# The beginning of the episode Noah's Flood from Origo Mundi and from # The Making of the World. # Manuscript spellings compared. # -------------------------------- # Lyf Noe # -------------------------------- # Hic incipit de noe et nave et dicit deus # Deus Pater omms: 917 Drog yv genef gruthyl den cwms:2212 Drog ew genaf gwythill dean, omms: 918 precins haual thy'm certen cwms:2213 preshyous havall thom honyn. omms: 919 rag cole orth vn venen cwms:2214 Rag cola orthe udn venyn omms: 920 gulan ef re gollas an plas cwms:2215 Glane ef re.gollas an place omms: 921 a'm luf thyghyow a wrussen cwms:2216 Am leff dyghow a wrussen. omms: 922 pan wruge dres ov defen cwms:2217 Pan wrega dryes ow defen omms: 923 mes a parathys lowen cwms:2218 Mes a Baradice pur glane omms: 924 an el whare a'n gores cwms:2219 Whare an eall as gorras. omms: 925 ow spyrys ny dryc nefre cwms:2220 An sperys ny drige neffra omms: 926 yn corf map den vyth yn beys cwms:2221 In corf mabe dean vyth in byes. omms: 927 ha reson yv ha prage cwms:2222 Ha reason ew ha praga, omms: 928 rag y vos kyc methel gurys cwms:2223 Rag y voos kyg medall gwryes, cwms:2224 Ha pur vrotall gans henna. omms: 929 nynsus den ort ov seruye cwms:2225 Nynges dean orthe ow servya omms: 930 len ha guyryon me a greys cwms:2226 Len ha gwyrryan sure pub pryes omms: 931 yn ol an beys sav noe cwms:2227 Saw Noye in oll an bysma # note : despite the spelling, "noe" in OM is 2 sylls /no-e/ or /noje/ # whereas in CW "noye" is a monosyllable /noj/. The "-ma" is added to # "byz" to compensate for the lost syllable, and then the line has to # be turned around to keep the rhythm. omms: 932 ha'y wrek ha'y flehes kefrys cwms:2228 Hay wreag hay flehys keffrys. cwms:2229 Ow bothe ythew in della: cwms:2230 Gweyll deall war oll an byes cwms:2231 May fythe pub tra consumys; cwms:2232 Mes serten mannaf sawya. # Noy cwms:2233 Noy, mabe Lamec, gylwys ove: cwms:2234 Arluthe brase, oll perthew cove, cwms:2235 Ythof, omma in bysma. cwms:2236 Substance lowere a byth ha da cwms:2237 Yma thyma tha vewa, cwms:2238 May thof sengys rag neffra cwms:2239 Tha worthya ow Arluth da, cwms:2240 An Drengys es a wartha. # Tunc veniet deus pater ad noe et dicit # Deus Pater omms: 933 Sa ban noe ow seruont ker omms: 934 dus gene pols the wandre omms: 935 ha dy'so my a leuer omms: 936 yntrethon taclow pryve cwms:2241 Noye, des thymma ve lebmyn, cwms:2242 Ha golsow thym a gowsaf. # Noy omms: 937 A das dev yn vhelder omms: 938 bynyges re by nefre omms: 939 rag genes yn pup teller omms: 940 parys of the lafurye cwms:2243 Parys ove, Arluthe brentyn; cwms:2244 Tha vlonogathe lavartha. # Deus Pater omms: 941 Noe mar luen yv an beys cwms:2245 Noy, mar lenwys ew an byes # "luen" replaced by "lenwys" to compensate for "Noy" having lost # a syllable since OM. omms: 942 lemyn a scherewynsy cwms:2246 Lemyn a sherewynsy omms: 943 may thew theweth dynythys cwms:2247 May thew dewathe devethys omms: 944 ynno a gyk pup huny cwms:2248 Unna a gyke pub hunythe. omms: 945 gans pegh mar vr ev flerys cwms:2249 Gans peagh pur wyre ew flayrys. omms: 946 na nllaf sparie na moy cwms:2250 Ny allaf sparya namoye omms: 947 hep gul dyel a ver speys cwms:2251 Heb gwethill mernans a vear spyes # [8 sylls, read "gweyll" ?] omms: 948 war pep ol sur marnas ty cwms:2252 War pobell oll menas tye cwms:2253 Ha tha wreag hatha flehys, cwms:2254 Han pythe a long the3o gye. omms: 949 Rag henna fystyn ke gura cwms:2255 Rag henna fysten, ke gwra omms: 950 gorhel a blankos playnyys cwms:2256 Gorthell a planckes playnyes, omms: 951 