Digital Index of Middle English Verse: No. 5845

DIMEV 5845

IMEV 3687

NIMEV 3687

Thou shalt love God with heart entire

The Ten Commandments — ten quatrains; usually occurring in the Speculum Christiani (Secunda Tabula), sometimes occurring separately

Note: For an introductory couplet in some MSS see 2511; for two MSS which use a completely different version see 5843. For still another version occurring separately with a unique stanza prefixed, etc., see 1768.

Subjects: Ten Commandments

Versification: — four-line — abab

Manuscript Witnesses:

1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 61 (SC 2023), ff. 4-8

First Lines:

Thou schalt loue god wyth hert entere
Wyth all thy lowle and all thy myth…

Last Lines:

…But kepe ay wele goddys byddyng
on kyrstyn feyth leue stedfastly

2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 89 (SC 1886), f. 3

Note: Lacks st. 8 and 9.

Editions:

Brown, Carleton Fairchild. “The Towneley Play of the Doctors and the Speculum Christiani.” Modern Language Notes 31 (1916): 223-6: 224-5.

3.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 423 (SC 2322), ff. 351v-353

First Lines:

Thow shalt loue god with hert enter
With all þi saule and all þi might…

Last Lines:

…But kepe ay wele goddys byddyng
and crysten faithe leue stedefastly

Note: Intermixed with Latin prose.

4.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Douce 107 (SC 21681), ff. 51-53

First Lines:

þou schalt lofe god with hert entere
With al þi sowle & al þi myȝte…

Last Lines:

…but kepe wel ay goddis bidding
& kristin fayth leue stedfastly

Note: Inserted in Latin prose.

5.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Eng. theol. e.16 (SC 32216), f. 6v

Note: Lacking st. 7 and 8.

6.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Greaves 54 (SC 3826), ff. 1v-8v

First Lines:

Thy holydayes kepe well also
ffro worly workys thu take thy reste…

Last Lines:

…But kepe euer well god ys byddyng
On cryst ys feythe lyue stedfastly

Note: Lacks first two stanzas; each quatrain followed by an English prose expansion.

7.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Hatton 97 (SC 4070), f. 2

8.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 104 (SC 1244), ff. 3rb-4vb

First Lines:

þu schalt loue god with hert entere
with alle thy soule and all þi myȝt…

Last Lines:

…But kepe wyll ay goddis byddyng
And crysten feythe leue stedfastly

9.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 513 (SC 1177), f. 64

10.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson C.401 (SC 12255), f. 2v

11.Source: Oxford, Corpus Christi College 155, ff. 149v-154v

First Lines:

Þu sall luf god with hert entere
With all thy saull & all thy myght…

Last Lines:

…Bot kepe ay wele goddis biddyng
& cristen faith leue stedfastly

12.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Addit. 6150, f. 5

13.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Dd.4.51, ff. 7; 8-8v; 9

Note: Scraps only.

14.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ff.1.14, ff. 25v-29v

First Lines:

Thou schall loue god with hert entere
Wyth all þi soule and all þi myght…

Last Lines:

…Bote kepe ay well godes byddyng
And cristen fayth leue stedfastly

Attributed Title: Explicit spculum cristiani (f. 69)

15.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Hh.1.13, ff. 6v-13

First Lines:

Thou shalt loue god with hert entier
With alle thi soule and alle þi myȝt…

Last Lines:

…But kepe wele ay goddes biddynge
And cristen feith leeue stedfastly

Note: Follows 2511 without break.

16.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ii.1.26, ff. 88v-91

First Lines:

þu shalt love god with hert
with all þi soule & al þi might
oþer god in no maner
þu shalt not haue be day nor nyght…

Last Lines:

…Bot kepe ay wele goddeȝ biddyng
and cristen faithe leve stedfastly

Note: Occurring separately from Speculum Christiani; instead in a prose tract De decem mandatis, interspersed with Latin prose text; first stanza treated as a long-line couplet; others as quatrains rhyming abcb.

17.Source: Cambridge UK, Corpus Christi College 423, pp. 81-82

First Lines:

Thow shalt love god with hart entere
With all thi sowle with all thy myȝthe…

Last Lines:

…Butte kepe ay welle goddes byddyng
On cristeyn faiȝth be stedefastelye

Note: Occurring separately from Speculum Christiani.

Attributed Title: Sequitur de decem mandatis & de septem peccatis Capitalibus siue mortalibus (p. 81)

18.Source: Cambridge UK, Jesus College Q.G.3 (51), ff. 4-7v

First Lines:

Þow shalt luf god with hert entere
With all thy saull & all thy myght…

Last Lines:

…Bot kepe ay wele goddes biddyng
And cristen fayth trow stedfastly

Note: Preceded by 2511.

