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Part Four
Temptations
Ne wene nan of heh lif thet ha ne beo i-temptet: mare beoth the gode, the
beoth i-clumben hehe, i-temptet then the wake - ant thet is reisun. For se
the hul is herre, se the wind is mare th'ron. Se the hul is herre of hali lif
ant of heh, se the feondes puffes - the windes of fondunges - beoth strengre
th'ron ant mare. Yef ei ancre is the ne veleth nane fondunges, swithe drede i thet
puint thet ha beo over-muchel ant over-swithe i-fondet. For swa Sein Gregoire
seith: Tunc maxime inpugnaris cum te inpugnari non sentis. Sec mon haveth
twa estaz swithe dredfule: thet an is hwen he ne feleth nawt his ahne secnesse, ant
for-thi ne secheth nawt leche ne lechecreft, ne easketh na-mon read, ant asteorveth
ferliche ear me least wene. This is the ancre the nat nawt hwet is fondunge. To
theos speketh the engel i the Apocalipse: Dicis quia dives sum et nullius egeo, et
nescis quia miser es et nudus, et pauper et cecus. "Thu seist the nis neod na
medecine, ah thu art blind i-heortet, ne ne sist nawt hu thu art povre ant naket of
halinesse ant gastelich wrecche." Thet other dredfule estat thet te seke haveth is al
frommard this. Thet is hwen he feleth se muchel angoise thet he ne mei tholien
thet me hondli his sar ne thet me him heale. This is sum ancre the feleth se swithe
hire fondunges ant is se sare ofdred thet na gastelich cunfort ne mei hire gleadien
ne makien to understonden thet ha mahe ant schule thurh ham the betere beon i-
borhen. Ne teleth hit i the Godspel thet te Hali Gast leadde ure Laverd seolf into
anlich stude, to leaden anlich lif for-te beon i-temptet of the unwine of helle?
Ductus est Jesus in desertum a spiritu ut temptaretur a diabolo. Ah his
temptatiun - the ne mahte sunegin - wes ane withuten.
Understondeth thenne on alre earst, leove sustren, thet twa cunne temptatiuns,
twa cunne fondunges beoth - uttre ant inre, ant ba beoth feole-valde. Uttre
fondunge is hwer-of kimeth licunge other mislicunge withuten other withinnen.
Mislicunge withuten: ase secnesse, meoseise, scheome, unhap, ant euch licomlich
derf thet te flesch eileth. Withinnen: heorte sar, grome - ant wreaththe alswa,
onont thet ha is pine. Licunge withuten: licomes heale, mete, drunch, clath inoh
ant euch flesches eise onont swucche thinges. Licunge withinnen: as sum fals
gleadschipe other of monne here-word, other yef me is i-luvet mare then an-other,
mare i-olhnet, mare i-don god other menske. This dale of this temptatiun thet is
uttre i-cleopet, is swikelure then the other half. Ba beoth a temptatiun ant, either
withinnen ant withuten, bathe of hire twa dalen. Ah ha is uttre i-cleopet, for ha is
eaver other i thing withuten other of thing withuten, ant te uttre thing is the
fondunge. Theos fondunge kimeth other-hwile of Godd, of mon other-hwiles. Of
Godd: as of freondes death, secnesse other on ham other o the-seolven, poverte,
mishapnunge, ant othre swucche, heale alswa ant eise.
Of mon: as mislich woh - other of word other of werc, o the other, o thine -
alswa here-word other god-dede. Theos cumeth alswa of Godd, ah nawt as doth
the othre, withuten euch middel. Ah with alle he fondeth mon hu he him drede ant
luvie. Inre fondunges beoth misliche untheawes, other lust towart ham other thohtes
swikele, the thuncheth thah gode. Theos inre fondunge kimeth of the feond, of the
world, of ure flesch other-hwile. To the uttre temptatiun is neod patience - thet
is, tholemodnesse. To the inre is neod wisdom ant gastelich strengthe. We schulen
nu speoken of the uttre ant teachen theo the habbeth hire, hu ha mahen with Godes
grace i-finde remedie - thet is, elne ayeines hire to frovrin ham-seolven.
Beatus vir, qui suffert temptationem, quoniam cum probatus fuerit, accipiet
coronam vite quam repromisit Deus diligentibus se. "Eadi is ant seli the haveth
i temptatiun tholemodnesse, for hwen ha is i-pruvet," hit seith, "ha schal beon i-
crunet mid te crune of lif the Godd haveth bihaten his leove i-corene." "Hwen ha
is i-pru[v]et," hit seith. Wel is hit i-seid, for alswa pruveth Godd his leove i-
corene, as the golt-smith fondeth thet gold i the fure. Thet false gold forwurtheth
th'rin; thet gode kimeth ut brihtre. Secnesse is a brune hat for-te tholien, ah na
thing ne clenseth gold as hit deth the sawle.
