Bible (Early Wycliffe)/Eſter - Wikisource, the free online library\nBible (Early Wycliffe)/Eſter\nÞe Prolog in þe Bok of Job\n2383331Wycliffe's Bible — Eſter\n1 A prolog on Þe booc of Eſter\nA prolog on Þe booc of EſterEdit\nHere bigynneþ a prolog on þe booc of Eſter.\nÞe boc of Eſter to be maad vicious of dyuerſe tranſlatoures is knowen, whom I, of þe libraries of Ebrues takende vp, woord bi woord more openli tranſlatide; þe whiche boc þe comun making drawiþ along hider and þider wiþ þe torne draȝtis, addende þoo þingis, þat of tyme myȝten ben ſeid and herd; as it is wont to ſcoleris diſciplines, and a þeme taken, to out þenke what woordis he myȝte vſen, he þat ſuffride wrong, or he þat dide wrong. Ȝee forſoþe, O! Paule and Euſtache, þat onli han ſtudied to gon in to þe libraries of Ebrues, and þe ſtriues of interpretoures han knowen, holdende Eſter an Ebru boc, beholdeþ bi alle þe woordis oure tranſlacioun; þat ȝee moun knowen me no þing alſo to han encreſid addende, but wiþ trewe witneſſing ſimpleli, as it is had in Ebreu, þe Ebru ſtorie to han taken to Latin tunge. Ne we deſiren þe preiſingus of men, ne blamingus wee dreden. Forſoþe wee beſiende to pleſen to God, vtterli wee drede not þe þretis of men; for God ſcatereþ þe bones of hem þat deſiren to pleſen to men, and, after þe apoſtil, þey, þat ſuche men ben, moun not ben þe ſeruauns of Criſt. Ferþermor in þe boc of Eſter wee han maad an abece of red colour vnto þe eiȝþe lettre in diuers placis, willende, þat is, þe order of þe ſeuenti interpretoures bi þeſe þingus to ſhewen a wijs redere; we forſoþe after þe maner han leuere, and in þe making of þe ſeuenti remenoures, to purſue þe order of Ebrues.\nHere endiþ þe prolog of Heſter, and now bigynneþ þe book.\nIn þe daȝes of king Aſſueri, þat regnede fro Jude vnto Eþiope, vp on an hundrid and ſeuene and twenti prouynces, whan he ſat in þe ſee of his regne, Suſa cyte was þe begynnyng of his rewme. Þe þridde þanne ȝer of his empire he made a gret feſte to alle þe princis, and to his moſt ſtrong childre of Perſis, and of Meedis, to þe noble men, and to þe prefectus of prouincis, beforn hym, þat he ſhewe þe richeſſes of þe glorie of his regne, and þe mykilneſſe, and þe boſt of his power myche tyme, an hundrid, þat is, and foure ſcore daȝes. And whan þe daȝes of þe feſte weren ful endid, he bad al þe puple þat is founde in Suſys, fro þe moſte vnto þe leſte; and he comaundede ſeuene daȝes a feſte to be maad redi in þe veſtiarie of þe ȝerd and of þe wode, þat was ſett togidere wiþ þe kingis enournyng and hond. And þer heengen on eche ſide tentis of þe colour of þe eir, and of goldene colour, and of iacinctin, ſuſtened wiþ bijs cordis, and purper, þat weren inſet wiþ yuer cerclis, and þei weren vnderſet wiþ marbil pileeris; alſo goldene ſetis and ſiluerene vp on þe raied pament ſmaragd and pario ſtones weren diſpoſid; þe whiche þing þe peynteur wiþ wonder diuerſete made fair. Forſoþe þei, þat weren biden, drunken of goldene cuppis, and wiþ oþer and oþere veſſelis metis weren broȝt in; win alſo, as it was wrþi for þe kingis grete doing, plente and chef was ſet. And þer was not þat conſtreynede to drinke hem þat wolden not; but ſo þe king hadde ordeyned, befor ſettende ſunder men of his princis to þe bord, þat eche man ſhulde take þat he wolde. Alſo Vaſþi, þe quen, made a feſte of wymmen in þe paleis, wher king Aſſuer was wont to dwelle. And ſo þe ſeuenþe dai, whan he was gladere cherid, and after to myche drinking was chaufid wiþ win, he comaundede to Naumam, and Baracha, and Arbana, and Gabaþa, and Zaraþ, and Abgaþa, and Carþas, ſeuene geldingis, þat in his ſiȝte mynyſtreden, þat þei ſhulden bringen in Vaſþi, þe quen, befor þe king, put vp on hir hed a diademe, þat he ſhewe to alle princis and puplis þe fairneſſe of hir; forſoþe ſhe was ful fair. Þe whiche forſoc, and at þe kings heſte, þat bi þe geldingis he hadde comaundid, ſhe diſpiſide to comen. Wherfore þe king wroþ, and wiþ myche wodneſſe tend, aſkide þe wiſe men, þat of þe kingis maner euermor weren neeȝ to hym, and dide alle þingus bi þe counſeil of hem, kunnende þe lawe and þe riȝtis of more men; forſoþe þe firſte and þe nexte weren Carcena, and Secaba, Admaþa, and Tharſis, and Mares, and Marſana, and Mamucha, ſeuene dukis of Perſis and of Medis, þat ſeȝen þe face of þe king, and firſt after hym weren wont to ſitten; to what ſentence quen Vaſþi ſhulden vnderlyn, þat þe heſte of king Aſſuer, þe whiche bi geldingis he hadde ſent, ſhe wolde not do. And Manucha anſwerde, herende þe king and þe princis, Not onli quen Vaſþi haþ greued þe king, but alle þe princis and puplis, þat ben in alle þe prouyncis of king Aſſuer. Forſoþe þe woord of þe quen ſhal gon out to alle wymmen, þat þei diſpiſe þer huſbondis, and ſeyn, King Aſſuer comaundide, þat Vaſþi, þe quen, ſhulde gon in to hym, and ſhe wolde not. And bi þis exſaumple alle þe wiues of princis of Perſis and of Medis ſhuln diſpiſe þe heſtis of þer huſbondis; wherfore riȝtwis is þe kingis indignacioun. If it pleſe to þee, go þer out a maundement fro þi face, and be it writen after þe lawe of Perſis and of Medis, þe whiche to ouerpaſſen is vnleeful, þat no more Vaſþi go in to þe king, but his reume an oþer, þat is betere þan ſhe, take. And þis be pupliſhid in eche empire of þi prouynce, þat is moſt brod, þat alle wyues, boþe of more and of laſſe, bere to þer huſbondis wrſhipe. And his counſeil pleſide to þe king and to þe princis; and þe king dide after þe counſeil of Manucha, and ſente epiſtelis bi alle prouyncis of his reume, þat eche folc heren and reden myȝte, wiþ diuerſe tungis and lettris, men to be princis and more men in þer houſis; and þat bi alle puplis to be puppliſht.\nAnd ſo þeſe þingus don, after þat þe indignacioun of king Aſſuer fro feruour hadde paſſid, he recordide of Vaſþi, and what ſhe hadde do, and what ſhe hadde ſuffrid. And þe childer and his mynyſtris ſeiden to þe king, Be þer ſoȝt to þe king child wymmen, maidenes and faire; and be þer ſent, þat beholden bi alle prouyncis faire child wymmen and maidenes; and bringe þei hem to Suſa cite, and take þei in to þe hous of wymmen, vnder þe hond of Egei, gelding, þat is prouoſt and kepere of þe kingus wymmen; and take þei wymmenus ournemens, and oþere þingus to vſe neceſſarie. And who euere among alle to þe eȝen of þe king ſhal pleſe, ſhe regne for Vaſþi. Þe woord pleſide to þe king; and ſo as þei hadden moued, he comaundide to be do. Þer was forſoþe a Jew man in þe cite of Suſis, Mardoche bi name, þe ſone of Jair, ſone of Semei, ſone of Cis, of þe linage of Gemyny; þat was tranſlatid fro Jeruſalem þat time þat Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, hadde tranſlatid Jeconye, þe king of Juda; þe whiche was þe nurſe of þe doȝter of his broþer, Ediſſe, þat bi an oþer name was clepid Eſter, and eiþer fader and moder hadde laft, ful myche fair, and ſemeli in face; and hir fader and moder dead, Mardoche clepid hir to hym in to doȝter. And whanne þe maundement of þe king more wex knowen, and after his heſte manye faire maidenes were broȝt to Suſem, and to Egeo, gelding, wer taken, Eſter alſo among oþere child maidenes is take to hym, þat ſhe wer kept in þe noumbre of wymmen. Þe whiche pleſide to hym, and fond grace in his ſiȝte, þat he ſhulde heȝen þe wymmen enournyng, and ȝeue to hir hir partis and ſeuene moſt faire child wymmen of þe hous of þe king; and boþe hir and hir dameſelis ſhe ſhulde enournen and araȝen. Þe whiche wolde not to hym ſhewe þe puple and hir kuntre; forſoþe Mardoche hadde comaundid to hir, þat of þis þing vtterli ſhe ſhulde holde hir pes. Þe whiche wente eche dai befor þe veſtiarie of þe hous, in þe whiche choſene maidenes weren kept, doende cure of þe helþe of Eſter, and willende to witen, what to hir ſhulde falle. And whan tyme was comen of alle þe child wymmen by order, þat þei ſhulden gon in to þe king, alle þingus fulfild þat to wymmenys enournyng pertende, þe twelfþe moneþ was turned ouer; ſo onli þat ſixe moneþis þei ſhulde ben enoynt wiþ myrtine oile, and oþere ſixe þei ſhulden vſe maner pimentis and ſwote ſpice. And goende in to þe king, whateuere þei hadden aſkid pertenende to ournyng, þei token; and, as it to þem hadde pleſid, enourned, of þe chaumbre of wymmen to þe kingus priue chaumbre wenten. And ſhe þat cam in at euen, wente oute at morn; and þennes in to þe ſecounde houſis weren broȝt, þat weren vnder þe hond of gelding Zagazi, þat ſtod before to þe ſecoundarie wyues of þe king; and ſhe hadde no power of turnyng aȝeen more to þe king, but if þe king wolde, and hir hadde comaundid to come bi name. Forſoþe þe tyme turned ouer bi order, þe dai ſtood, in þat Eſter, þe doȝter of Abihael, broþer of Mardoche, whom to hym he hadde clepid in to doȝter, ſhulde gon in to þe king; þe whiche ſoȝte not wymmenes enournyng, but whateuere þing wolde Egee, gelding, þe kepere of maidenes, þoo þingis to hir to enournyng he ȝaf; forſoþe ſhe was ful ſemeli, and wiþ vntrouable fairneſſe, and to þe eȝen of alle men gracious and looueſum was ſeen. And ſo ſhe is lad to þe priue chaumbre of king Aſſuer, þe tenþe moneþ, þat is clepid Thebeþ, þat is, Januer, þe ſeuenþe ȝer of his regne. And þe king loouede hir more þan alle þe wymmen, and ſhe hadde grace and mercy befor hym ouer alle þe wymmen; and he putte þe diademe of þe reume vp on hir hed, and he made her to regnen in þe ſtede of Vaſþi. And he comaundide a ful glorious feſte to be maad redi to alle þe princis and to his ſeruauns, for þe coupling and þe bridalis of Eſter; and he ȝaf reſte to alle prouyncis, and grauntide large ȝiftis aftir principal gret doing. And whan þe ſeconde maidenes weren ſoȝt, and gedered togidere, Mardoche dwelte at þe kingis ȝate. And ȝit not Eſter hadde told out þe kuntre and hir puple, after þe heſte of hym; what euere þing forſoþe he comaundide, Eſter kepte wel, and ſo alle þingus ſhe dide, as ſhe was wont þat tyme, þat he nurſhide hir a litil child. Þat time þanne þat Mardoche at þe kingus ȝate dwelte, ben wroþe Bagaþan and Thares, two geldingis of þe king, þat weren porteres, and in þe firſte entre of þe paleis dwelten; and wolden aȝen riſen in to þe king, and ſlen hym. Þe whiche þing was not vnknowen to Mardoche, and anoon he tolde to quen Eſter, and ſhe to þe king, of name of Mardoche, þat to hir þe þing hadde told. It is ſoȝt, and is founde, and eiþer of hem is hangid in þe iebet; and it is comaundid to þe ſtories, and taken to þe bokis of ȝeris deedis, befor þe king.\nAftir þeſe þingus king Aſſuer enhauncide Aaman, þe ſone of Amadaþi, þat was of þe linage of Agag, and putte his ſete ouer alle þe princis þat he hadde. And alle þe ſeruauns of þe king, þat wiþinne þe paleis ȝatis dwelten, boweden kne, and honoureden Aaman; ſo forſoþe þe emperour hadde comaundid to hem; onli Mardoche bowede not kne, ne honourede hym. To whom ſeiden þe childer of þe king, þat to þe ȝatis of þe paleys ſeten before, Whi beſide oþer men þou kepiſt not þe heſtis of þe king? Whan þeſe þingus more often þei ſeiden, and he wolde not heren, þei tolden to Aman, coueitende to witen, wheþer he wolde ſtonde ſtedefaſt in þe ſentence; forſoþe he hadde ſeid to þem, hym to ben a Jew. Þe whiche þing whan Aman hadde herd, and bi experience proued, þat Mardoche bowide not kne to hym, ne honourede, he is wroþ ful gretli, and for noȝt tolde in to Mardoche on to putte hondis; forſoþe he hadde herd, þat he was of Jew kinrede, and more wolde leeſen al þe nacioun of Jewis, þat weren in þe reume of Aſſuer. Þe firſte moneþ, whos name is Nyſan, þe twelfþe ȝer of þe regne of Aſſuer, lot is leid in to a veſſel, þat Ebruli is ſeid fur, beforn Aman, what dai and what moneþ þe folc of Jewis ſhulde be ſlayn; and þe twelfþe moneþ wente out, þat is clepid Adar. And Aman ſeide to king Aſſuer, Þer is a puple bi alle þe prouyncis of þi reume ſcaterid, and fro þemſelf togidere ſeuered, newe vſende lawis and cerimoynes, ferþermor and þe ſtatutis of þe king diſpiſende; and beſt þou haſt knowen, þat it ſpedeþ not to þi reume, þat ouercuſtomed it waxe proud bi leeue. If to þee it pleſe, deme þat it perſhe, and ten þouſend of talentis I ſhal lei to treſories of þi richeſſe. Þanne þe king toc of his hond þe ring þat he vſide, and ȝaf it to þe enemys of Jewys, Aman, ſone of Amadaþi, of þe kinrede of Agag. And he ſeide to hym, Þe ſiluer þat þou behotiſt, be þin; of þe puple do þat to þee pleſiþ. And þe ſcribis of þe king ben clepid þe firſte moneþ of Nyſan, þe þrettenþe dai of þe ſame moneþ; and it is writen, as Aman hadde comaundid, to alle þe ſatrapis of þe king, and domyſmen of dyuerſe prouyncis and folkis, þat alle folc myȝten rede and heren, for þe diuerſite of tungis, of þe name of king Aſſuer. And þe lettris ſelid wiþ his ring ben ſent bi þe corouris of þe king to alle his prouyncis, þat þei ſhulde ſlen and don awei alle þe Jewis, fro child vn to old man, litle childer and wymmen, o dai, þat is, þe þrettenþe dai of þe twelfþe moneþ, þat is clepid Adar, þat is, March; and þer goodis þei ſhulden forfeten. Þe ſentence forſoþe of þe epiſtelis was þis, þat alle prouyncis ſhulden knowe, and go þemſelf to þe forſeide dai. And þei, þat weren ſent, heeȝeden to fulfillen out þe heſte of þe king; and anoon in Suſis heeng þe maundement fro þe king, and Aman ſolempneli makende a feſte, and alle þe Jewis, þat in þe cite weren, wepende.