Part 13

¶ [&] he [þ/] fedeþþ enn{g}le þed. [&] alle cwike shaffte{;} 15 He la[gh][gh] all alls hiss wille wass. Biforenn asse i cribbe. Swa summ he wære [gh]ifenn hi{mm}{;} To wurrþenn hi{mm} to fode. Forr [þ/] he wollde brinn{g}enn uss{;} Vpp inntill heffness blisse. [&] [gh]ifenn uss hi{mm} sellfenn þær{;} Wiþþ enn{g}less eche fode. ¶ Þuss {g}odess sune allmahhti[gh] {g}odd{;} Warrþ wrecche mann onn erþe. 20 Forr swa to bri{nn}genn mann{}kinn onn{;} To [gh]ernenn afft{err} litell. Forr [þ/] he lufeþþ alle þa{;} [þ/] hise la[gh]hess haldenn. [&] lufenn forr þe lufe off hi{mm}{;} To libbenn her onn erþe. Full wrecchelike inn uselldom{;} Off metess. [&] off claþess. ¶ [&] tatt te laferrd iesu crist. Wass le[gh][gh]d inn asse cribbe. 25 Þatt tacneþþ uss. [þ/] he co{mm} her. To wurrþenn mann onn erþe. Wiþþ mannkinn. [þ/] wass stunnt. [&] dill{;} [&] skill læs swa su{mm} asse. ¶ [&] asse. þohh itt litell be. Itt hafeþþ mikell afell. To berenn upp well mikell sæm{;} [Gh]iff mann itt doþ þæronne. [&] swa wass neh all follc [þ/] da[gh][gh]. Þatt c{ri}st co{mm} her to manne. 30 Neh all itt wass þa strang inoh. To þewwtenn laþe {g}astess. To berenn upp [þ/] laþe sæm{;} To don all þe[gh][gh]re wille. ¶ [&] þurrh [þ/] {g}odd wass wurrþenn mann. Forr ure miccle nede{;} Þurrh [þ/] wass he. `þatt witt tu wel.´ All wiþþ hiss lefe wille. Niþþredd. [&] wannsedd wunnderrli[gh]. [&] la[gh]hedd inn hi{mm} | sellfenn. [f. 34v² 35 Forr o [þ/] hallf [þ/] he wass mann{;} Mann mihhte hi{mm} fon. [&] pinenn. Wiþþ h[-a]t. [&] kald. wiþþ nesshe. [&] harrd· Wiþþ pine off þrisst. [&] hunngerr. [&] cwellenn himm mann mihhte wel{;} Inn ure mennisscnesse. [&] {g}odd wass wurrþenn swa forr uss{;} [Gh][-é]t lasse þann an enn{g}ell. Forr mann ne ma[gh][gh] nohht enn{g}ell sen{;} Ne t[)a]kenn hi{mm} ne bindenn. 40 Ne pinenn hi{mm}. ne cwellenn hi{mm}. Forr he ne de[gh]eþþ næfre. Acc drihhtin {g}odd warrþ her forr þe [Gh][-e]t lasse þann hiss enn{g}ell. [&] lah[gh]hre inoh. forr þi þatt he{;} Þe wollde [gh]ifenn bisne. Þatt te birrþ a[gh][gh] þe sellfenn her{;} Þurrh soþ mecnesse la[gh]henn. [&] lætenn swiþe unorneli[gh]{;} [&] litell off þe sellfenn. 45

[Linenotes: 34. _þatt witt tu wel_ substituted at bottom of column for _þatt se[gh][gh]þ þe boc_ in text. || 37. _kald_ over an erasure. || 41. _pinenn_] _i_ over an erasure. || _næfre_] _r_ changed into _n_ by erasure. || 42. _godd warrþ_ over an erasure. || 45. _unorneli[gh]_ with erasure over the first _n_.]

