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3Hwæt. We ðæt hyrdon hæleð eahtian, deman dædhwate,
4þætte in dagum gelamp Maximianes, se geond middangeard,
5arleas cyning, eahtnysse ahof, cwealde cristne men, circan
6fylde, geat on græswong godhergendra , hæþen hildfruma,
7haligra blod, ryhtfremmendra.
8Wæs his rice brad, wid ond weorðlic ofer werþeode, lytesna
9ofer ealne yrmenne grund.
10Foron æfter burgum, swa he biboden hæfde, þegnas
11þryðfulle.
12Oft hi þræce rærdon, dædum gedwolene, þa þe dryhtnes
13æ feodon þurh firencræft.
14Feondscype rærdon, hofon hæþengield, halge cwelmdon,
15breotun boccræftge, bærndon gecorene, gæston
16godes cempan gare ond lige.
17Sum wæs æhtwelig æþeles cynnes rice gerefa.
18Rondburgum weold, eard weardade oftast symle in þære ceastre
19Commedia, heold hordgestreon.
20Oft he hæþengield ofer word godes, weoh gesohte neode
21geneahhe.
22Wæs him noma cenned Heliseus, hæfde ealdordom micelne ond
23mærne.
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25fæmnan lufian, hine fyrwet bræc, Iulianan.
26Hio in gæste bær halge treowe, hogde georne þæt hire
27mægðhad mana gehwylces fore Cristes lufan clæne geheolde.
28ða wæs sio fæmne mid hyre fæder willan welegum biweddad;
29wyrd ne ful cuþe, freondrædenne hu heo from
30hogde, geong on gæste.
31Hire wæs godes egsa mara in gemyndum, þonne eall þæt
32maþþumgesteald þe in þæs æþelinges æhtum wunade.
33þa wæs se weliga þæra wifgifta, goldspedig guma, georn
34on mode, þæt him mon fromlicast fæmnan gegyrede,
35bryd to bolde.
36Heo þæs beornes lufan fæste wiðhogde, þeah þe
37feohgestreon under hordlocan, hyrsta unrim æhte ofer eorþan.
38Heo þæt eal forseah, ond þæt word acwæð on wera mengu:
39Ic þe mæg gesecgan þæt þu þec sylfne ne þearft
40swiþor swencan.
41Gif þu soðne god lufast ond gelyfest, ond his lof rærest,
42ongietest gæsta hleo, ic beo gearo sona unwaclice
43willan þines.
44Swylce ic þe secge, gif þu to sæmran gode þurh deofolgield
45dæde biþencest, hætsð hæþenweoh, ne meaht
46þu habban mec, ne geþreatian þe to gesingan.
47Næfre þu þæs swiðlic sar gegearwast þurh hæstne nið
48heardra wita, þæt þu mec onwende worda þissa.
49ða se æþeling wearð yrre gebolgen, firendædum fah,
50gehyrde þære fæmnan word, het ða gefetigan ferend
51snelle, hreoh ond hygeblind, haligre fæder, recene to rune.
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53hildeþremman.
54Hæðne wæron begen synnum seoce, sweor ond aþum.
55ða reordode rices hyrde wið þære fæmnan fæder frecne
56mode, daraðhæbbende: Me þin dohtor hafað geywed orwyrðu.
57Heo me on an sagað þæt heo mæglufan minre ne gyme,
58freondrædenne.
59Me þa fraceðu sind on modsefan mæste weorce, þæt heo mec
60swa torne tæle gerahte fore þissum folce,
61het me fremdne god, ofer þa oþre þe we ær cuþon, welum
62weorþian, wordum lofian, on hyge hergan, oþþe hi nabban.
63geswearc þa swiðferð sweor æfter worde, þære fæmnan
64fæder, ferðlocan onspeon: ic þæt geswerge þurh
65soð godu, swa ic are æt him æfre finde, oþþe, þeoden,
66æt þe þine hyldu winburgum in, gif þas word
67sind soþ, monna leofast, þe þu me sagast, þæt ic hy ne
68sparige, ac on spild giefe, þeoden mæra, þe to
69gewealde .
70Dem þu hi to deaþe, gif þe gedafen þince, swa to life
71læt, swa þe leofre sy.
72Eode þa fromlice fæmnan to spræce, anræd ond yreþweorg,
73yrre gebolgen, þær he glædmode geonge wiste
74wic weardian.
