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   miltse gefremede, þæt he manegum wearð

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   folca to frofre, syððan him frymða god,

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   niða nergend, naman oncyrde,

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   ond he syððan wæs sanctus Paulus

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   be naman haten, ond him nænig wæs

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   ælærendra oðer betera

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   under swegles hleo syðþan æfre,

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   þara þe wif oððe wer on woruld cendan,

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   þeah he Stephanus stanum hehte

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    abreotan on beorge, broðor þinne.

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    Nu ðu meaht gehyran, hæleð min se leofa,

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    hu arfæst is ealles wealdend,

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    þeah we æbylgð wið hine oft gewyrcen,

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    synna wunde, gif we sona eft

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    þara bealudæda bote gefremmaþ

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    ond þæs unrihtes eft geswicaþ.

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    Forðan ic soðlice ond min swæs fæder

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    syðþan gelyfdon

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    þæt geþrowade eallra þrymma god,

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    lifes lattiow, laðlic wite

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    for oferþearfe ilda cynnes.

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    Forðan ic þe lære þurh leoðorune,

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    hyse leofesta, þæt ðu hospcwide,

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    æfst ne eofulsæc æfre ne fremme,

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    grimne geagncwide, wið godes bearne.

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    þonne ðu geearnast þæt þe bið ece lif,

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    selust sigeleana, seald in heofonum.'

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    ðus mec fæder min on fyrndagum

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    unweaxenne wordum lærde,

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    septe soðcwidum, (þam wæs Symon nama),

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    guma gehðum frod. Nu ge geare cunnon

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    hwæt eow þæs on sefan selest þince

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    to gecyðanne, gif ðeos cwen usic

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    frigneð ymb ðæt treo, nu ge fyrhðsefan

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    ond modgeþanc minne cunnon."

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    Him þa togenes þa gleawestan

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    on wera þreate wordum mældon:

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    "Næfre we hyrdon hæleð ænigne

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    on þysse þeode, butan þec nu ða,

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    þegn oðerne þyslic cyðan

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    ymb swa dygle wyrd. Do swa þe þynce,

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    fyrngidda frod, gif ðu frugnen sie

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    on wera corðre. Wisdomes beðearf,

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    worda wærlicra ond witan snyttro,

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    se ðære æðelan sceal ondwyrde agifan

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    for þyslicne þreat on meþle."

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    Weoxan word cwidum, weras þeahtedon

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    on healfa gehwær, sume hyder, sume þyder,

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    þrydedon ond þohton. þa cwom þegna heap

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    to þam heremeðle. Hreopon friccan,

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    caseres bodan: "Eow þeos cwen laþaþ,

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    secgas to salore, þæt ge seonoðdomas

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    rihte reccen. Is eow rædes þearf

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    on meðelstede, modes snyttro."

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    Heo wæron gearwe, geomormode

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    leodgebyrgean, þa hie laðod wæron

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    þurh heard gebann; to hofe eodon,

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    cyðdon cræftes miht. þa sio cwen ongan

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    weras Ebresce wordum negan,

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    fricggan fyrhðwerige ymb fyrngewritu,

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    hu on worulde ær witgan sungon,

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    gasthalige guman, be godes bearne,

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    hwær se þeoden geþrowade,

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    soð sunu meotudes, for sawla lufan.

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    Heo wæron stearce, stane heardran,

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    noldon þæt geryne rihte cyðan,

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    ne hire andsware ænige secgan,

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    torngeniðlan, þæs hio him to sohte,

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    ac hio worda gehwæs wiðersæc fremedon,

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    fæste on fyrhðe, þæt heo frignan ongan,

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    cwædon þæt hio on aldre owiht swylces

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    ne ær ne sið æfre hyrdon.

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    Elene maþelade ond him yrre oncwæð:

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    "Ic eow to soðe secgan wille,

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    ond þæs in life lige ne wyrðeð,

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    gif ge þissum lease leng gefylgað

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    mid fæcne gefice, þe me fore standaþ,

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    þæt eow in beorge bæl fornimeð,

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    hattost heaðowelma, ond eower hra bryttað,

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    lacende lig, þæt eow sceal þæt leas

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    apundrad weorðan to woruldgedale.

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    Ne magon ge ða word geseðan þe ge hwile nu on unriht

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    wrigon under womma sceatum, ne magon ge þa wyrd bemiðan,

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    bedyrnan þa deopan mihte." ða wurdon hie deaðes on wenan,

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    ades ond endelifes, ond þær þa ænne betæhton

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    giddum gearusnottorne, (þam wæs Iudas nama

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    cenned for cneomagum), þone hie þære cwene agefon,

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    sægdon hine sundorwisne: "He þe mæg soð gecyðan,

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    onwreon wyrda geryno, swa ðu hine wordum frignest,

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    æriht from orde oð ende forð.

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    He is for eorðan æðeles cynnes,

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    wordcræftes wis ond witgan sunu,

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    bald on meðle; him gebyrde is

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    þæt he gencwidas gleawe hæbbe,

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    cræft in breostum. He gecyðeð þe

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    for wera mengo wisdomes gife

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    þurh þa myclan miht, swa þin mod lufaþ."

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    Hio on sybbe forlet secan gehwylcne

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    agenne eard, ond þone ænne genam,

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     Iudas to gisle, ond þa georne bæd

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