Secnesse thet Godd send - nawt thet sum lecheth thurh hire ahne dusi-schipe
- deth theose six thinges: (i) wescheth the sunnen the beoth ear i-wrahte, (ii)
wardeth toyein theo the weren towardes, (iii) pruveth pacience, (iiii) halt in
eadmodnesse, (v) muchleth the mede, [vi] eveneth to martir thene tholemode.
Thus is secnesse sawlene heale, salve of hire wunden, scheld, thet ha ne kecche
ma, as Godd sith thet ha schulde, yef secnesse hit ne lette. Secnesse maketh mon
to understonden hwet he is, to cnawen him-seolven - ant, as god meister, beat
for-te leorni wel hu mihti is Godd, hu frakel is the worldes blisse. Secnesse is thi
gold-smith the i the blisse of heovene overguldeth thi crune. Se the secnesse is
mare, se the golt-smith is bisgre, ant se hit lengre least, se he brihteth hire swithere
to beo martirs evening thurh a hwilinde wa. Hwet is mare grace to theo the hefde
ofearnet the pinen of helle, world abuten ende? Nalde me tellen him alre monne
dusegest, the forseke a buffet for a speres wunde? a nelde pricchunge for an
bihefdunge? a beatunge for an hongunge on helle weari-treo, aa on ecnesse? Godd
hit wat, leove sustren, al the wa of this world is i-evenet to helle alre leaste pine.
Al nis bute bal-plohe. Al nis nawt swa muchel as is a lutel deawes drope toyeines
the brade sea ant alle worldes weattres. The mei thenne edstearten thet ilke grisliche
wa, the eateliche pinen thurh secnesse thet ageath, thurh ei uvel thet her is, seliliche
mei ha seggen.
On other half leornith moni-valde frovren ayein the uttre fondunge the kimeth
of monnes uvel, for theos, the ich habbe i-seid of, is of Godes sonde. Hwa-se
eaver misseith the other misdeth the - nim yeme ant understond thet he is thi vile
the lorimers habbeth ant fileth al thi rust awei ant ti ruhe of sunne. For he fret
him-seolven, weilawei, as the file deth, ah he maketh smethe ant brihteth thi sawle.
On other wise thench hwa-se-eaver hearmeth the other eni wa deth the, scheome,
grome, teone - he is Godes yerde. For swa he seith thurh Sein Juhanes muth i the
Apocalipse: Ego quos amo arguo et castigo. "Ne beat he nan bute hwam-se he
luveth ant halt for his dohter," na-mare then thu waldest beaten a fremede child
thah hit al gulte. Ah nawt ne leote he wel of thet is Godes yerde, for as the feader
hwen he haveth inoh i-beaten his child ant haveth hit i-tuht wel, warpeth the
yerde i the fur, for ha nis noht na-mare, alswa the Feder of heovene hwen he
haveth i-beaten with an unwreast mon other an unwrest wummon his leove child
for his god, he warpeth the yerde - thet is, the unwreste - into the fur of helle.
For-thi he seith elles-hwer, Michi vindictam; ego retribuam - thet is, "min is
the wrake: ich chulle yelden," as thah he seide, "ne wreoke ye nawt ow-seolven,
ne grucchi ye ne wearien hwen me gulteth with ow, ah thencheth anan thet he is
ower feadres yerde ant thet he wule yelden him yerde servise." Ant nis thet child
ful-itohen thet scratleth ayein ant bit up-o the yerde? Thet deboneire child hwen
hit is i-beaten, yef the feader hat hit, hit cusseth the yerde - ant ye don alswa,
mine leove sustren. For swa hat ower feader thet ye cussen nawt with muth, ah
with luve of heorte theo the he ow with beateth. Diligite inimicos vestros.
Benefacite hiis qui oderunt vos et orate pro persequentibus et calumpniantibus
vos. This is Godes heste, thet him is muchel leovre then thet tu eote gruttene bred
other weredest hearde here: "luvieth ower va-men," he seith, "ant doth god yef ye
mahen to theo thet ow weorrith." Yef ye elles ne mahen, biddeth yeorne for theo
thet ow eni eil doth other misseggeth. Ant te Apostle leareth, "ne yelde ye neaver
uvel for uvel, ah doth god eaver ayein uvel" as dude ure Laverd seolf ant alle his
hali halhen. Yef ye thus haldeth Godes heaste, thenne beo ye his hende child ant
cusseth the yerde the he haveth ow with i-thorschen. Nu seith other-h[w]ile sum,
"his sawle - other hiren - ich chulle wel luvien, his bodi o nane wise." Ah thet
nis nawt to seggen. The sawle ant te licome nis bute a mon ant ba ham tit a dom.
