land w+are.
+Ta +genam hine se +angel & +gebrohte hine to neorxenewange.
Neorxenewange nis na+der ne on heofene ne on eor+de. Seo boc
s+a+g+d +tt Noes flod w+as feowrtig fedmen heh ofer +ta         #
hegesta dunen
+te on middenearde synden, & neorxenewang is feowrti+g fedme    #
herre
+tone Noes flod w+as, & hit hange+d betwonen heofone & eor+den
wunderlice, swa hit se Eallwealdend +gescop, & hit is eall
efenlang & efenbrad. Nis +t+are na+der ne dene ne dune. Ne      #
+t+are
ne by+d ne forst ne snaw ne hagel ne reign, as +t+ar is (\fons  #
uite\) , +tt is
lifes welle. +Tonne (\Kalendas Januarii\) inn ga+d, +tonne      #
flow+d seo
welle swa f+a+gere & swa smoltlice & na deoppere, +tone mann    #
m+ai+g
+gew+aten his finger on forewarde, ofer eall +tt land. & swa    #
+gelice
+alce mon+de ane si+de, +tonne se mon+d inn cum+d, seo welle    #
ongin+d
flowen; & +t+ar is se f+agere wudeholt +te is +genemmed Radion
(\saltus\) ; +t+ar is +alc treow swa riht swa bolt & swa heh,   #
+tt nan eor+dlic
mann ne +geseh swa heh, ne seggen ne cann hwilces cynnes heo
synden. Ne fealle+d +t+ar n+afre leaf of, ac heo by+d           #
singrene, wliti+g
& wynsum, welena unrim. Neorxenewange is upprihte on            #
eastewearde
+tisse wurlde. Nis +t+ar ne hete ne hunger; ne +t+ar niht
nefre ne by+d, ac simble d+ai+g. Sunne +t+ar scine+d seofen     #
si+de
<P 147>
brihtlycor +tone on +tissen earde. +T+ar wune+d on Godes        #
+angles
unrim mid +tan halgen sawlen o+d+d domes d+ai+g. +T+ar
wune+d on an fugel f+a+ger Fenix gehaten, he is mycel & m+are   #
swa
se Mihti+ge hine +gescop, he is hlaford ofer eall fugel cynn.   #
+Alcere
wuca ane si+de se f+a+gere fugel hine ba+de+d on +t+are lifes   #
welle; &
+tonne flih+d se fugel & +gesett uppe +tt hegeste trow on+gean  #
+t+are
haten sunne. +Tonne scin+d he swa sunne leome & he glitene+d    #
swilc
he gyldene seo. His fe+deren synden +angles fe+deren gelice,    #
his
breost & bile brihte scine+d, f+a+gere & fage. Feawe synden     #
swylce.
Hwat! his eagene twa +a+dele synden swa cl+ane swa cristal &    #
swa
scire swa suneleome. His fet synden blodreade be+gen, & se bile
hwit. Hw+at! se f+agre fugel flih+d of his earde, se +te is     #
f+a+gere
Fenix +gehaten. +Tonne wune+d he witodlice on Egiptelande       #
fiftene
wucan feste tog+adere. +Tonne cume+d him to, swa swa to heora
kinge fageninde swy+de, eall +tt fugel cinn & f+a+gere          #
+gegrete+d ealle
Fenix, writi+ge+d & singe+d ealle abuten him, +alc on his
wisen, ealle hine heri+ge+d. +Tonne fer+d +tt folc feorrene     #
swy+de,
wafi+ge+d & wundrige+d, wylcumi+ge+d Fenix. Hal beo +tu Fenix!  #
fugele
f+a+gerest! feorren +tu come. +Tu glitenest swa read gold,      #
ealra
fugela king, Fenix +gehaten. +Tonne wyrece+d heo of wexe &      #
write+d
Fenix, & mete+d hine f+a+gere +t+ar se madme stant. +Tonne      #
fagenege+d
+t+are fugeles ealle f+a+gere & fage, feale tog+adere fealle+d  #
to foten.
