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. IV.
1 The vois of Crist to the Chirche. Hou
fair art thou, my leef, hou fair art thou;
thin e&yogh;en of culueres, withoute it that
withynne forth is hid; thin heres as the
flockes of get, that ste&yogh;eden vp fro the
hil of Galaad.
2 Thi teth as the flockys
of clippid sheep, that ste&yogh;eden vp fro the
wasshing place; alle with double lombis
in the wombe, and bareyn ther is not
among hem.
3 As a fyr red silkene filet
thi lippes, and thi faire speche sweete;
as the breking of a poumgarnet, so thi
chekes, withoute it, that withinne forth
sit hid.
4 As the tour of Dauid thi necke,
that is bild out with pynacles; a thousend
sheldis hangen of it, al the armoure
of stronge men.
5 Thi two tetes as two
&yogh;unge capretes, twynlingus of the capret,
that ben fed in lilies,
6 to the time that
the dai brethe out, and the shadewes ben
inbowed. I shal go to the mount of
mirre, and to the hil of cens.
7 Al fair
thou art, my leef, and wem is not in
thee.
8 Cum thou fro Liban, my spouse;
cum from Liban, cum; thou shalt be
crouned fro the hed of Amana, fro the
frount of Samur and of Ermon, fro the
couches of leouns, and the hil of pardis.
9 Thou hast woundid myn herte, my sister;
my spouse, thou hast woundid my
herte, in oon of thin e&yogh;en, and in oon
her of thi necke.
10 Hou faire ben thi
tetes, my sister, my spouse; fairere ben
-- --
thi tetes than win, and the smel of thin
oynemens ouer alle spices.
11 A droppende
honycomb thi lippes, spouse; hony and
mylc vnder thi tunge, and the smel of
thi clothingus as the smel of cens.
12 A
closid gardin, my sister spouse; a closid
gardyn, a welle selid.
13 Thin outsendingus
paradis of poungarnetes, with the frutis
of appilis, of cipre tre, with narde;
14 and
narde, and safrun, fistula, and canel, with
alle the trees of Liban, myrre, and aloes,
with alle the firste oynemens.
15 The welle
of gardynes, the pit of liuende watris,
that flowen with bire fro Liban.
16 Ris,
north, and cum, south; blo&yogh; thur&yogh; my
gardyn, and ther shul flowe swote spices
of it.
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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