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moston romigan ures rices næfþ he þeah riht gedon þæt he us hæfþ befælled fyre to botme helle þære hatan heofonrice benumen hafaþ hit gemearcod mid moncynne to gesettanne þæt me is sorga mæst þæt adam sceal þe wæs of eorþan geworht minne stronglican stol behealdan wesan him on wynne and we þis wite þolien hearm on þisse helle wa la ahte ic minra handa geweald and moste ane tid ute weorþan wesan ane winterstunde þonne ic mid þys werode ac licgaþ me ymbe irenbenda rideþ racentan sal ic eom rices leas habbaþ me swa hearde helle clommas fæste befangen her is fyr micel ufan and neoþone ic a ne geseah laþran landscipe lig ne aswamaþ hat ofer helle me habbaþ hringa gespong sliþhearda sal siþes amyrred afyrred me min feþe fet synt gebundene handa gehæfte synt þissa heldora wegas forworhte swa ic mid wihte ne mæg of þissum lioþobendum licgaþ me ymbe heardes irenes hate geslægene grindlas greate mid þy me god hafaþ gehæfted be þam healse swa ic wat he minne hige cuþe and þæt wiste eac weroda drihten þæt sceolde unc adame yfele gewurþan ymb þæt heofonrice þær ic ahte minra handa geweald ac þoliaþ we nu þrea on helle þæt syndon þystro and hæto grimme grundlease hafaþ us god sylfa forswapen on þas sweartan mistas swa he us ne mæg ænige synne gestælan þæt we him on þam lande laþ gefremedon he hæfþ us þeah þæs leohtes bescyrede beworpen on ealra wita mæste ne magon we þæs wrace gefremman geleanian him mid laþes wihte þæt he us hafaþ þæs leohtes bescyrede he hæfþ nu gemearcod anne middangeard þær he hæfþ mon geworhtne æfter his onlicnesse mid þam he wile eft gesettan heofona rice mid hluttrum saulum we þæs sculon hycgan georne þæt we on adame gif we æfre mægen and on his eafrum swa some andan gebetan onwendan him þær willan sines gif we hit mægen wihte aþencan ne gelyfe ic me nu þæs leohtes furþor þæs þe he him þenceþ lange niotan þæs eades mid his engla cræfte ne magon we þæt on aldre gewinnan þæt we mihtiges godes mod onwæcen uton oþwendan hit nu monna bearnum þæt heofonrice 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hreoweþ þæt hie heofonrice agan to aldre gif hit eower ænig mæge gewendan mid wihte þæt hie word godes lare forlæten sona hie him þe laþran beoþ gif hie brecaþ his gebodscipe þonne he him abolgen wurþeþ siþþan biþ him se wela onwended and wyrþ him wite gegarwod sum heard hearmscearu hycgaþ his ealle hu ge hi beswicen siþþan ic me sefte mæg restan on þyssum racentum gif him þæt rice losaþ se þe þæt gelæsteþ him biþ lean gearo æfter to aldre þæs we her inne magon on þyssum fyre forþ fremena gewinnan sittan læte ic hine wiþ me sylfne swa hwa swa þæt secgan cymeþ on þas hatan helle þæt hie heofoncyninges unwurþlice wordum and dædum lare # angan hine þa gyrwan godes andsaca fus on frætwum hæfde fæcne hyge hæleþhelm on heafod asette and þone full hearde geband spenn mid spangum wiste him spræca fela wora worda wand him up þanon hwearf him þurh þa helldora hæfde hyge strangne leolc on lyfte laþwendemod swang þæt fyr on twa feondes cræfte wolde dearnunga drihtnes geongran mid mandædum men beswican forlædan and forlæran þæt hie wurdon laþ gode he þa geferde þurh feondes cræft oþþæt he adam on eorþrice godes handgesceaft gearone funde wislice geworht and