Fenix grete+d. His stemne is swa briht swa beme, & his sweora
swylce smete gold, & his forebreost f+a+gere +geheowed, swylce
marmelstan m+are scinnes, & him on read heow rude+d on +tan
hrynge gold felle +gelic glitene+d Fenix. +Tonne f+ar+d eft se  #
fugel
f+a+gere to his earde emb fiftene wucan, & fugeles mani+ge      #
ealle him
abuten efne ferden ufene & ny+dene, & on +alce healfe, o+d+det  #
heo
nehi+ge+d neorxenewange. +T+ar inn +gef+ar+d Fenix, fugele      #
f+a+gerest,
& eall o+der fugel cinn to heora earden +gew+ande+d. Nu         #
s+ai+g+d
her Sanctus Johannes so+den worden, swa se wyrhte cann,
+tt +afre binnen an +tusend wintren +tynce+d Fenix, +tt he      #
forealdod
seo; +gegadered tog+adere ofer eall Paradis +ta deorwur+de      #
boges &
heape+d tosamne, & +turh Godes mihte & +t+are sunne leome, se   #
heap
by+d on+aled; & +tonne fealle+d Fenix on middan +tt micele      #
fyr, & wur+d
forb+arned eall to duste. +Tonne on +tan +triddan d+a+ge        #
arise+d se
f+a+gere fugel Fenix of dea+de, & by+d eft ed+gung & f+ar+d to  #
+t+are lifes
<P 148>
welle, & ba+da+d hine +t+ar inne, & him wexe+d on fe+deren swa  #
f+a+gere
swa heo +afre f+a+gerest w+aren. +Tuss he de+d +afre binne      #
+tusend
wintren. He hine forb+arn+d & eft ed+gung upp arise+d, &        #
n+af+d he
n+anne +gemaca, & nan mann ne wat, hwe+der hit is +te           #
karlfugel, +te
cwenefugel, bute God ane. +Tes halge fugel is Fenix +gehaten,   #
wliti+g
& wynsum, swa hine God +gescop. & +tuss he sceal drigen         #
Drihtenes
wille, se +te is on heofone heh & hali+g, ealra kinge King.     #
Crist us
+generi+ge +tt we on wynne wuni+gen mote mid +tan +te leofe+d   #
& rixe+d
a bute +ande. Amen.


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<P 3>
[} [\III\] }]
[} [\THE OLD ENGLISH CATO.\] }]

   Mann sceal +turh his modes snoternysse hine sylfne geglengen
to wisre lare. Ne beo +tu to sl+apel ne to idelgeorne, for +tan
+te sl+ap & idel fede+d un+deawes & unh+ale +t+as lichamen. We
cwe+de+d +tt +tt seo betst +atforen Gode, +tt man seo           #
gescadwis & gemetigen
cunne +ag+der gea his sp+ace gea his swige, & wyte hw+anne he
gespecan habbe and hw+anne him geandswerod seo. +Tonne +tu
o+derne mann t+ale, +tonne ge+d+anc +tu +tt nan man nis         #
lehterleas.
+Teh +tin wif hw+ane to +te gewreige, ne gelef +tu hire to      #
ra+de,
for +tan heo wyrc+d hire oft manege to feond, for +tan +te heo
by+d +tan hlaforde holdre +tone hire, for +tan heo hate+d oft   #
+tt +tt
se hlaford lufe+d. Ne flit +tu wi+d anwillne man ne wi+d        #
ofersp+acne.
Manegan is forgyfen +tt he specan m+ag & swy+de feawen
+tt heo syn gescadwise. Wyte +t+as mare +tanc +te +tu habbe,    #
+tone
+t+as +te +te man behate. +T+ar lyt gehaten by+d, +t+ar by+d    #
lyt leane.
Ne beo +tu to anwille, for +tan +te is lihtlicre, +tt +tu seo   #
mid rihte
ofertaled, +tone +tu ofertalie o+derne mid woge. +tt by+d se
m+aste wur+dscipe, +tt man cunne riht gecnawen, & hit +tonne    #
wylle
ge+dafigen. Spec ofter emb o+dres mannes weld+aden, +tone emb   #
+tine
agene & cy+d +ta manega mannen. +Donne +tu eald seo & manegra
ealdre cwides & lare geacsod habbe, gedo heo +tonne +tan        #
gingren to
<P 4>
wytene. +Deh +te man hwylces yfeles belige, & +tu +te           #
unscyldigne
wyte, ne rech +tu hw+at heo r+aden o+d+de runigen, heo beteo+d  #
+te +t+as
+te heo sylfe +t+ance+d. +Donne +tu ges+aligest beo, ge+d+anc   #
+tonne +t+at
+tu muge +ta ges+al+den ea+de ge+doligen, gyf heo +te on        #
becumen, for
+tan +te se +ande & +tt anginn ne by+d eallne weig gelice. Ne   #
hope +tu
to o+dres mannes dea+de, uncu+d hwa lengest libbe. +Deh +te     #
earm
freond lytel sylle, nym hit to mycele +tance. Gyf +tu earm      #
wur+de,
ge+d+anc +tt +tu hit ea+de ge+dolige, ge+d+anc +tt +tin moder   #
+te hnacodne
geb+ar. Ne ondr+ad +tu +te dea+d to swy+de, ne leofe+d man naht
myriges +ta hwyle +te he him ondr+att. Ne forgitt +tu hine +teh
ealne, +tel+aste +tu +tornige +t+as ecen lifes. Gyf +te man     #
mid yfelan
geleanige +tt +tt +tu to gode do, ne wyt +tu hit na Gode, ac
warne +te sylfen. +Te f+astere man gehealt +tt +tt he h+af+d,   #
gyf he him
ondr+att, +tt hit +atsceote. +Teo man d+al+d sparlice, +te man  #
nele +tt hit
forberste. Gyf +tu bearn habbe, l+ar heo +ta cr+aftes, +tt heo  #
mugen
beo +tan libben. Uncu+d, hwu heom +at +ahte getide. Cr+aft by+d
betre +tone +aht. Ne gehat +tu nan +ting twygge. Hwat sceal hit
+te eft gehaten bute hit w+are +ar alogen? Ne becep +tu +tin    #
witod
on wen. Wyte mare +tanc +t+as +te +tu habbe +tone +t+as +te     #
+tu wene.
