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3Hwæt.
4We gefrunan on fyrndagum twelfe under tunglum tireadige
5hæleð, þeodnes þegnas.
6No hira þrym alæg camprædenne þonne cumbol hneotan,
7syððan hie gedældon, swa him dryhten sylf, heofona
8heahcyning, hlyt getæhte.
9þæt wæron mære men ofer eorðan, frome folctogan ond
10fyrdhwate, rofe rincas, þonne rond ond hand on
11herefelda helm ealgodon, on meotudwange.
12Wæs hira Matheus sum, se mid Iudeum ongan godspell ærest
13wordum writan wundorcræfte.
14þam halig god hlyt geteode ut on þæt igland þær ænig þa
15git ellþeodigra eðles ne mihte blædes brucan.
16Oft him bonena hand on herefelda hearde gesceode.
17eal wæs þæt mearcland morðre bewunden, feondes facne,
18folcstede gumena, hæleða eðel.
19Næs þær hlafes wist werum on þam wonge, ne wæteres drync
20to bruconne, ah hie blod ond fel, fira flæschoman,
21feorrancumenra, ðegon geond þa þeode.
22Swelc wæs þeaw hira þæt hie æghwylcne ellðeodigra dydan
23him to mose meteþearfendum, þara þe þæt ealand utan sohte.
24Swylc wæs þæs folces freoðoleas tacen, unlædra eafoð,
25þæt hie eagena gesihð, hettend heorogrimme,
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27agetton gealgmode gara ordum.
28Syððan him geblendan bitere tosomne, dryas þurh
29dwolcræft, drync unheorne, se onwende gewit, wera
30ingeþanc, heortan hreðre, hyge wæs oncyrred, þæt hie ne
31murndan æfter mandreame, hæleþ heorogrædige, ac hie hig
32ond gærs for meteleaste meðe gedrehte.
33þa wæs Matheus to þære mæran byrig cumen in þa ceastre.
34þær wæs cirm micel geond Mermedonia, manfulra hloð,
35fordenera gedræg, syþþan deofles þegnas geascodon
36æðelinges sið.
37Eodon him þa togenes, garum gehyrsted, lungre under linde,
38nalas late wæron, eorre æscberend, to þam orlege.
39Hie þam halgan þær handa gebundon ond fæstnodon feondes
40cræfte, hæleð hellfuse, ond his heafdes segl abreoton mid
41billes ecge.
42Hwæðre he in breostum þa git herede in heortan heofonrices
43weard, þeah ðe he atres drync atulne onfenge.
44Eadig ond onmod, he mid elne forð wyrðode wordum wuldres
45aldor, heofonrices weard, halgan stefne, of carcerne.
46Him wæs Cristes lof on fyrhðlocan fæste bewunden.
47He þa wepende weregum tearum his sigedryhten sargan reorde
48grette, gumena brego, geomran stefne, weoruda wilgeofan,
49ond þus wordum cwæð: Hu me elþeodige
50inwitwrasne searonet seowað .
51A ic symles wæs on wega gehwam willan þines georn on mode;
52nu ðurh geohða sceal dæde fremman swa þa dumban neat.

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53þu ana canst ealra gehygdo, meotud mancynnes, mod in hreðre.
54Gif þin willa sie, wuldres aldor, þæt me wærlogan wæpna
55ecgum, sweordum, aswebban, ic beo sona gearu to adreoganne
56þæt ðu, drihten min, engla eadgifa,
57eðelleasum, dugeða dædfruma, deman wille.
58Forgif me to are, ælmihtig god, leoht on þissum life, þy
59læs ic lungre scyle, ablended in burgum, æfter billhete
60þurh hearmcwide heorugrædigra, laðra
61leodsceaðena, leng þrowian edwitspræce.
62Ic to anum þe, middangeardes weard, mod staþolige, fæste
63fyrhðlufan, ond þe, fæder engla, beorht blædgifa,
64biddan wille ðæt ðu me ne gescyrige mid
65scyldhetum, werigum wrohtsmiðum, on þone wyrrestan,
66dugoða demend, deað ofer eorðan.
67æfter þyssum wordum com wuldres tacen halig of heofenum,
68swylce hadre segl to þam carcerne.
69þær gecyðed wearð þæt halig god helpe gefremede, ða
70wearð gehyred heofoncyninges stefn wrætlic under wolcnum,
71wordhleoðres sweg mæres þeodnes.
72He his maguþegne under hearmlocan hælo ond frofre beadurofum
73abead beorhtan stefne: Ic þe, Matheus,
74mine sylle sybbe under swegle.
75Ne beo ðu on sefan to forht, ne on mode ne murn.
76Ic þe mid wunige ond þe alyse of þyssum leoðubendum, ond
77ealle þa menigo þe þe mid wuniað on nearonedum.
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79hama hyhtlicost, halegum mihtum torht ontyned.
80þær ðu tyres most, to widan feore willan brucan.
81Geþola þeoda þrea.
82Nis seo þrah micel þæt þe wærlogan witebendum,
83synnige ðurh searocræft, swencan motan.
84Ic þe Andreas ædre onsende to hleo ond to hroðre in þas
85hæðenan burg.
86He ðe alyseð of þyssum leodhete.
