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1600 hwæt him se waldend to wrace gesette ,
1601 laþum leodum . þonne lif ond deað
1602 sawlum swelgað . Bið susla hus
1603 open ond oðeawed , aðlogum ongean ,
1604 ðæt sceolon fyllan firengeorne men
1605 sweartum sawlum . þonne synna to wrace
1606 scyldigra scolu ascyred weorþeð
1607 heane from halgum on hearmcwale .
1608 ðær sceolan þeofas ond þeodsceaþan ,
1609 lease ond forlegene , lifes ne wenan ,
1610 ond mansworan morþorlean seon ,
1611 heard ond heorogrim . þonne hel nimeð
1612 wærleasra weorud , ond hi waldend giefeð
1613 feondum in forwyrd ; fa þrowiað
1614 ealdorbealu egeslic . Earm bið se þe wile
1615 firenum gewyrcan , þæt he fah scyle
1616 from his scyppende ascyred weorðan
1617 æt domdæge to deaðe niþer ,
1618 under helle cinn in þæt hate fyr ,
1619 under liges locan , þær hy leomu ræcað
1620 to bindenne ond to bærnenne
1621 ond to swingenne synna to wite .
1622 ðonne halig gæst helle biluceð ,
1623 morþerhusa mæst , þurh meaht godes ,
1624 fyres fulle , ond feonda here ,
1625 cyninges worde . Se biþ cwealma mæst
1626 deofla ond monna ! þæt is dreamleas hus ,
1627 ðær ænig ne mæg ower losian
1628 caldan clommum . Hy bræcon cyninges word ,
1629 beorht boca bibod ; forþon hy abidan sceolon
1630 in sinnehte , sar endeleas ,
1631 firendædum fa , forð þrowian ,
1632 ða þe her forhogdun heofonrices þrym .
1633 þonne þa gecorenan fore Crist berað
1634 beorhte frætwe . Hyra blæd leofað
1635 æt domdæge , agan dream mid gode
1636 liþes lifes , þæs þe alyfed biþ
1637 haligra gehwam on heofonrice .
1638 ðæt is se eþel þe no geendad weorþeð ,
1639 ac þær symle forð synna lease
1640 dream weardiað , dryhten lofiað ,
1641 leofne lifes weard , leohte biwundne ,
1642 sibbum bisweðede , sorgum biwerede ,
1643 dreamum gedyrde , dryhtne gelyfde .
1644 Awo to ealdre engla gemanan
1645 brucað mid blisse , beorhte mid lisse ,
1646 freogað folces weard . Fæder ealra geweald
1647 hafað ond healdeð haligra weorud .
1648 ðær is engla song , eadigra blis ,
1649 þær is seo dyre dryhtnes onsien
1650 eallum þam gesælgum sunnan leohtra .
1651 ðær is leofra lufu , lif butan endedeaðe ,
1652 glæd gumena weorud , gioguð butan ylde ,
1653 heofonduguða þrym , hælu butan sare ,
1654 ryhtfremmendum ræst butan gewinne ,
1655 domeadigra dæg butan þeostrum ,
1656 beorht blædes full , blis butan sorgum ,
1657 frið freondum bitweon forð butan æfestum ,
1658 gesælgum on swegle , sib butan niþe
1659 halgum on gemonge . Nis þær hungor ne þurst ,
1660 slæp ne swar leger , ne sunnan bryne ,
1661 ne cyle ne cearo , ac þær cyninges giefe
1662 awo brucað eadigra gedryht ,
1663 weoruda wlitescynast , wuldres mid dryhten .
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