Ne beo +tu to weamod. Of eorsunge cum+d hatunge, & of +t+are
ge+dw+arnysse lufe; & +t+ar +t+ar +tu nede eorsigen scule,      #
gemetega +tt
+teh. Forber o+d +tt +tu ea+de wrecan muge. Ge+dyld by+d        #
mihtene m+ast.
Help +aig+der gea cu+den gea uncu+den, +t+ar +tu muge; uncu+d   #
hware
hwa o+dres be+durfe. Ne wilne +tu ofer +tinne m+a+de to wytene  #
emb
+ta heofonlice +ting, for +tu eart eor+dlic mann, axe +te embe  #
+tan.
Ne beo +tu on +tinre eorre to ofermodig, for mod adwele+d +tone
mann, +tt he ne m+ag riht gecnawen. Beo gehealden on +tan +te   #
+tu
habbe. Unpleolucar man row+d mid lytle bate on lytle
watere +tone mid mycelan scipe on mycele w+atere. Ne wen +tu
na, +tt se yfele aht godes gestreone mid his yfele, for +tan    #
+teh hit
sume hwile forholen beo, hit wur+d eft a bemeldod. +Tonne +te
tober+d wi+d unspedigre m+ann +tone +tu sylf beo, forber him &
ge+d+anc +tt wel oft man ofercum+d +tone +te hine +ar ofercom,  #
swa man
on ealden bigspellan cwy+d+d, 'Hwilen by+d esnes tid, hwilen    #
o+dres.'
Ne sech +tu na +turh hlotes hwu +te gelimpen scule, ac do swa
+tu betst muge. Ea+de ger+ade+d God his wille beo +te & +tine   #
+tearfe,
+teh he hit +te +ar ne secge.
<P 5>
   Forl+at +tt +tu nabbe to o+dres mannes gode ande, for +tu    #
sw+ancst
+te sylfen swy+der +tone hine.
   Ne beo +tu to ormod, +teh +te beo unriht gedemed. Lyt manna
by+d lange gefagen +t+as +te heo o+dren +atwr+anc+d. Gyf +tu    #
wi+d hwan
saca h+afdest, & gyt +tonne gesemed w+aron, ne +atwit +tu eft   #
+ta
ealde saca, bute he heo eft geneowed habbe.
   Ne do +tu na+der, ne +te sylfen ne here, ne +te sylfen ne    #
leh;
+aig+der +t+are is dysigre manna +teaw, +te swinca+d +after     #
idele gelpe.
+T+at is +teh wisedom, +tt wis mann l+ate dysig, & +tt is +tt   #
m+aste
dysig, +tt dysig man l+ate wisedom. Swa mann mare spec+d, swa   #
him
l+as manna gelefe+d. Gyf +tu hw+at on +tin druncan misdo, ne    #
wit
+tu hit na +t+ar drince, for +tan +tu his weolde +te sylf.      #
Nafe +tu to
yfel ellen, +teh +te hwylc unwille on becume. Oft brync+d seo   #
wyrd
+tone wille, +te eft by+d andergelde.
   Ne wur+de +te n+afre swa wa, +tt +tu +te ne wene betere,     #
for +tan +te
se wene +te ne l+att n+afre forwur+den. Ne ceos +tu n+anne mann
beo his +ahte, ne +tin agen ne amerr. Manig man h+af+d mycel    #
fex on
forheafde & gewur+d +teh f+arlice calow.