87Is to þære tide tælmet hwile emne mid soðe seofon ond
88twentig nihtgerimes, þæt ðu of nede most, sorgum geswenced,
89sigore gewyrðod, hweorfan , of henðum in gehyld godes.
90Gewat him þa se halga helm ælwihta, engla scyppend, to
91þam uplican eðelrice.
92He is on riht cyning, staðolfæst styrend, in stowa gehwam.
93ða wæs Matheus miclum onbryrded niwan stefne.
94Nihthelm toglad, lungre leorde leoht æfter com, dægredwoma.
95Duguð samnade, hæðne hildfrecan, heapum þrungon, guðsearo
96gullon, garas hrysedon, bolgenmode, under
97bordhreoðan.
98Woldon cunnian hwæðer cwice lifdon þa þe on carcerne
99clommum fæste hleoleasan wic hwile wunedon, hwylcne hie to
100æte ærest mihton æfter fyrstmearce feores berædan.
101Hæfdon hie on rune ond on rimcræfte awriten, wælgrædige,
102wera endestæf, hwænne hie to mose meteþearfendum on
103þære werþeode weorðan sceoldon.
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105reðe ræsboran.
106Rihtes ne gimdon, meotudes mildse.
107Oft hira mod onwod under dimscuan deofles larum, þonne hie
108unlædra eafeðum gelyfdon.
109Hie ða gemetton modes glawne, haligne hæle, under
110heolstorlocan bidan beadurofne þæs him beorht cyning,
111engla ordfruma, unnan wolde.
112ða wæs first agan frumrædenne þinggemearces butan þrim
113nihtum, swa hit wælwulfas awriten hæfdon þæt
114hie banhringas abrecan þohton, lungre tolysan lic ond sawle,
115ond þonne todælan duguðe ond geogoðe,
116werum to wiste ond to wilþege, fæges flæschoman.
117Feorh ne bemurndan, grædige guðrincas, hu þæs gastes sið
118æfter swyltcwale geseted wurde.
119Swa hie symble ymb þritig þing gehedon nihtgerimes; wæs him
120neod micel þæt hie tobrugdon blodigum ceaflum fira
121flæschoman him to foddorþege.
122þa wæs gemyndig, se ðe middangeard gestaðelode strangum
123mihtum, hu he in ellþeodigum yrmðum wunode,
124belocen leoðubendum, þe oft his lufan adreg for Ebreum ond
125Israhelum; swylce he Iudea galdorcræftum wiðstod stranglice.
126þa sio stefn gewearð gehered of heofenum, þær se halga wer
127in Achaia, Andreas, wæs, leode lærde on
128lifes weg, þa him cirebaldum cininga wuldor, meotud
129mancynnes, modhord onleac, weoruda drihten, ond
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131siðe gesecan, þær sylfætan eard weardigað, eðel
132healdaþ morðorcræftum.
133Swa is þære menigo þeaw þæt hie uncuðra ængum ne
134willað on þam folcstede feores geunnan syþþan manfulle
135on Mermedonia onfindaþ feasceaftne.
136þær sceall feorhgedal, earmlic ylda cwealm, æfter wyrþan.
137ðær ic seomian wat þinne sigebroðor mid þam burgwarum
138bendum fæstne.
139Nu bið fore þreo niht þæt he on þære þeode sceal fore
140hæðenra handgewinne þurh gares gripe gast onsendan,
141ellorfusne, butan ðu ær cyme.
142ædre him Andreas agef andsware: Hu mæg ic, dryhten min, ofer
143deop gelad fore gefremman on feorne weg swa hrædlice,
144heofona scyppend, wuldres waldend, swa ðu worde becwist?
145ðæt mæg engel þin eað geferan, halig of heofenum con
146him holma begang, sealte sæstreamas ond swanrade,
147waroðfaruða gewinn ond wæterbrogan, wegas ofer widland.
148Ne synt me winas cuðe, eorlas elþeodige, ne þær æniges
149wat hæleða gehygdo, ne me herestræta ofer cald wæter
150cuðe sindon.
151Him ða ondswarude ece dryhten: Eala, Andreas, þæt ðu a
152woldest þæs siðfætes sæne weorþan.
153Nis þæt uneaðe eallwealdan gode to gefremmanne on foldwege,
154ðæt sio ceaster hider on þas cneorisse
155under swegles gang aseted wyrðe, breogostol breme, mid þam
156burgwarum, gif hit worde becwið wuldres
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158Ne meaht ðu þæs siðfætes sæne weorðan, ne on gewitte to
159wac, gif ðu wel þencest wið þinne waldend wære gehealdan,
160treowe tacen.
161Beo ðu on tid gearu; ne mæg þæs ærendes ylding wyrðan.
162ðu scealt þa fore geferan ond þin feorh beran in gramra
163gripe, ðær þe guðgewinn þurh hæðenra hildewoman,
164beorna beaducræft, geboden wyrðeð .
165Scealtu æninga mid ærdæge, emne to morgene, æt meres ende
166ceol gestigan ond on cald wæter brecan ofer bæðweg.
167Hafa bletsunge ofer middangeard mine, þær ðu fere.
