Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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CAP. IV.
1 Mi note frendesse, thou art ful fair; thin
i&yogh;en ben of culueris, with outen that that
is hid with ynne; thin heeris ben as the
flockis of geete, that stieden fro the hil
of Galaad.
2 Thi teeth ben as the flockis
of clippid sheep, that stieden fro waischyng;
alle ben with double lambren, and
no bareyn is among tho.
3 Thi lippis ben
as a reed lace, and thi speche is swete;
as the relif of an appil of Punyk, so ben
thi chekis, with outen that, that is hid
with ynne.
4 Thi necke is as the tour of
Dauid, which is bildid with strengthis
maad bifore for defense; a thousynde
scheldis hangen on it, al armure of
stronge men.
5 Thi twei tetis ben as twey
kidis, twynnes of a capret, that ben fed
in lilies,
6 til the dai sprynge, and shadewis
ben bowid doun. Y schal go to the
mounteyn of myrre note, and to the litil hil
of encense.
7 My frendesse, thou art al
faire, and no wem is in thee.
8 My
spousesse, come thou fro the Liban; come
thou fro the Liban, come thou; thou
schalt be corowned fro the heed of Amana note,
fro the cop of Sanyr and Hermon,
fro the dennys of liouns, fro the hillis of
pardis.
9 My sister spousesse, thou hast
woundid myn herte; thou hast woundid
myn herte, in oon of thin i&yogh;en note, and in
oon heer of thi necke.
10 My sistir
spousesse, thi tetis ben ful faire; thi tetis
ben feirere than wyn, and the odour of
-- --
thi clothis is aboue alle swete smellynge
oynementis.
11 Spousesse, thi lippis ben an
hony note coomb droppynge; hony and mylk
ben vndur thi tunge, and the odour of thi
clothis is as the odour of encence.
12 Mi
sister spousesse, a gardyn closid togidere;
a gardyn closid togidere, a welle aseelid.
13 Thi sendingis out ben paradis of applis note
of Punyk, with the fruytis of applis, cipre
trees, with narde;
14 narde, and saffrun, an
erbe clepid fistula, and canel, with alle
trees of the Liban, myrre, and aloes, with
alle the beste oynementis.
15 A welle of
gardyns, a pit of wallynge watris, that
flowen with fersnesse fro the Liban.
16 Rise
thou north wynd, and come thou, south
wynd; blowe thou thorou&yogh; my gardyn,
and the swete smellynge oynementis note
therof schulen flete.
Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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