Wult tu dealen o twa, the Godd haveth to an i-sompnet? He forbeot hit ant seith,
Quod Deus conjunxit homo non separet. Ne wurthe nan se wod thet he to-deale
the thing the Godd haveth i-veiet.
Thencheth yet thisses weis: thet child, yef hit spurneth o sum thing other hurteth,
me beat thet hit hurte on, ant thet child is wel i-paiet, foryeteth al his hurt ant
stilleth hise teares. For-thi frovrith ow-seolven: Letabitur justus cum viderit
vindictam. Godd schal o Domes-dei don as thah he seide, "Dohter, hurte thes
the? Dude he the spurnen i wreaththe other in heorte sar, i scheome other in eani
teone? Loke, dohter, loke," he seith, "hu he hit schal abuggen." Ant ther ye schule
seon bunkin him with thes deofles betles, thet wa bith him thes lives. Ye schulen
beo wel i-paiet th'rof, for ower wil ant Godes wil schal swa beon i-veiet thet ye
schulen wullen al thet he eaver wule, ant he al thet ye wulleth.
Over alle othre thohtes in alle ower passiuns, thencheth eaver inwardliche up-
Godes pinen, thet te worldes wealdent walde for his threalles tholien swucche
schendlakes, hokeres, buffez, spatlunge, blindfeallunge, thornene crununge thet
set him i the heaved swa thet te blodi strundes striken adun ant leaveden dun to
ther eorthe; his swete bodi i-bunden naket to the hearde piler ant i-beate swa thet
tet deore-wurthe blod ron on euche halve; thet attri drunch thet me him yef, tha
him thurste o rode; hare heafde sturunge upon him, tha heo on hokerunge gredden
se lude, "Lo, her the healde othre! Lo, hu he healeth nu ant helpeth him-seolven!"
Turneth th'ruppe ther ich spec hu he wes i-pinet in alle his fif wittes ant eveneth al
ower wa, secnesse ant other-hwet, woh of word other of werc, ant al thet mon mei
tholien to thet tet he tholede, ant ye schulen lihtliche i-seon hu lutel hit reacheth,
nomeliche yef ye thencheth thet he wes al ladles ant thet he droh al this nawt for
him-seolven, for he ne agulte neaver. Yef ye tholieth wa, ye habbeth wurse ofservet,
ant al thet ye tholieth al is for ow-seolven.
Gath nu thenne gleadluker bi strong wei ant bi swincful toward te muchele
feaste of heovene, ther-as ower gleade freond ower cume i-kepeth, thenne dusie
worldes men gath bi grene wei toward te weari-treo ant te death of helle. Betere is
ga sec to heovene then hal to helle, to murhthe with meoseise then to wa with eise.
Salomon: Via impiorum complantata est lapidibus - id est, duris
afflictionibus. Nawt for-thi witerliche wrecche worltliche men buggeth deorre
helle then ye doth the heovene. A thing to sothe wite ye - a misword thet ye
tholieth, a deies longunge, a secnesse of a stunde, yef me chapede ed ow an of
theos o Domes-dei - thet is, the mede the ariseth th'rof - ye hit nalden sullen
for al the world of golde. For thet schal beon ower song bivoren ure Laverd:
Letati sumus pro diebus quibus nos humiliasti, annis quibus vidimus mala -
thet is, "wel is us for the dahes thet tu lahedest us with other monne wohes, ant
wel is us nu Laverd for the ilke yeres thet we weren seke in, ant sehen sar ant
sorhe." Euch worltlich wa - hit is Godes sonde. Heh monnes messager me schal
hehliche undervon ant makien him glead chere - nomeliche yef he is prive with
his laverd. Ant hwa wes mare prive with the king of heovene hwil he her wunede
then wes thes sondes-mon - thet is, worldes weane, the ne com neaver from him
athet his lives ende? Thes messager - hwet teleth he ow? He frovreth ow o this
wise: "Godd, as he luvede me, he send me to his leove freond. Mi cume ant mi
wununge, thah hit thunche attri, hit is halwende. Nere thet thing grislich, hwas
schadewe ye ne mahte nawt withuten hurt felen? Hwet walde ye seggen bi thet
eisfule wiht thet hit of come? Wite ye to sothe thet al the wa of this world nis bute
schadewe of the wa of helle. Ich am the schadewe," seith thes messager - thet is,
worldes weane - "nedlunge ye moten other undervo me other thet grisliche wa
thet ich am of schadewe. Hwa-se underveth me gleadliche ant maketh me feier
chere, mi laverd send hire word thet ha is cwite of thet thing thet ich am of
schadewe." - Thus speketh Godes messager. For-thi seith Sein Jame: Omne
gaudium existimate, fratres, cum in temptationes varias incideritis. "Alle blisse
haldeth hit to fallen i misliche of theose fondunges," the uttre beoth i-haten. Ant
Seint Pawel: Omnis disciplina in presenti videtur esse non gaudii set meroris;
postmodum vero fructum, et cetera. "Alle the ilke fondunges the we beoth nu i-
beaten with thuncheth wop, nawt wunne, ah ha wendeth efter-ward to weole ant
to eche blisse."