168Gewat him þa se halga healdend ond wealdend, upengla fruma,
169eðel secan, middangeardes weard, þone mæran ham,
170þær soðfæstra sawla moton æfter lices hryre lifes brucan.
171þa wæs ærende æðelum cempan aboden in burgum, ne wæs
172him bleað hyge, ah he wæs anræd ellenweorces,
173heard ond higerof, nalas hildlata, gearo, guðe fram, to
174godes campe.
175Gewat him þa on uhtan mid ærdæge ofer sandhleoðu to sæs
176faruðe, þriste on geþance, ond his þegnas
177mid, gangan on greote.
178Garsecg hlynede, beoton brimstreamas.
179Se beorn wæs on hyhte, syðþan he on waruðe widfæðme scip
180modig gemette.
181þa com morgentorht beacna beorhtost ofer breomo sneowan,
182halig of heolstre.
183Heofoncandel blac ofer lagoflodas.
184He ðær lidweardas, þrymlice þry þegnas gemette ,
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186sittan siðfrome, swylce hie ofer sæ comon.
187þæt wæs drihten sylf, dugeða wealdend, ece ælmihtig, mid
188his englum twam.
189Wæron hie on gescirplan scipferendum, eorlas onlice
190ealiðendum, þonne hie on flodes fæðm ofer feorne weg
191on cald wæter ceolum lacað.
192Hie ða gegrette, se ðe on greote stod, fus on faroðe,
193fægn reordade: Hwanon comon ge ceolum liðan,
194macræftige menn, on mereþissan, ane ægflotan?
195Hwanon eagorstream ofer yða gewealc eowic brohte?
196Him ða ondswarode ælmihti god, swa þæt ne wiste, se ðe
197þæs wordes bad, hwæt se manna wæs meðelhegendra,
198þe he þær on waroðe wiðþingode: We of Marmedonia
199mægðe syndon feorran geferede TORONTO CORPUS: gefrede .
200Us mid flode bær on hranrade heahstefn naca, snellic
201sæmearh, snude bewunden, oðþæt we þissa leoda
202land gesohton, wære bewrecene, swa us wind fordraf.
203Him þa Andreas eaðmod oncwæð: Wolde ic þe biddan, þeh ic
204þe beaga lyt, sincweorðunga, syllan meahte, þæt ðu us
205gebrohte brante ceole, hea hornscipe, ofer
206hwæles eðel on þære mægðe.
207Bið ðe meorð wið god, þæt ðu us on lade liðe weorðe.
208Eft him ondswarode æðelinga helm of yðlide, engla scippend:
209Ne magon þær gewunian widferende, ne þær elþeodige
210eardes brucað, ah in þære ceastre cwealm
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212ond þu wilnast nu ofer widne mere þæt ðu on þa fægðe
213þine feore spilde.
214Him þa Andreas agef ondsware: Usic lust hweteð on þa
215leodmearce, mycel modes hiht, to þære mæran byrig,
216þeoden leofesta, gif ðu us þine wilt on
217merefaroðe miltse gecyðan.
218Him ondswarode engla þeoden, neregend fira, of nacan stefne:
219We ðe estlice mid us willað ferigan freolice ofer fisces
220bæð efne to þam lande þær þe lust
221myneð to gesecanne, syððan ge eowre gafulrædenne agifen
222habbað, sceattas gescrifene, swa eow scipweardas,
223aras ofer yðbord, unnan willað.
224Him þa ofstlice Andreas wið, wineþearfende, wordum mælde:
225Næbbe ic fæted gold ne feohgestreon, welan ne wiste ne wira
226gespann, landes ne locenra beaga, þæt ic þe mæge lust
227ahwettan, willan in worulde, swa ðu worde becwist.
228Him þa beorna breogo, þær he on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða
229geweorp wiðþingode: Hu gewearð þe þæs, wine
230leofesta, ðæt ðu sæbeorgas secan woldes, merestreama
231gemet, maðmum bedæled , ofer cald cleofu ceoles neosan?
232Nafast þe to frofre on faroðstræte hlafes wiste ne
233hlutterne drync to dugoðe.
234Is se drohtað strang þam þe lagolade lange cunnaþ.
235ða him Andreas ðurh ondsware, wis on gewitte, wordhord
236onleac: Ne gedafenað þe, nu þe dryhten geaf
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238ðæt ðu ondsware mid oferhygdum, sece sarcwide.
239Selre bið æghwam þæt he eaðmedum ellorfusne oncnawe
240cuðlice, swa þæt Crist bebead, þeoden þrymfæst.
241We his þegnas synd gecoren to cempum.
242He is cyning on riht, wealdend ond wyrhta wuldorþrymmes, an
243ece god eallra gesceafta, swa he ealle
244befehð anes cræfte, hefon ond eorðan, halgum mihtum, sigora
245selost.
246He ðæt sylfa cwæð, fæder folca gehwæs, ond us feran het
247geond ginne grund gasta streonan: Farað nu
248geond ealle eorðan sceatas emne swa wide swa wæter bebugeð,
249oððe stedewangas stræte gelicgaþ.
250Bodiað æfter burgum beorhtne geleafan ofer foldan fæðm.
251Ic eow freoðo healde.
