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With Fear of God.
For sodeyneliche pu miht be caiht
Initiuin sapientiae,1 timor bointni:
r ' Domini.
fear God, ‘ Drede of god in alle2 ping
Off wisdom is pe biginning ; ’ 884
but not in And many hauen of god drede,
Ac noht for lone of his godhede,
But last peih sholde for here gilt
In-to strong pine ben ipult.s 888
Hit farep bi swiche, i vnderstonde,
As hit dop here bi pe bonde:
as the bonds* Y)e bonde nele noper loude ne stille
Ji)an before . .
his lord. Don noht ajein his lordes wille—- 892
Ac pat nis for lone ne for acord,
pat he hap toward his lord—-
For, if he dede, he wot wel,
He sholde lese of his catel; 896
And ^it hit farep hi man also,
p>at sparep more sinne to [do] 4
Fear the For pe doute of gret piniyzg,
King of han for pe lone of heuen king. 900
so that pt is noht euel so to biginne,
thoumayst For drede of pine to late pi sinne,
catch grace J
For sone after he may kacche grace
To bipenke him on godes face, 904
Hu inurie hit were, to haue pe siht a
Off godes face, pat is so briht!
882 For] Wyrche glide for D. miht be] may be A2R, mayt D, mijt han pyn
HP caiht] endyngis Hi. 884 is J>e] pis is pe first A2. 885 And many hauen
of J And many on tape of DR, Man haue euer HP drede] in drede HP 886
Ac] Bot AoR, And D, For Hi. noht for loue] lesingis of Hi. 887 But] And
Hi. last] lat A2, pat R. peih sholde] pei shullen D, pat pou shalt HP here]
paire D, pi Hi. 888 strong] om. A2. ipult] pute D, plyte Hx, pilt R. 890
As] Also A2. pe] a Hi. 891 nele] wil HiR. noper] neuere A2. 892 noht]
om. H1( oght R. The manuscript ends with 892 in A2. 893 Ac] and D, But
HiR. nis] es DR, nowper HP for] for no DR. ne for] no for no D, ne for
non R. 894 toward] to R. 895 wot] wote ful D, wist hit R. 896 sholde
lese] lese suld D. 897 lit] rijt D. 898 pat] om. D. sparep] lettes R. to]
for to D. 899 pe] om. R. 900 pan] om. HP pe loue] loue DR. 901 biginne]
gynne DHP 902 late pi] lete D, leue Hi, leeue his R. 903 sone after he
may] he may sonn aftyr D, soon after pou my^t Hi. 904 bipenke] be penke
DR. him on] hym of DR, pe in Hi. 905 pe] a D, pat Hi. 906 godes] pat
D, his Hi. so briht] bry^t so Hi.
1 MS. Inicium sapiencie. 2 MS. A± al alle.
3 Probably read ipilt. See I. 239. 4 MSS. AXA2 have go.
With Fear of God.
For sodeyneliche pu miht be caiht
Initiuin sapientiae,1 timor bointni:
r ' Domini.
fear God, ‘ Drede of god in alle2 ping
Off wisdom is pe biginning ; ’ 884
but not in And many hauen of god drede,
Ac noht for lone of his godhede,
But last peih sholde for here gilt
In-to strong pine ben ipult.s 888
Hit farep bi swiche, i vnderstonde,
As hit dop here bi pe bonde:
as the bonds* Y)e bonde nele noper loude ne stille
Ji)an before . .
his lord. Don noht ajein his lordes wille—- 892
Ac pat nis for lone ne for acord,
pat he hap toward his lord—-
For, if he dede, he wot wel,
He sholde lese of his catel; 896
And ^it hit farep hi man also,
p>at sparep more sinne to [do] 4
Fear the For pe doute of gret piniyzg,
King of han for pe lone of heuen king. 900
so that pt is noht euel so to biginne,
thoumayst For drede of pine to late pi sinne,
catch grace J
For sone after he may kacche grace
To bipenke him on godes face, 904
Hu inurie hit were, to haue pe siht a
Off godes face, pat is so briht!
882 For] Wyrche glide for D. miht be] may be A2R, mayt D, mijt han pyn
HP caiht] endyngis Hi. 884 is J>e] pis is pe first A2. 885 And many hauen
of J And many on tape of DR, Man haue euer HP drede] in drede HP 886
Ac] Bot AoR, And D, For Hi. noht for loue] lesingis of Hi. 887 But] And
Hi. last] lat A2, pat R. peih sholde] pei shullen D, pat pou shalt HP here]
paire D, pi Hi. 888 strong] om. A2. ipult] pute D, plyte Hx, pilt R. 890
As] Also A2. pe] a Hi. 891 nele] wil HiR. noper] neuere A2. 892 noht]
om. H1( oght R. The manuscript ends with 892 in A2. 893 Ac] and D, But
HiR. nis] es DR, nowper HP for] for no DR. ne for] no for no D, ne for
non R. 894 toward] to R. 895 wot] wote ful D, wist hit R. 896 sholde
lese] lese suld D. 897 lit] rijt D. 898 pat] om. D. sparep] lettes R. to]
for to D. 899 pe] om. R. 900 pan] om. HP pe loue] loue DR. 901 biginne]
gynne DHP 902 late pi] lete D, leue Hi, leeue his R. 903 sone after he
may] he may sonn aftyr D, soon after pou my^t Hi. 904 bipenke] be penke
DR. him on] hym of DR, pe in Hi. 905 pe] a D, pat Hi. 906 godes] pat
D, his Hi. so briht] bry^t so Hi.
1 MS. Inicium sapiencie. 2 MS. A± al alle.
3 Probably read ipilt. See I. 239. 4 MSS. AXA2 have go.