The inre fondunge is twa-valt, alswa as is the uttre. For the uttre is [adversite
ant prosperte ant theos cundleth the inre: mislicunge] in adversite ant i prosperite
licunge the limpeth to sunne. This ich segge for-thi thet sum licunge is ant sum
mislicunge the ofearneth muche mede, as licunge i Godes luve ant mislicunge for
sunne. Nu as ich segge, the inre fondunge is twa-vald: fleschlich ant gastelich.
Fleschlich - as of leccherie, of glutunie, of slawthe. Gastelich - as of prude, of
onde, ant of wreaththe, alswa of yiscunge. Thus beoth the inre fondunges the
seoven heaved sunnen ant hare fule cundles. Flesches fondunge mei beon i-evenet
to fot-wunde. Gastelich fondunge, thet is mare dred of, mei beon for the peril i-
cleopet breost-wunde. Ah us thuncheth greattre flesliche temptatiuns for-thi thet
heo beoth eth-fele. The othre, thah we habben ham, ofte nute we hit nawt ant
beoth thah greate ant grisliche i Godes ehe ant beoth muchel for-thi to drede the
mare. For the othre the me feleth wel secheth leche ant salve. The gasteliche hurtes
ne thuncheth nawt sare, ne ne salvith ham with schrift ne with penitence ant draheth
to eche death ear me least wene.
Hali men ant wummen beoth of alle fondunges swithest ofte i-temptet, ant ham
to goder heale. For thurh the feht toyeines ham, ha biyeoteth the blisfule kempene
crune. Lo, thah hu ha meaneth ham i Jeremie: Persecutores nostri velociores
aquilis celi, super montes persecuti sunt nos; in deserto insidiati sunt nobis.
Thet is, "Ure wither-iwines swiftre then earnes up-o the hulles ha clumben efter
us, ant ther fuhten with us, ant yet i the wildernesse ha spieden us to sleanne. Ure
wither-iwines beoth threo: the feond, the worlt, ure ahne flesch, as ich ear seide.
Lihtliche ne mei me nawt other-hwile i-cnawen hwuch of theos threo him weorreth,
for euch helpeth other, thah the feond proprement eggeth to atternesse, as to prude,
to over-hohe, to onde ant to wreaththe, ant to hare attri cundles the her-efter beoth
i-nempnet. The flesch sput proprement toward swetnesse, eise, ant softnesse. The
world bit mon yiscin worldes weole ant wurthschipe, ant othre swucche give-
gaven the bidweolieth cang men to luvien a schadewe. "Theos wither-iwines," hit
seith, "folhith us on hulles, ant weitith i wildernesse hu ha us mahen hearmin."
Hul - thet is heh lif, ther the deofles asawz ofte beoth strengest. Wildernesse is
anlich lif of ancre wununge. For alswa as i wildernes beoth alle wilde beastes ant
nulleth nawt tholien monne nahunge, ah fleoth hwen ha heom i-hereth, alswa
schulen ancres over alle othre wummen beo wilde o thisse wise, ant thenne beoth
ha over othre leove to ure Laverd, ant swetest him thuncheth ham. For of all flesches
is wilde deores flesch leovest ant swetest.
Bi this wildernesse wende ure Laverdes folc, as Exode teleth, toward te eadi
lond of Jerusalem, thet he ham hefde bihaten. Ant ye, mine leove sustren, wendeth
bi the ilke wei toward te hehe Jerusalem, the kinedom thet he haveth bihaten his i-
corene. Gath, thah, ful warliche, for i this wildernesse beoth uvele beastes monie:
liun of prude, neddre of attri onde, unicorne of wreaththe, beore of dead slawthe,
vox of yisceunge, suhe of yivernesse, scorpiun with the teil of stinginde leccherie
- thet is, galnesse. Her beoth nu o rawe i-tald the seoven heaved sunnen:
The Liun of prude haveth swithe monie hwelpes, ant ich chulle nempni summe:
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