252Ne ðurfan ge on þa fore frætwe lædan, gold ne seolfor.
253Ic eow goda gehwæs on eowerne agenne dom est ahwette.
254Nu ðu seolfa miht sið userne gehyran hygeþancol.
255Ic sceal hraðe cunnan hwæt ðu us to duguðum gedon
256wille.
257Him þa ondswarode ece dryhten: Gif ge syndon þegnas þæs
258þe þrym ahof ofer middangeard, swa ge me secgaþ,
259ond ge geheoldon þæt eow se halga bead, þonne ic eow
260mid gefean ferian wille ofer brimstreamas, swa ge benan sint.

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261Nu ðu, Andreas, scealt edre geneðan in gramra gripe.
262Is þe guð weotod, heardum heoruswengum scel þin hra
263dæled wundum weorðan, wættre geliccost faran flode blod.
264Hie þin feorh ne magon deaðe gedælan, þeh ðu drype
265ðolie, synnigra slege.
266ðu þæt sar aber; ne læt þe ahweorfan hæðenra þrym,
267grim gargewinn, þæt ðu gode swice, dryhtne þinum.
268Wes a domes georn; læt ðe on gemyndum hu þæt manegum
269wearð fira gefrege geond feala landa, þæt me bysmredon
270bennum fæstne weras wansælige.
271Wordum tyrgdon, slogon ond swungon, synnige ne mihton þurh
272sarcwide soð gecyðan.
273þa ic mid Iudeum gealgan þehte, rod wæs aræred, þær
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275of minre sidan swat ut forlet, dreor to foldan.
276Ic adreah feala Yrmþayrmþa ofer eorðan.
277Wolde ic eow on ðon þurh bliðne hige bysne onstellan, swa
278on ellþeode ywed wyrðeð.
279Manige syndon in þysse mæran byrig þara þe ðu gehweorfest
280to heofonleohte þurh minne naman, þeah hie morðres feala
281in fyrndagum gefremed habban.
282Gewat him þa se halga heofonas secan, eallra cyninga cining,
283þone clænan ham, eaðmedum upp, þær is
284ar gelang fira gehwylcum, þam þe hie findan cann.
285Ða wæs gemyndig modgeþyldig, beorn beaduwe heard, eode in
286burh hraðe, anræd oretta, elne gefyrðred, maga mode rof,
287meotude getreowe, stop on stræte, stig wisode,
288swa him nænig gumena ongitan ne mihte, synfulra geseon.
289Hæfde sigora weard on þam wangstede wære betolden leofne
290leodfruman mid lofe sinum.
291Hæfde þa se æðeling in geþrungen, Cristes cempa,
292carcerne neh.
293Geseh he hæðenra hloð ætgædere, fore hlindura hyrdas
294standan, seofone ætsomne.
295Ealle swylt fornam, druron domlease.
296Deaðræs forfeng hæleð heorodreorige .
297ða se halga gebæd bilwytne fæder, breostgehygdum herede on
298hehðo heofoncyninges þrym , godes dryhtendom.
299Duru sona onarn þurh handhrine haliges gastes, ond þær
300in eode, elnes gemyndig, hæle hildedeor.
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302Geseh he Matheus in þam morðorcofan, hæleð higerofne under
303heolstorlocan, secgan dryhtne lof, domweorðinga engla ðeodne.
304He ðær ana sæt geohðum geomor in þam gnornhofe.
305Geseh þa under swegle swæsne geferan, halig haligne.
306Hyht wæs geniwad.
307Aras þa togenes, gode þancade þæs ðe hie onsunde æfre
308moston geseon under sunnan.
309Syb wæs gemæne bam þam gebroðrum, blis edniwe.
310æghwæðer oðerne earme beþehte, cyston hie ond clypton.
311Criste wæron begen leofe on mode.
312Hie leoht ymbscan halig ond heofontorht.
313Hreðor innan wæs wynnum awelled.
314þa worde ongan ærest Andreas æðelne geferan on
315clustorcleofan mid cwide sinum gretan godfyrhtne,
316sæde him guðgeðingu, feohtan fara monna: Nu is þis folc
317on luste, hæleð hyder on gewyrht eardes neosan.
318æfter þyssum wordum wuldres þegnas, begen þa gebroðor, to
319gebede hyldon, sendon hira bene fore bearn godes.
320Swylce se halga in þam hearmlocan his god grette ond him
321geoce bæd, hælend helpe, ær þan hra crunge fore hæðenra
322hildeþrymme, ond þa gelædde of
323leoðobendum fram þam fæstenne on frið dryhtnes tu ond
324hundteontig geteled rime, swylce feowertig, generede fram
325niðe, þær he nænigne forlet under burglocan
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327ond þær wifa þa gyt, weorodes to
328eacan, anes wana þe fiftig forhte gefreoðode.
329Fægen wæron siðes, lungre leordan, nalas leng bidon in þam
330gnornhofe guðgeþingo.
331Gewat þa Matheus menigo lædan on gehyld godes, swa him se
332halga bebead.
333Weorod on wilsið wolcnum beþehte, þe læs him scyldhatan
334scyððan comon mid earhfare, ealdgeniðlan.
335þær þa modigan mid him mæðel gehedan, treowgeþoftan, ær
336hie on tu hweorfan.