\nThe whiche þingis whan Mardocheus hadde herd, he cutte his cloþis, and is clad wiþ a ſac, ſprengende aſkis to his hed, and in þe ſtrete of þe myddil cite wiþ gret vois criede, ſhewende þe bitterneſſe of his inwit, and wiþ þis weping vnto þe ȝatis of þe paleis goende; forſoþe it was not leful a man clad wiþ a ſac to entre þe kingis halle. Alſo in alle prouyncis, burȝ townes, and placis, to þe whiche þe cruel bidding of þe king hadde ful comyn, gret weiling was anentis þe Jewis faſtende, and ȝellende, and wepende, manye men vſende for bed ſac and aſkis. Forſoþe þe childer wymmen of Eſter, and þe geldingus, wenten in, and tolden to hir; þe whiche herende is ſtoneid, and ſente a cloþ, þat þe ſac don awei, he ſhulde cloþin hym; þe whiche taken he wolde not. And Aþac, gelding, clepid, whom þe king hadde ȝiue to hir ſeruaunt, ſhe comaundide, þat he ſhulde go to Mardoche, and lernen of hym, whi þat þing he dide. And Aþac gon out, wente to Mardoche ſtondende in þe ſtrete of þe cyte, beforn þe dore of þe paleis; þe whiche ſhewide to hym alle þingus þat hadden falle, hou Aman hadde behoten, þat he ſhulde bringe ſiluer in to þe treſories of þe king for þe Jewis deþ. Alſo þe ſaumple of þe maundement, þat heeng in Suſis, he ȝaf to hym, þat to þe quen he ſhulde ſhewen, and warnen hir, þat ſhe go in to þe king, and preȝe hym for hir puple. And Aþac, gon out, tolde Eſter alle þingus, þat Mardoche hadde ſeid. Þe whiche anſwerde to hym, and ſeide, þat he ſhulde ſey to Mardoche, Alle þe ſeruauns of þe king, and alle prouyncis þat ben vnder his comaunding, knowen, þat ouþer man or womman not clepid entre þe innermor porche of þe king, wiþoute aȝeen cleping anoon he be ſlain, but if perauenture þe king þe goldene ȝerde to hym ſtrecche for ſigne of mercy, and ſo he may lyuen; I þanne what maner ſhal moun entre to þe king, þat now þretti daȝis am not clepid to hym? Þe whiche þing whan Mardoche hadde herd, eft he ſente to Eſter, ſeiende, Ne wene þou, þat þi lif onli þou deliuere, for in þe hous of þe king þou art, for alle Jewis; if þou holde þi pes, bi an oþer ocaſioun þe Jewis ſhul be deliuered, and þou and þe hous of þi fader ſhul perſhen; and who knew, wheþer þerfore to þe reume þou came, þat in ſuch a time þou ſhuldeſt be redi? And eft Eſter þeſe woordis ſente to Mardoche, Go, and gedere alle þe Jewis, þat in Suſis þou findiſt, and preȝeþ for me; ne eteþ, ne drinkiþ þre daȝes and þre nyȝt, and I wiþ myn hond wymmen lic maner ſhal faſten; and þanne not clepid I ſhal gon in to þe king, aȝen þe lawe doende, takende me to deþ and to perile. And ſo Mardoche wente, and dide alle þingus, þat Eſter hadde comaundid to hym.\nForſoþe þe þridde dai Eſter was clad wiþ kingus cloþis, and ſtod in þe porche of þe kingus hous, þat was wiþinne forþ aȝen þe kingis hous; and he ſat vp on his ſee, in þe conſtorie of þe paleis, aȝen þe dore of þe hous. And whan he hadde ſeen Eſter, þe quen, ſtondende, ſhe pleſide to his eȝen, and he ſtraȝte out aȝen hir a goldene ȝerde, þat he heeld wiþ hond; þe whiche neȝhende kiſte þe ouermor of his ȝerde. And þe kyng ſeide to hir, What wilt þou, quen Eſter? what is þin aſking? Alſo if þe half part of þe reume þou aſke, it ſhal ben ȝiue to þee. And ſhe anſwerde, If to þe king it pleſe, I beſeche, þat þou come to me to dai, and Aman wiþ þee, to þe feſte, þat I haue greiþid. And anoon þe king, Clepeþ, he ſeiþ, Aman anon, þat he obeſhe to þe wil of Eſter. And ſo þe king and Aman camen to þe feſte, þat þe quen hadde maad redi to hem. And þe king ſeide to hir, after þat he hadde drunke win plenteuouſly; What aſkiſt þou, þat be ȝiue to þee, and for what þing preȝiſt þou? Alſo if þe half part of my reume þou aſke, þou ſhalt gete. To whom anſwerde Eſter, Myn aſking and my preȝeeris ben þeſe. If I haue founde grace in þe ſiȝte of þe king, and if to þe king it pleſe, þat he ȝiue to me þat I preȝe fore, and fulfille myn aſking, come þe king and Aman to þe feſte, þat I haue maad redi to hem; and to morn I ſhal opene to þe king my wil. And ſo Aman wente out þat dai glad and merie. And whan he hadde ſeen Mardoche ſittende at þe ȝatis of þe paleis, and not onli not to han riſe to hym, but ne moued forſoþe of þe place of his ſitting, he endeynede gretli; and þe wraþe feyned, turnede aȝeen in to his hous, clepide to gidere to hym frendis, and Sares, his wif, and expounede to hem þe mychilneſſe of his richeſſis, and þe cumpanye of ſones, and wiþ hou myche glorie vp on alle þe princis and his ſeruauns þe king hym hadde rerid. And after þeſe þingus he ſeiþ, Þe quen alſo Eſter noon oþer man clepeþ wiþ þe king to þe feſte, ſaue me, anent whom alſo to morn wiþ þe king I am to ete. And whan alle þeſe þingus I haue, no þing I wene me to han, as longe as I ſee Mardoche, Jeu, ſittende at þe kingis ȝatis. And Sares, his wif, and oþere frendis anſwerden, Comaunde to ben maad redi an heiȝ bem, hauende of heiȝte fifti cubitis; and ſei erli to þe king, þat Mardoche be hangid vp on it; and ſo þou ſhalt go wiþ þe king glad to þe feſte. And þe counſeil pleſide, and he comaundide to be maad redi an heiȝ cros.\nThat nyȝt þe king ladde wiþoute ſlep, and he comaundide to be broȝt to hym ſtories, and þe bokis of ȝeris deedis of raþere times. Þe whiche þingus whan, hym preſent, weren rad, it is come to þat place, wher was write, hou Mardoche hadde told þe aſpies of Gabaþan and Thares, geldingis, coueitende to ſle king Aſſuer. Þe whiche þing whan þe king hadde herd, he ſeiþ, What for þis feiþ of wrſhipe or of mede Mardoche haþ goten? And his ſeruans and myneſtres ſeiden to hym, No þing of mede vtterli he toc. And anoon þe king, Who is, he ſeiþ, in þe porche? Aman forſoþe wente in þe innere porche of þe kingus hous, þat he make ſuggeſtioun to þe king, þat he comaunde Mardoche to be ficchid on þe iebet, þat to hym was maad redi beforn. And þe childer anſwerden, Aman ſtant in þe porche. And þe king ſeide, Come he in. And whan he was comyn, he ſeide to hym, What owiþ to be do to þe man, whom þe king deſireþ to honouren? Aman þenkende in his herte, and trowende, þat noon oþer man but hym þe king wolde honouren, anſwerde, Þe man, whom þe king coueitiþ to honouren, owiþ to be clad wiþ kingus cloþis, and to be put vpon an hors þat is of þe kingus ſadil, and to take þe kingus diademe vp on his hed; and þe firſte of þe kingus princis and knyȝtis holde his hors, and bi þe ſtretis of þe cite goende, crie he, and ſeie, Þus ſhal ben honoured, whom euere þe king wile honoure. And ſo þe king ſeide to hym, Heeȝe, and, þe ſtole taken and an hors, do, as þou haſt ſpoke, to Mardoche, Jew, þat ſit befor þe ȝatis of þe paleis; bewar, leſt any þing of þo, þat þou haſt ſpoken, þou leue of. And ſo Aman toc a ſtole and an hors, and Mardoche clad in þe ſtrete of þe cite, and ſet vp on þe hors, wente beforn, and criede, Þis wrſhipe he is wrþi, whom euere þe king wile honoure. And Mardoche is turned aȝeen to þe ȝate of þe paleys, and Aman heeȝede to gon in to his hous, weilende, and þe hed couered. And he tolde to Sari, his wif, and to frendis, alle þingus þat hadden falle to hym. To whom anſwerden þe wiſe men, whom he hadde in counſeil, and his wif, If of þe ſed of Jewis is Mardoche, befor whom þou begunne to fallen, þou ſhalt not moun wiþſtonde to hym, but þou ſhalt falle in his ſiȝt. Ȝit hem ſpekende, þe geldingis of þe king camen, and anon hym to þe feſte, þat þe quen hadde maad redi, þei conſtreyneden to gon.\nAnd ſo þe king cam in and Aman to þe feſte, þat þei ſhulde drinke wiþ þe quen. And þe king ſeide to hir alſo in þe ſeconde day, aftir þat he was chaufid wiþ wyn, What is þin aſking, Eſter, þat it be ȝiue to þee, and what wilt þou to be do? Alſo if þe half part of my reume þou aſke, þou ſhalt gete. To whom ſhe anſwerd, If I haue founde grace in þin eȝen, O! king, and if to þee it pleſe, ȝif to me my lif, for þe whiche I preȝe, and my puple, for þe whiche I beſeche. Forſoþe wee ben taken, I and my puple, þat wee be totreden, ſlain, and perſhen; and wolde God in to þrallis and þralleſſis wee were ſold, and it were tolerable euel, and weilende I ſhulde holden my pes; now forſoþe oure enemy is, whos cruelte reboundeþ in to þe king. And king Aſſuer anſwerende ſeiþ, Who is he þis, and of what power, þat þeſe þingus he be hardi to do? And Eſter ſeide, Enemy and oure werſte enemy is þis Aman. Þe whiche þing he herende anoon ſtoneȝede, not ſuffrende to bern þe chere of þe king and of þe quen. Forſoþe þe king ros wroþ, and fro þe place of þe feſte wente in to a ȝerd ſet wiþ trees. Alſo Aman ros for to preȝen Eſter, þe quen, for his lif; forſoþe he vnderſtod euel maad redi to hym of þe king. Þe whiche whan was comen aȝeen fro þe ȝerd ſet wiþ wodis, and he hadde comyn in to þe place of þe feſte, he fond Aman vpon þe bed to han fallen doun, in þe whiche lai Eſter; and ſeiþ, Alſo þe quen he wile opreſſe, me preſent, in myn hous. Ne ȝit þe woord of þe kingus mouþ hadde gon out, and anon couereden his face þe ſeruauns of þe king. And Arbona, oon of þe geldingus þat ſtoden in þe ſeruyſe of þe king, ſeide, Lo! þe tree þat he hadde maad redi to Mardoche, þat ſpac for þe king, ſtant in þe hous of Aman, hauende of heiȝte fifti cubitis. To whom ſeide þe king, Hangeþ hym in it. And ſo Aman is hangid in þe iebet, þat he hadde maad redi to Mardoche, and þe kingis wraþe reſtide.