¶ ++Þatt hirdess wokenn o [þ/]at nahht. Þatt crist wass borenn onne{;} Þatt wass swa su{mm} hiss wille wass. Forr [þ/] itt shollde tacnenn. Þatt he forr{}þi wass wurrþenn mann{;} Forr [þ/] he wollde sammnenn. An flocc off menn till cristenndom{;} [&] till þe rihhte læfe. Þatt sholldenn wurrþenn hise shep{;} Þurrh here unnshaþi[gh]nesse. 50 [&] sholldenn habbenn oferr he{mm}{;} Bisscopess. prestess. dæcness Forr [þ/] te[gh][gh] sholldenn hirdess ben{;} To [gh]emenn he{mm}. [&] {g}ætenn. [&] ec forr [þ/] he wollde ben. Himm sellf [-u]t numenn hirde. Swa [þ/] he wollde hiss a[gh]henn lif{;} Forr hise shep forrlætenn. ¶ Þatt {g}odess enn{g}ell co{mm} o nihht. Swa su{mm} ðe {g}oddspell kiþeþþ. 55 To spekenn wiþþ{}þa wake menn. Þatt wokenn heore faldess{;} [&] tatt he comm [þ/] nihht till he{mm}. Wiþþ heoffness lihht. [&] leome. [&] tatt te[gh][gh] wærenn forr [þ/] lihht. [&] forr ðatt enn{g}less sihhþe. Forr dredde swiþe fasste anan. Swa summ þe {g}oddspell kiþeþþ{;} [&] ec þatt {g}odess enn{g}ell toc. To frofrenn he{mm} wiþþ worde. 60 All [þ/] wass don | þurrh iesu c{ri}st. [f. 35r¹ Forr mikell þin{g} to tacnenn. ¶ Itt tacneþþ uss þatt ure {g}odd. Well offte senndeþþ enn{g}less. Inn till þiss middell{}ærd. tatt iss. All full off þesst{err}nesse : Þatt iss off all [þ/] ifell iss{;} Inn alle kinne sinne{;} Itt tacneþþ [þ/] he senndeþþ hemm{;} Inn till þiss þeossterrnesse. 65 To frofrenn þa [þ/] wakenn wel{;} Onn[gh]æness laþe {g}astess. [&] stanndenn inn to shildenn he{mm}{;} Fra deofless swikedomess. [&] all [þ/] flocc [þ/] he{mm} iss s[-e]tt{;} To [gh]emenn. [&] to {g}ætenn. To frofrenn swillke senndeþþ {g}odd. Enn{g}less. [&] hall[gh]he sawless. [&] a[gh][gh] þe[gh][gh] cumenn dun till þa{;} Wiþþ heoffness lihht. [&] leome. 70 Þatt iss wiþþ witt. [&] {g}od innsihht{;} Inn alle kinne þin{g}e. Forr drihhtin [gh]ifeþþ her hiss þeww{;} {g}od witt. [&] mahht. [&] wille. To stanndenn [gh]æn þe laþe {g}ast. [&] [gh]æn all [þ/] he læreþþ. Acc a[gh][gh] þe[gh][gh] sinndenn þohh swa þehh{;} Well swiþe sare off{}dredde. Off domess da[gh][gh]es starrke dom{;} [&] off þe demess irre. 75 All all swa su{mm} þa w[)a]ke menn{;} Well swiþe offdredde wærenn. Off heoffness brihhte lihht [&] lem {;} [&] off [þ/] enn{g}less sihhþe. Ace hihht. [&] hope o drihhtin {g}odd. [&] onn hiss mildheorrtnesse{;} Þatt frofreþþ hemm. [&] beldeþþ he{mm}{;} To foll[gh]henn {g}odess lare. To fandenn [gh]iff þe[gh][gh] mu[gh]henn swa{;} ðe demess are winnenn. 80 [&] tatt wass uss bitacnedd wel{;} Þurrh ðatt tatt {g}odess enn{g}ell. Toc sone anan wiþþ milde word{;} ða w[)a]ke menn to frofrenn. For{r} [þ/] he wisste wel [þ/] te[gh][gh]{;} Off hi{mm} forrdredde wærenn. Forr {g}odess enn{g}ell frofreþþ mann{;} [Gh]iff [þ/] he seþ hi{mm} færedd. Forr {g}odess enn{g}ell iss full mec{;} [&] soffte. [&] milde. [&] bliþe. 85 ¶ [&] defell iss all full off niþ{;} [&] full off {g}ra{mm}cunndnesse. [&] full off h[)e]te towarrd mann{;} [&] full off modi[gh]nesse [&] [gh]iff he seþ þe mann forrdredd{;} He wile hi{mm} skerrenn mare. [&] ræfenn himm hiss rihhte witt{;} [&] shetenn inn hiss herrte. | Acc whas itt iss [þ/] wæpnedd iss. Wiþþ fulle trowwþe o criste{;} [f. 35r² 90 Þohh [þ/] he {g}risli[gh] defell seo. Niss he rihht nohht forrfæredd. ¶ Þatt enn{g}ell se[gh][gh]de ðatt he wass{;} Þa cumenn forr to kiþenn. O {g}odess hallfe þær till he{mm}. A`n´ swiþe mikell blisse. Þatt shollde ben till all þe follc. Þatt se[gh][gh]de he forr [þ/] tanne{;} Wass cumenn i þiss middellærd. Full mikell blisse. [&] sellðe. 95 Till alle `þa´ [þ/] sholldenn wel{;} O {g}odess sune lefenn. O iesu c{ri}st. tatt borenn wass. [þ/] illke nahht to manne. ¶ He se[gh][gh]de [þ/] te laferrd crist. Wass borenn her to manne. Nohht o þe nahht. acc o þe da[gh][gh]. Forr mikell þing to tacnenn. Forr da[gh][gh]ess lihht bitacneþþ uss{;} All eche lifess blisse 100 [&] nahht bitacneþþ all [þ/] wa{;} [Þ/] iss i{nn} helle pine. [&] c{ri}st wass borenn i þiss lif{;} To lesenn uss off helle. Forr [þ/] he wollde [gh]ifenn uss{;} Wiþþ enn{g}less eche blisse. ¶ [&] tatt wass uss bitacnedd ec. Þurrh [þ/] tatt {g}odess enn{g}ell. Wass aww{n}edd till ða w[)a]ke menn{;} Wiþþ heffness lihht [&] leme. 105 Forr {g}odess sune iesu crist{;} Wass wurrþenn mann onn erþe. To [gh]ifenn heoffness lihht. [&] lem{;} [Þ/] follc. [þ/] shollde hi{mm} foll[gh]henn.