   Bisne +te beo sume m+an, for +tan +te +alces mannes lif      #
by+d sumes
lare & forbisne. Ne forswige +tu na +tt unt+ale gedon beo,      #
+tel+aste
m+an wenen +tt hit +te lichige. Gyf +te man for rihtre scylde
brochige, ge+dole hit wel & beo his wel ge+d+afe. Spec +te      #
gem+atlice
& eac swa geb+ar, +tel+ast man +te leasunge teo, +t+ar +tu      #
wene, +tt +tu
+tine cyste habbe, & +tu +te +anigre wille wene. Ne hlyst +tu   #
na
unscadwises mannes word, for +tan +te manig man h+af+d +tone    #
+teaw,
+tt he ne cann nytt specan & na+del+as ne m+aig swigigen.
Hit by+d dysig +tt man speca +ar, +tone he +t+ance. Ne rece     #
+tu na
weamodes wifes wopes, for +tan heo +te +t+anc+d oft mid hire    #
wope
beswican. Ne ondr+ad +tu +te dea+d to swy+de for nanre wite,    #
+teh he
+te full god ne +tyncce, he by+t +alces yfeles +ande & ne       #
cum+d he n+afre
ma. Forsih +tysser wurlde wl+ance, gyf +tu wylle beon welig on
+tinen mode. For +tan +ta +te +tas welen gitsige+d, by+d simle  #
w+adle &
eremingas on heora mode. Ac beo gehealden on +tine gecynde,
+tonne h+afest +tu +afre genoh. Gyf +tu +tin agen amerre, ne    #
wit +tu
hit na Gode, ac warne +te sylfen. Bruc +tinre +ahte +tahwile
+te +tu hal seo. Se unhale gitsere ah +tt feoh, & ne ah hine    #
sylfne.
Ge+dole +tines hlafordes & +tines lar+deawes eorre & his word,  #
+teh he
+te cide. Gyf +te +tynce +tt +tu towr+ane sy, wit +tt +tinre    #
ceola, for
<P 6>
+tan seo ceola is +t+are wambe freond, +tanen +te cume+d +ta    #
unnytte
lustes. Dysig mann him ondr+att nietes & ne ondr+att +tone      #
mann,
+te him teale l+ar+d. Gyf +tu str+agnc+de habbe, bruc +t+are    #
to nytte.
Gyf +tu wylle godne hlyse habben, ne fagene +tu nanes
yfeles. Leorne +athweige, +teh +te +tine welen forl+aten, ne    #
forl+ate
+te na +tin cr+aft. Ne beo +tu na ofersp+ace, ac hlyst +alces   #
mannes
wordan swy+de georne, for +tan +ta word geopenige+d +alces      #
mannes
wille & his +teawes, +teh he heo hwilen behelige. Gyf +tu       #
hwylcne
cr+aft cunne, bega +tone georne. Swa swa sorge & embhogen
geece+d mannes mod, swa geec+d se cr+aft his are. Leorne +afre
+athweige +at +tan wisen, +tt +tu muge l+aren +ta unwise;       #
+ai+der +t+are
is swy+de nytt weorc & gerisendlic. Gyf +tu wylle hal beon,     #
drinc
+te ged+aftlice; +alc oferfylle & +alc idel fett unh+ale. Ne    #
l+at +tu na
unlofed +tt +tu swutele ongyte +tt +tt licwur+de seo; +t+ar     #
+te aht twenige,
lofe +tt gemettlice, +tel+aste +te man leasunge teo. Ne         #
treowwe +tu na
smylte w+atere, ne bilewitne mann ne forsih. Of stille w+ater   #
sta+de
breca+d. Onginn +tt +te to onhagige. Treowlicre hit is beo      #
sta+de to
rowen, +tonne ut on s+a to segeligen. Gyf +te +at hwylcen       #
ges+al+den
tos+ale, acse +te, hwe+der +anigen +ar swylc ges+alde, +tonne   #
miht
+tu hit +te e+d ge+doligen. Ne flit +tu na wi+d rihtwisen
m+ann & wi+d unscyldigne, for +tan +te God wrec+d unrihte       #
domes.