\nThat dai king Aſſuer ȝaf to Eſter, þe quen, þe hous of Aman, aduerſarie of Jewis. And Mardoche wente in befor þe face of þe king; Eſter forſoþe knoulechide to hym, þat he was hir em. And ſo þe king toc þe ring, þe whiche of Aman he hadde comaundid to be reſceiued, and toc to Mardoche. Eſter forſoþe ſette Mardoche vp on hir hous. Ne wiþ þeſe þingus paȝed, ſhe fel doun at þe feet of þe king, and wepte, and ſpac to hym, and preȝede, þat þe malice of Aman Agachite, and his werſte caſtis, þat he hadde þoȝt out aȝen þe Jewis, he comaunde to be maad voide. And he of maner þe kingus goldene ſeptre ſtrauȝte out wiþ þe hond, wiþ þe whiche a tocne of þe kingys mercy was ſhewid. And ſo ſhe riſende ſtod before hym, and ſeiþ, If it pleſe to þe king, and if I haue founde grace in his eȝen, and my preȝeere be not ſeen to ben contrarie to hym, I beſeche, þat wiþ newe epiſtelis þe olde lettris of Aman, ſpiere and enemye of Jewis, wiþ þe whiche he hadde comaundid þem to perſhen in alle þe kingus prouyncis, be mendid; hou forſoþe ſhal I moun ſuffre þe deþ and þe ſlaȝter of my puple? And king Aſſuer anſwerde to Eſter, þe quen, and to Mardoche, Jew, Þe hous of Aman I haue grauntid to Eſter, þe quen, and hym I haue comaundid to be ficchid on þe cros, for he was hardi to putte hond in to þe Jewis. Þanne writeþ to þe Jewis, as it pleſiþ to ȝou, in þe kingus name, ſelende þe lettris wiþ my ring. Forſoþe þis was þe cuſtum, þat to þe epiſtolis, þe whiche of þe kingus name weren ſent, and weren ſelid wiþ his ring, no man ſhulde ben hardi to wiþſeyn. And þe ſcribis and þe librarijs of þe king clepid; forſoþe time was of þe þridde moneþ, þat is clepid Ciban, þat is, June, þe þre and twentiþe dai of it; ben write þe epiſtolis, as Mardoche wolde, to þe Jewis, and to þe princis, and procuratoures, and iugis, þat in an hundrid and ſeuene and twenti prouyncis, fro Ynde vnto Eþiope, befor ſeten, to prouynce and prouynce, to puple and puple, aftir tungis and þer lettris, and to þe Jewis, þat þei myȝte reden and heren. And þo epiſtolis, þat in þe kingus name wer ſent, wiþ his ring ben ſelid, and ſent bi meſſageris, þat bi alle þe prouyncis rennende ſhulde come before þe olde lettris wiþ þe newe meſſageris. To whom þe king comaundide, þat þei ſhulden gadere togidere þe Jewis bi alle þe cites, and þei ſhulden comaunden in oon to be gedered, þat þei ſtonde for þer liues; and alle þeir enemys, wiþ þer wiues and fre childer, and alle þer houſis, þei ſhulden ſlen, and don awei. And þer is ſet bi alle prouyncis o dai of veniaunce, þat is, þe þrettenþe dai of Adar, þe twelfþe moneþ. And þe ſhorte ſentence of þe epiſtil was þis, þat in alle londis and puplis, þe whiche vnderleȝen to þe empire of king Aſſuer, it ſhulde be maad knowen, Jewis to be redi to be take veniaunce of þer enemys. And þer wenten out meſſageris, berende beforn meſſagis; and þe maundement of þe king heng in Suſis. Mardoche forſoþe of þe paleis and of þe ſiȝte of þe king goende out, ſchynede in kingis cloþis, iacinctine, þat is, and of eir colour, berende a goldene coroun in þe hed, and wrappid wiþ a ſilkene pal and purper; and al þe cite ful out ioȝede, and is glad. Forſoþe to þe Jewis is ſeen to ben ſprungen a newe liȝt, ioȝe, wrſhiping, and dauncing, anentis alle puplis, cites, and alle prouyncis, whider euere þe kingus maundemens camen, merueilouſe out ioȝingis, metys plenteuous, and feſtis, and feſte daȝes, in ſo myche, þat manye of þe toþer folc and ſect to þer religioun and cerimoynes weren ioyned; gret forſoþe drede of Jewis name alle men hadde aſalid.\nThanne of þe twelfþe moneþ, whom Adar to be clepid now beforn wee ſeiden, þe þrettenþe day, whanne to alle þe Jewis ſlaȝter was greiþid, and enemys waiteden to þe blod of hem, þe while turned, þe Jewis begunne to ben ouer heiȝere, and hem of þe aduerſaries to venge. And þer ben gedered bi alle cites, burȝ tounys, and placis, þat þei ſhulde ſtrecchen out hond aȝen enemys and þer purſueris; and no man was hardi to wiþſtonde, for þi þat þe fer of þe gretneſſe of hem alle puplis hadde perſid. For and of prouyncis þe iugis, dukis, and procuratoures, and al dignete, þat to alle placis and werkis weren beforn, ful out enhauncide þe Jewis, for drede of Mardoche, whom to be prince of þe paleis and of myche power þei knewen; alſo þe fame of his name wex eche dai, and bi þe mouþis of alle men ofte fleiȝ. And ſo þe Jewis ſmyten þer enemys wiþ a gret veniaunce, and ſlowen hem, ȝeldende to hem þat þei to þem hadden maad redi to do, in ſo miche, þat alſo in Suſis fiue hundrid men þei ſlowen, wiþ oute þe ten ſonys of Aman Agagite, enemy of þe Jewis, of whom þeſe ben þe namys; Faſondaþa, Delfon, and Esfata, and Forata, and Dalia, and Aridaþa, and Efermeſta, and Ariſai, and Aridai, and Vaiſaþa. Whom whan þei hadde ſlain, þei wolden not purſue praies of þe ſubſtauncis of hem. And anon þe noumbre of hem, þat weren ſlain in Suſis, is told to þe king. Þe whiche ſeide to þe quen, In þe cite of Suſis þe Jewis ſlowen fiue hundrid men, and oþere ten ſones of Aman; hou myche ſlaȝter weneſt þou þem to enhaunten in alle prouyncis? what more aſkiſt þou? and what wilt þou, þat I comaunde to be don? To whom ſhe anſuerde, If to þe king it pleſe, be þer ȝiue power to þe Jewis, þat as þei diden to day in Suſis, ſo and do þei to morn, and þe ten ſones of Aman be þei hangid in iebetis. And þe king comaundide, þat ſo it ſhulde be do; and anon in Suſis heeng a maundement, and þe ten ſonus of Aman ben hangid. Þe Jewis gederede togidere, þe fourtenþe dai of þe monyþ of Adar, and þer be ſlain in Suſis þre hundrid men, ne þer ſubſtaunce fro þem is raueſhid awei. But and bi alle þe prouyncis, þat vnder leȝen to þe maundement of þe king, þe Jewis ſtoden for þer liues, þe enemys ſlain and þer purſueris, in ſo miche, þat fiue and ſeuenti þouſend of ſlaine men weren fulfild, and no man of þer ſubſtaunce any þing touchide. Forſoþe þe þrettenþe dai of þe monyþ Adar was of o ſlaȝter anentis alle, and þe fourtenþe dai þei lafte to ſlen; whom þei ordeyneden to be ſolempne, þat in þat time eche ȝer þerafter þei ſhulden voiden to plenteuous metis, and to ioȝe, and to feſtis. And þeſe, þat in þe cite of Suſys hadden hauntid þe ſlaȝter, þe þrettenþe and þe fourtenþe dai of þe ſame moneþ ben ocupied in þe ſlaȝter. Þe fiftenþe forſoþe dai þei laften to ſmyte; and þerfore þe ſame dai þei ordeyneden ſolempne of plenteuous metis and of gladneſſe. Þeſe forſoþe Jewis, þat in burȝ tounys not wallid and tounes duelten, þe fourtenþe daie of þe moneþ of Adar, of feſtis, and of ioȝe demeden, ſo þat þei ful out gladen in it, and ſenden to hemſelf togidere partis of plentes and of metis. And ſo Mardoche wrot alle þeſe þingus, and comprehendid in lettris ſente to þe Jewis, þat in alle þe prouyncis of þe king dwelten, boþe in neeȝh ſet and afer, þat þe fourtenþe and þe fiftenþe dai of þe moneþ of Adar þei ſhulden take for feſtis, and euermor, þe ȝer turnende aȝeen, wiþ ſolempne wrſhipe þei ſhulden halewe; for in þo daȝis þe Jewis vengide þem of þer enemys, and weiling and ſorewe in to ioȝe and gladneſſe ben turned; and þeſe daȝes ſhulde ben daȝes of plenteuous metis, and of gladneſſe, and þei ſhulden ſende to þemſelf partis togidere of þe metis, and to pore men þei ſhulden graunt litle ȝiftis. Forſoþe þe Jewis token in to a ſolempne cuſtum alle þingus, þat þei hadde begunne þat time to do, and þat Mardoche in lettris hadde ſent to be do. Aman forſoþe, þe ſone of Amadaþi, ſtoc of Agag, enemy and aduerſarie of Jewis, þoȝte aȝen hem euel, þat he ſhulde ſle þem and don awei, and leide fur, þat in oure tunge is turned in to lot. And afterward Eſter wente in to þe king, beſechende, þat his ententis wiþ þe lettris of þe king ſhulden be maad voide, and þe euel, þat aȝen Jewis he hadde þoȝt, ſhulde be turned aȝeen in to his hed. Afterward and hym and his ſonus þei ficcheden to þe cros. And fro þat time þeſe daȝis be clepid Furim, þat is, of lotis, forþi þat fur, þat is, lot, in to a pot was put; and alle þingus þat ben don ben contened in þe volume of þe epiſtil, þat is, of þis boc; alle þingus þat þei ſuffreden, and þat þer after ben chaungid, Jewis and þer ſed token vp on hem, and vp on alle þat wolden to þer religioun be couplid, þat to no man it be leful þeſe two daȝes wiþ oute ſolempnete to ouerpaſſe, whom ſcripture witneſſeþ, and oþere tymes aſken, þe ȝeres to þemſelf continueli comende aftir oþer. Þeſe ben þe daȝis, whom neuer any forȝeting ſhal don awei, and bi ſunder ieneraciouns alle prouyncis, þat in alle þe world ben, ſhuln halewen; ne þer is any cite, in þe whiche daȝis of Furim, þat is, of lotis, be not kept of þe Jewis, and of þer progenye, þat wiþ þeſe cerimoynes is obliſht. And Eſter, quen, þe doȝtir of Abihael, and Mardoche, Jeu, writen alſo þe ſecounde epiſtil, þat wiþ alle beſyneſſe þis dai ſolempneli ſhulde ben halewid þer afterward. And þei ſente to þe Jewis, þat in an hundrid and ſeuene and twenti prouyncis of king Aſſuer dwelten, þat þei ſhulden han pes, and reſceyue treuþe, kepende wel þe daȝes of lotis, and in þer tyme wiþ ioȝe ſhulden halewe; as hadden ordeyned Mardoche and Eſter, þei to be kept hadden taken, of hemſelf and of þer ſed, faſtingis, and clamoures, and daȝes of lotis, and alle þingus þat ben contened in þe ſtorie of þis boc, þat is clepid Eſter.\nKing forſoþe Aſſuer al þe lond and alle þe ilis of þe ſe made tributaries; whos ſtrengþe and empire and dignete and heiȝneſſe, þat he enhauncide Mardoche in, ben writen in þe bokis of Medis and of Perſis; and hou Mardoche of Jeu kinrede were þe ſecounde fro king Aſſuer, and gret anentis þe Jewis, and acceptable to þe folc of þer breþern, ſechende goodis to his puple, and ſpekende þo þingus, þat to þe pes of his ſed ſhulden pertene.\nÞe whiche ben had in Ebru in pleyn feiþ I expreſſede; þeſe þingus forſoþe, þat folewen, I fond write in þe comun making, þe whiche in Grekis tunge and lettris ben contened; and eft after þe ende of þe boc þis chapitre was ſeid, þat after oure conſuetude wiþ obelo, þat is, wiþ a ſtric, wee han befor notid.\nAnd Mardoche ſeide, Of God þeſe þingus ben don. I am recordid of a ſweuene, þat I ſaȝ, magnefiende þeſe ſame þingus, ne of þo any þing was voide. A litil welle, þat grew in to a flod, and in to liȝt and ſunne is turned, and in to manye watris reboundide, is Eſter, þat þe king toc wif, and wolde to be quen. Two forſoþe dragounes, I am and Aman; þe folc þat camen togidere, þeſe ben, þat enforceden to don awei þe name of Jewis. Forſoþe my folc is Irael, þat criede to þe Lord; and þe Lord made ſaaf his puple, and deliuerede vs fro alle euelis, and made grete ſignes and wondris among þe Jentilis; and comaundide two lotis to ben, oon of þe puple of God, and an oþer of alle Jentilis. And eiþer lot cam in to þe ſet dai befor God now fro þat time to alle Jentilis. And þe Lord recordide of his puple, and rewide of his eritage. And þeſe daȝes ſhul be kept in þe moneþ of Adar, þe fourtenþe and þe fiftenþe dai of þe ſame moneþ, wiþ alle biſyneſſe and ioȝe of þe puple gedered in to o cumpanye, in to alle þer aftirward ieneraciouns of þe puple of Irael.\nThe ferþe ȝer, regnende Pþolome and Cleopatra, Doſiþeus, þat a preſt and of Leuy kinrede ſeide hymſelf to be, and Pþolome, his ſone, broȝten þis epiſtil of furim, þe whiche þei ſeiden, Silimacum, þe ſone of Pþolome, in Jeruſalem to han remened. Þis forſoþe was þe begynnyng in þe comun tranſlacioun, þat nouþer in Ebru, ne anent any of þe remenours is told. Þe ſecounde ȝer, regnyng Artaxerſe þe moſte, þe firſte dai of þe moneþ Nyſan, Mardoche, þe ſone of Jari, ſone of Semei, ſone of Cis, of þe linage of Beniamyn, a man Jeu, þat dwelte in þe cite of Suſis, a gret man, and among þe firſte of þe kingus halle, ſaȝ a ſweuene. Forſoþe he was of þe noumbre of caityues, whom Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, hadde tranſlatid fro Jeruſalem wiþ Jeconye, king of Jude. And þis was his ſweuene. Þere ſemeden voiſis, and noiſis, and þundris, and erþe quaues, and diſturbing vp on þe erþe. And lo! two grete dragounes, redi aȝen hemſelf in to bataile; at whos cri alle naciouns ben ſtirid togidere, þat þei fiȝte aȝen þe folc off riȝtwis men. And þat dai was of dercneſſis, and of perile, of tribulacioun, and of anguyſh, and gret fer vp on erþe. And diſturbid is þe folc of riȝtwis men, dredende þer euelis, and maad redi to þe deþ. Þei crieden to God; and hem criende out, a litle welle wex in to þe moſte flod, and in to manye watris redundede. Liȝt and þe ſunne is ſprungen; and meke men ben enhauncid, and þei deuoureden þe gloriouſe. Þe whiche þing whan Mardoche hadde ſeen, and riſen of þe bed, he þoȝte, what God wolde do, and ficchid he hadde in þe inwit, coueitende to wite, what þe ſueuene ſhulde betocne.\nForſoþe he dwelte þat time in þe halle of þe king, wiþ Bagaþa and Thara, geldingus of þe king, þat porteris weren of þe paleis. And whan he hadde vnderſtonde þe þoȝtis of hem, and þe beſyneſſis mor diligentli hadde ſeen before, he lernede þat þei enforciden to putten hond in to king Artaxerſen, and tolde vp on it to þe king. Þe which, of eiþer queſtioun had confeſſid, he comaundede to ben had to deþ. Þe king forſoþe þat was don, wrot in librarijes, but and Mardoche þe mynde of þe þing toc to lettris. And þe king comaundide to hym, þat in þe halle of þe paleis he ſhulde duelle, ȝiftis ȝiue to hym for þe telling. Aman forſoþe, þe ſone of Amadaþy, gelding, was moſt glorious befor þe king, and wolde noȝen to Mardoche, and his puple, for þe two geldingus of þe king þat weren ſlain.\nHider to þe prohemy; þoo þingus, þat folewen, in þat place weren put, wher is write in þe volume, And þei waſteden þe goodis or þer ſubſtauncis; þe whiche onli in þe comun tranſlacioun we han founden.