[Linenote: 105. _awwredd_ in MS.]

¶ Þatt {g}odd all{}mahhti[gh] wurrþenn wass. [Gh]un{g} child i{nn} ure ki{n}de. [&] wrecche child. off wrecche kinn{;} ðatt doþ uss tunnderrstanndenn. Þatt uss birrþ mikell lufenn crist. [&] lofenn hi{mm} [&] wurrþenn. 110 Off þatt he wollde hi{mm} sellfenn swa{;} Forr ure lufe la[gh]henn. [&] off þatt he warrþ wrecche mann{;} Forr uss to makenn riche. Wiþþ enn{g}less upp inn heoffness ærd{;} Wiþþ{}utenn ende i blisse. Annd þurrh [þ/] tatt tær awwnedd wass. An here off {g}odess enn{g}less. Þatt time [þ/] te laferrd crist. Wass borenn her to manne{;} 115 Þurrh [þ/] wass uss don þær full wel. To sen. [&] tunnderrstanndenn. Þatt enn{g}less stanndenn a[gh][gh] occ a[gh][gh]. To lofenn {g}odd [&] wurrþenn. ¶ [&] þurrh [þ/] illke wass uss ec. [f. 35v¹ Don full wel tunnderrstanndenn. Þatt uss birrþ lofenn drihhtin a[gh][gh]{;} Wiþþ innwarrd herrtess tunge. [&] þannkenn hi{mm} [þ/] miccle {g}od{;} Þatt he doþ uss onn erþe. 120 ¶ [&] þurrh [þ/] illke wass uss ec. Don full wel tunnderrstanndenn. Þatt crist all enn{g}le þede ki{n}{g}. Wass borenn her to manne. Alls iff he [gh]æn þe laþe {g}ast. Wiþþ h[)e]re wollde fihhtenn. To winnenn adam. [&] hiss kinn{;} [~V]t off þe defless walde. [&] settenn enn{g}less oferr he{mm}{;} To [gh]emenn he{mm} [&] {g}ætenn. 125 [&] forr to shildenn hemm onn{}[gh]æn{;} ðe deofless laþe wiless.