337ægðer þara eorla oðrum trymede heofonrices hyht, helle
338witu wordum werede.
339Swa ða wigend mid him, hæleð higerofe, halgum stefnum
340cempan coste cyning weorðadon, wyrda waldend,
341þæs wuldres ne bið æfre mid eldum ende befangen.
342Gewat him þa Andreas inn on ceastre glædmod gangan, to þæs
343ðe he gramra gemot, fara folcmægen, gefrægen hæfde,
344oððæt he gemette be mearcpaðe standan
345stræte neah stapul ærenne.
346Gesæt him þa be healfe, hæfde hluttre lufan, ece
347upgemynd engla blisse; þanon basnode under burhlocan hwæt
348him guðweorca gifeðe wurde.
349þa gesamnedon side herigeas, folces frumgaras.
350To þam fæstenne wærleasra werod wæpnum comon, hæðne
351hildfrecan, to þæs þa hæftas ær under hlinscuwan
352hearm þrowedon.
353Wendan ond woldon wiðerhycgende þæt hie on elþeodigum æt
354geworhton, weotude wiste.
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356syððan mid corðre carcernes duru eorre
357æscberend opene fundon, onhliden hamera geweorc, hyrdas deade.
358Hie þa unhyðige eft gecyrdon, luste belorene, laðspell
359beran, sægdon þam folce þæt ðær feorrcundra,
360ellreordigra, ænigne to lafe in carcerne cwicne ne
361gemetton , ah þær heorodreorige hyrdas lagan,
362gæsne on greote, gaste berofene, fægra flæschaman.
363þa wearð forht manig for þam færspelle folces ræswa,
364hean, hygegeomor, hungres on wenum, blates beodgastes.
365Nyston beteran ræd, þonne hie þa belidenan him to
366lifnere deade gefeormedon.
367Duruþegnum wearð in ane tid eallum ætsomne þurh heard
368gelac hildbedd styred.
369ða ic lungre gefrægn leode tosomne burgwaru bannan.
370Beornas comon, wiggendra þreat, wicgum gengan, on mearum
371modige, mæðelhegende, æscum dealle.
372þa wæs eall geador to þam þingstede þeod gesamnod.
373Leton him þa betweonum taan wisian hwylcne hira ærest oðrum
374sceolde to foddurþege feores ongyldan;
375hluton hellcræftum, hæðengildum teledon betwinum.
376ða se tan gehwearf efne ofer ænne ealdgesiða, se wæs
377uðweota eorla dugoðe, heriges on ore.
378Hraðe siððan wearð fetorwrasnum fæst, feores orwena.
379Cleopode þa collenferhð cearegan reorde, cwæð he his
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381on æhtgeweald, eaforan geongne , lifes to lisse.
382Hie ða lac hraðe þegon to þance.
383þeod wæs oflysted, metes modgeomre, næs him to maðme wynn,
384hyht to hordgestreonum.
385Hungre wæron þearle geþreatod, swa se ðeodsceaða reow
386ricsode.
387þa wæs rinc manig, guðfrec guma, ymb þæs geongan feorh
388breostum onbryrded.
389To þam beadulace wæs þæt weatacen wide gefrege, geond þa
390burh bodad beorne manegum, þæt hie þæs cnihtes cwealm
391corðre gesohton, duguðe ond eogoðe, dæl
392onfengon lifes to leofne.
393Hie lungre to þæs, hæðene herigweardas, here samnodan
394ceastrewarena.
395Cyrm upp astah ða se geonga ongann geomran stefne, gehæfted
396for herige, hearmleoð galan, freonda feasceaft,
397friðes wilnian.
398Ne mihte earmsceapen are findan, freoðe æt þam folce, þe
399him feores wolde, ealdres geunnan.
400Hæfdon æglæcan sæcce gesohte.
401Sceolde sweordes ecg, scerp ond scurheard, of sceaðan folme,
402fyrmælum fag, feorh acsigan.
403ða þæt Andrea earmlic þuhte, þeodbealo þearlic to
404geðolianne, þæt he swa unscyldig ealdre sceolde
405lungre linnan.
406Wæs se leodhete þrist ond þrohtheard.
407þrymman sceocan, modige maguþegnas, morðres on luste,
408woldon æninga, ellenrofe, on þam hysebeorðre
409heafolan gescenan, garum agetan.
410Hine god forstod, halig of hehðo, hæðenum folce.
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412on þam orlege eall formeltan,
413þy læs scyldhatan sceððan mihton, egle
414ondsacan, ecga þryðum.
415Swa wearð alysed of leodhete, geong of gyrne.
416Gode ealles þanc, dryhtna dryhtne, þæs ðe he dom gifeð
417gumena gehwylcum, þara þe geoce to him seceð
418mid snytrum.
419þær bið symle gearu freod unhwilen, þam þe hie findan
420cann.
421þa wæs wop hæfen in wera burgum, hlud heriges cyrm.
422Hreopon friccan, mændon meteleaste, meðe stodon, hungre
423gehæfte.
424Hornsalu wunedon, weste winræced, welan ne benohton beornas
425to brucanne on þa bitran tid, gesæton searuþancle sundor
426to rune ermðu eahtigan.