hag ynno lues trygva cwms:2257 Hag unna leas trigva omms: 952 romes y a vyth gylwys cwms:2258 Rowmys y a vythe henwys. omms: 953 aves hag agy yn-ta cwms:2259 A veas hag agy inta omms: 954 gans pek bethens stanchvrys cwms:2260 Gans peyke bethance (e?) stanche gwryes. omms: 955 ha tryhans keuelyn da cwms:2261 Ha try cans kevellyn da omms: 956 an lester a vyth a hys cwms:2262 An lysster a vythe in heys. omms: 957 ha hanter cans keuelyn cwms:2263 Ha hantercans kevellen omms: 958 yn-weth ty a wra y les cwms:2264 Inweth te a wra yn leas, omms: 959 yn vhelder my a vyn cwms:2265 Han uheldar me a vyn omms: 960 dek-warn-ugans y vos gures cwms:2266 Deagwarnygans may fo gwryes. omms: 961 war tu dylarg daras yn cwms:2267 War tew a thella daras, [ea] omms: 962 ty a wra yv port hynwes cwms:2268 ty a wra: port ef a vyth henwys. # The "ea" is perhaps a misreading of "ew" that is /yw/ which needs # to come before the "port" in CW2268 to give 8 syllables. The # "ty a wra" is no longer needed once "ef a vyth" is inserted, and # then the /yw/ would need to be changed to something like "ye(a)" # to make any sort of sense. Possibly the scribe was muddled between # two alternative versions, or just plain muddled! omms: 963 tresters dretho ty a pyn cwms:2269 Jystes dretha ty a place, omms: 964 a-drus rag na vo degees cwms:2270 A leas rag navo degys. # These lines have confused commentators no end, because they failed to # realise that we're no longer talking about the door, but the ark as a # whole. I would translate "Thwarts throughout you shall fix / # crosswise (CW abeam) so that she might not be stove in". # NOE omms: 965 Arluth kepar del vynny omms: 966 an gorhel sur my a'n gura omms: 967 pyth ev an ethom dy'nny omms: 968 cafus lafur an par-na omms: 969 aban vynnyth pup huny omms: 970 lathe ol an nor vys-ma omms: 971 sav vnsel ov tus hammy omms: 972 lath ny ganse mage ta # DEUS PATER omms: 973 noe dre the thadder bras omms: 974 ty a vew ov grath nefre omms: 975 kemer the wrek ha'th flehas omms: 976 h'aga, gvraget gor ganse omms: 977 a bub eghen best yn wlas omms: 978 gor genes dew annethe omms: 979 a bup kynde ethen vas omms: 980 y'th worhel guet dew gorre omms: 981 rag lyf bras my a thoro omms: 982 a gutho ol an nor beys omms: 983 myns den vs yn beys may fo omms: 984 kyns bos due an lyf buthes omms: 985 spyrys a vewnans ynno omms: 986 vynytha na vo guylys omms: 987 gor gura del dyscaf thy'so omms: 988 pan vo gures my a thue thy's omms: 989 A bub eghen a kunda cwms:2271 A bub ehan a gynda, omms: 990 gorow ha benow yn weth cwms:2272 Gorrow ha benaw in wethe: omms: 991 aga gore ty a wra cwms:2273 Aga gorra ty a wra omms: 992 yn the worhel aberveth cwms:2274 In tha lester a bervathe. omms: 993 pup maner bos yn bys-ma cwms:2275 Pub maner boos in bysma omms: 994 vs the dybry may telet[h] cwms:2276 Es 3a thybbry gwayte may treythe; omms: 995 rag den ha best magata cwms:2277 Rag dean ha beast magata, omms: 996 yn the lester ty a fet[h] cwms:2278 In tha lester gweyt may fethe. # tunc transeat deus pater in celum et dicit noe omms: 997 Arluth cuf the arghadow cwms:2279 Arluthe kref, tha arhadowe omms: 998 y wruthyl res ev thy'mmo omms: 999 ythaf hep ynnyadow omms:1000 the wonys a dro thotho cwms:2280 Me ara so mot I go cwms:2281 Ow lythyow, heb falladowe, cwms:2282 Me a vyn dallathe strechya. # Tunc iet noe ad uxorem suam et dicit ei noe # Noe omms:1001 heeth ov bool thy'mmo tovth ta omms:1002 ov thardar ha'm mortholow omms:1003 my a vyn mos alema omms:1004 the wruthyl ov nygyssow cwms:2283 Gans ow boell nowyth