[Linenote: 124. _walde_] After _l_, _l_ erased.]

¶ Annd {g}odess enn{g}less wærenn þa{;} Well swiþe glade wurrþenn. Off ðatt tatt {g}odd wass wurrþenn mann. Forr [þ/] te[gh][gh] wisstenn alle. Þatt te[gh][gh]re {g}en{g}e shollde ben{;} Wiþþ {g}ode sawless ekedd. [&] wurrþedd ec. [&] all forrþi{;} Þe[gh][gh] wærenn swiþe bliþe. 130 [&] all forr þi þe[gh][gh] sun{g}enn þa. ðiss san{g} wiþþ mikell blisse. Si drihhtin upp inn heffness ærd{;} Wurrþshipe. [&] loff. [&] wullderr. [&] upp{}onn erþe {g}riþþ. [&] friþþ{;} Þurrh {g}odess mildherrtnesse. Till iwhillc mann [þ/] habbenn shall{;} {g}od herte [&] `a[gh][gh]´ {g}od wille.

[Linenote: 134. _a[gh][gh]_ added in margin and _god_ corrected out of _gode_, so too in ll. 147, 154.]

¶ Þiss sun{g}enn þe[gh][gh]. forr{}þi [þ/] te[gh][gh]. Full wel þær unnderrstodenn. 135 Þatt te[gh][gh]re {g}en{g}e shollde ben{;} Þurrh hall[gh]he sawles. ekedd. Þurrh whatt biforenn drihhtin {g}odd· [Gh]iff [þ/] itt waxenn mihhte. Wurrþshipe [&] wullderr shollde ben{;} Swa su{mm} itt waxenn wære. [&] ec forr þatt te[gh][gh] wisstenn wel. Þatt {g}odd co{mm} her to manne. Forr [þ/] he wollde {g}riþþ [&] friþþ. [&] soþ sahhtnesse settenn. 140 Bitwenenn drihhtin heffness king{;} [&] mannkinn her onn erþe. Þatt mann kinn shollde mu[gh]henn wel{;} Vpp cumenn i{nn} till heffne. Þatt heffness here mihhte swa{;} Þurrh hall[gh]he sawless waxenn. Þurrh whatt bi{}forenn drihhtin {g}odd{;} Wurrþshipe waxenn shollde. [Gh]iff [þ/] himm mihhte waxenn ohht{;} [&] wurrþenn bettre [&] mare. 145 ¶ Þatt {g}riþþ wass sett till alle þa. Swa su{mm} þe {g}oddspell kiþeþþ. Þatt sholl | denn wurrþenn {g}ode{}menn{;} [&] habbenn `a[gh][gh]´ {g}od{}wille. [f. 35v² Till þa [þ/] sholldenn unnderrfon{;} Wiþþ blisse cristess come. [&] nohht till þa [þ/] sholldenn hi{mm}{;} Forrho[gh]henn [&] forrwerrpenn. Forr niss nohht {g}odess {g}riþþ wiþþ þa{;} [Þ/] wiþþrenn {g}odd onn{}[gh]æness. 150 Acc helle wawenn iss till þa{;} All afft{err} þe[gh][gh]re wrihhte. ¶ [&] her mann unnderrstanndenn ma[gh][gh]{;} Whillc mann iss drihhtin cweme. Þatt illke mann iss drihhtin lef{;} [Þ/] hafeþþ {g}ode wille. Forr wha{}se itt iss þatt illke mann Þatt hafeþþ `a[gh][gh]´ {g}od wille Þatt illke mann ne sinn[gh]heþþ nohht. Ne {g}illteþþ hise þannkess. 155 Ne towarrd {g}odd· ne towarrd mann{;} [Gh]iff [þ/] he ma[gh][gh] hi{mm} lokenn. [&] [gh]iff [þ/] iss [þ/] he missdoþ. Onn ani[gh] kinne wise{;} Itt reweþþ hi{mm}. [&] sone anan{;} He sta{nn}t itt inn to betenn.