427Næs him to eðle wynn.
428Fregn þa gelome freca oðerne: Ne hele se ðe hæbbe holde
429lare, on sefan snyttro.
430Nu is sæl cumen, þrea ormæte, is nu þearf mycel þæt we
431wisfæstra wordum hyran.
432þa for þære dugoðe deoful ætywde, wann ond wliteleas,
433hæfde weriges hiw.
434Ongan þa meldigan morþres brytta, hellehinca, þone halgan
435wer wiðerhycgende, ond þæt word gecwæð:
436Her is gefered ofer feorne weg æðelinga sum innan ceastre,
437ellþeodigra, þone ic Andreas nemnan herde.
438He eow neon gesceod ða he aferede of fæstenne manncynnes ma
439þonne gemet wære.
440Nu ge magon eaðe oncyðdæda wrecan on gewyrhtum .
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442iren ecgheard, ealdorgeard sceoran, fæges feorhhord.
443Gað fromlice þæt ge wiðerfeohtend wiges gehnægan.
444Him þa Andreas agef ondsware: Hwæt, ðu þristlice þeode
445lærest, bældest to beadowe.
446Wæst þe bæles cwealm, hatne in helle, ond þu here fysest,
447feðan to gefeohte.
448Eart ðu fag wið god, dugoða demend.
449Hwæt, ðu deofles stræl, icest þine yrmðo.
450ðe se ælmihtiga heanne gehnægde, ond on heolstor
451besceaf, þær þe cyninga cining clamme belegde, ond þe
452syððan a Satan nemdon, ða ðe dryhtnes a deman
453cuðon.
454ða gyt se wiðermeda wordum lærde folc to gefeohte, feondes
455cræfte: Nu ge gehyrað hæleða gewinnan, se ðyssum herige
456mæst hearma gefremede.
457ðæt is Andreas, se me on fliteð wordum wrætlicum for wera
458menigo.
459ða wæs beacen boden burhsittendum.
460Ahleopon hildfrome heriges brehtme ond to weallgeatum wigend
461þrungon, cene under cumblum, corðre mycle to ðam orlege,
462ordum ond bordum.
463þa worde cwæð weoroda dryhten, meotud mihtum swið sægde
464his magoþegne: Scealt ðu, Andreas, ellen fremman.
465Ne mið ðu for menigo, ah þinne modsefan staðola wið
466strangum.
467Nis seo stund latu þæt þe wælreowe witum belecgaþ,
468cealdan clommum.
469Cyð þe sylfne, herd hige þinne, heortan staðola, þæt hie
470min on ðe mægen oncnawan.
471Ne magon hie ond ne moton ofer mine est þinne lichoman,
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473mirce manslaga.
474Ic þe mid wunige.
475æfter þam wordum com werod unmæte, lyswe larsmeoðas, mid
476lindgecrode, bolgenmode; bæron ut hræðe ond þam halgan
477þær handa gebundon.
478Siþþan geypped wæs æðelinga wynn, ond hie andweardne
479eagum meahton gesion sigerofne, þær wæs sec manig on
480þam welwange wiges oflysted leoda duguðe.
481Lyt sorgodon hwylc him þæt edlean æfter wurde.
482Heton þa lædan ofer landsceare, ðragmælum teon,
483torngeniðlan, swa hie hit frecnost findan meahton.
484Drogon deormodne æfter dunscræfum, ymb stanhleoðo,
485stærcedferþne , efne swa wide swa wegas to lagon,
486enta ærgeweorc, innan burgum, stræte stanfage.
487Storm upp aras æfter ceasterhofum, cirm unlytel hæðnes
488heriges.
489Wæs þæs halgan lic sarbennum soden, swate bestemed, banhus
490abrocen.
491Blod yðum weoll, hatan heolfre.
492Hæfde him on innan ellen untweonde , wæs þæt æðele
493mod asundrad fram synnum, þeah he sares swa feala deopum
494dolgslegum dreogan sceolde.
495Swa wæs ealne dæg oððæt æfen com sigetorht swungen.
496Sar eft gewod ymb þæs beornes breost, oðþæt beorht gewat
497sunne swegeltorht to sete glidan.
498Læddan þa leode laðne gewinnan to carcerne.
499He wæs Criste swa þeah leof on mode.
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501Hwæt , ic hwile nu haliges lare, leoðgiddinga, lof þæs
502þe worhte, wordum wemde, wyrd undyrne ofer min gemet.
503Mycel is to secganne, langsum leornung, þæt he in life
504adreag, eall æfter orde.
505þæt scell æglæwra mann on moldan þonne ic me tælige
506findan on ferðe, þæt fram fruman cunne eall þa
507earfeðo þe he mid elne adreah, grimra guða.
508Hwæðre git sceolon lytlum sticcum leoðworda dæl furður
509reccan.
510þæt is fyrnsægen, hu he weorna feala wita geðolode,
511heardra hilda, in þære hæðenan byrig.
512He be wealle geseah wundrum fæste under sælwage
513sweras unlytle, stapulas standan, storme bedrifene,
514eald enta geweorc.