\nOf þe epiſtil forſoþe þis was þe ſaumpler. Þe moſte king Artaxerſes, fro Ynde vnto Eþiope, of an hundrid and ſeuene and twenti prouyncis, to princis and dukis, þat to his empire ben ſoget, greting ſeiþ. Whan to manye folkis I ſhulde comaunden, and al þe world hadde ſogetid to my comaunding, I wolde not þe mykilneſſe of my power myſuſen, but wiþ mercy and ſofteneſſe gouerne þe ſogetis, þat, wiþ oute any drede ouerpaſſende þe lif in ſilence, þei ſhulden vſe þe pes deſirid to alle deadli men. Me forſoþe ſechende of my counſeileris, hou þat myȝte be fulfild, oon, þat in wiſdam and feiþ oþere men paſſide, and was after þe king þe ſeconde, Aaman bi name, tolde to me in al þe world of londis to ben a puple ſcaterid, þat newe ſhulde vſen lawis, and, aȝen þe cuſtum of alle Jentilis doende, þe heſtis of þe kingis diſpiſe, and þe oon acord of diuerſe naciouns wiþ þer deſcencioun defoule. Þe whiche þing whan we hadden lerned, ſeande o folc rebel aȝen alle kinde of men to vſe ſhreude lawis, and to oure heſtis to gon aȝen, and to diſturbe þe pes and þe acord of þe prouyncis ſoget to vs, wee comaundeden, þat who ſo euere Aman, þat is prouoſt to alle prouyncis, and ſecounde fro þe king, and whom in ſtede of a fader wee wrſhipen, ſhal ſhewyn, wiþ wiues and fre childer be þei don awei of þer enemys, and no man haue mercy of þem, þe fourtenþe dai of þe twelfþe moneþ Adar, of þe ȝer preſent; þat wicke men, o dai to helle goende doun, ȝelde to oure empire þe pes, þat þei han diſturbid. Hider to þe ſaumple of þe epiſtil; þoo þingus, þat folewen, after þat place writen I fond, wher is rad, And goende Mardoche dide alle þingus, þat Eſter hadde comaundid to hym; and ner þe latere þei ben not had in Ebru, and anent no man of þe remenoures þei ben vtterli told. Mardoche forſoþe preȝede þe Lord, myndeful of alle his werkis, and ſeide, Lord, Lord, king almyȝti, in þi power alle þingis ben ſet, and þer is not, þat mai wiþſtonde to þy wil; if þou deme to ſauen Irael, anoon wee ſhul be delyuered. Þou madiſt heuene and erþe, and alle þing þat is contened in þe cumpas of heuene. Lord of alle þingus þou art, ne þer is þat wiþſtonde to þi mageſte. Alle þingus þou knewe, and woſt, þat not for pride and ſtrif and any coueitiſe of glorie I do þis, þat I honoure not þe moſt proud Aman; forſoþe gladli for þe helþe of Irael alſo þe ſteppis of his feet I were redi to kiſſe, but I dradde, leſt þe wrſhipe of my God I ſhulde bern ouer to man, and leſt any man I ſhulde honoure out take my God. And now, Lord king, God of Abraham, haue mercy of þi puple, for oure enemys wiln leeſen vs, and þin eritage don awei; ne diſpiſe þou þi part, þat þou haſt aȝeen boȝt fro Egipt. Heere my preȝeere, and merciful be þou to þe lot, and þe litle corde of þin eritage; and turne oure weiling in to ioȝe, þat liuende we preiſe þi name, Lord; and ne cloſe þou þe mouþis of men preiſende þee. And al Irael lic mynde and beſeching criede to þe Lord, for þi þat to hem ſhulde hange in certeyn deþ.\nEſter alſo þe quen fleiȝ to þe Lord, dredende þe perile, þat wex aboue. And whan ſhe hadde do doun hir kingus cloþis, ſhe toc couenable cloþis to wepingis and to weiling; and for diuers oynemens wiþ aſkis and drit ſhe fulfilde þe hed, and hir bodi mekide wiþ faſtingus; and alle placis, in þe whiche ſhe was wont to gladen, wiþ to-tering of heris ſhe fulfilde. And ſhe preȝede þe Lord God of Irael, ſeiende, My Lord, þat art king alone, help me ſolitarie, and of whom ſaue þee is noon oþer helpere; my perile is in myn hondis. I haue herd of my fader, þat þou ſhuldeſt han taken Irael fro alle Jentilis, and oure fadris fro alle þer more behinde, þat þou ſhuldiſt welde þe euermor durende eritage; and þou didiſt to hem, as þou ſpeke. Wee han ſynned in þi ſiȝte, and þerfore þou haſt taken vs in to þe hondis of oure enemys; forſoþe wee han heried þe godis of hem. Riȝtwis þou art, Lord; and now it ſuffiſeþ not to þem, þat wiþ moſt hard ſeruyſe þey oppreſſen vs, but, þe ſtrengþe of þer hondis wijtende to þe power of maumetis, wiln chaunge þin heſtis, and don awei þin eritage, and cloſe þe mouþis of men preiſende þee, and quenchen out þe glorie of þe temple and of þin auter, þat þei opene þe mouþis of Jentilis, and preiſe þe ſtrengþe of maumetis, and prechen a fleſhli king in to euermor. Ne take þou, Lord, þi kingus dignete to þem, þat ben not, leſt þei laȝhen at oure falling; but turne þe counſeil of hem vp on hem, and hym þat in vs began to waxe feers, ſcatere. Haue mynde, Lord, and ſheuȝ þee to vs in time of oure tribulacioun; and ȝif to me troſt, Lord, king of Jewis and of alle power; ȝif a ſemeli woord in my mouþ in þe ſiȝte of þe leoun, and ber ouer þe herte of hym in to þe hate of oure enemy, þat and he perſhe, and oþere þat conſenten to hym. Vs alſo deliuere in þin hond, and help me, noon oþer hauende helpe but þee, Lord, þat haſt kunnyng of alle þingis. And þou haſt knowen for I hatide þe glorie of wicke men, and wlate þe bed of vncircumcidide men, and of alle heþene. Þou knowiſt infirmyte and my nede, þat I wlate þe ſigne of pride and of my glorie, þat is vpon myn hed in þe daȝis of my ſhewing, and I wlate it as þe cloþ of þe womman in flux of blod, and I bere not in þe daȝis of my ſilence, and þat I eet not in þe bord of Aman, ne to me pleſide þe feſte of þe king, and I dranc nott win of ſacrifiſes; and neuere gladide þin hond womman, ſiþen hider I am tranſlatid vnto þe preſent dai, but in þee, Lord God of Abraham. Strong God ouer alle, heere þe vois of hem, þat noon oþer hope han, and delyuere vs fro þe hond of wicke men, and pul out me fro my drede.\nÞeſe þingus alſo addid I fond in þe comun tranſlacioun.\nAnd no doute þat Mardoche ſente to hir, þat Eſter ſhulde gon in to þe king, and preȝe for hir puple, and for hir kuntre. Myndeful, he ſeiþ, be þou of þe daȝes of þi mecneſſe, hou þou art nurſhid in myn hond; for Aman, ordeined þe ſecounde of þe king, ſpac aȝen vs in to deþ; and þou inwardli clep þe Lord, and ſpec to þe king for vs, and deliuere vs fro deþ.\nAlſo and þeſe þingus, þat ben vnderleid, in þe comun tranſlacioun I fond.\nForſoþe þe þridde dai ſhe dide doun þe cloþis of hir enournyng, and hir owne glorie is don aboute. And whan wiþ þe kingis abite ſhe ſchyned, and inwardli hadde clepid þe Gouernour of alle þingus and ſauere God, ſhe toc two ſeruauntes, and vp on þe oon forſoþe ſhe lenede, as for delicis and ful myche tenderneſſe not ſuffrynde to bern hir owne bodi; þe toþer forſoþe of þe dameſelis folewede þe ladi, berende vp þe cloþys flowende doun in to þe erþe. She forſoþe þurȝſhed þe chere wiþ roſe colour, and freeli, and wiþ briȝte eȝen ſhe couerede þe dreri inwit, and drawe togidere wiþ ful myche drede. Þanne ſhe gon in alle þe doris bi ordre, ſtod aȝen þe king, wher he ſat vp on þe ſee of his regne, cloþid wiþ kingus cloþis, and ſhinende wiþ gold and precious ſtones; and he was ferful in ſiȝte. And whan he hadde rerid vp þe face, and wiþ brennende eȝen þe wodneſſe of þe breſt hadde ſhewid, þe quen fel doun; and þe colour chaungid in to paleneſſe, þe weeri hed vpon þe hond maide ſhe bowide doun. And God turnede þe ſpirit of þe king in to debonerneſſe, and heeȝende and dredende he ſtirte out of þe ſee; and ſuſtenende hir wiþ his armys, to þe tyme ſhe turnede aȝeen to hirſelf, wiþ þeſe woordis gloſide, What haſt þou, Eſter? I am þi broþer; wile þou not drede, þou ſhalt not die; forſoþe not for þee, but for alle þis lawe is ordeyned. Cum hider þanne, and touche þe kingus ȝerde. And whan ſhe heeld hir pes, he toc þe kingus ȝerde, and putte vp on hir necke, and kiſte hir, and ſeiþ, Whi to me ſpekiſt þou not? Þe whiche anſwerde, I ſaȝ þee, lord, as þe angil of God, and myn herte is diſturbid for drede of þi glorie; forſoþe, lord, þou art gretli merueilous, and þi face is ful of gracis. And whan he ſpac, eft ſhe fel doun, and uttirli ſwounede. Þe king forſoþe was diſturbid, and alle his myneſtris coumfortiden hym.\nÞe ſaumple of þe epiſtil of king Artaxerſes, þat for þe Jewis he ſente to alle þe prouyncis of his reume; þe whiche and it is not had in Ebrue volume.\nArtaxerſes, þe grete king, fro Ynde vnto Eþiope, of an hundrid and ſeuene and twenti prouyncis, to dukis and princis, þat to oure comaunding obeſhen, ſeiþ greeting. Manye þe goodneſſe of princis and wrſhipe, þat in to hem is ȝiuen, han mys vſid in to pride; and not onli enforcen to opreſſe þe ſogetis to þe king, but þe glorie ȝiue to hem not berende, in to þem þat ȝiuen waiten aſpies; ne ben not paȝid to not do gracis to benefetis, and defoule þe riȝtus of humanyte in to þem; but alſo demen hemſelf to moun flee þe ſentence of God demende alle þingus. And in ſo myche to wodneſſe breken out, þat to hem þat beſili kepen þe offis taken to hem, and ſo alle þingus don, þat þei ben wrþi þe preiſing of alle men, wiþ þe priue and ſotile flateringus of leſingus þei enforſen to turne vp ſo doun, whil þe ſymple eris of princis and of þer kinde oþer men eymende wiþ fel gile deſceyuen. Þe whiche þing and of olde ſtories is proued, and of þeſe þingus þat ben don eche dai; hou bi euele ſogeſtiouns of ſumme men þe ſtudies of kingus ben depraued. Wherfore it is to purueye to þe pes of alle prouyncis. Ne ȝee ſhul not wene, if diuers þingus we comaunde, to come of liȝtneſſe of oure inwit; but for qualite and neceſſite of tymes, as þe profit of þe comun þing aſkeþ, to do ſentence. And þat ȝee more openli vndirſtonde þat wee han ſeid; Aaman, þe ſone of Amadaþi, wille and kinrede of Macedo, and alien fro þe blod of Perſis, and oure pite wiþ his cruelte defoulende, a pilgrim is taken of vs; and ſo myche humanyte expert in hymſelf, þat oure fader he were clepid, and honoured of alle men þe ſecounde after þe king; þe whiche in ſo myche ſwelling of pride is born, þat he enforcide to priuen vs þe reume and ſpirit. For Mardoche, bi whos feiþ and benefetis wee liuen, and þe felawe of oure reume Eſter, wiþ al hir folc, wiþ newe maner and vnherd engynes ful out aſkide in to deþ; þeſe þingus þenkende, þat, hem ſlain, he ſhulde aſpie to oure onlihed, and þe reume of Perſis to ouerbern in to Macedoynes. Wee forſoþe outerli finden in no blame þe Jewis, ordeyned to deþ of þe werſte man of deadli men; but aȝeenward vſende riȝte lawis, and þe ſones of þe heȝeſt, and þe moſte, and euermor liuende God, þurȝ whos benefet and to oure fadris and to vs þe reume ys taken, and vnto to dai is kept. Wherfore þo lettris, þat vnder oure name he ȝaf forþ, witeþ to ben as none. For þe whiche hidous gilte befor þe ȝatis of þis cite, þat is, Suſis, and he þat caſte, and al his kinrede, hangeþ in iebetis; not vs, but God to hym ȝeldende þat he deſeruede. Þis forſoþe maundement, þat wee now ſenden, in alle cites be purpoſid, þat it be leful to Jewis to vſe þer lawis. To whom ȝee ſhul be to helpe, þat þo men, þe whiche hemſelf to þer deþ hadden maad redi, þei moun ſlen, þe fourtenþe dai of þe twelfþe moneþ, þat is clepid Adar; þis forſoþe dai of ſorewe and of weiling þe Almyȝti God turnede to hem in to ioȝe. Wherfore and ȝee among oþer feſte daȝis þis dai haueþ, and halewiþ it wiþ alle gladneſſe; and herafter alle men knowe, þat feiþful obeſhen to Perſis, for feiþ to take wrþi mede; þei forſoþe þat waiten to þe regne of hem, to perſhe for þe hidous gilte. Eche forſoþe prouynce and cite, þat wil not of þis ſolempnete ben parcener, bi ſwerd and fyr perſhe he; and ſo be he don awei, þat not onli to men but to beſtis wiþ oute wei be in to euer mor, for exſaumple of diſpiſing and vnobeiſaunce.\nRetrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Bible_(Early_Wycliffe)/Eſter&oldid=7142498"\nLast edited on 20 December 2017, at 01:00


