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& of is chirchei a wardeyn,: þer is purgatorie is.
A day per com amon to me; ic ecste wat he were;
625 Icham, he sede, þin abbod,: of me naue pu fere!
Non oper pen s. Patric: myn abbod is, ic sede.

No ie it am, quab bis oper,: be ne dar of me not drede;
To morwe arís sone daies,: to be se pu most wende:
A schip þu schalt fynde jare,: as our lord be wole sende;
630 Do be uorp in pulke schipe: In þe se wel wide,

& it wole lede þe in þe stude; þer þu schalt abide.
Sone amorwe ic aros,: to don is holi bone;

Vorb ic wende to be se,: be schip ic fond wel sone.
Mid me i let pt schip iworbe,: wel euene uorb it wende;
635 þen seuepe day to pis ile: our swete lord me sende.
Anon so ic was out of pe schip,: ben wei aten it nom,
As euene as it miste drawe,: rist as it huder com.
Elynge ic eode her al one,; & confort nadde non.
So pvp is hinder vet: an hotur þer com gon,
640 Myd is vorber vet he brojte: an furire & an ston,
Vorte smyte me fur þer of,: & of fisc good won.
pis hotur wende anon awei.: ic made me fur wel uaste,
& sep me fisch a godes name,: pt pre dawes ilaste.
b. So pt euer be bridde day: pis hotur to me droug,
645 & brojte me mete, pt ichabbe: pre dawes on Inouj.
Water of þis harde ston: þoru our lordes sonde

per sprong eche soneday,: to drynke & wesche myn honde.
po ichadde britti jer: in þis lyue ibe,

bis welle him gan verst to scewe,: as pu mist her ise;

650 Bi þis welle ichabbe ilyued: fourti zer nou & on,
& fifti jer ic was old,: bo ic gan huder gon;

So pt of an hondred jer: & twenti perto

Bi bis tyme icham old,: our lordes wille to do,

& my deb ic abide her,: wen god hyme (!) me wole sende, 655 Wen god wole pt ic to him come: & of his world wende. & nym wip þe of his watur,: pt pu hast neode to,

V. 623 Ms. chirchei; merkwürdig ist dass auch in Harl. churchai, in Cotton cerchei steht; es ist doch wol verschrieben st. chirche. V. 634 Ms. Dorp st. uorp; vgl. 466. V. 639 Ms. hotur mit unorgan. h. V. 641 þer of st. þer wip. 642 Die and. Mss. ajen st. anon. V. 645 Die and. Mss. ichadde st. ichabbe. V. 647 Nach sprong fehlt out. V. 650 u. 651 im Ms. umgestellt. In V. 653 steckt wol ein Fehler; ist zu lesen: our lord is wille do? Harl. iredi st. old. V. 654 Ms. hyme st. hine oder him; Harl. hyne, Bodl. a Laud it; aber Ms. Cotton.: henne.

623 churchai. þer as p. 624 eschte. 625 þu no fere. 626 Non oper man ban. myn fehlt. abbot nis. 627 neþerstou noping drede. 628 arys sone days. 630 schip. 631 be lede in to. 633 a schip. wel fehlt. 634 þe schip. 635 pane souepe dai in to. yle. swete fehlt. 636 So sone st. anon so. aje bane wey: 637 þider st. huder. 638 Eling. eode. & fehlt. nadde ic. 639 vpe. hynder. an oter. 640 forpere. afur ire. a st. an. 641 fforto. me fehlt, þer wip. 642 oter. aje anon. 643 seop. preo dayes. 645 ich hadde. on fehlt. 647 sprong out ech. & to wasche. 648 po ic hadde her in pisse lyue: pretti jer ibeo. 649 pt st. as. 651 vyfti. 650 u. 651 umgestellt. 630 wille. ic haue. four & tuenti jer nou non. 653 iredi st. 654 god fehlt. hyne wole me. 655 ich come to him: & out of his wordle. 656 water: what þu. þer to st. to.

old.

& wend uorp uaste in þe se,: uor bi wei nys not ido,
Vor pu schalt ut in pe se: fourti dawes fare,

& panne pu schalt þin estur holde,: as pu hast ido jare,
660 & benne pu schalt wende uorp: to be lond of biheste,
& per pu schalt fourti dawes: bi leue ate meste,
& to pin owe lond ajen: bu schalt wende so.
bis godemen wip deol Inous: partede bus atwo.
bis holi men hem wende uorp: in pe se wel uaste
665 fourti dawes, euene soup,: þe wule leynte ilaste.
To hor gode procuratur: an ester eue hi come.