his wif somed freo fægroste swa hie fela cuþon godes gegearwigean þa him to gingran self metod mancynnes mearcode selfa and him bi twegin beamas stodon þa wæron utan ofætes gehlædene gewered mid wæstme swa hie waldend god heah heofoncyning handum gesette þæt þær yldo bearn moste on ceosan godes and yfeles gumena æghwilc welan and wawan næs se wæstm gelic oþer wæs swa wynlic wlitig and scene liþe and lofsum þæt wæs lifes beam moste on ecnisse æfter lybban wesan on worulde se þæs wæstmes onbat swa him æfter þy yldo ne derede ne suht sware ac moste symle wesan lungre on lustum and his lif agan hyldo heofoncyninges her on worulde habban him to wæron witode geþingþo on þone hean heofon þonne he heonon wende þonne wæs se oþer eallenga sweart dim and þystre þæt wæs deaþes beam se bær bitres fela sceolde bu witan ylda æghwilc yfles and godes gewand on þisse worulde sceolde on wite a mid swate and mid sorgum siþþan libban swa hwa swa gebyrgde þæs on þam beame geweox sceolde hine yldo beniman ellendæda dreamas and drihtscipes and him beon deaþ scyred lytle hwile sceolde he his lifes niotan secan þonne landa sweartost on fyre sceolde feondum þeowian þær is ealra frecna mæste leodum to langre hwile þæt wiste se laþa georne dyrne deofles boda þe wiþ drihten wann wearp hine þa on wyrmes lic and wand him þa ymbutan þone deaþes beam þurh deofles cræft genam þær þæs ofætes and wende hine eft þanon þær he wiste handgeweorc heofoncyninges ongon hine þa frinan forman worde se laþa mid ligenum langaþ þe awuht adam up to gode ic eom on his ærende hider feorran gefered ne þæt nu fyrn ne wæs þæt ic wiþ hine sylfne sæt þa het he me on þysne siþ faran het þæt þu þisses ofætes æte cwæþ þæt þin abal and cræft and þin modsefa mara wurde and þin lichoma leohtra micle þin gesceapu scenran cwæþ þæt þe æniges sceattes þearf ne wurde on worulde nu þu willan hæfst hyldo geworhte heofoncyninges to þance geþenod þinum hearran hæfst þe wiþ drihten dyrne geworhtne ic gehyrde hine þine dæd and word lofian on his leohte and ymb þin lif sprecan swa þu læstan scealt þæt on þis land hider his bodan bringaþ brade synd on worulde grene geardas and god siteþ on þam hehstan heofna rice ufan alwalda nele þa earfeþu sylfa habban þæt he on þysne siþ fare gumena drihten ac he his gingran sent to þinre spræce nu he þe mid spellum het listas læran læste þu georne his ambyhto nim þe þis ofæt on hand bit his and byrige þe weorþ on þinum breostum rum wæstm þy wlitegra þe sende waldend god þin hearra þas helpe of heofonrice adam maþelode þær he on eorþan stod selfsceafte guma þonne ic sigedrihten mihtigne god mæþlan gehyrde strangre stemne and me her stondan het his bebodu healdan and me þas bryd forgeaf wlitesciene wif and me warnian het þæt ic on þone deaþes beam bedroren ne wurde beswicen to swiþe he cwæþ þæt þa sweartan helle healdan sceolde se þe bi his heortan wuht laþes gelæde nat þeah þu mid ligenum fare þurh dyrne geþanc þe þu drihtnes eart boda of heofnum hwæt ic þinra bysna ne mæg worda ne wisna wuht oncnawan siþes ne sagona ic wat hwæt he me self bebead nergend user þa ic hine nehst geseah he het me his word weorþian and wel healdan læstan his lare þu gelic ne bist ænegum his engla þe ic ær geseah ne þu me oþiewdest ænig tacen þe he me þurh treowe to