Preface to the First Series of Catholic Homilies\nIc ælfric munuc 7 mæssepreost swa ðeah waccre þonne swilcum hadum gebyrige. wearð asend on æþelredes dæge cyninges from ælfeage biscope aðelwoldes æftergengan to sumum mynstre ðe is cernel gehaten þurh æðelmæres bene ðæs þegenes. his gebyrd 7 goodnys sind gehwær cuðe; Þa beárn me on mode ic truwige ðurh godes gife. þæt ic ðas boc of ledenum gereorde to engliscre spræce awende. na þurh gebylde micelre lare. ac for ðan ðe ic geseah 7 gehyrde mycel gedwyld on manegum engliscum bocum. ðe ungelærede menn ðurh heora bilewitnysse to micclum wisdome tealdon. 7 me of hreow þæt hí ne cuðon ne næfdon ða godspellícan lare on heora gewritum. buton ðam mannum anum ðe þæt leden cuðon. 7 buton þam bocum ðe ælfred cyning snoterlice awende of ledene on englisc. ða synd to hæbbene; For ðisum antimbre ic gedyrstlæhte, on gode truwiende, þæt ic ðas gesetnysse undergann. 7 eac for ðam ðe menn behofiað godre lare swiðost on þisum timan þe is geendung þyssere worulde. 7 beoð fela frecednyssa on mancynne ær ðan þe se ende becume. swa swa ure drihten on his godspelle cwæð to his leorningcnihtum; Þonne beoð swilce | gedreccednyssa swilce næron næfre ær fram frumðe middangeardes; Manega lease cristas cumað on minum naman cweðende ic eom crist. 7 wyrcað fela tacna 7 wundra to bepæcenne mancynn. 7 eac swylce ða gecorenan men gif hit gewurðan mæg; 7 butan se ælmihtiga god ða dagas gescyrte. ealle mennisc forwurde ac for his gecorenum he gescyrte ða dagas;\nGehwá mæg þe eaðlicor þa to|weardan costnunge acuman, ðurh godes fultum. gif hé bið þurh boclice lare getrymmed. for ðan ðe ða beoð gehealdene þe oð ende on geleafan þurhwuniað; Fela gedreccednyssa 7 earfoðnyssa becumað on ðissere worulde ær hire geendunge. 7 þa synd ða bydelas þæs ecan forwyrdes on yfelum mannum þe for heora mándædum siððan ecelice ðrowiað on ðære sweartan helle; Þonne cymð se antecrist se bið mennisc mann and soð deofol swa swa ure hælend is soðlic mann. 7 god on anum hade; 7 se gesewenlice deofol þonne wyrcð ungerima wundra. 7 cwyð þæt he sylf god beo. 7 wile neadian mancynn to his gedwylde. ac his tima ne bið na langsum. for ðan ðe godes grama hine fordeð. 7 ðeos weoruld bið siððan geendod; Crist ure drihten gehælde untrume 7 adlige. 7 þes deofol þe is gehaten antecrist. þæt is gereht ðwyrlic crist. aleuað and geuntrumað þa halan. and nænne ne gehælð fram untrumnyssum. buton þam anum þe he sylf ær awyrde; Hé and his gingran awyrdað manna lichaman digellice ðurh deofles cræft. 7 gehælað hí openlice on manna gesihðe. ac hé ne mæg nænne gehælan. þe god sylf ær geuntrumode; He neadað þurh yfelnysse þæt men sceolon bugan fram heora scyppendes geleafan to his leasungum. se ðe is ord ælcere leasunge 7 yfelnysse; Se ælmihtiga god geðafað þam arleasan antecriste. to wyrcenne tácna 7 wundra. 7 ehtnysse to feorðan healfan geare. for ðan ðe on ðan timan bið swa micel yfelnyss and þwyrnys betwux mancynne. þæt hí wel wyrðe beoð þære deoflican ehtnysse to ecum forwyrde þam ðe him onbugað. 7 to ecere myrhðe þam þe him þurh geleafan wiðcweðað; God | geðafað eac þæt his gecorenan ðegenas beon aclænsode fram eallum synnum. ðurh ða ormætan ehtnyssa. swa swa gold bið on fyre afandod; Þa ofslihð se deofol ðe him wiðstandað. 7 hí ðonne farað mid halgum martyrdome to heofenan rice; Þa ðe his leasungum gelyfað þam hé arað. 7 hí habbað syððan þa ecan susle to edleane heora gedwyldes; Se arleasa deð þæt fyr cymð ufan swilce of heofonum on manna gesihðe. swilce hé god ælmihtig sý. ðe ah geweald heofenas 7 eorðan. ac þa cristenan sceolon beon þonne gemyndige. hú se deofol dyde. ða ða he bæd æt gode þæt hé moste fandian IOBES; He gemacode ða þæt fyr cóm ufan swilce of | heofonum. 7 forbærnde ealle his scep út on felda. 7 þa hyrdas samod. buton anum þe hit him cyðan sceolde; Ne sende se deofol þa fyr of heofonum. þeah ðe hit ufan come. for ðan ðe he sylf næs on heofonum. syððan he for his modignysse of aworpen wæs; Ne eac se wælhreowa antecrist næfð þa mihte þæt he heofenlic fyr asendan mæge. ðeah ðe hé þurh deofles cræft hit swa gehiwige; Bið nu wíslicor þæt gehwa ðis wite 7 cunne his geleafan. weald hwa ða micclan yrmðe gebidan sceole; Ure drihten bebead his discipulum þæt hí sceoldon læran. 7 tæcan eallum þeodum ða ðing þe he sylf him tæhte. ac ðæra is nu to lýt. ðe wile wel tæcan. 7 wel bysnian; Se ylca drihten clypode þurh his witegan ezechiel; Gif ðu ne gestentst þone unrihtwisan 7 hine ne manast þæt he fram his arleasnysse gecyrre. 7 lybbe. þonne swelt se arleasa on his unrihtwisnysse. 7 ic wille ofgan æt ðe his blod þæt is his lyre; Gif ðu ðonne þone arleasan gewarnast. 7 hé nele fram his arleasnysse gecyrran. þu alysdest þine sawle mid þære mynegunge. 7 se arleasa swylt on his unrihtwisnysse; Eft cwæð se ælmihtiga to þam witegan ISIAM; Clypa 7 ne geswic ðu. ahefe ðine stemne swa swa byme. 7 cyð minum folce heora leahtras. 7 Iacobes hirede heora synna; For swylcum bebodum wearð me geðuht þæt ic nære unscyldig wið god. gif ic nolde oðrum mannum cyðan oþþe þurh | gewritu ða godspellican soðfæstnysse þe he sylf gecwæð. 7 eft halgum lareowum onwreah;\nForwel fela ic wat on ðisum earde. gelæredran þonne ic sy. ac god geswutelað his wundra ðurh ðone ðe he wile. swa swa ælmihtig wyrhta; He wyrcð his weorc þurh his gecorenan. na swylce he behofige ures fultumes. ac þæt we geearnion þæt ece lif þurh his weorces fremminge; Paulus se apostol cwæð; We sind godes gefylstan. 7 swaðeah ne do we nan ðing to gode. buton godes fultume; Nu bydde ic 7 halsige on godes naman gif hwá þas bóc awritan wylle þæt hé hí geornlice gerihte be ðære bysene. þy læs ðe we ðurh gymelease writeras geleahtrode beon; Mycel yfel deð se ðe leas writ. buton he hit gerihte. swylce he gebringe þa soðan lare to leasum gedwylde. for ði sceal gehwa gerihtlæcan þæt þæt he ær to woge gebigde gif hé on godes dome unscyldig beon wile;\nQuid necesse est in hoc codice capitula ordinare. cum prediximus quod quadraginta sententias in se contineat. excepto quod æþelwerdus dux uellet habere .xl. quattuor in suo libro


Gallia - Wikipǣdia, sēo frēo wīsdōmbōc\nGallia ƿæs land on Europan ƿestdæl in þǣre Īsernyldan and oð þǣm ende þæs Rōmāniscan Rīces. Land þā ætgædre hātte Gallia beƿrēogen eall bebogen be Ƿestsǣs ecge beƿesten him and Sūþsǣ benorþen him, Rīn sēo ēa and Alpis be ēasten þǣm landum and Pireni þǣm beorgum and Ƿendelsǣ be sūðen him. Nū is Gallie mæsta dæl Francland.\nGallia in Caesares dagum\nGallƿalas oneardod Gallia. In þǣre Rēmiscan yldan ƿæs norðernum Italia Gallia Cisalpina, se is 'Gallia Hiderƿeard Alpis' and Rōmƿare gehiersumoden sƿylc land in 203 beforan Criste. Hie gehiersomoden Profense andland Rodan fram in 118 beforan Cristes cyme. Endlice in 58 beforan Cristes cyme onsƿōgen Rōmƿare eall Gallie under Gaius Iulius Caesar heretōgan and hie geshiersumode eall þæt land.\nCaesar ƿrāt ðe Gallia is in þrim dalas bedæled, benaman Gallia Celtica, Belgica and Aquitania. Æfter his dagum ƿæron þrēo underrīcu in þǣm landum ðā Caesar hæfde genomen, be naman Gallia Aquitania, Gallia Belgica and Gallia Lugdunensis, and Rōmes eald underrīce in Profense ƿæs Gallia Narbonensis.\nFram "https://ang.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gallia&oldid=191712" begeten\nLast edited on 11 Eastermonað 2018, at 08:01\nMan niwanost wende þisne tramet on þære 08:01 tide þæs 11 Eastermonað 2018.


Genseric Wendla Cyning - Wikipǣdia, sēo frēo wīsdōmbōc\nGenseric Wendla Cyning\nGenseric ƿæs Ƿendla Cyning and Alana Cyning of 428 oþ 477 and mǣre ƿæs he þe he staðolede þæt Ƿendlerīce on norðernum Affrican. Þurh Genseric cƿōm micel æglǣc þæs æfteƿeardan Ƿesternan Rōmāniscan Rīces in þæm fifta gearhunde. Gensericces cynedōm ƿæs ælmæst eahtig ƿinter and in þissum ylde rærede he his lytel Germanisc mægð þe sƿylc folc biþ mār Ƿendelsǣs rīce, and of his folce giefaþ ƿe þæm brime þone naman 'Ƿendelsǣ'. Æfter Genserices dēaþ begann sƿylce rīces slāƿe dryre.\n25. Æfter Gēola 477 (æt 88 ƿintrum)\nGenserīce oferherigeð Rōmburg (Karl Briullov)\nGenseric fang to rīce æfter Gunderic his brōdor in ylde þan þā Ƿendlas healdon rīce in Hispania Baetica, on Ispanie sūþēast dæle. In 428 æt Mérida Fēohte adrāf Genseric onsæc þāra Sƿæfna and brōhtede eall his þēod, þærof ƿæron ymbe 80,000 menn, ofersǣ to Norþernum Affrican in þæm geare. Sum mann secgð ðe Bonifacius se Rēmiscan Ealdormann geleaðede hine, þe he meahte atēon Ƿendelþēodes þrēat ƿiþ þæs cāseres lēodƿeard.\nGenseric ƿrohtede micel hryre in his ēastƿeardum fare fram Ercoles Sylan geond Affrican. He feaht ƿið Bonifacius and geƿonne sige in 430, and þan gecnyttede þrēat of þāra Ēastrīces and Ƿestrīces fōr ƿiþ Genseric, he geƿonn ongean micel sige.\nIn 435 sealde Gaiseric his hand on foremæl mid Rōmƿarum þærbe heald Ƿendelþēod Mauretania þæt underrīce and Numidie dæl þe hie bēon Rōmfolces gesiþþas. Noþȳlǣs on 19 Hāligmōnaþ in 439, afang Gaiseric Cartainan, þæs rīces micel ceaster on Affrican. In foremæle mid Rōmƿarum in 442, Rōm oncnēoƿ þæt Ƿendle rīce sƿa sundorrrīce ofer Byzacena and Numidie dæle. Eftsōn heald Gaiserices liþhere micel dæl þæs ƿesternum brimes, and he cnyttede to his rīce þā Baleares, Sardinia, Corsica, Melita and Sicilia.\nÞissses cyninges mǣrost dǣd ƿæs sēo Hergung of Rōme in Seremōnaþ 455.\nÆfter þe Genseric forþferde in Cartaine æt 88 ƿinterylde, ƿæs fang his sunu Huneric to rīce.\nWisimar (d.335) • Godigisel (359–406) • Gunderic (407–428) • Genseric (428–477) • Huneric (477–484) • Gunþamund (484–496) • Þrasamund (496–523) • Hilderic (523–530) • Gelimer (530–534)\nFram "https://ang.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genseric_Wendla_Cyning&oldid=203847" begeten\nLast edited on 15 Gēolmōnaþ 2021, at 19:00\nMan niwanost wende þisne tramet on þære 19:00 tide þæs 15 Gēolmōnaþ 2021.


17:1 Þas þing se hælend spræc & a-hof up hys eagen to heofene æend cwæð. Fader tid ys cuman ge-swutele þine sunu þæt þin sune ge-swutelige þe.\n17:2 & swa þu hym sealdest anweald. ælches mannes þæt he sylle eche lyf. ealle þan þe þu hym sealdest.\n17:3 Ðis ys soðliche eche lyf þæt hyo on-cnawen. þæt þu ert an soð god. & se þe þu sendest hælend crist.\n17:4 Ic þe ge-swutelode ofer eorðan. Ic ge-endede þæt weorc þe þu me sealdest to donne.\n17:5 Ænd nu þu fæder ge-brohte me mid þe sylfen. þare brihtnysse þe ic hæfde mid þe ær þan þe midden-eard wære.\n17:6 Ic ge-swutelode þinne naman þam mannan þe þu me sealdest of middan-earde. Hyo wæran þine. & þu hyo sealdest me. & hyo ge-heoldan þine spræce.\n17:7 Nu hyo ge-cneowen þæt ealle þa þing þe þu me sealdest synd of þe.\n17:8 for-þam ic sealde heom þa word þe þu sealdest me; & hy underfengen. & on-cneowan soðlice þæt ic eom of þe. & hye ge-lefdon þæt þu me sentest.\n17:9 Ic bidde for hyo ne bidde ic for middan-earde. ac for þa þe þu me sealdest for-þan hyo synde þine.\n17:10 & ealle þine synde mine. Mine synde þine. & ic eom ge-swutelod on heom.\n17:11 & nu ic ne eom on middan-eard. & hye synd on middan-earde & ich cume to þe. On þare tide se hælend be-heold hys leorning-cnihtes. & cwæð. Halig fæder heald on þinen naman. þæt þu me sealdest. þæt hyo syn an; swa wit synde.\n17:12 Þa ic wæs mid heom ic heold hyo on þinan namen. ic heold þa þe þu me sealdest. & ne for-warð here nan buton for-spillednysse bearn. þæt þæt halige writ syo ge-fylled.\n17:13 Nu ic cume to þe & þas þing ic spræce on midden-earde. þæt hyo habben mine fean. ge-fellende (sic) on heom sylfan.\n17:14 Ic sealde heom þine spræce. & middan-eard hyo hafð on hatienge for-þan hyo ne synde of middan-earde. swa eac ic nem of middan-earde.\n17:15 Ne bidde ic þæt þu hyo neme of middan-earde. ac þæt þu hyo healde of yfele.\n17:16 Ne synde hyo of middan-earde swa ic ne eom of middan-earde.\n17:17 Ge-halege hyo on soðfæstnysse. þin spræce is sodfestnysse.\n17:18 Swa þu me sentest on middan-earde. Ic sende hyo on middan-eard.\n17:19 & for hyo ic halegie me sylfne. þæt hye eac syen ge-halegede on sodfæstnysse.\n17:20 Witodlice ne ge-bidde ic for hyo ane. ac eac for þa þe gyt sculon ge-lefan þurh heore word on me.\n17:21 Þæt ealle syn an. swa þu fæder ert on me. & ic eom on þe. þæt hyo syn eac an on unc. þæt midden-eard ge-lefe þæt þu me sendest.\n17:22 Ænd ic sealde heom þa brihtnysse þe þu me sealdest þæt hy sien an; swa wit synd an.\n17:23 Ich eom on heom. & þu ert on me. þæt hye syen endod on an. þæt midden-eard on-cnawe þæt þu me sændest. & lufedest hye swa þu me lufedest.\n17:24 Fader ic wille þæt þa þe þu me sealdest syen mid me þær ich eom. þæt hye ge-syen mine brihtnysse þe þu me sealdest. for-þan þu lufedest me; ær midden-eard ge-set wære.\n17:25 La rihtwise fæder middan-eard þe ne ge-cneow. witodlice ich þe ge-cneow & hyo on-cneowen þæt þu me sendest.\n17:26 & ich heom kydde þinne nama. & gyt wille kyþan. þæt syo lufe þe þu me lufedest syo on heom; ænd ich eom on heom.