75He þa worde cwæð: ðu eart dohtor min seo dyreste ond seo
76sweteste in sefan minum, ange for eorþan,
77minra eagna leoht, Iuliana.
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79ofer witena
80dom wisan gefongen.
81Wiðsæcest þu to swiþe sylfre rædes þinum brydguman, se
82is betra þonne þu, æþelra for eorþan, æhtspedigra
83feohgestreona.
84He is to freonde god.
85Forþon is þæs wyrþe, þæt þu þæs weres frige, ece
86eadlufan, an ne forlæte.
87Him þa seo eadge ageaf ondsware, Iuliana hio to gode hæfde
88freondrædenne fæste gestaþelad: Næfre ic
89þæs þeodnes þafian wille mægrædenne, nemne he mægna
90god geornor bigonge þonne he gen dyde, lufige
91mid lacum þone þe leoht gescop, heofon ond eorðan ond holma
92bigong, eodera ymbhwyrft.
93Ne mæg he elles mec bringan to bolde.
94He þa brydlufan sceal to oþerre æhtgestealdum idese secan;
95nafað he ænige her.
96Hyre þa þurh yrre ageaf ondsware fæder feondlice, nales
97frætwe onheht: Ic þæt gefremme, gif min feorh
98leofað gif þu unrædes ær ne geswicest, ond þu fremdu
99godu forð bigongest ond þa forlætest þe us
100leofran sind, þe þissum folce to freme stondað, þæt þu
101ungeara ealdre scyldig þurh deora gripe deaþe
102sweltest, gif þu geþafian nelt þingrædenne, modges
103gemanan.
104Micel is þæt ongin ond þreaniedlic þinre gelican,
105þæt þu forhycge hlaford urne.
106Him þa seo eadge ageaf ondsware, gleaw ond gode leof,
107Iuliana: Ic þe to soðe secgan wille, bi me lifgendre
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109Næfre ic me ondræde domas þine, ne me weorce sind
110witebrogan, hildewoman, þe þu hæstlice manfremmende
111to me beotast, ne þu næfre gedest þurh gedwolan þinne
112þæt þu mec acyrre from Cristes lofe.
113ða wæs ellenwod, yrre ond reþe, frecne ond ferðgrim,
114fæder wið dehter.
115Het hi þa swingan, susle þreagan, witum wægan, ond þæt
116word acwæð: Onwend þec in gewitte, ond þa word
117oncyr þe þu unsnyttrum ær gespræce, þa þu goda ussa
118gield forhogdest.
119Him seo unforhte ageaf ondsware þurh gæstgehygd, Iuliana:
120Næfre þu gelærest þæt ic leasingum, dumbum
121ond deafum deofolgieldum, gæsta geniðlum gaful onhate,
122þam wyrrestum wites þegnum, ac ic weorðige
123wuldres ealdor middangeardes ond mægenþrymmes, ond him
124anum to eal biþence, þæt he mundbora min geweorþe,
125helpend ond hælend wið hellsceaþum.
126Hy þa þurh yrre Affricanus, fæder fæmnan ageaf on feonda
127geweald Heliseo.
128He in æringe gelædan het æfter leohtes cyme to his
129domsetle.
130Duguð wafade on þære fæmnan wlite, folc eal geador.
131hy þa se æðeling ærest grette, hire brydguma, bliþum
132wordum; min se swetesta sunnan scima, Iuliana.
133Hwæt, þu glæm hafast, ginfæste giefe, geoguðhades blæd.
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135ond þe to swa mildum
136mundbyrd secest, hyldo to halgum, beoð þe ahylded
137fram wraþe geworhtra wita unrim, grimra gyrna, þe þe
138gegearwad sind, gif þu onsecgan nelt soþum gieldum.
139Him seo æþele mæg ageaf ondsware: Næfre þu geþreatast
140þinum beotum, ne wita þæs fela wraðra gegearwast,
141þæt ic þeodscype þinne lufie, buton þu forlæte þa
142leasinga, weohweorðinga, ond wuldres god ongyte
143gleawlice, gæsta scyppend, meotud moncynnes, in þæs
144meahtum sind a butan ende ealle gesceafta.