lemmys cwms:2284 Me a squat pub pice tymber, cwms:2285 Hag a pleyne oll an planckes, cwms:2286 Haga sett pub plyenkyn sure. # Sem cwms:2287 Me a galke thew wondres fyne cwms:2288 Nagella dower vyth ynno. cwms:2289 Kyn fova gwryes a owerbyn, # [8 sylls. read "... gwryz er-ow-fynn" ?] cwms:2290 Yfyth stanche, me a ragtha. # Chem cwms:2291 Yma peyke thym provyes, cwms:2292 Ha lavonowe pub ehan, cwms:2293 Deffrans sortowe a wernow cwms:2294 Yma parys pur effan. # Tuball Cayn cwms:2295 Marthe yw genev a unn dra; # .... # --------------------- # UXOR NOE omms:1005 mester yn scon my a wra omms:1006 the'n tas a nef caradow omms:1007 pup ober ol yn bys-ma omms:1008 a wren re bo plygadow # Tunc iet ad operandam navem suam et dicit noe # NOE omms:1009 A dev ker assoma squyth omms:1010 prynnyer derow ov trehy omms:1011 vytheth powes my ny'm byth omms:1012 mar vrevv ew ov yssyly omms:1013 guyn veys ha quellen an gyth omms:1014 may fe yrhys thy'm hethy omms:1015 arluth warnas tregeryth omms:1016 goef a ra the serry # Et tune veniet deus pater ad noe et dicit ei # DEUS PATER omms:1017 lemyn noy y'th worhel ke # .... # ------------------------------------------------------------- # + The Epilogue to the Making of the World (Jordan 1611) # * An alternative version (Keigwin 1698) # ------------------------------------------------------------- # The curious thing about these two versions is that although the # the wording is different, the sense is almost identical line for # line. cwms:2532 An kethe jorna ma ew de kems: 1 An dyth ma yw an dyth # [an dyth = eng. endeth?] cwms:2533 3en tase dew rebo grassyes kems: 2 Dew an Tas don worthyans cwms:2534 Why a wellas pub degre kems: 3 Neb yn gwelyn yn perfyth cwms:2535 leas matters gwarryes kems: 4 Leeas tra war feys dyblans # [war feys = warfedhyz?] cwms:2536 ha Creacon oll an byse kems: 5 Hag ol an bysma an gwreans cwms:2537 In weth oll why a wellas kems: 6 Ynweth why a welys cwms:2538 An keth bysma consumys kems: 7 Oll an bys destriys cwms:2538 Der lyvyow a thower pur vras kems: 8 Gans an trom deal cwms:2540 ny ve vdn mabe dean sparys kems: 9 dean vyth hep sparya cwms:2541 menas Noy y wreag hay flehys kems: 10 Mes Noy ha wreg ha flehes cwms:2542 Dewh a vorowe a dermyn kems: 11 Deugh why omma ware avorow cwms:2543 why a weall matters pur vras kems: 12 Brassa why a weal oberow cwms:2544 ha redempcon granntys kems: 13 Der Dew an Tas gevyans grontys cwms:2545 der vercy a thew an tase cwms:2546 tha sawya neb es kellys kems: 14 Tha neb yw der pegh kelles cwms:2547 Mynstrells grewgh theny peba kems: 15 Gwrewgh an menstrells ol tha pyba cwms:2548 May hallan warbarthe downssya kems: 16 Mollen ny warbarth daunsya cwms:2549 del ew an vaner han geys kems: 17 kepare yw an for yn gwary. # ------------------------------------------ omms:2825 a tus vas why re welas omms:2826 fetel formyas dev an tas omms:2827 nef ha nor war lergh y vrys omms:2828 wege henna y fynnas omms:2829 adam eua dre y ras omms:2830 y's gruk haual sur keffrys omms:2831 thotho deffry omms:2832 ol an beys a ros thetha omms:2833 may hallons ynno bewa omms:2834 h'agha fleghys vynytha omms:2835 a theffo anethe y omms:2836 y vennath theugh yn tyen omms:2837 keffrys gorryth ha benen omms:2838 flogholeth omms:2839 an guary yv dve lymmyn omms:2840 ha the welas an passyon omms:2841 a jhesus hep gorholeth omms:2842 a worthevys crys ragon omms:2843 a-vorow devg a dermyn omms:2844 hag eus pup dre omms:2845 a barth a'n tas : menstrels a ras omms:2846 pebough whare # --------------------------------------------