I. 1 William of Shoreham's [Brit. Mus. Addit. MS. 17,376.] De septem sacramentis. De psalmo, [leaf 150] Man does not know whence 4 he comes, nor whither he shall go. All his life is troubled with 7 sorrow and pain. 8 And when he is dead, his body lies there like a stock, all joyless. Wipe-poute alle manere blisse. 11 5. In the MS. the 'bob' of every stanza is written in the margin to the right of the first line, a curved line running down from the rime-word of the 'bob' to the corresponding one of the last line. 12. penkeste [: lengeste], phonetically pengste [: lengste]. 13. And hondred for An h. SHOREHAM B 25. In depes, y is written over the first e in a later hand. 33. helle, MS. telle. 50 34. sauuement, above it soule sauacioun, written with pencil by a later hand. 43. by, read pys? 51. styze, MS. steyze. At Confirmation the baptized are marked for communion with those in heaven. To wesschen ous cryst schedde his blod ¶ Here-of spronge þe sacremens Of holy þynge signe. 84 85 888 For gode, 91 Hou myзte fayrer signe be pane of þe water and blode? (14) ¶ Man, porwe pat blod þi soule his bouzt Fram þe fendes powere; And porwe þat water iwessche þart Of þyne sennes here. 92 95 Nou loke, 98 3oure Cristendom his tokene prof Of criste pat we toke. (15) For, zef þou uangest pane cristendom, (5) 99 And for pan bi-lef[s]t clene, pou schelt be marked to pet stede To wichen heuen) his ymene; To sope, 102 97. 30ure, ur in a smaller handwriting, evidently a later addition to what looks more like 3a than 30. 101. stede, in a later hand on erasure. 105. MS. toope, second o inserted by a later hand. 109. MS. in alle manere, in later addition, above the line. |