145ða for þam folce frecne mode beotwordum spræc, bealg hine
146swiþe folcagende, ond þa fæmnan het þurh
147niðwræce nacode þennan, ond mid sweopum swingan synna
148lease.
149Ahlog þa se hererinc, hospwordum spræc: þis is ealdordom
150uncres gewynnes on fruman gefongen.
151Gen ic feores þe unnan wille, þeah þu ær fela unwærlicra
152worda gespræce, onsoce to swiðe þæt þu soð
153godu lufian wolde.
154þe þa lean sceolan wiþerhycgendre , witebrogan, æfter
155weorþan, butan þu ær wiþ hi geþingige, ond him
156þoncwyrþe æfter leahtorcwidum lac onsecge, sibbe gesette.
157Læt þa sace restan, lað leodgewin.
158Gif þu leng ofer þis þurh þin dolwillen gedwolan fylgest,
159þonne ic nyde sceal niþa gebæded on þære
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161torne teoncwide, þe þu
162tælnissum wiþ þa selestan sacan ongunne, ond þa
163mildestan þara þe men witen, þe þes leodscype mid him
164longe bieode.
165Him þæt æþele mod unforht oncwæð: Ne ondræde ic me
166domas þine, awyrged womsceaða, ne þinra wita bealo.
167Hæbbe ic me to hyhte heofonrices weard, mildne mundboran,
168mægna waldend, se mec gescyldeð wið þinum
169scinlace of gromra gripe, þe þu to godum tiohhast.
170ða sind geasne goda gehwylces, idle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe, ne
171þær freme meteð fira ænig soðe sibbe,
172þeah þe sece to him freondrædenne.
173He ne findeð þær duguþe mid deoflum.
174Ic to dryhtne min mod staþelige, se ofer mægna gehwylc
175waldeð wideferh, wuldres agend, sigora gehwylces.
176þæt is soð cyning.
177ða þam folctogan fracuðlic þuhte þæt he ne meahte mod
178oncyrran, fæmnan foreþonc.
179He bi feaxe het ahon ond ahebban on heanne beam, þær seo
180sunsciene slege þrowade, sace singrimme, siex
181tida dæges, ond he ædre het eft asettan, laðgeniðla,
182ond gelædan bibead to carcerne.
183Hyre wæs Cristes lof in ferðlocan fæste biwunden, milde
184modsefan, mægen unbrice.
185ða wæs mid clustre carcernes duru behliden, homra geweorc.
186Halig þær inne wærfæst wunade.
187Symle heo wuldorcyning herede æt heortan, heofonrices god, in
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189heolstre bihelmad.
190Hyre wæs halig gæst singal gesið.
191ða cwom semninga in þæt hlinræced hæleða gewinna, yfeles
192ondwis.
193Hæfde engles hiw, gleaw gyrnstafa gæstgeniðla, helle
194hæftling, to þære halgan spræc: Hwæt dreogest
195þu, seo dyreste ond seo weorþeste wuldorcyninge, dryhtne
196ussum?
197ðe þes dema hafað þa wyrrestan witu gegearwad, sar
198endeleas, gif þu onsecgan nelt, gleawhycgende, ond
199his godum cweman.
200Wes þu on ofeste, swa he þec ut heonan lædan hate, þæt
201þu lac hraþe onsecge sigortifre, ær þec swylt
202nime, deað fore duguðe.
203þy þu þæs deman scealt, eadhreðig mæg, yrre gedygan.
204Frægn þa fromlice, seo þe forht ne wæs, Criste gecweme,
205hwonan his cyme wære.
206Hyre se wræcmæcga wið þingade: Ic eom engel godes ufan
207siþende, þegn geþungen, ond to þe sended,
208halig of heahþu.
209þe sind heardlicu, wundrum wælgrim , witu geteohhad to
210gringwræce.
211Het þe god beodan, bearn waldendes, þæt þe burge þa.
212ða wæs seo fæmne for þam færspelle egsan geaclad, þe
213hyre se aglæca, wuldres wiþerbreca, wordum sægde.
214Ongan þa fæstlice ferð staþelian, geong grondorleas, to
215gode cleopian Nu ic þec, beorna hleo, biddan
216wille ece ælmihtig, þurh þæt æþele gesceap þe
217þu, fæder engla, æt fruman settest, þæt þu me ne
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219þinre eadgife, swa me þes ar bodað
220frecne færspel, þe me fore stondeð.