515He wið anne þæra, mihtig ond modrof , mæðel gehede,
516wis, wundrum gleaw, word stunde ahof: Geher ðu,
517marmanstan, meotudes rædum, fore þæs onsyne ealle
518gesceafte forhte geweorðað, þonne hie fæder geseoð
519heofonas ond eorðan herigea mæste on middangeard
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521Læt nu of þinum staþole streamas weallan, ea inflede, nu
522ðe ælmihtig hateð, heofona cyning, þæt ðu
523hrædlice on þis fræte folc forð onsende wæter widrynig to
524wera cwealme, geofon geotende.
525Hwæt, ðu golde eart, sincgife, sylla.
526On ðe sylf cyning wrat, wuldres god, wordum cyðde recene
527geryno, ond ryhte æ getacnode on tyn wordum,
528meotud mihtum swið.
529Moyse sealde, swa hit soðfæste syðþan heoldon, modige
530magoþegnas, magas sine, godfyrhte guman, Iosua ond Tobias.
531Nu ðu miht gecnawan þæt þe cyning engla gefrætwode
532furður mycle giofum geardagum þonne eall gimma cynn.
533þurh his halige hæs þu scealt hræðe cyðan gif ðu his
534ondgitan ænige hæbbe.
535Næs þa wordlatu wihte þon mare þæt se stan togan.
536Stream ut aweoll, fleow ofer foldan.
537Famige walcan mid ærdæge eorðan þehton, myclade mereflod.
538Meoduscerwen wearð æfter symbeldæge, slæpe tobrugdon
539searuhæbbende .
540Sund grunde onfeng, deope gedrefed.
541Duguð wearð afyrhted þurh þæs flodes fær.
542Fæge swulton, geonge on geofene guðræs fornam þurh
543sealtne weg .
544þæt wæs sorgbyrþen, biter beorþegu.
545Byrlas ne gældon, ombehtþegnas.
546þær wæs ælcum genog fram dæges orde drync sona gearu.
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549ealde æscberend.
550Wæs him ut myne fleon fealone stream, woldon feore beorgan,
551to dunscræfum drohtað secan, eorðan ondwist.
552Him þæt engel forstod, se ða burh oferbrægd blacan lige,
553hatan heaðowælme.
554Hreoh wæs þær inne beatende brim.
555Ne mihte beorna hloð of þam fæstenne fleame spowan.
556Wægas weoxon, wadu hlynsodon, flugon fyrgnastas, flod
557yðum weoll.
558ðær wæs yðfynde innan burgum geomorgidd wrecen.
559Gehðo mændan forhtferð manig, fusleoð golon .
560Egeslic æled eagsyne wearð, heardlic hereteam, hleoðor
561gryrelic.
562þurh lyftgelac leges blæstas weallas ymbwurpon, wæter
563mycladon.
564þær wæs wop wera wide gehyred, earmlic ylda gedræg.
565þa þær an ongann, feasceaft hæleð, folc gadorigean, hean,
566hygegeomor, heofende spræc: Nu ge magon sylfe soð gecnawan,
567þæt we mid unrihte ellþeodigne on
568carcerne clommum belegdon, witebendum.
569Us seo wyrd scyðeð, heard ond hetegrim.
570þæt is her swa cuð, is hit mycle selre, þæs þe ic
571soð talige, þæt we hine alysan of leoðobendum,
572ealle anmode, ofost is selost, ond us þone halgan helpe
573biddan, geoce ond frofre.
574Us bið gearu sona sybb æfter sorge, gif we secaþ to him.
575þa þær Andrea orgete wearð on fyrhðlocan folces gebæro,
576þær wæs modigra mægen forbeged, wigendra þrym.
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578fleow firgendstream, flod wæs on luste,
579oþþæt breost oferstag, brim weallende, eorlum oð exle.
580þa se æðeling het streamfare stillan, stormas restan ymbe
581stanhleoðu.
582Stop ut hræðe cene collenferð, carcern ageaf, gleawmod,
583gode leof.
584Him wæs gearu sona þurh streamræce stræt gerymed.
585Smeolt wæs se sigewang, symble wæs dryge folde fram flode,
586swa his fot gestop.
587Wurdon burgware bliðe on mode, ferhðgefeonde.
588þa wæs forð cumen geoc æfter gyrne.
589Geofon swaðrode þurh haliges hæs, hlyst yst forgeaf,
590brimrad gebad.
591þa se beorg tohlad, eorðscræf egeslic, ond þær in forlet
592flod fæðmian, fealewe wægas, geotende gegrind grund eall
593forswealg.
594Nalas he þær yðe ane bisencte, ach þæs weorodes eac ða
595wyrrestan, faa folcsceaðan, feowertyne gewiton mid
596þy wæge in forwyrd sceacan under eorþan grund.
597þa wearð acolmod, forhtferð manig folces on laste.
598Wendan hie wifa ond wera cwealmes, þearlra geþinga
599ðrage hnagran, syððan mane faa, morðorscyldige,
600guðgelacan under grund hruron.
601Hie ða anmode ealle cwædon: Nu is gesyne ðæt þe soð
602meotud, cyning eallwihta, cræftum wealdeð, se ðisne
603ar hider onsende þeodum to helpe.
604Is nu þearf mycel þæt we gumcystum georne hyran.