Mæg ic be me sylfum soðgied wrecan, siþas secgan, hu ic geswincdagum earfoðhwile oft þrowade, bitre breostceare gebiden hæbbe, 5\ngecunnad in ceole cearselda fela, atol yþa gewealc, þær mec oft bigeat nearo nihtwaco æt nacan stefnan, þonne he be clifum cnossað. Calde geþrungen wæron mine fet, forste gebunden, 10\ncaldum clommum, þær þa ceare seofedun hat ymb heortan; hungor innan slat merewerges mod. þæt se mon ne wat þe him on foldan fægrost limpeð, hu ic earmcearig iscealdne sæ 15\nwinter wunade wræccan lastum, winemægum bidroren, bihongen hrimgicelum; hægl scurum fleag. þær ic ne gehyrde butan hlimman sæ, iscaldne wæg. Hwilum ylfete song 20\ndyde ic me to gomene, ganetes hleoþor ond huilpan sweg fore hleahtor wera, mæw singende fore medodrince. Stormas þær stanclifu beotan, þær him stearn oncwæð isigfeþera; ful oft þæt earn bigeal, 25\nurigfeþra; ne ænig hleomæga feasceaftig ferð frefran meahte. Forþon him gelyfeð lyt, se þe ah lifes wyn gebiden in burgum, bealosiþa hwon, wlonc ond wingal, hu ic werig oft 30\nin brimlade bidan sceolde. Nap nihtscua, norþan sniwde, hrim hrusan bond, hægl feol on eorþan, corna caldast. Forþon cnyssað nu heortan geþohtas, þæt ic hean streamas, 35\nsealtyþa gelac sylf cunnige; monað modes lust mæla gehwylce ferð to feran, þæt ic feor heonan elþeodigra eard gesece. Forþon nis þæs modwlonc mon ofer eorþan, 40\nne his gifena þæs god, ne in geoguþe to þæs hwæt, ne in his dædum to þæs deor, ne him his dryhten to þæs hold, þæt he a his sæfore sorge næbbe, to hwon hine dryhten gedon wille. Ne biþ him to hearpan hyge ne to hringþege, 45\nne to wife wyn ne to worulde hyht, ne ymbe owiht elles, nefne ymb yða gewealc, ac a hafað longunge se þe on lagu fundað. Bearwas blostmum nimað, byrig fægriað, wongas wlitigað, woruld onetteð; 50\nealle þa gemoniað modes fusne sefan to siþe, þam þe swa þenceð on flodwegas feor gewitan. Swylce geac monað geomran reorde, singeð sumeres weard, sorge beodeð 55\nbitter in breosthord. þæt se beorn ne wat, esteadig secg, hwæt þa sume dreogað þe þa wræclastas widost lecgað. Forþon nu min hyge hweorfeð ofer hreþerlocan, min modsefa mid mereflode 60\nofer hwæles eþel hweorfeð wide, eorþan sceatas, cymeð eft to me gifre ond grædig, gielleð anfloga, hweteð on hwælweg hreþer unwearnum ofer holma gelagu. Forþon me hatran sind 65\ndryhtnes dreamas þonne þis deade lif, læne on londe. Ic gelyfe no þæt him eorðwelan ece stondað. Simle þreora sum þinga gehwylce, ær his tid aga, to tweon weorþeð; 70\nadl oþþe yldo oþþe ecghete fægum fromweardum feorh oðþringeð. Forþon þæt bið eorla gehwam æftercweþendra lof lifgendra lastworda betst, þæt he gewyrce, ær he on weg scyle, 75\nfremum on foldan wið feonda niþ, deorum dædum deofle togeanes, þæt hine ælda bearn æfter hergen, ond his lof siþþan lifge mid englum awa to ealdre, ecan lifes blæd, 80\ndream mid dugeþum. Dagas sind gewitene, ealle onmedlan eorþan rices; næron nu cyningas ne caseras ne goldgiefan swylce iu wæron, þonne hi mæst mid him mærþa gefremedon 85\nond on dryhtlicestum dome lifdon. Gedroren is þeos duguð eal, dreamas sind gewitene, wuniað þa wacran ond þas woruld healdaþ, brucað þurh bisgo. Blæd is gehnæged, eorþan indryhto ealdað ond searað, 90\nswa nu monna gehwylc geond middangeard. Yldo him on fareð, onsyn blacað, gomelfeax gnornað, wat his iuwine, æþelinga bearn, eorþan forgiefene. Ne mæg him þonne se flæschoma, þonne him þæt feorg losað, 95\nne swete forswelgan ne sar gefelan, ne hond onhreran ne mid hyge þencan. þeah þe græf wille golde stregan broþor his geborenum, byrgan be deadum, maþmum mislicum þæt hine mid wille, 100\nne mæg þære sawle þe biþ synna ful gold to geoce for godes egsan, þonne he hit ær hydeð þenden he her leofað. Micel biþ se meotudes egsa, forþon hi seo molde oncyrreð; se gestaþelade stiþe grundas, 105\neorþan sceatas ond uprodor. Dol biþ se þe him his dryhten ne ondrædeþ; cymeð him se deað unþinged. Eadig bið se þe eaþmod leofaþ; cymeð him seo ar of heofonum, meotod him þæt mod gestaþelað, forþon he in his meahte gelyfeð. Stieran mon sceal strongum mode, ond þæt on staþelum healdan, 110\nond gewis werum, wisum clæne, scyle monna gehwylc mid gemete healdan wiþ leofne ond wið laþne bealo, þeah þe he hine wille fyres fulne oþþe on bæle forbærnedne 115\nhis geworhtne wine. Wyrd biþ swiþre, meotud meahtigra þonne ænges monnes gehygd. Uton we hycgan hwær we ham agen, ond þonne geþencan hu we þider cumen, ond we þonne eac tilien, þæt we to moten 120\nin þa ecan eadignesse, þær is lif gelong in lufan dryhtnes, hyht in heofonum. þæs sy þam halgan þonc, þæt he usic geweorþade, wuldres ealdor, ece dryhten, in ealle tid. 125\nAmen. Index | Previous page | Next page


Riuciu Īega - Howling Pixel\nÞā Riuciu Īega (Bysen:Lang-ja) sind īeghēap ðā iernað of Iapanes ƿestsūþ dæle and belimpaþ þæt rīce. Iapanƿare nemnaþ hie ēac Nansei Īega se is 'sūðƿest īega'. Hie rynnað fram Ciusciu oþ Taiƿan Cīnan īeglande and in þissum hēape sind manig lǣsse īegfloccas, onmang him sind Osumi Īega, Tocara Īega, Amami Īega, Ocinaƿa Īega and Sakishima Īega. Þissa īegena mǣste land is Ocinaƿa sēo īeg. In geardagum ƿæron þās īega rīce mid hiera agnum cyning.\nÞā Osumi Īega and þā Tocara Īega, ðā sind norðernmest, sind in þǣm læppan þærin oneardaþ Iapanƿare of Ciushu; hiera onƿunendas sind iapanisc be mægþe and hiera gereord is Kagoshima Iapanisc. On þǣm Amami, Ocinaƿa, Miyako, and Yaeyama Īeglandum sind Riuciuisc folc, þæs naman is of þǣm Riuciu Rīce and onmang þissum folc spricþ man Riuciuisc gereord.\nSunnset æt Yonaguni\nÞā Riuciu Īegena stede\nOcinaƿa is sēo mǣste þāra Ocinaƿaīegena and þæs brādran īeghēap se is þā Riuciu Īega and eall belimpaþ Iapan. Ocinaƿan stōƿ is 466.01 mīla2. He līþ ymbe 400 mīla besūþen Iapanes lāf, 400 mīla ēac of Cīnan sǣrīm and 300 mīla benorþen Taiƿan.\nÞēos īeg is se stōl þæs Ocinaƿa Ealdordōm. Þæs ealdordōmes hēafodstōl is Naha on þære īege sūþƿestdæle and hēr ƿuniaþ 800,000 menn þære īege 1.3 þūsenda þūsenda onƿunenda.\nOn þissa īege ƿiciaþ manig Americanisca ƿigan.\nOcinanƿan folc is gecenned þe hie onmang þissa ƿorulde lengstum libbendum menn, sƿa sƿa sind þā Sardinia þēod. On Ocinaƿan þære īege sind 34 menn ofer 100 ƿintrum in ælcum 100,000 menn, se is þrēofeald landfæst Iapanes gerīm.


Bright's Anglo-Saxon Reader/Ælfric's Homily on the Assumption of St. John the Apostle - Wikisource, the free online library\nBright's Anglo-Saxon Reader/Ælfric's Homily on the Assumption of St. John the Apostle\nA Blickling Homily\nÆlfric's Homily on the Assumption of St. John the Apostle\n23573Bright's Anglo-Saxon Reader — Ælfric's Homily on the Assumption of St. John the ApostleJames W. Bright\n[From the Cambridge Univ. Lib. MS. of Ælfric's Homilies.]\nIōhannes sē Godspellere, Crīstes dȳrling, wearð on ðysum dæge tō heofenan rīces myrhðe þurh Godes nēosunge genumen. Hē wæs Crīstes mōddrian sunu, and hē hine lufode synderlīce; nā swā micclum for ðǣre mǣglīcan sibbe swā for ðǣre clǣnnysse his ansundan mægðhādes. Hē wæs on mægðhāde Gode gecoren, and hē on ēcynesse on ungewemmendum mægðhāde þurhwunode. Hit is gerǣd on gewyrdelīcum racum þæt hē wolde wīfian, and Crīst wearð tō his gyftum gelaðod. Þā gelamp hit þæt æt ðām gyftum wīn wearð ātēorod. Sē Hǣlend ðā hēt þā ðēningmen āfyllan six stǣnene fatu mid hlūttrum wætere, and hē mid his blētsunge þæt wæter tō æðelum wīne āwende. Þis is þæt forme tācn ðe hē on his menniscnysse openlīce geworhte. Þā wearð Iōhannes swā onbryrd þurh þæt tācn, þæt hē ðǣr rihte his brȳde on mægðhāde forlēt, and symle syððan Drihtne folgode, and wearð ðā him inweardlīce gelufod, for ðan ðe hē hine ætbrǣd þām flǣsclīcum lustum. Witodlīce ðisum lēofan leorningcnihte befæste sē Hǣlend his mōdor, þā þā hē on rōdehengene manncynn ālȳsde, þæt his clǣne līf ðæs clǣnan mǣdenes Marīan gȳmde; and hēo ðā on hyre swyster suna þēnungum wunode. Eft on fyrste, æfter Crīstes ūpstige tō heofonum, rīcode sum wælhrēow cāsere on Rōmāna rīce, æfter Nerōne, sē wæs Domiciānus gehāten, crīstenra manna ēhtere: sē hēt āfyllan āne cȳfe mid wallendum ele, and þone mǣran godspellere þǣre on hēt bescūfan; ac hē ðurh Godes gescyldnysse ungewemmed on þām hātan bæðe ēode. Eft ðā ðā sē wælhrēowa ne mihte dahes ēadigan apostoles bodunge ālecgan, þā āsende hē gine on wræcsīð tō ānum īgeoðe þe is Paðmas gecīged, þæt hē ðǣr þurh hungres scearpnysse ācwǣle. Ac sē ælmihtiga Hǣlend ne forlēt tō gȳmelēaste his gelufedan apostol, ac geswutelode him on ðām wræcsīðe þā tōweardan onwrigenysse, be ðǣre hē āwrāt ðā bōc ðe is gehāten 'Apocalipsis': and sē wælhrēowa Domiciāanus on ðǣm ylcan gēare wearð ācweald æt his witena handum; and hī ealle ānmōdlīce rǣddon þæt ealle his gesetnyssa āȳdlode wǣron. Þā wearð Nerua, swīðe ārfæst man, tō cāsere gecoren. Be his geþafunge gecyrde sē apostol ongēan mid micclum wiðmynte, sē ðe mid hospe tō wræcsīðe āsend wæs. Him urnon ongēan weras and wīf fægnigende, and cweðende, 'Geblētsod is sē ðe cōm on Godes naman.'\nMid þām ðe sē apostol Iōhannes stōp intō ðǣre byrig Ephesum, þā bær man him tōgēanes ānre wydewan līc tō byrigenne, hire nama wæs Drūsiāna. Hēo wæs swīðe gelȳfed and ælmesgeorn, and þā ðearfan, de hēo mid cystigum mōde eallunga āfēdde, drēorige mid wōpe ðǣm līce folgodon. Ðā hēt sē apostol ðā bǣre settan, and cwæð, 'Mīn Drihten Hǣlend Crīst ārǣre ðē, Drūsiāna; ārīs, and gecyrr hām, and gearca ūs gereordunge on þīnum hūse.' Drūsiāna þā ārās swilce of slǣpe āwreht, and earfull be ðæs apostoles hǣse hām gewende. On ðām ōðrum dæge ēode sē apostol be ðǣre strǣt; þā ofseah hē hwǣre sum ūðwita lǣdde twēgen gecrōðru þe hæfdon behwyrfed eall heora yldrena gestrēon on dēorwurðum gemstānum, and woldon ðā tōcwȳsan on ealles þæs folces gesihðe, tō wǣfersȳne, swylce tō forsewennysse woruldlīcra ǣhta. Hit wæs gewunelīc on ðām tīman þæt ðā ðe woldon woruldwīsdōm gecneordlīce leornian, þæt hī behwyrdon heora āre on gymstānum, and ðā tōbrǣconl oððe on sumum geldenum wecge, and ðone on sǣ āwurpan; þī lǣs ðe sēo smēaung þǣra ǣhta hī æt ðǣre lāre hremde. Þā clypode sē apostol ðone ūðwitan Grāton him tō, and cwæð, 'Dyslīc bið þæt hwā woruldlīce spēda forhogige for manna herunge, and bēo on Godes dōme geniðerod. Ȳdel bið sē lǣcedōm þe ne mæg done untruman gehǣlan; swā bið ēac ȳdel sēo lāre ðe ne gehǣlð ðǣre sāwle leahtras and unðēawas. Sōðlīce mīn lārēow Crīst sumne cniht þe gewilnode þæs ēcan līfes þysum wordum lǣrde, þæt hē sceolde ealle his welan becēapian, and þæt wurð ðearfum dǣlan, gif hē wolde fulfremed bēon, and hē syððan hæfde his golðord on heofenum, and ðǣr tō ēacan þæt ēce līf.' Grāton ðā sē ūðwita him andwyrde, 'Þās gymstānas synde tōcwȳsede for ȳdelum gylpe, ac gif ðīn lārēow is soð God, gefēg ðās bricas tō ansundnysse, þæt heora wurð mæge þearfum fremian.' Iōhannes þā gegaderode ðǣra gymstāna bricas, and beseah tō geofonum, þus cweðende, 'Drihten Hǣlend, nis ðē nān ðing earfode; þū geedstaðelodest ðisne tōbrocenan middangeard on þīnum gelēaffullum þurh tācen þǣre hālgan rōde: geedstaðela nū þās dēorwurðan gymstānas ðurh ðīnra engla handa, þæt ðās nytenan menn ðīne mihta oncnāwon, and on þē gelȳfon.' Hwæt! ðā fǣrlīce wurdon ðā gymstānas swā ansunde þæt furðon nān tācen ðǣre ǣrran tōcwȳsednysse næs gesewen. Þā sē ūðwita Grāton samod mid þām cnihtum fēoll tō Iōhannes fōtum, gelȳfende on God. Sē apostol hine fullode mid eallum his hīrēde, and hē ongann Godes gelēafan openlīce bodian. Þā twēgen gebrōðra, Atticus and Eugenīus, sealdon heora gymstānas, and ealla heora ǣhta dǣldon wǣdlum, and filigdon þām apostole, and micel menigu gelēaffullra him ēac tō geðēodde.