221Swa ic þe, bilwitne, biddan wille þæt þu me gecyðe,
222cyninga wuldor, þrymmes hyrde, hwæt þes þegn sy,
223lyftlacende, þe mec læreð from þe on stearcne weg.
224Hyre stefn oncwæð wlitig of wolcnum, word hleoþrade: Forfoh
225þone frætgan ond fæste geheald.
226oþþæt he his siðfæt secge mid ryhte, ealne from orde,
227hwæt his æþelu syn.
228ða wæs þære fæmnan ferð geblissad, domeadigre .
229Heo þæt deofol genom ealra cyninga cyning to cwale
230syllan.
231ða gen ic gecræfte þæt se cempa ongon waldend wundian,
232weorud to segon þæt þær blod ond wæter bu tu
233ætgædre eorþan sohtun.
234ða gen ic Herode in hyge bisweop þæt he Iohannes bibead
235heafde biheawan, ða se halga wer þære wiflufan
236wordum styrde, unryhtre æ.
237Eac ic gelærde Simon searoþoncum þæt he sacan ongon wiþ
238þa gecorenan Cristes þegnas, ond þa halgan
239weras hospe gerahte þurh deopne gedwolan, sægde hy dryas
240wæron.
241Neþde ic nearobregdum þær ic Neron bisweac, þæt he
242acwellan het Cristes þegnas, Petrus ond Paulus.
243Pilatus ær on rode aheng rodera waldend, meotud meahtigne
244minum larum.
245Swylce ic Egias eac gelærde þæt he unsnytrum Andreas het
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247þæt he of galgan
248his gæst onsende in wuldres wlite.
249þus ic wraþra fela mid minum broþrum bealwa gefremede,
250sweartra synna, þe ic asecgan ne mæg, rume
251areccan, ne gerim witan, heardra heteþonca.
252Him seo halge oncwæð þurh gæstes giefe, Iuliana: þu
253scealt furþor gen, feond moncynnes, siþfæt secgan,
254hwa þec sende to me.
255Hyre se aglæca ageaf ondsware, forhtafongen, friþes orwena:
256Hwæt, mec min fæder on þas fore to þe,
257hellwarena cyning, hider onsende of þam engan ham, se is yfla
258gehwæs in þam grornhofe geornfulra þonne ic.
259þonne he usic sendeð þæt we soðfæstra þurh
260misgedwield mod oncyrren, ahwyrfen from halor, we beoð
261hygegeomre, forhte on ferðþe.
262Ne biþ us frea milde, egesful ealdor, gif we yfles noht gedon
263habbaþ; ne durran we siþþan for his onsyne
264ower geferan.
265þonne he onsendeð geond sidne grund þegnas of þystrum,
266hateð þræce ræran, gif we gemette sin on moldwege,
267oþþe feor oþþe neah fundne weorþen, þæt hi usic
268binden ond in bælwylme suslum swingen.
269Gif soðfæstra þurh myrrelsan mod ne oðcyrreð, haligra
270hyge, we þa heardestan ond þa wyrrestan witu
271geþoliað þurh sarslege.
272Nu þu sylfa meaht on sefan þinum soð gecnawan, þæt ic
273þisse noþe wæs nyde gebæded, þragmælum geþread,
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275ða gen seo halge ongon hæleþa gewinnan, wrohtes wyrhtan,
276wordum frignan, fyrnsynna fruman: þu me furþor
277scealt secgan, sawla feond, hu þu soðfæstum þurh
278synna slide swiþast sceþþe, facne bifongen.
279Hyre se feond oncwæð, wræcca wærleas, wordum mælde: Ic
280þe, ead mæg, yfla gehwylces or gecyðe oð ende
281forð þara þe ic gefremede, nalæs feam siðum , synna
282wundum, þæt þu þy sweotolicor sylf gecnawe þæt
283þis is soð, nales leas.
284Ic þæt wende ond witod tealde þriste geþoncge, þæt ic
285þe meahte butan earfeþum anes cræfte ahwyrfan
286from halor, þæt þu heofoncyninge wiðsoce, sigora frean,
287ond to sæmran gebuge, onsægde synna fruman.
288þus ic soðfæstum þurh mislic bleo mod oncyrre.