+Deh +te +tin eald gefere abelge, ne forgyt +tu, gyf he +te     #
+afre +ar
gecwemde. Ere mid +tinen oxen, & offre mid +tinre recele.       #
Dysige
by+d +ta m+an, +te wene+d, +tt heo God gecwemen, +tonne heo     #
cwelle+d
heora oxen. +Alce d+aige +tu byst on ro+de wene, +alce d+aige   #
+tu
scealt Gode +tancigen +tines lifes. +Teh +te manig man herige,  #
ne
gelef +tu heom to wel, ac ge+d+anc +te sylf hw+at hit so+des    #
seo, l+at +te
sceomigen +t+as hlysen. Gyf +te man onlige, f+agene +t+as, gyf  #
+te
man so+t secge, & +teh gemetelice. M+ang +ta blisse wi+d +ta    #
unrotnysse,
for +tan gyf heora a+der by+d aht lange buten o+dre, +tonne is
hit ungem+ate, & +tu miht +te unea+de aberen, +tas +te +te on   #
becum+d,
for +tan heora na+der ne m+aig beon +alt+awe buten o+dren, +te  #
ma +te
w+at m+aig beon buten drygen, o+d+de wearm buten cealden,       #
o+d+de
liht bute +teostren. Leorne manige bech & geher manig spell,    #
wyte
+teh hwylcen +tu gelefen scule. Feale write+d m+an              #
ungeleaflices.
Ne merr eall +tt +tu habbe, +tel+aste +te be+dearfe to o+dres   #
mannes.
Ne recc +tu toswy+de, hwu seo wyrd wandrige. Se +te
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fullice +tas wurld forsic+d, ne ondr+at he dea+d swy+de.        #
+Donne hit
+afre ge+dw+arest seo, ondr+ad +te +tonne unge+dw+arnysse, &    #
+tonne hit
+te frecnest seo, wen +te +tonne frofre & selre. Beo +te +afre  #
getreowre,
+tone +te man to gelefe, +tel+aste m+an wenen, +tt +tu nane
[{treow+de{] nabbe bute wi+d hlysen. Se +te him eallne weig     #
ondr+att,
se by+d swylce he beo ealne weig cwellende. Gyf +tu +te wylle   #
don
maniges betere, +tonne do +tu anes wyrse. Gyf +tu wylle, +tt    #
+te
manige ol+achien, +tonne ol+ace +tu anen georne. Gyf +tu nelle  #
nanen
ol+acen, forl+at +tonne eall, +tt +tu age, bute wiste &         #
gew+aden & tolen
to swylce weorca, swylce +tu cunne. Ol+ace +tonne Goden ana &   #
ne
wilne +tonne nanes mannes ol+acunge. Gyf +tu wylt +at manega
mannen habben +tt +tt +te lica+d, +tu scealt eac +at manegan    #
habben +tt +te
mislica+d. Gyf +tu wylt +at anen m+an habben +tt +te lica+d,    #
+tu scealt
him oft ge+dafigen +tt +te ne lica+d. Ne scealt +tu +at manega  #
mannen
heora god habben, bute +tu muge hwilen heora yfel ge+dafigen,   #
for
+tan +te nan +ting nis full god bute God ane. Ster +teh +alces  #
yfeles,
swa +tu swy+dest muge, swa +teh, +tt +tu hit to wyrrsen ne
gebringe. Ne by+d +tt yfel to nahten gebett, +te by+d to wyrsen
gebroht. Gemetnysse by+d ednysse. Gyf +anig man by+d a +de
wur+dere, +te hine manig wis man forsic+d, +tonne by+d +alc     #
dysig man
+te unwur+dre, a +de he mare rice h+afe+d. On +alcere ea swa    #
wyrse
fordes swa betere fisces. Hwe+der sceal cepinge +te lofigen,    #
+te se +te
heo syllen sceall, +te se +te heo byggen wyle? Wa +t+are        #
+teode, +te
h+af+d +al+deodigne cyng, ungemetf+astne, feohgeorne &          #
unmildheortne,
for on +t+are +teode by+d his gitsung & his modes gnornung on   #
his
earde. Se +te anwealdes wilne+d ofer his hlaford, for twam      #
+tingen
he his willne+d: o+der for he wyle +tone hlaford lecgen         #
anunder hine
& setligen him mid +tan, +tt he sylf sitte +te ufer; o+d+de he  #
wyle +tone
hlaford habben up ofer hine sylfne & stigen hym sylf +after &   #
eac
onhangigen, scufen +teh simle +tone hlaford beforen. Ne acse    #
+tu
nanre wicce r+ades, ne sech +tu riht +at deaden. So+dlice God
ascune+d swylce +ting. Ne nym +tu medsceattes, for heo          #
abl+ande+d
wisra manna ge+dancas & w+ande+d rihtwisra word.