Editions:

Wright, Thomas, and James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, eds. Reliquiae Antiquae. 2 vols. London: Smith, 1845: 1.49-50.

19.Source: Cambridge UK, Pembroke College 285, ff. 4-8

First Lines:

Þu schalt loue god with hert entyre
With all þi soule and all þi myghte…

Last Lines:

…But kepe wel euere godes byddynge
And cristen feyth leue stedefastly

Note: Preceded by 2511; interspersed with Latin prose commentary.

20.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College B.15.40 (376), ff. 103va-103Ava

First Lines:

Thou schalt loue god entierly
With all þi soule and thy myȝtt
Oure god in no maner sekurly
þu schalt nat haue by day ne by nyȝtt…

Last Lines:

…And in her nede þu schalt hem socour
And kepe to hem godis holi obedy[ ]

Note: Stanzas 1-4 only.

Attributed Title: De decem mandatis (f. 103rb)

21.Source: Cambridge UK, St John’s College G.8 (176), ff. 5-10v

First Lines:

thow schalt loue god with hert entere
Wyþe all þi soule and all þi myght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe ay well goddes biddynge
And crysten fayth trowe stedfastly

Note: Ten quatrains separated by Latin prose; preceded by 1491, separated by Latin.

22.Source: London, British Library Addit. 10052, ff. 22r2-27

First Lines:

Thou shalt love god with herte entere
With alle thi soule and all thy myght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe well ar godys byddyng
And cristen fayth leve stedefastly

23.Source: London, British Library Addit. 15237, ff. 11-14

First Lines:

Thou shalt loue god with herte entere
With all thi soule and all thi myght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe ay wele goddis biddyng
And cristen faith leue stedefastely

Note: Rubricated.

24.Source: London, British Library Addit. 21202, f. 6v

First Lines:

Thou shalt love god wyth hert entere
Wyth alle tby soule and alle thy myght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe welle ay godis byddyng
And cristen fayth leve stedefastly

25.Source: London, British Library Addit. 22121, ff. 6r2-12v

First Lines:

Thou schalt loue gode with hert entere
Wyth all thy sowle and all thy myght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe wel ay goddis byddyng
And cristen feyth love stedfastely

Note: Rubricated.

26.Source: London, British Library Addit. 37049, f. 20v

Note: Occurring separately from Speculum Christiani.

Editions:

Doty, Brant Lee, ed. “An Edition of British Museum MS Additional 37049: a Religious Miscellany.” Diss. Michigan State, 1969: 127-9.

27.Source: London, British Library Harley 206, ff. 20v2-25

First Lines:

Thoue schat loue gode with hert entere
With all þi saull and þi myght…

Last Lines:

…Bot kye ally well godes byddyng
And cristen faith leue stedfastly

Note: Passim, with one stanza on each leaf, recto and verso; ‘u’ of ‘saull’ in line 2 added above the line (f. 21v); ‘ay’ of penultimate line originally written ‘all’ and corrected by scribe by subpunction and adding ‘y’ above the line (f. 25).

28.Source: London, British Library Harley 1197, f. 82

29.Source: London, British Library Harley 2250, ff. 51-52

First Lines:

Thow shall luf god with herte entere
With all þi saule & all þi myȝt…

Last Lines:

…Bot kepe wele ay goddis byddyng
And cristenfayth leue stydfastly

30.Source: London, British Library Harley 2379, f. 65v

31.Source: London, British Library Harley 6580, ff. 6v-11v

First Lines:

Thou schalte loue god with herte entiere
Wyth al thi saule and al thy myght…

Last Lines:

…bot kepe ay wele godes byddynge
And cristen feyth lufe stedfastly

Editions:

Holmstedt, Gustaf, ed. Speculum Christiani. EETS o.s. 182 (1933); repr. 1988: 16-37.

32.Source: London, British Library Harley 7578, f. 1

First Lines:

Thow schalte lufe godde wyth herte entere
Whych all þy sawle and all þy myght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe wele ay goddes bydyngs
And crysten feyth leue stedfastely

Note: Occurring separately from Speculum Christiani.

33.Source: London, British Library Lansdowne 344, ff. 7v-13

First Lines:

Þou schalt lou god with herte entere
with al þi sowle & al þi myȝte…

Last Lines:

…but kepe wel ay goddis bidding
& cristen feyth loue stedefastli

Note: Written as prose and rubricated. Folios have been re-numbered to include the flyleaves, and foliation here refers to the new numbers.