289þær ic hine finde ferð staþelian to godes willan, ic beo
290gearo sona þæt ic him monigfealde modes gælsan
291ongean bere grimra geþonca, dyrnra gedwilda, þurh
292gedwolena rim.
293Ic him geswete synna lustas, mæne modlufan, þæt he minum
294hraþe, leahtrum gelenge, larum hyreð .
295Ic hine þæs swiþe synnum onæle þæt he byrnende from
296gebede swiceð, stepeð stronglice, staþolfæst ne
297mæg fore leahtra lufan lenge gewunian in gebedstowe.
298Swa ic brogan to laðne gelæde þam þe ic lifes ofonn,
299leohtes geleafan, ond he larum wile þurh modes
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301synne fremman, he siþþan sceal godra
302gumcysta geasne hweorfan.
303Gif ic ænigne ellenrofne gemete modigne metodes cempan wið
304flanþræce, nele feor þonan bugan from beaduwe,
305ac he bord ongean hefeð hygesnottor, haligne scyld,
306gæstlic guðreaf, nele gode swican.
307ac he beald in gebede bidsteal gifeð fæste on feðan, ic
308sceal feor þonan heanmod hweorfan, hroþra bidæled,
309in gleda gripe, gehðu mænan, þæt ic ne meahte
310mægnes cræfte guðe wiðgongan.
311ac ic geomor sceal secan oþerne ellenleasran, under
312cumbolhagan, cempan sænran, þe ic onbryrdan mæge
313beorman mine, agælan æt guþe.
314þeah he godes hwæt onginne gæstlice, ic beo gearo sona,
315þæt ic ingehygd eal geondwlite, hu gefæstnad
316sy ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht.
317Ic þæs wealles geat ontyne þurh teonan; bið se torr
318þyrel, ingong geopenad, þonne ic ærest him þurh
319eargfare in onsende in breostsefan bitre geþoncas þurh
320mislice modes willan, þæt him sylfum selle
321þynceð leahtras to fremman ofer lof godes, lices lustas.
322Ic beo lareow georn þæt he monþeawum minum lifge acyrred
323cuðlice from Cristes æ, mod gemyrred me to
324gewealde in synna seað.
325Ic þære sawle ma geornor gyme ymb þæs gæstes forwyrd
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327weorðan in worulde wyrme to hroþor, bifolen in foldan.
328ða gien seo fæmne spræc: Saga, earmsceapen, unclæne gæst,
329hu þu þec geþyde, þystra stihtend, on clænra gemong?
330þu wið Criste geo wærleas wunne ond gewin tuge, hogdes wiþ
331halgum.
332þe wearð helle seað niþer gedolfen, þær þu nydbysig
333fore oferhygdum eard gesohtes.
334Wende ic þæt þu þy wærra weorþan sceolde wið
335soðfæstum swylces gemotes ond þy unbealdra, þe þe oft
336wiðstod þurh wuldorcyning willan þines.
337Hyre þa se werga wið þingade, earm aglæca: þu me ærest
338saga, hu þu gedyrstig þurh deop gehygd wurde
339þus wigþrist ofer eall wifa cyn, þæt þu mec þus fæste
340fetrum gebunde, æghwæs orwigne.
341þu in ecne god, þrymsittendne, þinne getreowdes, meotud
342moncynnes, swa ic in minne fæder, hellwarena
343cyning, hyht staþelie.
344þonne ic beom onsended wið soðfæstum, þæt ic in
345manweorcum mod oncyrre, hyge from halor, me hwilum
346biþ forwyrned þurh wiþersteall willan mines, hyhtes æt
347halgum, swa me her gelamp sorg on siþe.
348Ic þæt sylf gecneow to late micles, sceal nu lange ofer
349þis, scyldwyrcende, scame þrowian.
350Forþon ic þec halsige þurh þæs hyhstan meaht,
351rodorcyninges giefe, se þe on rode treo geþrowade, þrymmes
352ealdor, þæt þu miltsige me þearfendum, þæt
353unsælig eall ne forweorþe, þeah ic þec gedyrstig ond
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355siþe gesohte, þær ic swiþe me þyslicre
356ær þrage ne wende .
