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Are ye madiens with your downcast eyes11/12/2022 ![]() for other-hwet, The black cloth also, besides symbolism, does less harm to the eyes and is thicker against the wind and harder (lit., worse) to see through and holds ( halt = reduced form of haldeth) its color better against (lit., before) wind and against other things (lit., other what).Ģ9-31 Lokith thet. to biwitene, Thus the white cross symbolizes the protection of white chastity, which is a great pain (or, hardship) to protect well.Ģ7-29 The blake clath alswa. Pain (i.e., hardship) is everywhere through cross to be understood (lit., made to be understood ).Ģ6 Thus bitacneth hwit cros. to understonden, The white relates rightly to white virginity (lit., maidenhead) and to chastity, which is much pain (or, trouble) to hold well. for ladliche sunnen, The black cross relates to those who make in the world their penance for loathsome sins.Ģ4-25 The hwite limpeth. the martirs weren, The red relates to those who are, for God's love, made ruddy and reddened with the shedding of their blood (lit., with their bloodshedding), as the martyrs were.Ģ3-24 The blake cros. blac ant hwit, The white cross relates to you, for are three crosses: red and black and white.Ģ1-23 The reade limpeth. The black cloth symbolizes that you are black and worthless to the world outside (lit., without), that the ( te = reduced form of the) true sun has charred you on the outside and has thus made you unlovely on the outside as you are, through the gleams of His grace.Ģ1 The hwite cros limpeth to ow. gleames of his grace, Let the cloth in them be of two kinds (lit., twofold): the cloth black, the cross white within and without (i.e., inside and outside). nearewest, all be small, the parlor's least (i.e., smallest) and narrowest.ġ7-20 The clath in ham. #ARE YE MADIENS WITH YOUR DOWNCAST EYES WINDOWS#ower thurles, Therefore, my dear sisters love your windows (lit., holes) as little as you possibly can, (lit., the least that you ever may).ġ6-17 Alle beon. as ye schulen efter i-heren, God knows, at his eye-hole (i.e., the window of his eye), through a sight that he saw through an beholding, as you will hear after (i.e., in a moment).ġ6 For-thi mine leove sustren. Hwer? And where did she break out from David the holy king, God's prophet? Where?ġ4-15 Godd wat. carien, When a man so holy, so wise, and so vigilant allowed her to escape, another (i.e., an average person) may worry intensely about her (i.e., the heart's) flight.ġ3-14 Ant hwer edbrec ha ut. habbe i-funden, "Lord," he says, "my heart has come back again. suum, "Your servant has found his heart" (2 Samuel 7:27).ġ1-12 Laverd. i-cumen ham, again he rejoices (reflex.) and says that she had come home.ġ1 Invenit. etsteart him, David, God's prophet, complained at a certain time that she (i.e., the heart) had started away from him.ĩ-10 Cor meum dereliquit me, "My heart has abandoned me" (Psalm 39:13).ġ0 is edflohe me, has escaped (lit., fled away from) me.ġ0-11 eft he blisseth him. heorte, " "Nothing flees from a person sooner than his own heart."ĩ Davith (spelled Davið in Corpus), Godes prophete. moni liht lupe, The heart is a very wild beast and makes many a wanton leap.Ĩ Nichil corde fugatius, "Nothing is more fleeting than the heart" (Gregory, Pastoral Care, 3.14) "Na thing ne etflith. his sawle heale, And we shall speak of all, for whosoever guards ( wit = reduced form of witeth) these well, he does Solomon's commandment: he guards well his heart and his soul's well-being (or, salvation).ħ The heorte is a. euch limes felunge, The heart's guardians are the five senses: sight, and hearing, tasting, and smelling, and each limb's feeling (i.e., touch).ĥ-7 Ant we schulen. wel i-loket, "With all watchfulness (lit., watchfulness of every kind), protect well your heart, for the soul's life is in her (i.e., the heart)" - if she is well looked after.Ĥ-5 The heorte wardeins. procedit, "With all watchfulness preserve your heart, for from it life comes forth" (Proverbs 4:23).Ģ-4 With alles cunnes. the fif wittes, Here begins the second part, concerning the heart's guarding (i.e., protecting the heart) through the five senses (lit., wits).Ģ Omni custodia. ![]()
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