Wip hem he made Joie Inou;,: as he dude er ilome.
He ladde hem to his grete visch;: þuder hi come an eue.
bis estur nyt vorte amorwe: þer hi gonne bileue;

670 per hi songe hor matyns: & hor masse also.

bis fisch bigon to meouy him,: bo be masse was ido,

& bar pis monekes uorp wip him,: & swom uorb wel uaste
In be grete se wel grisliche;: bis monekes were agaste.
A wonder þing it was to mete,: hoso it hadde iseie,
675 A so gret best aboute wende,: as al a contreie.

To be foulen parays: bis monekes he ladde echon,

& sette hem vp per al hol & sound,: & wende ajen anon.
bo his monekes puder come,: wel Joiuol hi were.
Vorte after be trinyte: hi bileuede pere,

680 Vor hor creatur pulke tyme: brojte hem mete Inous,
As he hadde er ofte ido,: & to hor schip it drouz;

& wende uorb myd hem,: as our lord him sende.
Rist euene toward pen est: fourti dawes hi wende.
(fol. 80) bo bis fourti dawes were ago,: hit gan to hauli vaste;
685 & wel derk myst per com also,: bt wel longe ilaste.
Beb glade, quap bis procreatur,: & makep gret feste,
Vor ichot we bep nou ney: be lond of biheste.
po hi come out of bis derke myst: & myste aboute ise,
Vnder be vairest lond hi were: pt miste anerpe be;
690 So cler & so list it was,: pt þer was Joie Inou.

Tren per were, vol of frut,: wel picke euerich bouz:
picke it was biset of tren,: & pe tren picke bere,
be applen were alle ripe Inou,: rist as it heruest were.
ffourti dawes in his lond: aboute hi gonne wende,
695 Hi ne mijte fynde In non half: of his lond non ende.

V. 659 as st. per. V. 663 þus st. þer, vgl. 723. V. 675 as al wol st. al as; al fehlt in d. and. Mss. V. 681 creatur, 686 procreatur, verschrieben st. procuratur, procratur. V. 684 ff. vgl. 35 ff. V. 687 die and. Mss. je st. we. V. 688 ff. vgl. V. 39 ff.

658 dayes. 659 & fehlt. ester. þer st. as. 660 þanne. 661 dayes. 662 aje. 663 departede. þer st. pus. 664 bis gode men. wel fehlt. 665 dayes. laste. 669 ester nit. scholde st. gonne. 670 seide st. songe. 671 moeui. 672 swam. 675 in to al þe contreye. 676 is fowelen. 677 al fehlt. aje. 678 ioyful. 680 procuratour bi pulke. broute. 681 into st. 682 wip st. myd. whoder st. as. hem st. him. 683 þan est. dayes. 684 ido st. ago. bigan to haweli. 685 A wel durc. 686 glad. procuratour. & makiep grete. 687 ffor ic hit wot je beop. 688 durke mist. 689 faireste. come st. were. pt euere miste beo. 690 þ ioye þer was. 691 on euerech. 693 þapplen. alle fehlt. haruest. 694 dayes. aboute (st. in) is lond: hi hem gonne.

& to.

Hit was euermore day,: hi ne founde non nyt:
Hi ne wende fynde in no stude: so muche clerte ne list.
be eir was euer in ostat,: nouber to hot ne to cold.
Bote be Joie pt hi founde: ne may neuer be itold.
700 So þt hi come to auair water;: hi nolde not ouer wende,
Ac ouer hi miste pt lond ise,: vair wibbouten ende.
bo com þer gon ajongliche man,: swipe vair & hende,
Vairor man ne miste be,: as our lord hem gan sende.
He wilcomede hem ech bynome,: & custe hem echon,
705 & honourede vaire s. brendan: & nom is hond a non.
Lo, he sede, her is pt lond: pt je habbep isost wide,
& longe, uor our lord wolde: pt je longe scholde abide,
Vor je scholde in his grete se: is priuetes ise;

Charge joure schip wip bis frut,: vor je ne mowe noleng her be! 710 Vor bu most to pin owe londe: ajenward anon wende,

Vor bu schalt sone of his world: bi lif is ney þen ende.

bis water, pt je her isep,: delep þis lond atwo:

bis half jou bench vair Inouy,: & agondhalf it is also;
A zondhalf ne mowe je come not,: uor it nys not rizt.
715 þt frut is euer iliche ripe,: & pt lond iliche list.

