DIMEV 3267
IMEV 2001
NIMEV 2001
Love God over all thing
Love God, thyself, thy friend and thy foe (4 lines), a tag in the Fasciculus
morum
Note: The verses are the same in each of two variant contexts in the
Fasciculus:
see
Wenzel (1978)
XWenzel, Siegfried.
Verses in Sermons: ‘Fasciculus morum’ and Its Middle
English Poems.
Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, 1978
, 158-9, 193-4.
Subjects: advice, spiritual; sermons, verse in
Versification: —
two-line —
aa
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 187 (SC 2090), f. 196b
Transcription:þu loue god ouer all þyng
sythen þy selue with oute
synnyng
After þy frende as kynde þe teche
And þenne
þy foo with outen wreche
Note: B context; written as prose.
2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 410 (SC 2305), f. 22
v
Transcription:Where he lofe god ouer all thyng
Kepe hym self with oute
synnyng
Where he lofe his frend os kynde doth teche
And wylle his foo no
maner of wreche
Note: A context, variant.
Editions: Wenzel, Siegfried.
Verses in Sermons: ‘Fasciculus morum’ and Its Middle
English Poems.
Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, 1978: 158.
3.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 410 (SC 2305), f. 75
v
Transcription:Than loue god ouer all thyng
Sithyn þi self with oute
synnyng
Sithyn þi frend or kynyng techet
And þenne þi fo
with oute wreche
Note: B context; written as prose.
4.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 111 (SC 1550), f. 94
v
Transcription:Loue god þu man ouer all thinge
Sithen thy self with oute
sinning
Sithen þy frynde as kynde the teth
Afterward þy foo
with outyn any wreth
Note: A context; written as prose.
6.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 213 (SC 1045), f. 152
v
Transcription:thu loue god ouer alle thynge
sithen thi self withoute
synnyng
Sithen thi ffrende as knynge techeth
And then thi ffo withouten
wreche
Note: Written as prose, B context.
7.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson C.670 (SC 12514), f. 41
v
Transcription:Loue god ouer alle þyng
Sethen þy selfe with outen
synnyng
Sethen þi frend as kynde þe teches
After þy fo
with outen wreche
Note: A context.
Editions: Wenzel, Siegfried.
Verses in Sermons: ‘Fasciculus morum’ and Its Middle
English Poems.
Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, 1978: 158.
8.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson C.670 (SC 12514), f. 128
v
Transcription:Þow loue god ouer all þing
Syþyn þy selfe
with-owte synyng
Syþyn þy frende as kynd þe
teche
Þan þy foo with outen wreche
Note: B context.
Editions: Wenzel, Siegfried.
Verses in Sermons: ‘Fasciculus morum’ and Its Middle
English Poems.
Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, 1978: 193.
11.Source: Cambridge UK, Gonville & Caius College 364/619, f. 32
va-32
vb
Transcription:Loue þou god ouer alle þynge
Sythyn þi self wyth outyn
synnyng
Sythyn þi frend as kynde it techyth
And þan þi
foo wiþ oute wreche
Note: Variant; A context.
12.Source: Cambridge UK, Gonville & Caius College 364/619, ff. 36
vb-37
ra
Transcription:Loue god ouer al þyng
Stheyn þi self with outen
sinnyng
Sethyn þi frend as kende techyt
Afterward þi foo with
outen wreche
Note: B context. Second occurrence in this MS, listed as a variant text by
Wenzel (1978)
XWenzel, Siegfried.
Verses in Sermons: ‘Fasciculus morum’ and Its Middle
English Poems.
Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, 1978
, p. 193, but actually just the usual text (Wenzel
does not note the first occurrence).
13.Source: Cambridge UK, St John’s College F.22 (159), f. 55
Transcription:loue god a ouer all thynge
Sithen þi selfe wyt owtyn
ony synnynge
Sythen þi frend als kynde þe teche
Aftyr þi
ffo wyt owtyn wreche
Note: Written as prose; A context.
14.Source: Cambridge UK, St John’s College F.22 (159), f. 170
v
Transcription:Þou luf god owr all thynge
Sithene þi self with owtyn
syninge
Sithene þi frende as kynde þe tech
Þan Þi
foo wyt owtyn wrech
Note: Written as verse, B context.
15.Source: Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 18.7.21, f. 64
v
Transcription:[Loue] God ouer alle þingge
Himself withouten wemme of
senningge
His euene cristene as kinde þe wile teche
Þi fo
withouten wiling of oni wreche
Note: Occurs separately in Grimestone’s sermon notebook.
Attributed Title: De Hostibus (f. 64v)
Editions: Wilson, Edward.
A Descriptive Index of the English Lyrics in John of Grimestone’s
Preaching Book.
Medium Ævum Monographs
n.s. 2. Oxford, 1973: 19.
16.Source: Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Library 82, f. 49
Transcription:love thou god ouer all thyng
Sen thy self wyth owte synnyng
Sen
thy frende as kynde the teche
After thy foo wyth owte wreche
Note: A context.
21.Source: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral Library F.19, f. 218
va
Transcription:Þou loue god of alle þyng
Sythen þe sylf with oute
schyndyg
Sythen þy frend als kyng þe tech
& þen
þy foo wit outen wreche
Note: A context.