605þa se halga ongann hæleð blissigean, wigendra þreat wordum
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607Ne beoð ge to forhte, þeh þe fell curen synnigra cynn.
608Swylt þrowode, witu be gewyrhtum.
609Eow is wuldres leoht torht ontyned, gif ge teala hycgað.
610Sende þa his bene fore bearn godes, bæd haligne helpe
611gefremman gumena geogoðe, þe on geofene ær þurh flodes
612fæðm feorh gesealdon, ðæt þa gastas, gode
613orfeorme, in wita forwyrd, wuldre bescyrede, in
614feonda geweald gefered ne wurdan.
615þa ðæt ærende ealwealdan gode æfter hleoðorcwidum
616haliges gastes wæs on þanc sprecen, ðeoda ræswan .
617Het þa onsunde ealle arisan, geonge of greote, þa ær geofon
618cwealde.
619þa þær ofostlice upp astodon manige on meðle, mine
620gefrege, eaforan unweaxne, ða wæs eall eador leoðolic
621ond gastlic, þeah hie lungre ær þurh flodes fær
622feorh aleton.
623onfengon fulwihte ond freoðuwære, wuldres wedde witum
624aspedde, mundbyrd meotudes.
625þa se modiga het, cyninges cræftiga, ciricean getimbran,
626gerwan godes tempel, þær sio geogoð aras þurh fæder
627fulwiht ond se flod onsprang.
628þa gesamnodon secga þreate weras geond þa winburg wide ond
629side, eorlas anmode, ond hira idesa mid,
630cwædon holdlice hyran woldon, onfon fromlice fullwihtes
631bæð dryhtne to willan, ond diofolgild, ealde eolhstedas,
632anforlætan.
633þa wæs mid þy folce fulwiht hæfen, æðele mid eorlum, ond
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635riht aræred, ræd on lande mid þam
636ceasterwarum, cirice gehalgod.
637þær se ar godes anne gesette, wisfæstne wer, wordes
638gleawne, in þære beorhtan byrig bisceop þam leodum,
639ond gehalgode fore þam heremægene þurh apostolhad,
640Platan nemned, þeodum on þearfe, ond þriste bebead
641þæt hie his lare læston georne, feorhræd fremedon.
642Sægde his fusne hige, þæt he þa goldburg ofgifan wolde,
643secga seledream ond sincgestreon, beorht beagselu,
644ond him brimþisan æt sæs faroðe secan wolde.
645þæt wæs þam weorode weorc to geþoligenne, þæt hie
646se leodfruma leng ne wolde wihte gewunian.
647þa him wuldres god on þam siðfæte sylfum ætywde, ond
648þæt word gecwæð, weoruda dryhten: folc of firenum?
649Is him fus hyge gað geomriende, geohðo mænað weras wif
650samod.
651Hira wop becom, murnende mod fore sneowan.
652Ne scealt ðu þæt eowde anforlætan on swa niowan gefean, ah
653him naman minne on ferðlocan fæste getimbre.
654Wuna in þære winbyrig, wigendra hleo, salu sinchroden,
655seofon nihta fyrst.
656Syððan ðu mid mildse minre ferest.
657þa eft gewat oðre siðe modig, mægene rof, Marmedonia
658ceastre secan.
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660æþelcyninges ar, eagum sawon.
661Lærde þa þa leode on geleafan weg, trymede torhtlice,
662tireadigra wenede to wuldre weorod unmæte, to
663þam halgan ham heofona rices, þær fæder ond sunu ond
664frofre gast in þrinnesse þrymme wealdeð in woruld
665worulda wuldorgestealda.
666Swylce se halga herigeas þreade, deofulgild todraf ond
667gedwolan fylde.
668þæt wæs Satane sar to geþolienne, mycel modes sorg, þæt
669he ða menigeo geseah hweorfan higebliðe fram helltrafum
670þurh Andreas este lare to fægeran gefean, þær
671næfre feondes ne bið, gastes gramhydiges, gang on lande.
672þa wæron gefylde æfter frean dome dagas on rime, swa him
673dryhten bebead, þæt he þa wederburg wunian
674sceolde.
675Ongan hine þa fysan ond to flote gyrwan, blissum hremig,
676wolde on brimþisan Achaie oðre siðe sylfa
677gesecan, þær he sawulgedal, beaducwealm gebad.
678þæt þam banan ne wearð hleahtre behworfen, ah in helle
679ceafl sið asette, ond syððan no, fah, freonda leas,
680frofre benohte.
681ða ic lædan gefrægn leoda weorode leofne lareow to lides
682stefnan, mæcgas modgeomre.
683þær manegum wæs hat æt heortan hyge weallende.
684Hie ða gebrohton æt brimes næsse on wægþele wigan
685unslawne.
686Stodon him ða on ofre æfter reotan þendon hie on yðum
687æðelinga wunn ofer seolhpaðu geseon mihton,
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689cleopodon on corðre, ond cwædon þus: An is ece god
690eallra gesceafta.
691Is his miht ond his æht ofer middangeard breme gebledsod, ond
692his blæd ofer eall in heofonþrymme halgum scineð,
693wlitige on wuldre to widan ealdre, ece mid englum.
694þæt is æðele cyning.