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1. 400

   Ne gelyfe ic me nu þæs leohtes furðor þæs þe he him þenceð lange niotan,

2. 401

   þæs eades mid his engla cræfte. Ne magon we þæt on aldre gewinnan,

3. 402

   þæt we mihtiges godes mod onwæcen. Uton oðwendan hit nu monna bearnum,

4. 403

   þæt heofonrice, nu we hit habban ne moton, gedon þæt hie his hyldo forlæten,

5. 404

   þæt hie þæt onwendon þæt he mid his worde bebead. þonne weorð he him wrað on mode,

6. 405

   ahwet hie from his hyldo. þonne sculon hie þas helle secan

7. 406

   and þas grimman grundas. þonne moton we hie us to giongrum habban,

8. 407

   fira bearn on þissum fæstum clomme. Onginnað nu ymb þa fyrde þencean!

9. 408

   Gif ic ænegum þægne þeodenmadmas

10. 409

    geara forgeafe, þenden we on þan godan rice

11. 410

    gesælige sæton and hæfdon ure setla geweald,

12. 411

    þonne he me na on leofran tid leanum ne meahte

13. 412

    mine gife gyldan, gif his gien wolde

14. 413

    minra þegna hwilc geþafa wurðan,

15. 414

    þæt he up heonon ute mihte

16. 415

    cuman þurh þas clustro, and hæfde cræft mid him

17. 416

    þæt he mid feðerhoman fleogan meahte,

18. 417

    windan on wolcne, þær geworht stondað

19. 418

    Adam and Eue on eorðrice

20. 419

    mid welan bewunden, and we synd aworpene hider

21. 420

    on þas deopan dalo. Nu hie drihtne synt

22. 421

    wurðran micle, and moton him þone welan agan

23. 422

    þe we on heofonrice habban sceoldon,

24. 423

    rice mid rihte; is se ræd gescyred

25. 424

    monna cynne. þæt me is on minum mode swa sar,

26. 425

    on minum hyge hreoweð, þæt hie heofonrice

27. 426

    agan to aldre. Gif hit eower ænig mæge

28. 427

    gewendan mid wihte þæt hie word godes

29. 428

    lare forlæten, sona hie him þe laðran beoð.

30. 429

    Gif hie brecað his gebodscipe, þonne he him abolgen wurðeþ;

31. 430

    siððan bið him se wela onwended and wyrð him wite gegarwod,

32. 431

    sum heard hearmscearu. Hycgað his ealle,

33. 432

    hu ge hi beswicen! Siððan ic me sefte mæg

34. 433

    restan on þyssum racentum, gif him þæt rice losað.

35. 434

    Se þe þæt gelæsteð, him bið lean gearo

36. 435

    æfter to aldre, þæs we her inne magon

37. 436

    on þyssum fyre forð fremena gewinnan.

38. 437

    Sittan læte ic hine wið me sylfne, swa hwa swa þæt secgan cymeð

39. 438

    on þas hatan helle, þæt hie heofoncyninges

40. 439

    unwurðlice wordum and dædum

41. 440

    lare"

42. 441

    Angan hine þa gyrwan godes andsaca,

43. 442

    fus on frætwum, (hæfde fæcne hyge),

44. 443

    hæleðhelm on heafod asette and þone full hearde geband,

45. 444

    spenn mid spangum; wiste him spræca fela,

46. 445

    wora worda. Wand him up þanon,

47. 446

    hwearf him þurh þa helldora, (hæfde hyge strangne),

48. 447

    leolc on lyfte laþwendemod,

49. 448

    swang þæt fyr on twa feondes cræfte;

50. 449

    wolde dearnunga drihtnes geongran,

51. 450

    mid mandædum men beswican,

52. 451

    forlædan and forlæran, þæt hie wurdon lað gode.

53. 452

    He þa geferde þurh feondes cræft

54. 453

    oððæt he Adam on eorðrice,

55. 454

    godes handgesceaft, gearone funde,

56. 455

    wislice geworht, and his wif somed,

57. 456

    freo fægroste, swa hie fela cuðon

58. 457

    godes gegearwigean, þa him to gingran self

59. 458

    metod mancynnes mearcode selfa.

60. 459

    And him bi twegin beamas stodon

61. 460

    þa wæron utan ofætes gehlædene,

62. 461

    gewered mid wæstme, swa hie waldend god,

63. 462

    heah heofoncyning handum gesette,

64. 463

    þæt þær yldo bearn moste on ceosan

65. 464

    godes and yfeles, gumena æghwilc,

66. 465

    welan and wawan. Næs se wæstm gelic!

67. 466

    Oðer wæs swa wynlic, wlitig and scene,

68. 467

    liðe and lofsum, þæt wæs lifes beam;

69. 468

    moste on ecnisse æfter lybban,

70. 469

    wesan on worulde, se þæs wæstmes onbat,

71. 470

    swa him æfter þy yldo ne derede,

72. 471

    ne suht sware, ac moste symle wesan

73. 472

    lungre on lustum and his lif agan,

74. 473

    hyldo heofoncyninges her on worulde,

75. 474

    habban him to wæron witode geþingþo

76. 475

    on þone hean heofon, þonne he heonon wende.

77. 476

    þonne wæs se oðer eallenga sweart,

78. 477

    dim and þystre; þæt wæs deaðes beam,

79. 478

    se bær bitres fela. Sceolde bu witan

80. 479

    ylda æghwilc yfles and godes

81. 480

    gewand on þisse worulde. Sceolde on wite a

82. 481

    mid swate and mid sorgum siððan libban,

83. 482

    swa hwa swa gebyrgde þæs on þam beame geweox.

84. 483

    Sceolde hine yldo beniman ellendæda,

85. 484

    dreamas and drihtscipes, and him beon deað scyred.

86. 485

    Lytle hwile sceolde he his lifes niotan,

87. 486

    secan þonne landa sweartost on fyre.

88. 487

    Sceolde feondum þeowian, þær is ealra frecna mæste

89. 488

    leodum to langre hwile. þæt wiste se laða georne,

90. 489

    dyrne deofles boda þe wið drihten wann.

91. 490

    Wearp hine þa on wyrmes lic and wand him þa ymbutan

92. 491

    þone deaðes beam þurh deofles cræft,

93. 492

    genam þær þæs ofætes and wende hine eft þanon

94. 493

    þær he wiste handgeweorc heofoncyninges.

95. 494

    Ongon hine þa frinan forman worde

96. 495

    se laða mid ligenum: "Langað þe awuht,

97. 496

    Adam, up to gode? Ic eom on his ærende hider

98. 497

    feorran gefered, ne þæt nu fyrn ne wæs

99. 498

    þæt ic wið hine sylfne sæt. þa het he me on þysne sið faran,

100. 499

     het þæt þu þisses ofætes æte, cwæð þæt þin abal and cræft

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