& wen our lord ech maner men: to him hap idrawe,
& ech maner men iknowep him: & beþ vnder is lawe,
bis lond he wole penne scewe,: toward his wordles ende,
Hem pt bep next icore him,: ar hi henne wende.
720 S. brendan & is felawes: of bis frut nome vaste,
& of preciouse stones,: & in to hor scipe caste,
& vaire & wel hor leue nome,: po þis was al ido,
& wip wop & deol Inous: partede bus a two,
b. & wende hamward in þe se,: as our lord hem sende,
725 & wel sonere come hom: þen hi outward wende.

Hor breperen, po hi come hom,: Joyuol were Inouz.
þis holi mon, s. brendan,: sone to debe drouz,
Vor neuereft after pulke tyme: of be world he ne rozte,
Bote as aman in anoper world: & as he were in pozte.
730 He deide in irlonde sone: after pulke stounde.

Mony myracle me hap: uor him seppe ifounde.

An abbei þer was seppe arered: as is bodi was ido.
Nou god ous bringe to pulke Ioie: as is soule wende to.

V. 698 to wol zu tilgen. V. 707 Harl. be lengere st. longe, wol richtige Lesart; vgl. Bodl. V. 715 die and. Mss. pis st. pt. V. 719 him vor next zu setzen. V. 731 Nach hap fehlt þer.

tst. as.

696 euere more. fonde neuere nyt. 697 so moche cler list. 698 to fehlt nach noper u. ne. 699 fonde. 700 hi nemijte nost. 701 be lond. wip outen. 702 bo cam ber to hem a junglich. swyse (!). 703 ffairere. 704 wolcome. hem fehlt. bi his name. 705 honurede. & nom him bi be hond anon. 706 be lond. wyde. 707 & be lengere. longe fehlt. schulde abyde. 708 be st. pis. priueitej. 709 chargiep. 710 toward st. to. lond. aze wardes; anon fehlt. 711 out of be wordle. ne; pan. 713 þingh. &poper half also. 714 jund. 715 þis frut. bis lond. 717 knoweb. 718 he fehlt. panne. be wordles. 719 him next icore. hunnes. 721 schip.

723 mid st. wip. departede po atuo. 724 wende hem. 725 rapere st. sonere. come hem hom. 727 toward st. sone to. 728 euereft st. neuereft. wordle. 729 of poper wordle. 730 Irlande. sone fehlt. 731 hap per: sippe for him. 732 is st was. seppe fehlt. þer as. 733 þt st. as.

Varianten aus Ms. Laud. 108.

1 Seint. man. was here of ovre londe. 2 ich me. 3 and opur. and Abbot. 4 alle under him. 5 So þt fehlt. hit bi feol. ore louerdes, so stets. 6 beryn an opur Abbot. cam. 7 bi soute anon: him don onder stonde. 8 Ant tellen him awat. iseize 9 guode man. iheorde. sichingues he made. 10 Ant in grete boute bi gan for to weope. isuowe. 11 holie. op nam. 12 & custe him faste. al for to. ajen fehlt. him cam. 13 seide. þov. 14 hidere. ovre. nouit suych. 15 us wat. aboute as pou hast. 16 muchel fehlt. Occean. 17 of fehlt. grettest. 18 vor fehlt. goth. alle opere cometh, sees fehlt. 19 berin. of st. at. heorte. 20 Al weopinde he hem tolde. 21 he hadde a wel guod sone: and Mernok. 22 A Monek. beoth. grete. 23 So pt fehlt. for to st. to. in to. 24 þare. beo al one. to a serui godes wille. 25 bi mine wille.: ase ich it telle ov, so die Hlbz. 26 yle. 27 is couth. 28 þe Monek likede pare wel: and longue gan bare a bide. 29 And hadde bare under him: Monekes mani on. 30 po ich (anon fehlt). tellen bat. ich gan gon. 31 sende st. kende. 32 are ich. come. Iorneies. 33 And in a schip we duden us sone: and Astward euere kenden. 34 as ore louerd is grace us sende. 35 þe st. pen. wenden. comen. 36 In suybe buyster stude: 37 ane daye. weren. deork hede. 38 forpere. gan. 39 i seizen a newe lond. 40 brittore it pouste pane. 41 I nov st. it stod. eche. 42 And of suete preciouse stones, (ek fehlt): þat brijtte schynen and wide. 43 Euerech. ful. treo was. fruyt. 44 sulf fehlt. neuere. duyt. 45 Joye and blisse I novi. wel fehlt. duden i wende. 46 3eot us bouste luytel wyle: ne miste we finde. 47 comen. watur. 48 euere st. euene. be st. pen. it drov. 49 stoden bi heolden. mijten. not fehlt. i wende. 50 a jong jomman. 51 And welcomede. vaire fehlt. 52 he nemnede euerech is ritte name. wel fehlt. gan us. 58 þat we outen. suybe wel. 54 þat schewez eov is priuete: and al so of is mijte. 55 þis is. wole: uyt are. 56 Dieser Vers von späterer Hd. dazu geschrieben; auch am Rande von noch anderer Hand. hyder he schal, a. R.: hider heo scholle. 57 in pusse half. i seoz. 58 bi geonde. watere. þe fehlt. al bi þat opur. 59 watur. passi. 60 For here. al a jer. 61 eten. dronken, nost fehlt. ne slepen noujt with eyje. 62 ne greuede ev nouzt: nobur lowe ne heije, so die Hlbz. 63 vor fehlt. ore louerdes st. godes. it is þus ligt. 64 it is euere day: and neuere more nizt. 65 Adam st. mon. a ein. ne hadde. 66 here st. her. uyt i beo: 67 mowen no leng here. moten.