357ða seo wlitescyne wuldres condel to þam wærlogan wordum
358mælde: þu scealt ondettan yfeldæda ma, hean
359helle gæst, ær þu heonan mote, hwæt þu to teonan
360þurhtogen hæbbe micelra manweorca manna tudre deorcum
361gedwildum.
362Hyre þæt deofol oncwæð: Nu ic þæt gehyre þurh þinne
363hleoþorcwide, þæt ic nyde sceal niþa gebæded
364mod meldian, swa þu me beodest, þreaned þolian.
365Is þeos þrag ful strong, þreat ormæte.
366Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian ond þafian on þinne dom,
367womdæda onwreon, þe ic wideferg sweartra gesyrede.
368Oft ic syne ofteah, ablende bealoþoncum beorna unrim
369monna cynnes, misthelme forbrægd þurh attres
370ord eagna leoman sweartum scurum, ond ic sumra fet forbræc
371bealosearwum, sume in bryne sende, in liges
372locan, þæt him lasta wearð siþast gesyne.
373Eac ic sume gedyde þæt him banlocan blode spiowedan, þæt
374hi færinga feorh aleton þurh ædra wylm.
375Sume on yðfare wurdon on wege wætrum bisencte, on
376mereflode, minum cræftum under reone stream.
377Sume ic rode bifealh, þæt hi hyra dreorge on hean galgan lif
378aletan.
379Sume ic larum geteah, to geflite fremede, þæt hy færinga
380ealde æfþoncan edniwedan, beore druncne .
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382wroht of wege, þæt hi in winsele þurh
383sweordgripe sawle forletan of flæschoman fæge
384scyndan, sarum gesohte.
385Sume, þa ic funde butan godes tacne, gymelease, ungebletsade,
386þa ic bealdlice þurh mislic cwealm minum
387hondum searoþoncum slog.
388Ic asecgan ne mæg, þeah ic gesitte sumerlongne dæg, eal þa
389earfeþu þe ic ær ond siþ gefremede to facne,
390siþþan furþum wæs rodor aræred ond ryne tungla,
391folde gefæstnad ond þa forman men, Adam ond Aeue,
392þam ic ealdor oðþrong, ond hy gelærde þæt hi lufan
393dryhtnes, ece eadgiefe anforleton, beorhtne
394boldwelan, þæt him bæm gewearð yrmþu to ealdre, ond hyra
395eaferum swa, mircast manweorca.
396Hwæt sceal ic ma riman yfel endeleas?
397Ic eall gebær, wraþe wrohtas geond werþeode, þa þe
398gewurdun widan feore from fruman worulde fira cynne,
399eorlum on eorþan.
400Ne wæs ænig þara þæt me þus þriste, swa þu nu þa,
401halig mid hondum, hrinan dorste, næs ænig þæs modig
402mon ofer eorþan þurh halge meaht, heahfædra nan ne
403witgena.
404þeah þe him weoruda god onwrige, wuldres cyning, wisdomes
405gæst, giefe unmæte, hwæþre ic gong to þam
406agan moste.
407Næs ænig þara þæt mec þus bealdlice bennum bilegde,
408þream forþrycte, ær þu nu þa þa miclan meaht
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410fæste forfenge, þe me fæder sealde,
411feond moncynnes, þa he mec feran het, þeoden
412of þystrum, þæt ic þe sceolde synne swetan.
413þær mec sorg bicwom, hefig hondgewinn.
414Ic bihlyhhan ne þearf æfter sarwræce siðfæt þisne magum
415in gemonge, þonne ic mine sceal agiefan gnorncearig
416gafulrædenne in þam reongan ham.
417ða se gerefa het, gealgmod guma, Iulianan of þam engan hofe
418ut gelædan on hyge halge hæþnum to spræce
419to his domsetle.
420Heo þæt deofol teah, breostum inbryrded, bendum fæstne,
421halig hæþenne.
422Ongan þa hreowcearig siðfæt seofian, sar cwanian, wyrd
423wanian, wordum mælde: Ic þec halsige, hlæfdige
424min, Iuliana, fore godes sibbum, þæt þu furþur me
425fraceþu ne wyrce, edwit for eorlum, þonne þu ær
426dydest, þa þu oferswiþdest þone snotrestan under
427hlinscuan helwarena cyning in feonda byrig; þæt
428is fæder user, morþres manfrea.
429Hwæt, þu mec þreades þurh sarslege.
