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THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE (c. 1154)

A MONK OF PETERBOROUGH

(FROM THE RECORD FOR 1137)

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This gære 2 1 for the king Stephne ofer sæ to Normandi, and ther wes underfangen, forthithat hi uuenden 8 that he sculde ben 10 alsuic "alse 12 the eom 13 wes, and for he hadde get his tresor; ac he to-deld 16 it and scatered sotlice." Micel 18 hadde Henri king gadered gold and sylver, and na ne dide me 21 for his saule 22 tharof.23 Tha" the king Stephne to Englalande com,25 tha macod" he his gadering 28 æt Oxeneford; and thar he nam 29 the biscop Roger of Sereberi 30 and Alexander biscop of Lincol and te31 Canceler Roger his neves, and dide 33 ælle in prisun til hiiafen 34 up here 35 castles. Tha 24 the suikes undergæton 37 that he milde man was and softe and god 20 and na 19 justise ne dide, tha 2 diden hi alle wunder.39 Hi' had

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FROM AN OLD ENGLISH HOMILY
(BEFORE 1200)
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Missus est Jeremias in puteum et stetit ibi
usque ad os, etc.

(See Jeremiah 38 : 6-13)

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Bi Jeremie the prophete we aghen 38 to understonden ülcne 39 mon sünfulle 40 the lith in hevie sünne and thurh sothe " scrift 42 his sünbendes nüle" slakien.15 Funiculi amaritudines penetencie significant. The rapes the 22 weren i-cast to him bi-tacneth " the herdnesse of scrifte "2; for nis 47 48 of us se nan 15 strong the " hefde idon 50 thre hefed " sünnen thet his licome nere 52 swithe feble er 53 he hefde i-dreghen thet 55 scrift the 22 ther-to bilimpeth. Thas kinges hus bi-tacneth Hali Chirche. Tha clathes thet weren i-sende ut of thes kinges huse for to binden the rapes mid 57 bi-tacnet 58 the halie 5 ureisuns 60 the 61 me singeth in halie chirche and the halie sacramens the me 2 sacreth 63 in 64 a-lesnesse 5 of alla sünfulle. Leofemen, nu ye habbeth i-herd of this pütte the bi-tacninge the ic habbe embe "7 i-speken" and the bi-tacninge of the prophete and thet" the rapes bi-tacneth, and hwat " tha clathes bi-tacneth the " the rapes weren mide" bi-wunden. I-hereth 70 nuthe" whülche"

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The lufe of Jhesu Criste es ful dere 10 tresure, ful delytabyl " joy, and ful syker to trayst man on. For-thi, he wil not gyf it to folys," that kan noght hald 16 it and kepe it tenderly; bot 7 til 18 thaim he gese 19 it the whilk 20 nowther " for wele ne for wa 22 wil lat 23 it passe fra tham, bot are thai wil dye or thai wolde wrath Jhesu Criste. And na man dose precyous lycor in a stynkand vessell, bot in a clene. Als 28 Criste dose " noght his lufe in a foule hert in syn and bownden in vile lust of flesche, bot in a hert that es fayre and clene in vertues. Noght-for-thi,29 a fowle vessel may be made sa clene that a ful dere thyng savely 30 may be done 3 tharin.32 And Jhesu Criste oft-sythes purges many synfull mans sawle and makes it abyl 35 thurgh his grace to receyve the delitabel " swetnes of hys luf, and to be his wonnyng-stede 36 in halynes; and ay 38 the clennar it waxes, the mare 39 joy and solace of heven Criste settes thar-in. Forthi," at the fyrst tyme when a man es turned to God, he may not fele 10 that swete lycor til he have bene wele used in Goddes servys and his hert be purged thorow prayers and penance and gode thoghtes in God. For he that es slaw 3 in Goddes servyce may noght be byrnand "in lufe, bot-if 15 he do al his myght and travell" nyght and day to fulfill Goddes will. And when that blyssed lufe es in a mans hert, it will not suffer hym be ydel," bot ay it stirres hym to do som gode that myght be lykand til God, as in praying, or in wirkyng

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