¶ Þatt {g}odess e{nn}{g}ell co{mm} o nahht. Wiþþ heffness lihht onn erþe{;} Þatt tacneþþ [þ/] tiss middellærd. Wass full off þessterrnesse. 160 Þurrh illkess kinness hæþenndom. Inn iwhillc unnclænnesse{;} Þatt time [þ/] te laferrd crist. Wass borenn her to manne. To [gh]ifenn heffness lihht. [&] lem{;} [Þ/] follc [þ/] shollde hi{mm} cwemenn.

[Linenote: 159. _enngell comm o nahht_ over an erasure.]

¶ [&] tatt tatt enn{g}ell nohht ne co{mm}. Till kin{g}ess ne till erless. Ne till [þ/] laþe riche flocc. Þatt foll[gh]heþþ modi[gh]nesse{;} 165 Þatt doþ uss tunnderrstanndenn wel{;} [Þ/] drihhtin {g}odd forrwerrpeþþ. All modi[gh]le[gh][gh]c. [&] {g}reditle[gh][gh]c : [&] irre. [&] gluterrnesse. [&] all [þ/] foll[gh]heþþ horedom. [&] swikedom onn erþe. Þatt mann ma[gh][gh] findenn allre mast. I þa [þ/] sinndenn riche. þatt {g}odess enn{g}ell awwnedd wass. In aness weress hewe{;} 170 Þatt wass forr{}þi [þ/] enn{g}ell ma[gh][gh]. Wiþþ hiss drihhtiness wille. Hi{mm} awwnenn alls he wære a mann. I manness limess alle. I bodi[gh]. [þ/] he doþ hi{mm} inn{;} Off hefennlike kinde. ¶ `[&] {g}odd wiþþ enn{g}less gife uss. á. To brukenn heffness blisse.´ Am{æn}.

[Linenotes: 170. _þatt_] between _þ_ and _a_ an erasure. || 174. Added lengthwise on the margin.]

XVI. SAWLES WARDE

[[MS description from Notes volume:

"i. Bodleian 34, Oxford (B); on vellum, 165 × 120 mm.; written in one hand throughout about 1210 A.D.... It has lost two leaves after f. 80, which is very faint and defective. Entries in fourteenth-century hands connect it with Ledbury, Godstow, and Magna Coworne (Much Cowarne) in Herefordshire. The text is printed from this manuscript up to its end at 127/4.

"The writing is sometimes difficult to decipher; the letters are often crowded and hesitating, a, e, o are sometimes hard to distinguish. Doubts are permissible in the following cases, hwen _or_ hwon 118/24, ihaten _or_ ihoten 37, hondon _or_ honden 51; in sent 55, the last letter wavers between t and d; in [gh]emelese 56, [gh] appears to have been corrected out of g; after mei 60, there is a half-formed c; under the second o of preoouin 72, there is what looks like a casual pen mark, not a dot of erasure; in seoueuald 287, d is corrected out of t, or the reverse.

"ii. Royal 17 A 27, British Museum (R); on vellum, 160 × 117 mm.; early thirteenth century. Has all the pieces in B except Hali Meidenhad, with the addition of an incomplete copy of the Oreisun of Seinte Marie (printed in OEH i., p. 305). This manuscript supplies the end here from 127/4.

"iii. Cotton Titus D 18, British Museum (T). See [IX, Ancrene Wisse]."]]