430Ic to soþe wat þæt ic ær ne sið ænig ne mette in
431woruldrice wif þe gelic, þristran geþohtes ne
432þweorhtimbran mægþa cynnes.
433Is on me sweotul þæt þu unscamge æghwæs wurde on ferþe
434frod.
435ða hine seo fæmne forlet æfter þræchwile þystra neosan
436in sweartne grund, sawla gewinnan , on wita forwyrd.
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438manes melda, magum to secgan, susles
439þegnum, hu him on siðe gelomp.
440ACCORDING TO WOOLF, A FOLIO LOST georne
441ær heredon on heahþu ond his halig word ,
442sægdon soðlice þæt he sigora gehwæs ofer ealle gesceaft
443ana weolde , ecra eadgiefa.
444ða cwom engel godes frætwum blican ond þæt fyr tosceaf,
445gefreode ond gefreoðade facnes clæne, leahtra
446lease, ond þone lig towearp, heorogiferne, þær seo halie
447stod, mægþa bealdor, on þam midle gesund.
448þæt þam weligan wæs weorc to þolianne, þær he hit for
449worulde wendan meahte, sohte synnum fah, hu he
450sarlicast þurh þa wyrrestan witu meahte feorhcwale findan.
451Næs se feond to læt, se hine gelærde þæt he læmen fæt
452biwyrcan het wundorcræfte, wiges womum, ond wudubeamum,
453holte bihlænan .
454ða se hearda bibead þæt mon þæt lamfæt leades
455gefylde, ond þa onbærnan het bælfira mæst, ad onælan,
456se wæs æghwonan ymbboren mid brondum.
457Bæð hate weol.
458Het þa ofestlice yrre gebolgen leahtra lease in þæs leades
459wylm scufan butan scyldum.
460þa toscaden wearð lig tolysed.
461Lead wide sprong, hat, heorogifre.
462Hæleð wurdon acle arasad for þy ræse.
463þær on rime forborn þurh þæs fires fnæst fif ond
464hundseofontig hæðnes herges.
465ða gen sio halge stod ungewemde wlite.
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467ne feax ne fel fyre gemæled, ne lic
468ne leoþu.
469Heo in lige stod æghwæs onsund, sægde ealles þonc dryhtna
470dryhtne.
471þa se dema wearð hreoh ond hygegrim, ongon his hrægl teran,
472swylce he grennade ond gristbitade, wedde
473on gewitte swa wilde deor, grymetade gealgmod ond his godu
474tælde, þæs þe hy ne meahtun mægne wiþstondan
475wifes willan.
476Wæs seo wuldres mæg anræd ond unforht, eafoða gemyndig,
477dryhtnes willan.
478þa se dema het aswebban sorgcearig þurh sweordbite on hyge
479halge, heafde bineotan Criste gecorene.
480Hine se cwealm ne þeah, siþþan he þone fintan furþor
481cuþe.
482ða wearð þære halgan hyht geniwad ond þæs mægdnes mod
483miclum geblissad, siþþan heo gehyrde hæleð eahtian
484inwitrune, þæt hyre endestæf of gewindagum weorþan
485sceolde, lif alysed.
486Het þa leahtra ful clæne ond gecorene to cwale lædan, synna
487lease.
488ða cwom semninga hean helle gæst, hearmleoð agol, earm ond
489unlæd, þone heo ær gebond awyrgedne ond
490mid witum swong, cleopade þa for corþre, ceargealdra full:
491Gyldað nu mid gyrne, þæt heo goda ussa meaht
492forhogde , ond mec swiþast geminsade, þæt ic to
493meldan wearð.
494Lætað hy laþra leana hleotan þurh wæpnes spor, wrecað
495ealdne nið, synne gesohte.
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497on anre
498niht earfeða dreag, yfel ormætu.
499þa seo eadge biseah ongean gramum, Iuliana , gehyrde heo
500hearm galan helle deofol.
501Feond moncynnes ongon þa on fleam , sceacan, wita neosan,
502ond þæt word acwæð: Wa me forworhtum.
503Nu is wen micel þæt heo mec eft wille earmne gehynan yflum
504yrmþum, swa heo mec ær dyde.
505ða wæs gelæded londmearce neah ond to þære stowe þær hi
506stearcferþe þurh cumbolhete cwellan þohtun.
