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The Sources of Standard English.
| Ðe sevend moned was in cumen, | ||
| and sevene and xxti dais numen, | ||
| in Armenie ðat arche stod, | ||
| ðo was wið-dragen ðat ilc c flod. | c same | |
| Ðo ðe tende moned came in, | ||
| so wurð dragen ðe watres win d; | d force | |
| dunes wexen, ðe flod wið-drog, | ||
| It adde lested long anog.e | e enough | |
| Fowerti dais after ðis, | ||
| arches windoge undon it is, | ||
| ðe raven ut-fleg,f hu so it gan ben, | f flew out | |
| ne g cam he nogt to ðe arche agen. | g nor | |
| ðe duve fond h no clene stede, | h found | |
| and wente agen and wel it dede; | ||
| ðe sevendai eft ut it tog,i | i went | |
| and brogt a grene olives bog;k | k bough | |
| seve nigt siðen l everilc on | l afterward | |
| he is let ut flegen,m crepen, and gon, | m to fly | |
| wiðuten n ilc sevend clene der | n except | |
| ðe he sacrede on an aucter.o | o altar | |
| Sex hundred ger and on dan olde | ||
| Noe sag p ut of ðe arche-wolde; | p looked | |
| ðe first moned and te first dai, | ||
| he sag erðe drie & te water awai; | ||
| get he was wis and nogt to rad;q | q quick | |
| gede r he nogt ut, til God him bad. | r went |
THE CONTRAST TO THE EAST MIDLAND.
(About A.D. 1230.)
Ar ne kuthe ich sorghe non,
Nu ich mot manen nun mon,
Karful wel sore ich syche;
Geltles ihc tholye muchele schame;
Help God for thin swete name,
Kyng of hevene-riche.