onsende min hearra þurh hyldo þy ic þe hyran ne cann ac þu meaht þe forþ faran ic hæbbe me fæstne geleafan up to þam ælmihtegan gode þe me mid his earmum worhte her mid handum sinum he mæg me of his hean rice geofian mid goda gehwilcum þeah he his gingran ne sende wende hine wraþmod þær he þæt wif geseah on eorþrice euan stondan sceone gesceapene cwæþ þæt sceaþena mæst eallum heora eaforum æfter siþþan wurde on worulde ic wat inc waldend god abolgen wyrþ swa ic him þisne bodscipe selfa secge þonne ic of þys siþe cume ofer langne weg þæt git ne læstan wel hwilc ærende swa he easten hider on þysne siþ sendeþ nu sceal he sylf faran to incre andsware ne mæg his ærende his boda beodan þy ic wat þæt he inc abolgen wyrþ mihtig on mode gif þu þeah minum wilt wif willende wordum hyran þu meaht his þonne rume ræd geþencan gehyge on þinum breostum þæt þu inc bam-twam meaht wite bewarigan swa ic þe wisie æt þisses ofetes þonne wurþaþ þin eagan swa leoht þæt þu meaht swa wide ofer woruld ealle geseon siþþan and selfes stol herran þines and habban his hyldo forþ meaht þu adame eft gestyran gif þu his willan hæfst and he þinum wordum getrywþ gif þu him to soþe sægst hwylce þu selfa hæfst bisne on breostum þæs þu gebod godes lare læstes he þone laþan striþ yfel andwyrde an forlæteþ on breostcofan swa wit him bu-tu an sped sprecaþ span þu hine georne þæt he þine lare læste þy læs gyt laþ gode incrum waldende weorþan þyrfen gif þu þæt angin fremest idesa seo betste forhele ic incrum herran þæt me hearmes swa fela adam gespræc eargra worda tyhþ me untryowþa cwyþ þæt ic seo teonum georn gramum ambyhtsecg nales godes engel ac ic cann ealle swa geare engla gebyrdo heah heofona gehlidu wæs seo hwil þæs lang þæt ic geornlice gode þegnode þurh holdne hyge herran minum drihtne selfum ne eom ic deofle gelic lædde hie swa mid ligenum and mid listum speon idese on þæt unriht oþþæt hire on innan ongan weallan wyrmes geþeaht hæfde hire wacran hige metod gemearcod þæt heo hire mod ongan lætan æfter þam larum forþon heo æt þam laþan onfeng ofer drihtnes word deaþes beames weorcsumne wæstm ne wearþ wyrse dæd monnum gemearcod þæt is micel wundor þæt hit ece god æfre wolde þeoden þolian þæt wurde þegn swa monig forlædd be þam lygenum þe for þam larum com heo þa þæs ofætes æt alwaldan bræc word and willan þa meahte heo wide geseon þurh þæs laþan læn þe hie mid ligenum beswac dearnenga bedrog þe hire for his dædum com þæt hire þuhte hwitre heofon and eorþe and eall þeos woruld wlitigre and geweorc godes micel and mihtig þeah heo hit þurh monnes geþeaht ne sceawode ac se sceaþa georne swicode ymb þa sawle þe hire ær þa siene onlah þæt heo swa wide wlitan meahte ofer heofonrice þa se forhatena spræc þurh feondscipe nalles he hie freme lærde þu meaht nu þe self geseon swa ic hit þe secgan ne þearf eue seo gode þæt þe is ungelic wlite and wæstmas siþþan þu minum wordum getruwodest læstes mine lare nu scineþ þe leoht fore glædlic ongean þæt ic from gode brohte hwit of heofonum nu þu his hrinan meaht sæge adame hwilce þu gesihþe hæfst þurh minne cime cræfta gif giet þurh cuscne siodo læst mina lara þonne gife ic him þæs leohtes genog þæs ic þe swa godes gegired hæbbe ne wite ic him þa womcwidas þeah he his wyrþe ne sie to alætanne þæs fela he me laþes