The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.
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MAn og to luuen ðat rimes ren, ðe Wiſſeð wel ðe logede men, hu man may him wel loken ðog he ne be lered on no boken, Luuen god and ſeruen him ay, For he it hem wel gelden may, And to alle criſtenei men beren paiſ and luue bi-twen; ðan ſal him almightin luuen, Her bi-neðen and ðund abuuen, And giuen him bliſſe and ſoules reſte[n] ðat him ſal earuermor leſten.
Ut of latin ðis ſong is dragen on engleis ſpeche, on ſoðe ſagen; Cristene men ogen ben ſo fagen ſo fueles arn quan he it ſen dagen, ðan man hem telled soðe tale Wid londes ſpeche and wordes ſmale, Of bliſſes dune, of ſorwes dale; Quhu lucifer, ðat deuel dwale, [Brogte mankinde in sinne and bale] And held hem ſperd in helles male til god ſrid him in manliched, dede mankinde bote and red, And unſpered al ðe fendes ſped, And halp ðor he ſag mikel ned. Biddi hic ſingen non oðer led, ðog hic folgen idel-hed.
FAder god of alle ðhinge, Almigtin louerd, hegeſt kinge, ðu giue me ſeli timinge To thaunen ðis werdes biginninge, ðe, leuerd god, to wurðinge, Queðer ſo hic rede or ſinge!
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About this edition
- The words
- The author's text, copied word for word.
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- The source library's header, footer and license
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- The manuscript's closing formula after the last line ('EXPLICIT LIBer EXODUS.'), a closing line like 'THE END'
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 2 places
- The source website's menus, layout and notices
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 4 places
- The index, in 3 places
- Printer's imprint