Morrill, Georgiana Lea: Speculum Gy de Warewyke: an English poem : here for the first time printed and first edited from the manuscripts (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1898)

10

And Reveals

are in peril,

and they
must atone.

The gracious
love of God

grants ehas-
tenings,
anguish,

hunger,
thirst,

earthly
losses.
These in-
crease hea-
ven’s joys,

pat purw here pride and here wil
peih fallen ofte in gret peril.
Seint Austin halt per-mide noht
And seip, it shal hen dere bouht,
And skilfulliche it mot be so,
For, whan a man hap sinne do,
Oper he mot hit beten here
Or suffre pine elles where.
Wole ^e here, what louerede
God kudde to1 hem pat wole2 hiw dredel
[He wyll hem here hold[e] lowe,
For pei schold hym pe better knawe3 ;]
He wole hem chasten wid smale pining
And maken he?n lese pat bote brenning;
And many anguisse he wole hem ^iue
To suffre here, whiles peih line,
5i As hunger and purst and trauail strong;
Hij sholen haue euere among
Lore of catel and seknesse 4
And al is to echen here blisse.
Man, if pu (ne) leuest noht me,

172

176

180

40 ci 184

188

169 here] hyje Hx. wil] yll {There is an erasure before y.) D. 170 peih]
om. R. 171 halt per-mide] fare wi't/i holdeth {Two letters hare been crossed
out before holdeth.) A2, halde per with DHX, holte fere with ryjt H2R. 172
And] He DH2. bouht] aboujht A2. 173 And] For H2. skilfulliche] wilful -
lyche Hj. mot] moste HiHoR. 174 For] om. H2. a man] man A2H2. sinne
do] synn ido DR, mysdo Hi, A synne doo H2. 175 mot hit beten] mot beten
D, he motte be beten {One letter has been erased before h.) Hi, he mvste be
betyn H2. 176 Or] Oper D, Or ellis R. pine] paynes A2H2. 177 ?e here]
pou here now R. louerede] I rede R. 178 kudde] kypep HXR, shewythe H2.
to] om. R. hem] man D, him HiH2. wole him] wold hyme A2, hym. wyll
H2. 179 and 180 are omitted in Ap 179 hem] om. R. here holde] holde
here D, hold meke & Hi, holdyn here full H2, holde horn here R. 180 pe]
om. Hx. 180 has the following readings in D and in H2 :
pe better for he still hym knowe D.
The bettyr for pey shulde hym knowe H2.
181 and 182 are omitted in A2. 181 He wole] om. H2. hem] hym DHX, om.
H2R. chasten] kast H1( Chastyse hem H2R. 182 hem] hym D, horn- to R.
pat] pe DH2. 183 And many] A man D, Many an H2. hem] hym D. 185
As] om. DHjH2, and R. (And is crossed out before As in A2.) 186 Hij] pei
AoHjHgR, he D. haue] suffri DH2. 187 Lore] Losse A2HjH2R. seknesse]
stronge syknysse H2. 188 And] om. H2. al is] all it is A2H2, all D. here]
paire ioy and D, peire Hx, 189 ne] om. A2DHiH2R. leuest] be leue H2.
1 to is above the line in MS. Ay.
2 Before w one letter has been erased in MS. Ay. 3 Read knowe.
4 Read seknisse.