\nÞā becōm sē apostol æt sumum sǣle tō þǣre byrig Pergamum, þǣr ðā foresǣdan cnihtas īu ǣr eardodon, and gesāwon heora ðēowan mid godwebbe gefrætewode, and on woruldlīcum wuldre scīnende. Ðā wurdon hī mid dēofles flān þurhscotene, and drēorige on mōde þæt hī wǣdligende on ānum wāclīcum wǣfelse fērdon, and heora ðēowan on woruldlīcum wuldre scīnende wǣron. Þā undergeat sē apostol ðās dēoflīcan fācn, and cwæð, 'Ic gesēo þæt ēower mōd is āwend and ēower andwlita, for ðan ðe gē ēowre spēda þearfum dǣldon, and mīnes Drihtnes lāre fyligdon: gāð nū for ðī tō wuda, and hēawað incre burðene gyrda, and gebringað tō mē.' Hī dydon be his hǣse, and hē on Godes naman ðā grēnan gyrda geblētsode, and hī wurdon tō rēadum golde āwende. Eft cwæð sē apostol Iōhannes, 'Gāð tō ðǣre sǣ strande, and feccað mē papolstānas.' Hī dydon swā; and Iōhannes þā on Godes mæsgenðrymme hī geblētsode, and hī wurdon gehwyrfede tō dēorwurðum gymmum. Þā cwæð sē apostol, 'Gāð tō smiððan, and fandiað þises goldes and ðissera gymstāna.' Hī ðā eōdon, and eft cōmon, þus cweðende, 'Ealle ðās goldsmiðas secgað þæt hī nǣfre ǣr swā clǣne gold nē swā rēad ne gesāwon; ēac ðās gymwyrhtan secgað þæt hī nǣfre swā dēorwurðe gymstānas ne gemētton.' Þā cwæð sē apostol him tō, 'Nimað þis gold and ðās gymstānas, and farað, and bicgað ēow landāre; for ðan þe gē forluron ðā heofonlīcan spēda. Bicgað ēow pællene cyrtlas, þæt gē tō lȳtelre hwīle scīnon swā swā rōse, þæt gē hrædlīce forweornion. Bēoð blōwende and welige hwīlwendlīce, þæt gē ēcelīce wǣdlion. Hwæt lā! ne mæg sē ælmihtiga Wealdend þurhtēon þæt hē dō his ðēowan rīce for worulde, genihtsume on welan, and unwiðmetenlīce scīnan? Ac hē sette gecamp gelēaffullum sāwlum, þæt hī gelȳfon tō geāgenne þā ēcan welan, ðā ðe for his naman þā hwīlwendan spēda forhogiað. Gē gehǣldon untruman on þæs Hǣlendes naman, gē āflīgdon dēoflu, gē forgēadon blindum gesihðe, and gehwilce uncoðe gehǣldon: efne, nū is ðēos gifu ēow ætbrōden, and gē sind earmingas gewordene, gē ðe wǣron mǣre and strange. Swā micel ege stōd dēoflum fram ēow þæt hī be ēowere hǣse þā ofsettan dēofolsēocan forlēton; nū gē ondrǣdað ēow dēoflu. Þā heofonlīcan ǣhta sind ūs eallum gemǣne. Nacode wē wǣron ācennede, and nacode wē gewītað. Þǣre sunnan beorhtnys, and þæs mōnan lēoht and ealra tungla sind gemǣne þām rīcan and ðām hēanan. Rēnscūras and cyrcan duru, fulluht and synna forgyfennys, hūselgang and Godes nēosung sind eallum gemǣne, earmum and ēadigum; ac sē ungesǣliga gȳtsere wile māre habban þonne him genihtsumað, þonne hē furðon onsorh ne brīcð his genihtsumnysse. Sē gȳtsere hæfð ǣnne līchaman, and menigfealde scrūd; hē hæfð āne wambe, and þūsend manna bigleofan: witodlīce þæt hē for gȳtsunge uncyste nānum ōðrum syllan ne mæg, þæt hē hordað, and nāt hwām; swā swā sē wītega cwæð. "On īdel bið ǣle man gedrēfed sē ðe horðað, and nāt hwām hē hit gegaderað." Witodlīce ne bið hē ðǣre ǣhta hlāfor, ðonne hē hī ðǣlan ne mæg; ac hē bið þǣra ǣhta ðēowa, þonne hē him eallunga þēowað; and þǣr tō ēacan him weaxað untrumnyssa on his līchaman, þæt hē ne mæg ǣtes oððe wǣtes brūcan. Hē carað dæges and nihtes þæt his feoh gehealdan sȳ; hē gȳmð grǣdelīce his teolunge, his gafoles, his gebylta hē berȳpð þā wanspēdigan, hē fulgǣð his lustum and his plegan; þonne fǣrlīce gewītt hē of ðissere worulde, nacod and forscyldigod, synna āna mid him ferigende; for ðan þe hē sceal ēce wīte ðrōwian.'\nEfne ðā ðā sē apostol þās lāre sprecende wæs, ðā bær sum wuduwe hire suna līc tō bebyrgenne, sē hæfde gewīfod þrītigum nihtum ǣr. Sēo drēorige mōdor þā samod mid þām līcmannum rārigende hī āstrehte æt þæs hālgan apostoles fōtum, biddende þæt hē hire sunu on Godes naman ārǣrde, swā swā hē dyde þā wydewan Drūsiānam. Iōhannes ðā ofhrēow þǣre mēder and ðǣra līcmanna drēorignysse, and āstrehte his līchaman tō eorðan on langsumum gebede, and ðā æt nēxtan ārās, and eft ūpāhafenum handum langlīce bæd. Þā ðā hē þus þrīwa gedōn hæfde, ðā hēt hē unwindan þæs cnihtes līc, and cwæð, 'Ēalā ðū cniht, ðe þurh ðīnes flǣsces lust hrædlīce ðīne sāwle forlure; ēalā þū cniht, þū ne cūðest ðīnne Scyppend; þū ne cūðest manna Hǣlend; þū ne cūðest ðone sōðan frēond; and for ðī þū beurne on ðone wyrstan fēond. Nū ic āgēat mīne tēaras, and for ðīnre nytennysse geornlīce bæd, þæt þū of dēaðe ārīse, and þisum twām gebrōðrum, Attico and Eugenīo, cȳðe hū micel wuldor hī forluron, and hwilc wīte hī geearonodon.' Mid ðām þā ārās sē cniht Stactus, and fēoll tō Iōhannes fōtum, and begann to ðrēagenne þā gebrōðu þe miswende wǣron, þus cweðende, 'Ic geseah ðā englas þe ēower gȳmdon drēorige wēpan, and ðā āwyrigedan sceoccan blissigende on ēowerum forwyrde. Ēow wæs heofenan rīce gearo, and scīende gebytlu mid wistum āfyllede and mid ēcum lēohte; þā gē forluron þurh unwærscipe, and gē begēaton ēow ðēosterfulle wununga mid dracum āfyllede and mid brastligendum līgum, mid unāsecgendlīcum wītum āfyllede and mid anðrǣcum stencum; on ðām ne āblinð grānung and þoterung dægs oþþe nihtes: biddað for ðī mid inweardre heortan ðysne Godes apostol, ēowerne lārēow, þæt hē ēow fram ðām ēcum forwyrde ārǣre, swā swā hē mē fram dēaðe ārǣrde; and hē ēowre sāula, þe nū sind ādȳlegode of þǣre līflīcan bēc, gelǣde eft tō Godes gife and miltsunge.'\nSē cniht þā Stacteus, ðe of dēaðe ārās, samod mid þām gebrōðrum āstrehte hine tō Iōhannes fōtswaðum, and þæt folc forð mid ealle, ānmōdlīce biddende þæt hē him tō Gode geþingode. Sē apostol þā bebēad ðām twām gebrōðrum þæt hī ðrītig daga be hrēowsunge dǣdbētende Gode geofrodon, and on ðām fæce geornlīce bǣdon þæt þā gyldenan gyrda eft tō þan ǣrran gecynde āwendon, and þā gymstānas tō heora wācnysse. Æfter ðrītigra daga fæce, þā þā hī ne mihton mid heora bēnum þæt gold and þā gymstānas tō heora gecynde āwendan, ðā cōmon hī mid wōpe tō þām apostole, þus cweþende, 'Symle ðū tǣhtest mildheortnysse, and þæt man ōðrum miltsode; and gif man ōðrum miltsað, hū micele swīðor wile God miltsian and ārian mannum his handgeweorce! Þæt þæt wē mid gītsigendum ēagum āgylton, þæt wē nū mid wēpendum ēagum behrēowdiað.' Ðā andwyrde sē apostol, 'Berað ðā gyrda tō wuda, and þā stānas tō sǣstrange: hī synd gecyrrede tō heora gecynde'. Þā ðā hī þis gedōn hæfdon, ðā underfēngon hī eft Godes gife, swā þæt hī ādrǣfdon dēoflu, and blinde and untrume gehǣldon, and feala tācna on Drihtnes naman gefremedon, swā swā hȳ ǣr dydon.\nSē apostol þā gebīgde tō Gode ealne þone eard Asiam, sē is geteald tō healfum dǣle middaneardes; and āwrāt ðā fēorðan Crīstes bōc, sēp hrepað swȳðost ymbe Crīstes godcundnysse. Ðā ōðre ðrȳ godspellereas, Mathēus, Marcus, Lūcās, āwriton ǣror be Crīstes menniscnysse. Þā āsprungan gedwolmenn on Godes gelaðunge, and cwǣdon ðæt Crīst nǣre, ǣre hē ācenned wæs of Marīan. Þā bǣdan ealle ðā lēodbisceopas ðone hālgan apostol þæt hē þā fēorðan bōc gesette, and þǣra gedwolmanns dyrstignesse āadwǣscte. Iōhannes þā bēad ðrēora daga fæsten gemǣnelīce; and hē æfter ðām fæsten wearð swā miclum mid Godes gāste āfylled, þæt hē ealle Godes englas and ealle gesceafta mid hēalīcum mōde oferst_ah, and mid ðysum wordum þā godspellīcan gesetnysse ongan, 'In principio erat verbum, et verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat verbum, et reliqua,' þæt is on Englisc, 'On frymðe wæs word; and þæt word wæs mid Gode, and þæt word wæs God; þis wæs on frymðe mid Gode. Ealle ðing sind þurh hine geworhte, and nis nān þing būton him gesceapan.' And swā forð on ealre ðǣre godspellīcan gesetnysse hē cȳdde fela be Crīstes godcundnysse, hū hē ēcelīce būtan angynne of his Fæder ācenned is, and mid him rīxað on ānnyse þæs Hālgan Gāstes, ā būtan ende. Fēaws hē āwrāt be his menniscnysse, for ðan þe þā ðrȳ ōðre godspelleras gnihtsumlīce be þām heora bēc setton.\nHit gelamp æt sumum sǣle þæt þā dēofolgyldan, þe þā gȳt ungelēaffulle wǣron, gecwǣdon þæt hī woldon þone apostol tō heora hǣðenscipe genēadian. Þā cwæð sē apostol tō ðām hǣðengyldum, 'Gāð elle endemes tō Godes cyrcan, and clypiað ealle tō ēowerum godum, þæt sēo cyrce āfealle ðurh heora mihte; ðonne būge ic tō ēowerum hǣðenscipe. Gif ðonne ēower godes miht þā hālgan gyrcan tōwurpan ne mæg, ic tōwurpe ēower tempel þurh ðæs ælmihtigan Godes mihte, and ic tōcwȳse ēower dēofolgyld; and bið þonne rihtlīc geðūht þæt gē geswȳcon ēoweres gedwyldes, and gelȳfon on ðonne sōðan God, sē ðe āna is ælmihtig.' Þā hǣðengyldan ðisum cwyde geðǣrlǣhton, and Iōhannes mid geswǣsum wordum þæt folc tihte þæt hī ufor ēodon fram þām dēofles temple; and mid beorhtre stemne ætforum him ealle clypode, 'On Godes naman āhrēose þis templ mid eallum þām dēofolgyldum þe him on eardiað, þæt þēos menigu tōcnāwe þæt ðis hǣðengyld dēofles biggeng is.' Hwæt ðā fǣrlīce āhrēas þæt tempel grundlunga mid eallum his anlīcnyssum tō dūste āwende. On þām ylcan dæge wurdon gebīgede twelf ðūsend hǣðenra manna tō Crīstes gelēafan, and mid fulluhte gehālgode.\nÞā sceorede ðā gȳt sē yldesta hǣðengylda mid mycelre þwyrnysse, and cwæð þæt hē nolde gelȳfan būton. Iōhannes āttor drunce, and þurh Godes mihte ðone cwealmbǣran drenc oferswīðde. Þā cwæð sē apostol, 'Þēah ðū mē āttor sylle, þurh Godes naman hit mē ne derað.' Ðā cwæð sē hǣðengylda Aristodēmus, 'Þū scealt ǣrest ōðerne gesēon drincan, and ðǣr rihte cwelan, þæt hūru ðīn heorte swā forhtige for ðām dēadbǣrum drence.' Iōhannes him andwyrde, 'Gif ðū on God gelȳfan wylt, ic unforhtmōd ðæs drences onfō.' Þā getengde sē Aristodēmus tō ðām hēahgerēfan, and genam on his cwearterne twēgen dēofas, and sealde him ðone unlybban ætforan eallum ðām folce, on Iōhannes gesihðe; and hī ðǣr rihte æfter ðām drence gewiton. Syððan sē hǣðengilda ēac sealde ðone āttorbǣran drenc þām apostole, and hē mid rōdetācne his mūð and ealne his līchaman gewǣpnode, and ðone unlybban on Godes naman hālsode, and siððan mid gebildum mōde hine ealne gedranc. Aristodēmus ðā and þæt folc behēoldon þone apostol ðrēo tīda dæges, and gesāwon gine habban glædne andwlitan būton blācunge and forhtunge; and hī ealle clypodon, 'Ān sōð God is, sē ðe Iōhannes wurðað.' Þā cwæð sē hǣðengylda tō ðām apostole, 'Gȳt mē twēonað; ac gif ðū ðās dēadan sceaðan on ðīnes Godes naman ārǣrst, þonne bið mīn heorte geclǣnsod fram ǣlcere twȳnunge.' Ðā cwæð Iōhannes, 'Aristodēme, nim mīne tunecan, and lege bufon þǣra dēadra manna līc, and cweð, "Þæs Hǣlendes Crīstes apostol mē āsende tō ēow, þæt gē on his naman of dēaðe ārīson, and ǣlc mann oncnāwe þæt dēað and līf þēowiað nīnum Hǣlende."' Hē ðā be ðæs apostoles hǣse bær his tunecan, and ālēde uppon ðām twām dēadum; and hī ðǣr rihte ansunde ārison. Þā ðā sē hǣðengilda þæt geseah, ðā āstrehte hē hine tō Iōhannes fōtum, and syððan fērde tō ðām hēahgerēfan, and him ðā wundra mid hlūddre stemne cȳdde. Hī ðā bēgen þone apostol gesōhton, his miltsunge biddende. Þā bēad sē apostol him seofon nihta fæsten, and hī siððan gefullode; and hī æfter ðām fulluhte tōwurpon eall heora dēofolgyld, and mid heora māga fultume and mid eallum cræfte ārǣrdon Gode mǣre cyrcan on ðæs apostoles wurðmynte. Þā ðā sē apostol wæs nigon and hundnigontig gēara, þā ætēowode him Drihten Crīst mid þām ōðrum apostolum, þe hē of ðisum līf genumen hæfde, and cwæð, 'Iōhannes, cum tō mē: tīma is þæt þū mid ðīnum gebrōðrum wistfullige on mīnum gebēorscipe.' Iōhannes þā ārās, and ēode wið þæs Hǣlendes; ac hē him tō cwæð, 'Nū on sunnandæg, mīnes ǣrīstes dæge, þū cymst tō mē;' and æfter ðām worde Drihten gewende tō heofonum. Sē apostol micelum blissode on ðām behāte, and on þām sunnannūhtan ǣrwacol tō ðǣre cyrcan cōm, and þām folce, fram hancrēde oð undern, Godes herihta lǣrde, and him mæssan gesang, and cwæð þæt sē Hǣlende hine on ðām dæge tō hēofonum gelaðod hæfde. Hēt ðā delfan his byrgene wið þæt wēofod, and þæt grēot ūtāwegan. And hē ēode cucu and gesund intō his byrgene, and āstrehtum handum tō Gode clypode, 'Drihten Crīst, ic þancige ðē þæt þū mē gelaðodest tō þīnum wistum; þū wāst þæt ic mid ealre heortan þē gewilnode. Oft ic ðē bæd þæt ic mōste tō ðē faran, ac þū cwǣde þæt ic andbidode, þæt ic ðē māre folc gestrȳnde. Þū hēolde mīnne līchaman wið ǣlce besmitennysse, and þū simle mīne sāwle onlīhtest, and mē nāhwār ne forlēte. Þū settest on mīnum mūðe þīnre sōðfæstnysse word, and ic āwrāt ðā lāre ðe ic of ðīnum mūðe gehȳrde, and ðā wundra ðe ic ðē wyrcan geseah. Nū ic ðē betǣce, Drihten, þīne bearn, ðā ðe þīn gelaðung, mǣden and mōder, þurh wæter and þone Hālgan Gāst ðē gestrȳnde. Onfōh mē tō mīnum gebrōðrum mid ðām ðe ðū cōme, and mē gelaðodest. Geopena ongēan mē līfes geat, þæt ðǣra ðēostra ealdras mē ne gemēton. Þū eart Crīst, ðæs lifigendan Godes Sunu, þū þe be ðīnes Fæder hǣse middangeard gehǣldest, and ūs ðone Hālgan Gāst āsendest. Þē wē heriað, and þanciað þīnra menigfealdra gōda geond ungeendode worulde. Amen.'\nÆfter ðysum gebede ætēowode heofonlīc lēoht bufon ðām apostol binnon ðǣre byrgene, āne tīd swā beorhte scīnende þæt nānes mannes gesihð þæs lēohtes lēoman scēawian ne mihte; and hē mid þām lēohte his gāst āgeaf þām Drihtne þe hine tō his rīce gelaðode. Hē gewāt swā frēoh fram dēades sārnysse of ðisum andweardan līfe swā swā hē wæs ælfremed fram līchamlīcere gewemmednysse. Sōðlīce syððan wæs his byrgen gemēt mid mannan āfylled. Manna wæs gehāten sē heofonlīca mete þe fēowertig gēara āfēdde Israhēla folc on wēstene. Nū wæs sē bigleofa gemētt on Iōhannes byrgene, and nān ðing elles; and sē mete is weaxende on hire oð ðisne andweardan dæg. Þǣr bēoð fela tācna ætēcwode, and untrume gehǣlde and fram eallum frēcednyssum ālȳsede þurh ðæs apostoles ðingunge. Þæs him getīðað Drihten Crīst, þām is wuldor and wurðmynt mid Fæder and Hālgum Gāste ā būton ende. Amen.\nRetrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Bright%27s_Anglo-Saxon_Reader/Ælfric%27s_Homily_on_the_Assumption_of_St._John_the_Apostle&oldid=11958868"\nLast edited on 19 December 2021, at 18:42\nThis page was last edited on 19 December 2021, at 18:42.


