Pe wyse clerkes pat sum tyme were, pus expounede pis gospel here. per Jhesu to him pis men calde riht, And bei come wip al heore miht, And heore Nettes forsoke also, fforbi wip him he dude hem take, 45 ffischers of Men he dude hem make. bis Nettes bep bus muche to telle As hous and lond and opur Catelle, 50 wyf and Child at his doing 35 ffor hose to crist wol him take, preo of his enemys he mot forsake: 60 be world, his fflesch, pe fend þat is; And we come not at þi callyng? vnkynde, forsope, he may vs pink, And for Petur furst þe world forsook, Petur is he cald in holy Book. As 'ston of Sadnes euer and ay'; ffor he was sad and trewe euer-mo; To cristes biddyng he was boun An eode wip him from toun to toun. ffor he was sad and eke good mon, holy chirche was founded him on, 80 þat tyme þat he was mad in place But forber is vs good to telle þat touchep to his ilke gospelle. per as we scholde alle ping forsake 85 And only to vr lord vs take, To forsaken and suwen vr kyng, 90 Of worldly possessiouns haue we perfore what scholde we forsake bat nout to vs zit naue we take?' fforsobe, peose gabben euerichon: 95 we haue take þat we schulde forgon; whon vr lord schal vs deeme or saue, vr self we moste forsake here, And dispise be world fer and neere. 100 As vre ffleflches wille euere and ay, synne And al-wey wilnep to beo per-Inne. ffor of vr self haue we no good, 105 But hit come of vre lordes mood. we schul dispise þe world also, þat is þus muche to seye ow to: pat wol be to pin ende bring? 110 ffor alle synnes and vices þat bep 3if bow be world holly forsake, 115 Al dedly synne and to crist take; Jon is vndurstonde to be be grace of God of hei; degre', As Chast, sobre he was and clene; Clene he was wip-oute and wip-Inne, Defouled was he not wip synne. wip þis foure foundemens of vr kyng Crist was þe chirche atte beginnyng. A place per scholde beo Joye and And he moste seche feir and sone 155 bat in Crist his doyng beo done. I rede e perof muche God ponke, bat hit beo spendet in his worching. 160 And hose is chast of his bodi, ffor al pe vertuwes of þis men perfore bei were ponked atte ende, To make to crist soulus gederyng; per euer is Joye and muchel blis; And what bond in eorpe pou breke, In heuene beo hit no lengore steke.' pis seide he to be Apostel Pere, And to opur mo bat lyk him were, 180 And bad hem bynde bi confessioun, ffor vche mon what werk he dop, hose seruep Jhesu, þat al walt, perfore is good, whil we ben here, Loke heo beo not to be so dere þat þou more bisy aboute hire beo Bote loue furst god wip al þi miht pat wol for be such wyuyng diht; 200 benk hou he maad ow bope of nouht, þen schal ze loue or eiper obur 205 3if þou haue also, wite hit wel, Mony possessions and gret Catel, 210 hit is to be good hem to leue, Leste hit muche vr lord greue. Loke pou neuer þe pruddore be, To him þat hap þe al þat sent, Plese him þenne In þis manere: Loke what he hap sent þe here, 220 And þenne þat þou bisi be ffor hit was take þe not perfore 225 To do perwiþ vr lordus biddyng; And be goode kyng Daui Gat Salomon soone, þat witti, Of hire pat po called was was 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 And his Breperen bi certeyn stage, Of Babilon in þat passage. And aftur þulke passynge Of Babilon, wip-oute lesynge, Jeconias gat ful wel 10 hym þat hette Salatiel. pis Salatiel heere Gat Zorobabel wip good chere. 3orobabel, as hit is seid, Gat Abiuth in a breid. 65 70 15 20 Sadok, sopli for to say. Sadok, þat was so good, Gat Achim wip Milde mood. So mihte non opur do bote he; 110 be nome of Jhesu her so hih bus he folfulde as kyng mihti. be sone he was cald po 115 Of Dauid and Abraham also. Dauid is as muche to say As 'an hondstrong mon ay'; ffor he asayled, ouercom and slouh, Sopliche, as I telle zou now, pulke stronge false enemye bat Godus pepel wolde distrize. 