[Headnote: Si Sciret Paterfamilias]

+her bigineð{;} sawles warde.+ [f. 72r

_++Si sciret paterfamilias q{ua} hora fur uent{ur}us e{ss}et{;} vigilaret utiq{ue} [&] no{n} sineret p{er}fodi domu{m} sua{m}._ +U+re lau{er}d i þe godspel teacheð us þurh abisne. hu we ahen wearliche to biwiten us seoluen wið þe unwiht of helle. [&] wið his wernches. {5} [gh]ef þes lau{er}d wiste he seið. hwenne [&] hwuch time. þe þeof walde cume to his hus{;} he walde wakien. ne nalde he nawt þolien þe þeof forte breoken hire. +Þ+is hus þe ure lau{er}ð spekeð of{;} is seolf þe mon inwið þe monnes wit. I þis hus. is þe huse lau{er}d. ant te fulitohe wif{;} mei beon wil ihaten. [þ/] ga þe hus eft{er} hire{;} ha diht hit al to wundre. {10} bute wit ase lau{er}d chasti hire þe bet{er}e. [&] bi{}neome hire muchel of [þ/] ha walde. ant tah walde al hire hird folhin hire ouer al{;} gef wit ne forbude ham. for alle hit beoð untohene. [&] rechelese hinen{;} bute [gh]ef he ham rihte. Ant hwucche beoð þeos hinen{;} Su{m}me beoð wið{}vten. [&] su{m}me wið in{}nen. þeo wið{}vten beoð.

þe monnes fif {15} wittes. Sihðe. [&] heru{n}ge. smechunge. [&] smeallunge. [&] euch limes felunge. þeos beoð hinen vnder wit. as under huse lau{er}d. [&] hwer se he is [gh]emeles{;} nis hare nan þe ne feareð ofte untoheliche. [&] gulteð ilome. oðer ifol semblant{;} oder in vuel dede. In wið beoð his hinen. in se moni mislich þonc to cwemen wel þe husewif{;} a[gh]ein godes {20} wille. [&] swerieð somet reaðliche. [þ/] eft{er} hire hit schal [f. 72v] gan. þah we hit ne here nawt{;} we mahen `iþþlen´ hare nurhð. [&] hare untohe bere. a þet hit cume forð. [&] ba wið eie. [&] wið luue tuhte ham þe bet{er}e. Ne bið neau{er} his hus for þeos hinen wel iwist. for hwen [þ/] he slepe. oðer ohwider from hame. [þ/] is hwen mon for[gh]et his wit. {25} [&] let ham i{}wurðen. ah ne bihoueð hit nawt. [þ/] tis hus beo irobbet. for þer is inne þe tre[sor] [þ/] godd [gh]ef him seolf fore. [þ/] is monnes sawle. forte breoke þis hus eft{er} þis tresor. [þ/] godd bohte mid his deað. [&] lette lif o rode{;} is moni þeof a{}buten ba bi dei [&] bi niht. vnseheliche gasttes wið alle unwreaste þeawes. [&] a{}[gh]ein euch god þeaw. þe biwiteð {30} iþis hus godes deore castel . vnder wittes wissunge [þ/] is huse lau{er}d. is eau{er} hire unþeaw forte sechen in[gh]ong{e} abute þe wahes to a{}murðrin hire þrinne. [þ/] heaued þrof is þe feont. þe meistreð ham alle a[gh]eines him [&] his keis. þe husebonde [þ/] is wit. warneð his hus þ{us}. vre lau{er}d haueð ileanett him froure of his dehtren. [þ/] beoð to {35} vnderstonden þe fowr heaued þeawes. þe earste is warschipe icleopet. ant te oþer is ihaten gasteli`c´h strengðe. [&] te þridde is meað. rihtwisnesse þe feorðe.

[Linenotes: 17. _hwer_] _r_ over _[t.]_. || 37. After _gastelich_, _e_ erased.]

