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Spcailum (fn be Waretoghc.
erknep alle to my speche,
Azzd hele of soule i may ou teche.
B B pat i wole speke, it is no fable,
P Ac hit is swipe profitable.
• Man, if pu wolt heuene winne,
purw lone to god pu most bigizme.
pus shal ben pi biginning :
pu lone god ouer alle ping
51 And pin emcristene lone also,
Riht as pi-self[e] pu most do.
If pu wolt pus bigio.ne a??d ende,
pu miht be seker to heuene wende •
Ac, if pu louest more worldes god
plan god him.-self[e] in pi mod,
pu shalt hit finde an yuel plawe :
To dep Of soule it wole pe drawe,
51 For, whan pe world pe hap ikauht
In1 his paunter purw his drauht,
39 a Hearken!
I teach of tlie
soul’s health.
4
To win
heaven,
love God and
8
thy fellow-
Christian.
12
Flee the
world.
16 To death
the world’s
net drags
tlie soul,
For the title, see the Introduction. The numbering oj the folio follows the
Auchinleck MS. The character IT reproduces the paragraphing of the Auchin-
leck text. 1 to] vnto DH2. 2 And] om. D. may] wyll AgDHpHgR. 3 no]
not R. 4 Ac] Bot DH2R, For Hr swipe] ful H1R, very gode & H2. Be-
tween 4 and 5 the following three lines are interpolated in H2 :
For the sowlys saluacyowne
Who soo that herythe pis sermoune '
Inicium sapiencie timor domini (Op. H2 in I. 138.)
6 purw loue] To loue Hj. to god] of god A2D, god H1( om. H2. 7 and 8 are
omitted in H1. 7 pus] pis A2H2R. shal ben pi] ys the fyrste H2. 8 pu] To
A2, om. DH2. god ouer] wele god abovyn H2. 9 emcristene] euen crystyn
A^HjEhR. loue] om. A2H2, pou loue H1. 10 do] do so D. 11 and 12 are
omitted in H2. 11 If] And if R. 12 miht be] may R. wer.de] to wende R.
13 Ac if] And Jef A2D, But and IIf. Iffe H2, But if R. worldes] pe worldes
A2, worldly Hi, pis worldis H2, worldlis R. 15 an] for an Hr plawe] lawe
(The word was originally plawe. p can be traced in the erasure.) D. 17 ikauht]
caught A2DH2R. 18 In] In to H2. purw his] at a A2.
1 MSS. Aj and A% have and in.
erknep alle to my speche,
Azzd hele of soule i may ou teche.
B B pat i wole speke, it is no fable,
P Ac hit is swipe profitable.
• Man, if pu wolt heuene winne,
purw lone to god pu most bigizme.
pus shal ben pi biginning :
pu lone god ouer alle ping
51 And pin emcristene lone also,
Riht as pi-self[e] pu most do.
If pu wolt pus bigio.ne a??d ende,
pu miht be seker to heuene wende •
Ac, if pu louest more worldes god
plan god him.-self[e] in pi mod,
pu shalt hit finde an yuel plawe :
To dep Of soule it wole pe drawe,
51 For, whan pe world pe hap ikauht
In1 his paunter purw his drauht,
39 a Hearken!
I teach of tlie
soul’s health.
4
To win
heaven,
love God and
8
thy fellow-
Christian.
12
Flee the
world.
16 To death
the world’s
net drags
tlie soul,
For the title, see the Introduction. The numbering oj the folio follows the
Auchinleck MS. The character IT reproduces the paragraphing of the Auchin-
leck text. 1 to] vnto DH2. 2 And] om. D. may] wyll AgDHpHgR. 3 no]
not R. 4 Ac] Bot DH2R, For Hr swipe] ful H1R, very gode & H2. Be-
tween 4 and 5 the following three lines are interpolated in H2 :
For the sowlys saluacyowne
Who soo that herythe pis sermoune '
Inicium sapiencie timor domini (Op. H2 in I. 138.)
6 purw loue] To loue Hj. to god] of god A2D, god H1( om. H2. 7 and 8 are
omitted in H1. 7 pus] pis A2H2R. shal ben pi] ys the fyrste H2. 8 pu] To
A2, om. DH2. god ouer] wele god abovyn H2. 9 emcristene] euen crystyn
A^HjEhR. loue] om. A2H2, pou loue H1. 10 do] do so D. 11 and 12 are
omitted in H2. 11 If] And if R. 12 miht be] may R. wer.de] to wende R.
13 Ac if] And Jef A2D, But and IIf. Iffe H2, But if R. worldes] pe worldes
A2, worldly Hi, pis worldis H2, worldlis R. 15 an] for an Hr plawe] lawe
(The word was originally plawe. p can be traced in the erasure.) D. 17 ikauht]
caught A2DH2R. 18 In] In to H2. purw his] at a A2.
1 MSS. Aj and A% have and in.