507Ongon heo þa læran ond to lofe trymman folc of firenum ond
508him frofre gehet, weg to wuldre, ond þæt
509word acwæð : Gemunað wigena wyn ond wuldres þrym,
510haligra hyht, heofonengla god.
511He is þæs wyrðe, þæt hine werþeode ond eal engla cynn up
512on roderum hergen, heahmægen, þær is help
513gelong ece to ealdre, þam þe agan sceal.
514Forþon ic, leof weorud, læran wille, æfremmende, þæt ge
515eower hus gefæstnige, þy læs hit ferblædum
516windas toweorpan.
517Weal sceal þy trumra strong wiþstondan storma scurum,
518leahtra gehygdum.
519Ge mid lufan sibbe, leohte geleafan, to þam lifgendan stane
520stiðhydge staþol fæstniað, soðe treowe
521ond sibbe mid eow healdað æt heortan, halge rune þurh modes
522myne.
523þonne eow miltse giefeð fæder ælmihtig, þær ge
524frofre agun æt mægna gode, mæste þearfe æfter
525sorgstafum.
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527utgong heonan, ende lifes.
528Wærlic me þinceð þæt ge wæccende wið hettendra
529hildewoman wearde healden, þy læs eow wiþerfeohtend
530weges forwyrnen to wuldres byrig.
531Biddað bearn godes þæt me brego engla, meotud moncynnes,
532milde geweorþe, sigora sellend.
533Sibb sy mid eowic, symle soþ lufu.
534ða hyre sawl wearð alæded of lice to þam langan gefean
535þurh sweordslege.
536þa se synscaþa to scipe sceohmod sceaþena þreate Heliseus
537ehstream sohte, leolc ofer laguflod longe
538hwile on swonrade.
539Swylt ealle fornom secga hloþe ond hine sylfne mid, ærþon
540hy to lande geliden hæfdon, þurh þearlic þrea.
541þær XXX wæs ond feowere eac feores onsohte þurh wæges
542wylm wigena cynnes, heane mid hlaford, hroþra
543bidæled, hyhta lease helle sohton.
544Ne þorftan þa þegnas in þam þystran ham, seo geneatscolu
545in þam neolan scræfe, to þam frumgare feohgestealda
546witedra wenan, þæt hy in winsele ofer
547beorsetle beagas þegon, æpplede gold.
548Ungelice wæs læded lofsongum lic haligre micle mægne to
549moldgræfe, þæt hy hit gebrohton burgum in innan,
550sidfolc micel.
551þær siððan wæs geara gongum godes lof hafen þrymme micle
552oþ þisne dæg mid þeodscipe.
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554þonne
555me gedælað deorast ealra, sibbe toslitað sinhiwan
556tu, micle modlufan.
557Min sceal of lice sawul on siðfæt, nat ic sylfa hwider,
558eardes uncyðgu ; of sceal ic þissum, secan
559oþerne ærgewyrhtum, gongan iudædum.
560Geomor hweorfeð C Y ond N .
561Cyning biþ reþe, sigora syllend, þonne synnum fah E
562W ond U acle bidað hwæt him æfter dædum
563deman wille lifes to leane.
564L F beofað, seomað sorgcearig.
565Sar eal gemon, synna wunde, þe ic siþ oþþe ær geworhte in
566worulde.
567þæt ic wopig sceal tearum mænan.
568Wæs an tid to læt þæt ic yfeldæda ær gescomede, þenden
569gæst ond lic geador siþedan onsund on earde.
570þonne arna biþearf, þæt me seo halge wið þone hyhstan
571cyning geþingige.
572Mec þæs þearf monaþ, micel modes sorg.
573Bidde ic monna gehwone gumena cynnes, þe þis gied wræce,
574þæt he mec neodful bi noman minum gemyne modig,
575ond meotud bidde þæt me heofona helm helpe gefremme,
576meahta waldend, on þam miclan dæge, fæder,
577frofre gæst, in þa frecnan tid, dæda demend, ond se
578deora sunu, þonne seo þrynis þrymsittende in
579annesse ælda cynne þurh þa sciran gesceaft scrifeð bi
580gewyrhtum meorde monna gehwam.
581Forgif us, mægna god, þæt we þine onsyne, æþelinga wyn,
582milde gemeten on þa mæran tid.
583Amen.