120 vre strengest Conquerour was only Crist, vr saueour, bat wip pe deuel foul and grym, fful of Atter and of venym, ffauzt here on eorply lond And ouercom him wip strong hond; As mihti he him ouercom And dampned him be Rihtwis dom. Abraham is forte Mene 'ffadur of mony folk atene'. Aftur þis victori to se be fadur of mony folk was he, ffor he hem gat newe azeyn 125 130 þat weore in periffchyng, sob to seyn. bat Abraham gat Ysaak, And Ysaak Jacob gat, And Jacob, þat we to calle, Gat Judas and his breperen alle. 131 Ms. vittori. 135 Spiritualy com Jhesus hende ffor vre hele In to his ende Bi þeos patriarkes goode þat we toforen of vndurstode. þe nome of hem euerichone Is vndurstonden Jhesu one, þe vndurstondyng of alle hem Is forto mene be hele of Men. Abraham, as I haue seid, To ffader of mony folk is leid, Bitoknep þat crist be fader is Of alle hem þat lyuen in þis. And also pis Ysaak þat we biforen of spak, Is vndurstonde 'a lauzwhyng' Or a-nobur gret Joyng: 140 145 150 hit toknep him, wip-outen drede, 155 Of whom þe Angel spac in dede whon he to be schepherde tolde 'Joye I schewe zou monyfolde, And þat schal euere-more beo To alle pepul to here and seo.' 160 Jacob is vndurstonden her verreily 'a supplaunter': þat was crist, vr aller bote, þat caste and putte vndur foote þe fend of helle fer beo-hynde 165 þat wastor was to al monkynde, And his dwellyng-place he brac And entred in at þat zat. Judas is as muche to say As 'blisfulliche to knowleche ay' 170 þis was crist God an hiz, As witnesset þe Ewangely, þer as he seide 'ffadur fre, 175 În heuene and eorpe I knouleche be;' Also þe salm good and dere bus seip in þe sautere vr lord is blisful euer-more In his holynesses' perfore his holynesses is to calle po þat ben his menbres alle. he vs graunte of his grace In his blisse to haue a place. Amen. 180 he onswerde and seide azeyn, ffor his bileeue nas not serteyn: Bote I seo in his hondes schalle be forme of be nayles alle, To puyte my ffyngres in þat plas per as be nayles was, And in his syde myn hond to do, Elles nul I not leeue so.“ Whon eiste dayes past were, be disciples azeyn were pere: And Thomas, of bileeue vnstrong, was þat tyme hem among. Jhesu com, as was his wille, In at þe sperred zates stille; Anon he stod hem amidde, Pees to hem bigon to bidde. 10 15 20 25 Soone to Thomas seide he: puit in by finger nou and se, Grope and seo at his tyme hondes and eke feet myne, Tac pin hond in þis tyde And puyt hit here in to my syde: Of mis-bi-leeue beo pou no more, But leeue pou treweli in my lore! 30 Thomas putte his houd strong In to his wounde, þat was so long; Thomas ons werde and seide sone: Mi lord, mi God! what haue I done!" „Thomas," he seide, „for þou hast sen, 35 bou leeuest hat hit mai so ben: Thomas, þat we speke of here, perfore he was in muche doute And wente faste peraboute. Bote Jhesu, heize heuene-kyng, ffolfulde his desiryng: 45 50 he schewede him openli in his siht, As pis gospel witnesset riht. he put his hond in to his syde And feled per his woundes wyde; hen was he to bileeue i-brouht whuch þat he hedde aftur souht; 'Mi lord, Mi God!' he seide an hiz bat was bus muche to discri: God of pite he menede po And lord of Dampnaciun also. 'Thomas,' he seide, 'for pou hit syze heere wip þi bodily eze, 60 65 perfore pou leeuest in his stounde 70 75 80 bat blessyng schul bei fynden al whon bodi and soule de-part schal: þen þe spirit schal ful euene knowe be heise wey to heuene; And also in þe laste day whon god him-self pus schal say: 'Comep hider alle ze 85 þat blessed ben of my fader and me! fforsope, for zou hit is diht be kynedom of heuene briht.' Leeue in him þat was ful boun To payen his blood for vre raun ffurst he was boren, sikerly, wip-outen synne of Mayden Mari And so was þer neuer non wip-outen synne but he alon. To twelue zer age whon he rauht, 105 In be temple he sat and tauht. And he from pepel mony and fele Cast out deueles and 3af hem hele. he eode vpon be watres won, bei bar him vp as god and Mon. 110 To be blynde in mony place Siht he gaf of his grace: Of Cleiz and of his spotel also be Blynde he made ezen po. Mony he heled in þat tyme þat weren in þe palesy pyne. 115 |