+W+it þe husbonde godes cunestable cleopeð warschipe [f. 73r] forð. [&] makid hire durewart. þe warliche loki hwam ha leote in [&] ut. [&] of feor bihalde alle þe cuminde. hwuch beo wurðe {40} in[gh]ong{e} to habben{;} oðer beon bisteke{n} þrute. Strengðe stont nest hire. [þ/] [gh]ef ei wule in{;} warschipes vn{}þonkes. warni strengðe fore. [þ/] is hire suster{;} [&] heo hit ut warpe. þe þridde sust{er} [þ/] is meað. hire he makeð meistre ou{er} his willesfule hirð [þ/] we ear of speken. [þ/] ha leare ham mete . [þ/] me meosure hat. þe middel of twa uueles . for {45} [þ/] is þeaw in euch stude [&] tuht forte halden. [&] hateð ham alle [þ/] nan of ham a[gh]ein hire{;} nohwer wid vnmeoð{;} ne ga ou{er} mete. þe feorðe suster rihtwisnesse. sit on hest as deme . [&] beateð þeo þe a[gh]ulteð. [&] cruneð þeo þe wel doð. [&] demeð euchan his dom eft{er} his rihte. for dret of hire nimeð his hirð euch eft{er} [þ/] he is warde to witene . þe {50} ehnen hare. þe muð his. þe earen hare. þe hondon hare. [&] euch alswa of þe oþre wit [þ/] onont him ne schal nan un{}þeaw cumen iN.

++As þis is ido þus. [&] is al stille þrinne{;} warschipe [þ/] áá is waker is offearet lest sum for{}truste him. [&] feole o{}slepe. [&] for[gh]eme his warde. [&] sent ham. in a sonde. [þ/] ha wel cnaweð. of feorren icumen. forte {55} offearen þeo þe beoð [f. 73v] ou{er} hardi. [&] þeo þe [gh]emelese beoð{;} halden ham wakere. he is underuon in. [&] swiðe bihalden of ha{m} alle. for lonc he is. [&] leane. [&] his leor deaðlich. [&] blac [&] elheowet. [&] euch her þunc`h´eð [þ/] stont in his heaued up{;} warschipe hat hi{m} tellen biuoren. hwet he beo [&] hweonene he co{m}me [&] hwet he þer seche. Ne mei {60} ich he seið. nohwer speoken. bute ich habbe god lust{;} lustnið me þenne. fearlac ich hatte. ant am deaðes sonde. [&] deaðes munegunge. [&] am icumen biuore hire to warnin ow of hire cume. warschipe [þ/] best con bisetten hire wordes. [&] ec hire werkes{;} spekeð for ham alle. [&] freineð hweonene he cume. [&] hwuch hird ha leade. fearlac {65} hire ontswereð. Ich nat nawt þe time{;} for ha ne seide hit me nawt. ah eau{er} lokið hwenne. for hire wune is to cumen bi stale ferliche [&] unmundlunge hwen me least weneð. of hire hird [þ/] tu easkest.

[Linenote: 58. Before _leane_, _feier_ erased.]

Ich þe ondswerie. ha lihteð hwer se ha eau{er} kimeð wið a þusent deoflen. [&] euch an bereð a gret boc al of sunnen iwriten wið swarte smeale {70} leattres. [&] an unrude raketehe gled{}read of fure. forte binden [&] to drahen in to in{}warde helle. hwuch se he mei preoouin þurh his boc [þ/] is on euch sunne enbre[f. 74r]uet. [þ/] he wið wil. oðer wið word. oðer wið werc. wrahtte in al his lif siðe. bute [þ/] he haueð i{}bet earþon wið soð schrift. [&] wið deadbote. ant warschipe hire easkeð. Hweonene {75} cumest tu fearlac deaðes munegunge. Ich cume he seið of helle. Of helle ha seið warschipe. [&] hauest tu isehen helle? [Gh]e seið fearlac wit{er}liche. ofte [&] ilome. Nu seið þenne warschipe. forþi trowðe treoweliche tele us hwuch is helle. [&] hwet tu hauest isehen þrin. ant ich he seið fearlac omi trowðe bluðeliche. nawt tah eft{er} [þ/] hit is. for [þ/] ne mei na {80} tunge `tellen´. ah eft{er} [þ/] ich mei [&] con{;} þer towart ich chulle readien.

[Linenote: 73. _enbreue[d.]t_ MS.]