Luke 24:44 & cwæð to him; Þis synt þa word þe ic spæc to eow þa ic wæs þa gyt mid eow forþam þe hit is neod þt beon ealle þing gefyllede þe be me awritene synt on moyses æ. & on witegum & on sealmum be më;\nWestSaxon990(i) 44 & cwæð to him; Þis synt þa word þe ic spæc to eow þa ic wæs þa gyt mid eow forþam þe hit is neod þt beon ealle þing gefyllede þe be me awritene synt on moyses æ. & on witegum & on sealmum be më;\nLuke 24:44 Cross References - WestSaxon990


Laoland - Wikipǣdia, sēo frēo wīsdōmbōc\n(Edlǣded of Laos)\nÐære Lao cyneƿīsan tæcn\nBrego Choummaly Sayasone\nForesittend Thongsing Thammavong\nFeoh Kip LAK\nTīdgyrdel Eallic tīd +07:00\nÞēodlic antefn Pheng Xat Lao\nLaoland oðre naman sēo Lao Folcescyneƿīse is a landbegyrded rīce in Asie sūþēastdæle, þæt hæfþ his mearcas mid Burman and Cīnan be ƿestnorþen him, mid Fietname beēasten him, Cambodie besūþen him, and Thailand beƿesten. Siððan 1975 hæfþ þis land geþoled under Marxist Gemōtscipes lēodƿearde. His þēod ƿæs be his getæle 6.8 þūsenda þūsend in 2014.\nÐæs rīces hēafordstōl is Vientiane.\nIn þæs Frencisce gereorde is þis land and his landfolc "Laos" þærof habbað manig gereord hiera naman þærof and þes nama is in þæm mænigfealdum getele for Lao, sƿylces landmanna nama, þȳ mænþ Laos on Englisce 'Laoƿare'.\nLaoƿara stǣr fint man oþ Lan Xang þæt cynerīce, þæt geþēah of þæm 14. gearhunde oþ þæm 18. gearhund þan ƿæs hit in þrim rīcum bedæled. In 1893 ƿeard Laoland Frencisc gerēfland þærin ƿaron his þrēo rīcu geānlǣhted þā ƿæron Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak.\nLaos ƿeard his agan sundorrīce in 1953 and ƿæs cynerīce mid grundgesetnesse cynedōme under Sisavang Vong Cyning. Gemōtscipe folc be naman Pathet Lao fang to rīce in 1975 and þone cynedōm onƿearpen.\nFram "https://ang.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laoland&oldid=191685" begeten\nMan niwanost wende þisne tramet on þære 06:32 tide þæs 11 Eastermonað 2018.


26:1 Witodlice þa se hælend hafde þas spræce eall ge-endod þa cwæð he to hys leorning-cnihten.\n26:2 Note: Scitis quia post biduum pascha fiet. R. Wytod (sic) ge þt æfter twam dagen beoð eastre. & mannes bearn byð ge-seald þt he sy on rode anhangon.\n26:3 Ða wæren ge-samnede þa ealdres þa sacerda. & hlafordes þas folkes to þare sacerdes ealdres botle. þe wæs genemned kayphas.\n26:4 & hyo hafdon mychel ge-mot. þæt hyo wolden þanne hælend mid facne be-swiken. & of-slean.\n26:5 Hyo cwæðen witodlice þt hyt ne myhte beon on þam freols-daige. þy-læs þe mycel steriung wurðe on þam folke.\n26:6 Ða se hælend wæs on bethanian on symones huse þas reofelen.\n26:7 þa neahlahte him to sum wif. syo hafde box mid derewurðere sealfe. & ageat upp-on hys heafod þær he sæt.\n26:8 þa ge-seagen hys leorningcnihtes þæt & wurðen ge-bolgen & cwæðen. To hwan ys þis for-spilled\n26:9 þis mihte beon ge-seald to mycele wurðe. & þearfen ge-dæled.\n26:10 Ða se hælend hit wiste þa cwæð he to heom. hwi synde ge grame þise wife. witodlice god werc hyo worhte on me.\n26:11 Simle ge hæbbeð Note: MS. hæbbed. þearfan mid eow. ac ge næbbeð Note: MS. næbbed. me symle.\n26:12 hyo dyde þas sealfe on minne lichaman þæt ic wære ge-smyred to beberienne.\n26:13 Soð ic segge eow. swa hwær swa þis godspel beoð geboded on eallen midden-earde beoð ge ræd (sic) on hire ge-mynd þt hyo þis dyde.\n26:14 þa ferde an of þam twelfen þe wæs ge-nemned Iudas se wiðersace to þare sacerdra ealdres.\n26:15 & cwæð to heom. hwæt wille ge me syllan. & ic hine be-leawige eow. Ða be-heton hyo hym þrittyg scyllinge Note: MS. slyllinge. .\n26:16 And seððan he smeagde geornlice Note: MS. geornile. þt he hine wolde be-leawan.\n26:17 Ða on þa forme gearcung-daige ge-nehlahton þa leorning-cnihtes to þam hælende. & þus cwæðen. Hwær wilt þu þt we garewian þe þine þëniunge to eastren.\n26:18 Ða cwæð se hælend. Fareð on þas cestre to sumen men & seggeð him. se lareow sægð. min time is ge-hende þt ic mid þe werce mine eastre. mid minen leorning-cnihton.\n26:19 & þa leorning-cnihtes dyden swa swa se halend heom be-bead. & hyo gegareweden Note: MS. gegarewedem. heom eastren-þegnunge.\n26:20 on þam efne sat se hælend mid his twelf leorning-cnihten æt ge-reorde.\n26:21 & þa hyo æten þa cwæð he to heom. Witodlice ic segge eow. þt an eower be-læweð Note: MS. belæwed. me.\n26:22 Ða wurðen hye swiðe ge-unrotsede & on-gan anra gehwylc cweðan. Drihten cweðst þu eom ic hit.\n26:23 & he andswerede & þus cwæð. Se ðe be-depð on disce mid me his hand se me be-læweð.\n26:24 Witodlice mannes sune ferð swa hyt awriten ys be hym. wa þam men þurh þane þe byð mannes sune be-læwed. Betere wære þam men þt he næfre nære akenned.\n26:25 Ða cwæð iudas þe hine be-læwde. Cwest þu lareow hwaðer ic hyt sy. Ða quoth. se hælend. þu hyt sægdest.\n26:26 Witodlice þa hye ætun se hælend nam hlaf & hine ge-bletsode & bræc & sealde hys leorning-cnihten & cwæð. On-foð & æteð. þis is min lichame.\n26:27 Ænd he genam þanne calic þanciende & sealde heom þus cweðende. Drinkað ealle of þisen.\n26:28 þis is witodlice mines blodes calic niwre læge. þt byoð for manegen agoten on synne forgyfenysse.\n26:29 Witodlice ic segge eow þt ic ne drinke heonen-forð of þisen eorðalice wine ær þam daige þe ic drinke þt neowe mid eow on mines fæder rice.\n26:30 Ða byo hafden heore lofsang ge-sungenne þa foren hyo upp-on oliuetes dune.\n26:31 Ða sægde se hælend heom. ealle ge wurðeð Note: MS. wurðed. ge-untreowsede on me on þisse nyhte. Hyt is awriten. ðurh þas heordes slege beoð Note: MS. beod. se heord to-dræfeð (sic).\n26:32 Witodlice æfter þam þe ic of deaðe arise ic cume to eow on galilëë.\n26:33 Þa answerede petrus him. & þus. quoth. Þeh þe hyo ealle untreowsien on þe. ic næfre ne untreowsige.\n26:34 Ða cwæð se hælend. Soð ic segge þe. þt on þisse nihte ær þam þe coc cræwe þreowe. þu wið-sæcst me.\n26:35 Ða sægde petrus him. Witodlice þeh þe ic scule swelten mid þe. ne wið-sake ic þin. Gelice þam cwæðen ealle þa oðre leorning-cnihtes.\n26:36 Ða com se hælend mid heom on þanne tun þe is genemned gethsemani & saigde his leorning-cnihten. Sitteð her oððæt ic ga hider-geond & me ge-bidde.\n26:37 & he genam petrum & zebedeus twege sunes. & ongan unrotsian & beon unrot.\n26:38 Ða säigde se hælend heom. unrot is min sawle oððe deað. Gebyddað Note: over an erasure. her. & wakieð mid me.\n26:39 & þa he lithwan þanen agan. he afell on his ansiene. & hine gebæd & þus cwæð. Fader min gyf hyt beon mæg. ge-wite þes calic fram me. þeah-hwæðere na swa swa ic wille. ac swa swa þu wylt.\n26:40 & he com to hys leorning-cnihten & funde hyo slæpende. & he sægde petre swa. ne myhte ge nu wakien ane tyde mid me.\n26:41 Wakieð & gebiddað eow. þt ge in ne gan on costnenge. Witodlice se gast ys ræd. & þt flæsc is untrum.\n26:42 Eft oðre siðe he ferde. & hine ge-bæd & cwæð. Min fader gyf þes calic ne mage witen buton ic hine drinke. gewurðe þin wille.\n26:43 & he com eft & gemette hyo slæpende. Soðlice heore eagen waren ge-heofegede.\n26:44 & he for-læt hyo æft. & ferde & hine ge-bæd þridde syðe cweðende þt ylce ge-bed.\n26:45 Ða com he to hys leorning-cnihten & saigde heom. slæpeð eallunge & resteð eow. nu geneohlacð syo tid. þt mannes sune beoð geseald on synfulra handa.\n26:46 Arisað uton faren. nu ge-nealaceð se ðe me be-læweð.\n26:47 Ða he þas þing spræc. þa com iudas an of þam twelfen & mycel folc mid him. mid sweordan & mid sahlen asende fram þare sacerda ealdra & þas folkes ealdren.\n26:48 Se þe hine be-læwde sealde heom tacne & cwæð. Swa hwinne (sic) swa ic kysse se hit ys. nymeð hine.\n26:49 & he neohlacte rædlice to þam hælende. & quoth. Hal beo þu lareow. & he kyste hine.\n26:50 Ða cwæð se hælend to hym. Eala freond to hwam be-come þu. Ða geneahlacten hyo & þanne hælend ge-namen.\n26:51 Witodlice an þara þe mid þam hælende wæs. abred hys sweord. & asloh of anes þas sacerda ealdres þeowa eare.\n26:52 Þa cwæð se hælend to hym. Do þin sweord on his scæðe. Witodlice ealle þa þe sweord nymað. mid sweorde hyo forwurðeð.\n26:53 Wenst þu þæt ic ne mihte byddan minne fæder þt he sende me nu ma þanne twelf eorde ængle.\n26:54 hu magen beon gefylde þa halgen gewrite. þe be me awritene synde. for-ðan þus hit byrað to beonne.\n26:55 On þare tide se hælend cwæð to þam folke. Eal-swa to þeofe ge synde cumene. mid sweorden ænd mid sahlum me to nymene. Daighwamlice ic sæt mid eow. on þam temple & lærde eow. & ge me ne namæn.\n26:56 Þæt eall is geworden þæt þare witegena halgane (sic) writ syen ge-fellede. Ða flugen ealle þa leorning-cnihtes & for-leten hine.\n26:57 & hyo namen þanne hælend. & lædden hine to caiphan þare sacerda ealdra þær. þa bokeres & þa ealdres ge-samneda wæren.\n26:58 Petrus hym fylgede ferrene. oð he com to þare sacerda ealdres botlen. & he in-eode & sæt mid þæm þeignen. þæt he geseage Note: orig. ge-seahge. þanne ænde.\n26:59 Witodlice þare sacerde ealdres. & eall þæt gemot sohten lease sage on-gean þanne hælend. þæt hyo hine to deaðe sealden.\n26:60 ænd hyo ne myhten nane fyndon. þa þa manega mid leasen on-sægen ge-neahlahton. Ða æt-nexten comon twegan þare leogere & cwæðen.\n26:61 Þes saide ic mæg towerpan godes temple. ænd æfter þrem dagen hyt eft ge-tymbrigen.\n26:62 Þa aras se ealdor þare sacerda & cwæð. Ne andswerest þu nan þing ongen þa. þe þas þing þe an-seggeð.\n26:63 Se hælend swigede. Þa. se ealdor þare sacerda cwæð. Ic hælsige þe þurh þanne lifiende god þæt þu segge us gyf þu ert crist godes sune.\n26:64 Ða cwæð se hælend him to. þæt þu sagdest. Soð ic eow segge. æfter þisen ge ge-seoð mannes barn sittende on þa swiðren healfe godes magen-þrymnysse. & cumendne on heofenes wolcnen.\n26:65 Þa þare sacerda ealdres slat hys agen reaf & cwæð. Ðys is bysmere-spaeche. To hwi wilnige we anigre oðre sage. nu ge ge-hyrdon of hym gyltlice spæce.\n26:66 hwæt ys eow nu ge-þuht. Hyo andweredon ealle & cwæðen. he ys deaðes scyldig.\n26:67 Ða spætton hyo on hys ansiene. & beoton hine mid here festum. Sume hine slogan on hys ansiene mid hera brada (sic) handen.\n26:68 & cwæðen. Sege us crist hwæt ys se þe þe smat.\n26:69 Petrus soðlice sæt uten on þam chæfertune. Ða com to hym an þara þeowa. & cwæð. & þu wære mid þam galileiscan hælende.\n26:70 & he wyð-soc be-foran eallen. & cwæð. Nat ich hwæt þu sægst.\n26:71 Ða he ut-eode of þare dure. þa geseah hine oðre wealne & sægde þam þe þær wæren. & þes wæs mid þam nazareiscan hælende.\n26:72 & he wið-soc eft mid aðe. þæt he his nan þing ne cuþe.\n26:73 Ða æfter litlen fyrste. ge-nehlahten þa þe þær stodan. & cwæðen to petre. Soðlice þu ert of hym. & þin sprace þe ge-swuteleð.\n26:74 Ða æt-soc he & þæt sweriende þæt he næfre þanne man ne cuðe. & rædlice þa creow se cocc.\n26:75 Ða munede petrus þas hælendes word þe he cwæð ær þam þe se cöcc creowe þreowa ðu me wið-secst. & he eode ut ænd weop byterlice.