Digital Index of Middle English Verse: No. 487

DIMEV 487

IMEV 288

NIMEV 288

An hermit woned in a wastern

The Hermit and the Thieves, in the Northern Homily Cycle — in couplets

Note: Cf. Furnivall (1901)

XFurnivall, Frederick James. Robert of Brunne’s Handlyng Synne [and its French original] EETS o.s. 119, 123 (1901, 1903); repr. 1973

, 1.198-9.

Title(s): Northern Homily Cycle; The Hermit and the Thieves

Subjects: thieves; exempla

Versification: — two-line — aa

Manuscript Witnesses:

1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Ashmole 42 (SC 6923), ff. 104-104v

First Lines:

Ane Ermite woned in a wasterne
þat litil gude had to therne…

Last Lines:

…Meke ihesu lorde euer more vs spede
To meke oure hertes & þider vs lede

Editions:

Thompson, Anne B., ed. The Northern Homily Cycle. Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University for TEAMS, 2008.

2.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Addit. 8335 [olim Bute], pp. 158-160

First Lines:

And for þat onli gifes he made
Als we of an heremyte rede…

Last Lines:

…Nowe ihesu crist oure heuene kyng
To þat blisse vs alle nowe bryng

Attributed Title: A Tale (added, p. 158)

3.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Dd.1.1, ff. 115-115v

Note: Variant beginning, connected without mark for separation with preceding text, 4641; followed by heading for next text, on Palm Sunday, but no text and f. 116 missing.

4.Source: London, British Library Addit. 38010, ff. 85-86

First Lines:

Ane ermyte wonte in wastyn
That litill catell hade to tyne…

Last Lines:

…Ihesus our mek lorde vs þan spede
To make our hertes and þithir vs lede

5.Source: London, British Library Cotton Tiberius E.VII, f. 158vb

6.Source: London, British Library Harley 2391, f. 183v

7.Source: London, British Library Harley 4196, f. 62vb

Editions:

Rosenthal, Constance Lowegrund. The Vitae Patrum in Old and Middle English Literature. Philadelphia, 1936; repr. Folcroft, PA: Folcroft Library, 1974: 161.

8.Source: London, Lambeth Palace Library 260, f. 33ra

9.Source: Minneapolis MN, Minnesota University Library Z.822.N.81 [olim Phillipps 8122], ff. 75-75v

First Lines:

ane hermyte wonede in a wasten
þat lytill catell hade to tene…

Last Lines:

…Ihesu oure meke lorde vs spede
To make oure hertis & þider vs lede

10.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 129 [olim Phillipps 20420], ff. 88v-89

First Lines:

An hermyte wonnyd in wastyng
And catell had þat he moght tyne…

Last Lines:

…Oure mek loueryd ihesu vs sped
To meke oure hert and þedyr vs lede

priven: verb To deprive (sb.) of (sth.), deny (sb. sth.); ppl. prived, bereaved, bereft of, deprived of; without; (b) ~ of (from), to deprive (sb. of sth.), deny (sth. to sb.), exclude (sb. from sth.); prived of (from), deprived of (sth.), bereft of; lacking, without; ben of god priving, be a robber of goods; (c) to depose (sb.), dismiss; ~ of (from), deprive (sb.) of (power, kingdom, etc.), remove or dismiss (sb.) from (office or position); (d) to take (sth.) away; prevent (sth.), deny, oppose; weaken (the body); -- also without obj. MED