++Helle is [wid] wið{}ute met. [&] deop wið{}ute grunde. ful of brune uneuenlich . for ne mei nan eorðlich fur euenin þer towart. ful of stench unþolelich. for ne mahte in eorðe na cwic þing{e} hit þolien. ful of sorhe untalelich. for ne mei na muð for wrecchedom {85} ne for wa{;} rikenin hit ne tellen. Se þicke is þrinne þe þost{er}nesse{;} [þ/] me hire mei grapin. for [þ/] fur. ne [gh]eueð na liht. ah blent ham þe ehnen. þe þer beoð wið a smorðrinde smeke smeche forcuðest. [&] tah i[þ/] ilke swarte þeost{er}nesse swarte þinges ha iseoð as deoflen [þ/] ham meallið [&] derueð áá [&] dreccheð wið alles cunnes pinen. [&] iteilede {90} draken g{ri}`s´liche ase deoflen þe forswolheð ham ihal. [&] speoweð ham [f. 74v] eft ut biuoren [&] bihinden. oðer hwile torendeð ham [&] to{}cheoweð ham euch greot. ant heo eft iwurðeð hal. to a swuch bale bute bote as ha ear weren. ant ful wel ha i{}seoð ham to grisle [&] to grure. [&] to echen hare pine. þe laðe helle wurmes. tadden [&] froggen. {95} þe freoteð ham ut te ehnen. [&] te nease g{ri}stles. ant snikeð in. [&] ut neddren. [&] eauraskes. nawt ilich þeose her{;} ah hundret siðe g{ri}sluker et muð. [&] et earen. ed ehne{n}. [&] ed neauele. ant ed te breoste holke as meaðen iforrotet flesch eau{er}[gh]ete þickest. þer is remu{n}ge iþe brune. [&] toðes hechelunge iþe snawi weattres. ferliche ha flutteð from þe {100} heate{;} in{}to þe chele.

Ne neau{er} nuten ha of þeos twa{;} hweðer ham þuncheð wurse. for eiðer is unþolelich. ant iþis ferliche mong{e} þe leat{er}e þurh þe earre derueð þe mare. [þ/] fur ham forbearneð al to colen calde. [þ/] pich ha{m} forwalleð aðet ha beon for{}mealte. [&] eft acwikieð anan to drehen al [þ/] ilke{;} ant muchedeale wurse á wið{}uten {105} ende. Ant tis ilke unhope is ham meast pine. [þ/] nan naueð neau{er} mare hope of nan a{}couerunge. Ah aren sikere of euch uuel to þurh{}leasten iwa from world in to worlde áá on echnesse. Euch aþrusmeð oðer. [&] euch is oðres pine. Ant euchan heateð oðer. [&] him seoluen as [f. 75r] þe blake deouel. [&] eau{er} se ha i þis world luueden {110} ha{m} mare{;} se ha þer heatieð ham swiðere. [&] eiðer curseð oðer. [&] fret of þe oðres earen. [&] te nease alswa.

Ich habbe bigunne to tellen of þing [þ/] ich ne mahte nawt bringe to eni ende. þah ich hefde a þusent tungen of stele [&] talde aðet ha were{n} alle forwerede. Ah þencheð nu her þurh hwuch þe measte pine beo{;} for þe leaste pine is {115} se heard [þ/] hefde a mon i{}slein ba mi feader. [&] mi moder ant al þe ende of mi cun. [&] i{}do me seoluen al þe scheome [&] te hearm [þ/] cwic mon mahte þolien. [&] ich isehe þes mon i þe ilke leaste pine. [þ/] ich iseh in helle{;} Ich walde [gh]ef hit mahte beon. þolien a þusent deaðes to a{}rudden him ut þrof. swa is þe sihðe g{ri}slich [&] reowðful to bihalden. {120} for þah neau{er} nere nan oðer pine bute to i{}seon eau{er} þe unseli gastes. [&] hare g{ri}sliche schape. biseon on hare g{ri}mfule. [&] grurefule nebbes. [&] heren hare rarunge. [&] hu ha wið hokeres edwiteð [&] up breideð euchan his sunnen. þis schenðlac [&] te grure of ham were unimete pine{;} [&] hure þolien [&] a{}beoren hare unirude duntes wið {125} mealles istelet. [&] wið hare eawles gled{}reade hare dustlunges. as þah hit were a pilche{}clut euchan towart oðer imisliche pinen.