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. I.
1 Aleph. Hou sitteth alone the cite ful
of puple? mad is as a widewe the ladi
of folc of kinde; prince of prouynces
mad is vnder tribute.
2 Beth. Wepende
she wepte in the ny&yogh;t, and the teres of
hir in hir chekus; ther is not that coumforte
hir, of alle hir derwrthe; alle her
frendus dispiseden hir, and ben mad to
hir enemys.
3 Gimel. Passyde Juda for
the affliccioun and the multitude of seruage,
dwellide among Jentiles, ne she fond
reste; alle hir pursuerus ca&yogh;ten hir among
anguysshis.
4 Deleth. The weies of Sion
weilen, for thi that ther ben not, that
come to the solempnete; alle hir &yogh;atus
ben stro&yogh;ed, hir prestys weilende, hir
maidenus foule, and she opressed with
bitternesse.
5 He. Mad ben hir enemys
in the hed, and hir enemys ben richid,
for the Lord spac vp on hir. For the
multitude of hir wickenesses hir litil
childer ben lad in to caitifte, bifor the
face of the trublende.
6 Vau. And wente
out fro the do&yogh;ter of Sion `al hir fairnesse;
mad ben hir princes as wetheres
not fyndende leswis, and thei wenten
-- --
awei withoute strengthe bifor the face of
the folewere.
7 Sai. And recordide Jerusalem
of the daies of hir affliccioun and
trespas, and of alle hir desirable thingus
that she hadde fro the olde daies; whan
shulde falle hir puple in the enemys
hond, and ther was not an helpere; se&yogh;en
hir the enemys, and scorneden hir sabatus.
8 Heth. A synne synnede Jerusalem,
therfore vnstable she is mad; alle that
glorifieden hir dispiseden hir, for thei
se&yogh;en hir shenshipe; she forsothe weilende,
and is turned bacward.
9 Teth. The
filthis of hir in hir feet, and she recordide
not of hir ende; do doun she is
hugeli, not hauende a comfortour; see,
Lord, my tormenting, for rered vp is the
enemy.
10 Joth. His hond sente the enemy
to alle hir desirable thingus; for she
sa&yogh; Jentilis gon in to hir seyntuarie, of
whiche thou haddist comaundid, that thei
shulde not go in to thi chirche.
11 Caf. Al
hir puple weilende and sechende bred,
and &yogh;eeuen eche preciouse thingus for
mete to be refreshid the soule; see, Lord,
and behold, for mad Y am foul.
12 Lameth.
O! alle &yogh;ee that passen bi the weie, taketh
heed, and seeth, if ther is sorewe as
my sorewe; for to-pullid me it hath, as
the Lord spac in the dai of the wrathe
of his wodnesse.
13 Men. Fro an hei&yogh; he
sente fyr in my bonus, and lernede me;
spredde out a net to my feet, turnede me
bacward; he sette me desolat, al dai
with mournyng defacid.
14 Nun. Wakide
the &yogh;oc of my wickenesses in his hond,
wrappid thei ben togidere, and leid on
my necke; feblid is my vertu; &yogh;af me the
Lord in the hond, of whiche Y shal not
moun rise.
15 Sameth. Toc awei the Lord
alle my grete wrthi doeres fro my myddel;
he clepede a&yogh;en me tyme, that he
to-brose my chosene; the presse trad the
Lord to the maide, do&yogh;ter of Juda.
-- --
16 Ayn. Therfore Y wepende, and myn e&yogh;e
ledende doun water; for ferr mad `fro me
is the coumfortour, turnende my soule;
mad ben my sonus lost, for mor my&yogh;ti
was the enemy.
17 Fee. Stra&yogh;te out Sion
hir hondus, ther is not that coumforte
hir; the Lord sente a&yogh;en Jacob, in the
cumpas of hir, hir enemys; mad is Jerusalem
as defoulid with wymmen flux blodis
among hem.
18 Sade. Ri&yogh;twis is the Lord,
for his mouth to wrathe Y terrede; hereth,
Y beseche, alle puplis, and seeth my
sorewe; my maidenes and my &yogh;unge men
wenten in to caitifte.
19 Cof. I clepede
my frendus, and thei bigileden me; my
prestus and myn olde men in the cite ben
wastid; for thei so&yogh;ten mete to themself,
that thei refreshe ther soule.
20 Res.
See, Lord, for Y am trublid, al disturbid
is my wombe; turned vp so doun is myn
herte in myself, for of bitternesse ful Y
am; withouteforth sleeth the sword,
and at home deth is lyc.
21 Syn. Thei
herden, for Y inwardli weile, and ther
is not that coumforteth me; alle myn
enemys herden myn euel, gladiden, for
thou didist; thou bro&yogh;tist to dai of coumforting,
and mad thei shul be lic me.
22 Tau. Go yn al the euel of hem bifor
thee, and to-pulle hem, as thou to-pulledist
me for my wickydnesses; manye
forsothe my weilingis, and myn herte
moornende.
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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