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Metrical Preface to the Pastoral Car

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 16 sections

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   þis ærendgewrit Agustinus

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   ofer sealtne sæ suðan brohte

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   iegbuendum, swa hit ær fore

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   adihtode dryhtnes cempa,

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   Rome papa. Ryhtspell monig

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   Gregorius gleawmod gindwod

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   ðurh sefan snyttro, searoðonca hord.

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   Forðæm he monncynnes mæst gestriende

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   rodra wearde, Romwara betest,

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    monna modwelegost, mærðum gefrægost.

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    Siððan min on englisc ælfred kyning

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    awende worda gehwelc, and me his writerum

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    sende suð and norð, heht him swelcra ma

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    brengan bi ðære bisene, ðæt he his biscepum

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    sendan meahte, forðæm hi his sume ðorfton,

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    ða ðe lædenspræce læste cuðon.

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