DIMEV 1312
IMEV 798
NIMEV 798
Fire water wind and land
The use and benefits of prayer: inscriptions accompanying an image of Prayer
— four couplets in the Fasciculus morum
Subjects: sermons, verse in; translations; prayer
Versification: —
two-line —
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Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 187 (SC 2090), f. 184
vb
First Lines:ffyr water wynd & lond
y wylne to haue yn my
hond…
Last Lines:…A noyn y helpe & noyn for sake
Gladly y fyȝth þe
maystery to take
Note: Written as prose; every couplet is followed by its Latin
version.
3.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 213 (SC 1045), f. 124
First Lines:ffyre water wynde & lond
I wyll to haue in my
hond…
Last Lines:…Smertyly I helpe & non forsake
Gladly I fyght þe
maystry to take
Note: Written as prose; couplets each separated by a few Latin
words.
5.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson C.670 (SC 12514), f. 110
v
First Lines:Fyre watur wynd and long
Y wylne to haue in my
honde…
Last Lines:…[Smertly] I helpe [and non] forsake
Gladly y fyȝt þe
maystry to take
Editions: Wenzel, Siegfried.
Verses in Sermons: ‘Fasciculus morum’ and Its Middle
English Poems.
Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, 1978: 188.
6.Source: Cambridge UK, Gonville & Caius College 71/38, f. 69
v
First Lines:ffyre watyr wynd & lond
I will to haue in my
honde…
Last Lines:…smertly I helpe & none for sake
gladly I fygth þe
maystry to make
Note: Separated by Latin prose that these couplets translate.
7.Source: Cambridge UK, Gonville & Caius College 364/619, ff. 107
rb-107
va
First Lines:Steer water wynd & lond
I wele to haue in myn
hond…
Last Lines:…Smertly i helpe & non forsake
gladly i fyght maystry to
take
Note: Interspersed with Latin prose.
8.Source: Cambridge UK, St John’s College F.22 (159), f. 144
v
First Lines:ffyr water wynd & londe
I wyll to haf in my
honde…
Last Lines:…Smertly I help & none forsak
Gladly I fight þe mastry
I take
Note: Written as prose, 4 x 2, separated.
9.Source: London, British Library Harley 7322, ff. 155
v2-156
First Lines:fir & watir wind & lond
i desire bo haue vnder myn hond vel bond…
Last Lines:…smertlike i helpe & noman forsake
bleþeli i fitte þe maistri forto take
Note: Written as prose inserted into Latin, with Latin separating the couplets.
Editions: Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
Political, Religious and Love Poems, from Lambeth MS. 306 and other
sources.
EETS
o.s. 15 (1866); repr. 1962; rev. ed. 1903: 233-4; rev. ed. 262.
10.Source: Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library 44 (A.2.13), ff. 207
vb-208
ra
First Lines:for water wynd & lond
I wylle to haue in my
hond…
Last Lines:…Smyrtly I helpe and no man for sake
Gladly I syȝt þe
maystre to take
Note: 8 lines, 4 couplets interrupted by Latin introductions to each as first,
second, etc. questions.
12.Source: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral Library F.19, f. 209
vb
First Lines:ffiere water wynd & lond
y wylle co haue yn my
hond…
Last Lines:…smertly y helpe & noght for sake
gladun in sight mastrie
to take
Note: Four separate couplets with Latin prose text between; written as
prose.