111v Manuscript Trascription Translation
page 111v (on the side)c.24/3/ O(cancelled mark)þẏꞅꞅe abbuꝺiꞅꞅan mẏnꞅꞇꞃe ƿæssum bꞃoðoꞃ
/4/ ꞅƴ̇nꝺeꞃlice miꝺᵹoꝺcunꝺꞃe ᵹƴ̇ꝼeᵹmæꞃeꝺ ⁊ ᵹe
/5a/ ƿeoꞃþaꝺ. 		/3-5a/In this abbess’ monastery a certain brother was particularly honored and dignified by a gift from God.
/5b/Foꞃþon heᵹeƿunaꝺe ᵹeꞃiꞅenlice
/6/ leoð ƿẏꞃcean þaþeꞇo æꝼesꞇnesse ⁊ ꞇo aꞃꝼæsꞇ
/7a/nesse belumpon .		 /5b-7a/Indeed he used to write poems honorably leading to religion and honor.
/7b/ꞅƿaþæꞇꞇe ꞅƿahƿæꞇ ſƿahe oꝼ
/8/ᵹoꝺcunꝺum ꞅꞇaꝼum þuꞃhboceꞃas ᵹeleoꞃnaꝺe
/9/þæꞇhe æꝼꞇeꞃ meꝺmiclum ꝼæce in ꞅcop ᵹeꞃeoꞃꝺe
/10/ miꝺþamæsꞇan ꞅƿeꞇnesse ⁊ inbꞃẏꝺnesse
/11/ ᵹeᵹlenꝺe ⁊ inenᵹliꞅc ᵹeꞃeoꞃꝺe ƿelᵹe hƿæꞃꝼoꞃð
/12a/bꞃohꞇe.		 /7b-12a/So that whatever thus he learned of divine letters from scholars, those things he after a moderate space of time he brought forth, in poetic language adorned with the greatest sweetness and inspiration and well-made in the English Language
/12b/⁊ ꝼoꞃhiꞅ leoð ꞅonᵹum moniᵹꞃa
/13/ monna moꝺ oꝼꞇ ꞇoƿoꞃolꝺe ꝼoꞃhohnesse ⁊ ꞇo
/14/ ᵹeþeoꝺneꞅꞅe þæs heoꝼonlican liꝼeꞅ onboeꞃnꝺe
/15a/ ƿæꞃon		 /12b-15a/And because of his poems many men’s souls were often persuaded to despise the world and to aspire to heaven.
/15b/⁊ ea(arc)c ꞅƿẏlce moniᵹe oðꞃe æꝼꞇeꞃ him
/16/ Monᵹelþeoꝺe onᵹunnon æꝼæsꞇe leoð ƿẏꞃcan
/17/ Acnæniᵹ hƿæþeꞃe himþæꞇ ᵹelice ꝺon meahꞇe		 /15b-17/[And] Others after him tried, in England, to write religious poems, although none could ever do it like him.
/18/ꝼoꞃþon he nalæs ꝼꞃom monnum neþuꞃh mon
/19/ ᵹelæꞃeꝺ ƿæꞅ ðæꞇ he þone leoð cꞃæꝼꞇ ᵹeleoꞃ
/20/naꝺe åc he ƿæs ᵹoꝺcunꝺlice ᵹeꝼulꞇumoꝺ ⁊ þuꞃh
/21a/ᵹoꝺes ᵹẏꝼe þone ꞅonᵹ cꞃæꝼꞇ onꝼenᵹ.		 /17-21a/In fact he was not taught by man or human-made things to master his poetry skills, but he was blessed and received them by a gift from God.
/21b/⁊ he ꝼoꞃ
/22/ þon næꝼꞃe nohꞇ leaꞅunᵹe neiꝺles leoþes ƿẏꞃcan
/23/ meahꞇe ac eꝼne þa(arc)n þaþe æꝼæsꞇnesse belū
/24/ pon ⁊ hiꞅþa æꝼesꞇan ꞇunᵹan ᵹeꝺaꝼe noꝺe ſinᵹan. 		/21b-24/And he in fact could never create any fraudulency, nor any hollow poem, instead only those that concerned divine law and [he could only] sing those that belonged to his pious language.
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