Editions:

Holmstedt, Gustaf, ed. Speculum Christiani. EETS o.s. 182 (1933); repr. 1988: 16-37.

34.Source: London, British Library Royal 8 E.V, f. 5v

35.Source: London, British Library Sloane 1253, ff. 32v-44

First Lines:

Þou shalt love God with hert entere
With all þy soule & all þy miȝte…

Last Lines:

…But kepe þou well Goddis byddyng
And cristen feyth love stedfastly

Note: Verses on the Ten Commandments (Decem precepta) intercalcated with English quatrains on ff. 32v-44.

Editions:

Diekstra, F. N. M., ed. “Robert de Sorbon, the Speculum Christiani and the Visio Sancto Pauli: Notes on British Library MS Sloane 1253.” English Studies 73 (1992): 385-405: 396-7.

36.Source: London, University of London MS 657 [olim Helmingham Hall I.J.I.7], pp. 922-95

First Lines:

Þu xalt loue god with hert entere
Wtih all þi sowle & all þi myȝth…

Last Lines:

…but kepe euer wil goddys byddyng
and cristen feyt leue stedfastly

Note: Interspersed, quatrain by quatrain, in the Latin text.

37.Source: Hereford, Hereford Cathedral Library P.7.7, ff. 184va-187rb

First Lines:

þou schalt loue god with herte entere
With alle þi soule & all þi myȝte…

Last Lines:

…Bur kepe wele ay goddys byddyng
And cristen faythe leue stede fastly

38.Source: Manchester, John Rylands Library Lat. 201, ff. 227-230

First Lines:

Thow schalt loue god with herte entere
Wyth al þy sowle & þy myȝt
Other god in no manere
Thow schalt non haue by day nor nyȝt…

Last Lines:

…but kepe wel ay godys byddyng
And crystyn fayth beleue stedefastly

Attributed Title: Decem Mandata (f. 227)

Editions:

Fawtier, E. C., and R. Fawtier. “From Merlin to Shakespeare: Adventures of an English Prophecy.” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 5 (1918-20): 388-92: 389.

39.Source: Stonyhurst, Stonyhurst College 30 (A.VI.23), f. 122v

40.Source: Ushaw, St Cuthbert’s College 28, ff. 35v; 37; 38v-39; 40; 41; 43; 44-44v; 45v; 46v; 48

First Lines:

þu shalt loue god with hert intere
with all þi soule & al þi myght…

Last Lines:

…but euer uele goddes biddyng
& on cristen feiþe leue stedfastly

41.Source: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library Osborn fa2 [olim Laurence Witten, Cat. 5, item 51; prior Helmingham Hall LJ. V. 14], ff. 66-68v

First Lines:

Thow schalt loue god with hert entere
Wyth all þi sowle & all þi myght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe ay wele godes byddynge
And cristen fayth leue stedefastely

42.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 124 [olim Sotheby’s Sale, 11 June 1923, lot 89A], ff. 6v-13

First Lines:

Thou schalt love god wyth hert enteere
Wyth alle thi soule and all thy myght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe welle ay godes byddyng
And cristen fayth leve stedefastly

43.Source: Urbana, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 71 [olim Harmsworth, Sotheby’s sale, 16 Oct. 1945, Lot 2132]

Note: Occurring separately from Speculum Christiani.

44.Source: Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 159, f. 152

Note: 3 st. omitted.

45.Source: Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 351, f. 7

46.Source: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya Deposit 96 [olim Beeleigh Abbey (Foyle)], ff. 3v-7

First Lines:

Þow schalt loue god with hert entere
with al þi soule and al þi myȝt
Other god on no manere
þow schalt not haue be day nor nyȝt…

Last Lines:

…But kepe ay wel goddess byddyng
And cristen fayth leue stedfastly

Print Witnesses:

1.Source: STC 26012. Wotton, John, Speculum Cristiani, W. de Machlinia ad exp. H. Vrankenburgh, [1486?] , sigs. a.viii-b.vii

First Lines:

Thou schalt loue god with herte entiere
With alle thy soule and alle thy might
Other god in no manere
Thou schalt not haue by daye ne nyght…

Last Lines:

…But kepe wel ay goddes bidding
And cristen faith kepe ay stedfastly

Note: CUL Inc. 5.J.3.5 [3607].

Attributed Title: Incipit liber qui vocatur Speculum Cristiani (sig. a.ii; f. 1); Iste Libellus impressus est in opulentissima Ciuitate Londoniarum per me Willelmum de Machlinia ad instanciam necnon expensas Henrici Vrankenbergh mercatoris (last folio, verso)