V. 68 248 fehlen, da 2 Blätter im Ms. ausgerissen sind.

248 þat huy ne yseizen. ant. 249 bo buy yseijen. ane yle ase bei. 250 heo criden faste. huy mosten a riuie. 251 jeot. pis yle furst. 252 fourti dawes heo wenden in be se: er huy comen bere nei. 253 þat heom pouste heore. was heom loz. weren. 254 criden georne, and is help heo beden. 255 luytel. and swype streit: huy founden athe laste. 256 þat vnnepes heore schip mijte perinne come: Aunker for to caste. 257 wenden a lond po. heom pouzte er. 258 Huy bi heolden (wende fehlt) al aboute: murie heom bouste þer. 258 þo yseijen heo. wellene. þat on. 260 And sumdel wori and picke bat oper was. be m. eoden. 261 drinken of þat. 262 And seide zugefügt. þere neiz. 263 beoz: al boru; godes wille. 264 for heo wollez party bar of mid us. geot st. e. 265 þere cam gon. 266 he custe. 267 be nom fehlt. heom (st. him) forth with him: bi a wel fair wei. 268 murie. on st. an. 269 axede. 270 weren þare inne. & ho pare woneden þere (!). 271 none answere. 272 po cam bere gon. ane croyz. 273 eyþur. weren. 274 And yreuested faire and in queor copes. comen. 276 wel faire. bi þe. 277 He ladde. 278 setten. adoun alle on a rewe (st. a rank). wuchs. 279 worie. heore fet be wuchs. 280 po st. seppe. wel (st. þer) heise. 281 I medlede with heore owene. weren. 282 þare cam. hem fehlt. broujte st. vette. 283 And ane wel faire white lof:. bitwene to & to. 284 of herbes were: bi fore heom he sette. 285 Swettore mete ne mijte non beo.

knewen. 286 er i seijen. þe st. pis. 287 Beoz noupe. Abbot. nouþe.

289 Betere it is drinke. wan. ov. Hier folgen die Verse: pane e it beof-

liche nomen: ase je hadden i pouzt. bis bred bat we eteth of: we nuten of
wan it is. An straunge man eche daye it bringuth: In to ovre celere iwis.

We nutez noujt bote ope godes grace: wanne it is ibroust. 290 trust to

st. doutep. failly. 291 We beoz foure ant twenti freres: and wane we

beoz i sete. 292 Twelf wite (st. suche) Miches men brynguth us: eche

daye to ore mete. 293 hali daye. 3wan. sonen day. 294 Foure and twenti

loues us comieth: so þat euerech man hath his. 295 þat euerech. him

leuez. witiez. 296 I doublet it worth noube for ov: ase je iseoth wel her.

297 Al (st. vor) ore. here. ake muche it hath vn ete. 298 ech day fehlt.

sent us alle mete. 299 Fram seint paterikes Abbeye: þat in yrlonde is al

so (1) 300 Four score jer we habbez i beon here. ne cam. 301 Euere eft