Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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CAP. VII.
1 Kni&yogh;thod is the lif of man vpon erthe,
and as the da&yogh;es of an hirid man, the
da&yogh;is of hym.
2 As an hert desireth shadewe,
and as an hirid man abideth the
ende of his werc;
3 so and I hadde voide
monethis, and trauailous ny&yogh;tis I noumbride
out to me.
4 If I shul slepen, I shal
sey, Whanne shal I rise? and eft I shal
abide the euetid, and I shal be fulfild
with sorewis vnto dercnessis.
5 My flesh
is clad with roting, and with filthis of
pouder; my fel driede, and is drawen togidere.
6 My da&yogh;es swiftliere passiden
than of the weuere the web is kut of;
and thei ben wastid withoute any hope.
7 Haue mynde, for wind is my lif, and
myn e&yogh;e shal not be turned a&yogh;een, that
I see goodis.
8 Ne the si&yogh;te of man shal
beholde me; but thin e&yogh;en in me, and I
shal not stonden.
9 As a cloude is wastid,
and passeth, so that goth doun to helle,
shal not ste&yogh;en vp;
10 ne shal turne a&yogh;een
more in to his hous, ne his place shal
more ouer knowen hym.
11 Wherfore and
I shal not spare to my mouth; I shal
speke in the tribulacioun of my spirit,
and I shal talke with the bitternesse of
my soule.
12 Whether am I the se, or a
whal, for &yogh;ee han enuyround me with a
prisoun?
13 If I shal seyn, My bed shal
coumforte me, and I shal be releued
-- --
spekende with me in my bed;
14 thou shalt
fere me bi sweuenys, and bi viseouns;
thur&yogh;orrour thou shalt smyte me to gidere.
15 Wherfore my soule ches hangyng vp, and
my bones deth.
16 I despeirede, now I shal
no mor liue; spare to me, Lord, no thing
forsothe ben my da&yogh;es.
17 What is a man,
for thou magnefiest hym? or what thou
settis to a&yogh;en hym thin herte?
18 Thou
visitist hym the morutid, and feerli thou
prouest hym.
19 Hou longe thou sparist
not to me, ne letist me, that I swolewe
my spotele?
20 I haue synned; what shal
I don to thee, O! kepere of men? Whi
hast thou put me contrarie to thee, and
am maad to myself heuy?
21 Whi takist
thou not awei my synne, and whi dost
thou not awei my wickidnesse? Lo!
nowe in pouder I slepe, and if erli thou
seche me, I shal not stonde stille.
Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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