spræc swa hire eaforan sculon æfter lybban þonne hie laþ gedoþ hie sculon lufe wyrcean betan heora hearran hearmcwyde ond habban his hyldo forþ þa gieng to adame idesa scenost wifa wlitegost þe on woruld come forþon heo wæs handgeweorc heofoncyninges þeah heo þa dearnenga fordon wurde forlæd mid ligenum þæt hie laþ gode þurh þæs wraþan geþanc weorþan sceolden þurh þæs deofles searo dom forlætan hierran hyldo hefonrices þolian monige hwile biþ þam men full wa þe hine ne warnaþ þonne he his geweald hafaþ sum heo hire on handum bær sum hire æt heortan læg æppel unsælga þone hire ær forbead drihtna drihten deaþbeames ofet and þæt word acwæþ wuldres aldor þæt þæt micle morþ menn ne þorfton þegnas þolian ac he þeoda gehwam hefonrice forgeaf halig drihten widbradne welan gif hie þone wæstm an lætan wolden þe þæt laþe treow on his bogum bær bitre gefylled þæt wæs deaþes beam þe him drihten forbead forlec hie þa mid ligenum se wæs laþ gode on hete heofoncyninges and hyge euan wifes wac geþoht þæt heo ongan his wordum truwian læstan his lare and geleafan nom þæt he þa bysene from gode brungen hæfde þe he hire swa wærlice wordum sægde iewde hire tacen and treowa gehet his holdne hyge þa heo to hire hearran spræc adam frea min þis ofet is swa swete bliþe on breostum and þes boda sciene godes engel god ic on his gearwan geseo þæt he is ærendsecg uncres hearran hefoncyninges his hyldo is unc betere to gewinnanne þonne his wiþermedo gif þu him heodæg wuht hearmes gespræce he forgifþ hit þeah gif wit him geongordom læstan willaþ hwæt scal þe swa laþlic striþ wiþ þines hearran bodan unc is his hyldo þearf he mæg unc ærendian to þam alwaldan heofoncyninge ic mæg heonon geseon hwær he sylf siteþ þæt is suþ and east welan bewunden se þas woruld gesceop geseo ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan mid feþerhaman ealra folca mæst wereda wynsumast hwa meahte me swelc gewit gifan gif hit gegnunga god ne onsende heofones waldend gehyran mæg ic rume and swa wide geseon on woruld ealle ofer þas sidan gesceaft ic mæg swegles gamen gehyran on heofnum wearþ me on hige leohte utan and innan siþþan ic þæs ofætes onbat nu hæbbe ic his her on handa herra se goda gife ic hit þe georne ic gelyfe þæt hit from gode come broht from his bysene þæs me þes boda sægde wærum wordum hit nis wuhte gelic elles on eorþan buton swa þes ar sægeþ þæt hit gegnunga from gode come hio spræc him þicce to and speon hine ealne dæg on þa dimman dæd þæt hie drihtnes heora willan bræcon stod se wraþa boda legde him lustas on and mid listum speon fylgde him frecne wæs se feond full neah þe on þa frecnan fyrd gefaren hæfde ofer langne weg leode hogode on þæt micle morþ men forweorpan forlæran and forlædan þæt hie læn godes ælmihtiges gife an forleten heofenrices geweald hwæt se hellsceaþa gearwe wiste þæt hie godes yrre habban sceoldon and hellgeþwing þone nearwan niþ niede onfon siþþan hie gebod godes forbrocen hæfdon þa he forlærde mid ligenwordum to þam unræde idese sciene wifa wlitegost þæt heo on his willan spræc wæs him on helpe handweorc godes to forlæranne # heo spræc þa to adame idesa sceonost ful þiclice oþ þam þegne ongan his hige hweorfan þæt he þam gehate getruwode þe him þæt wif wordum sægde heo dyde hit þeah þurh holdne hyge nyste þæt þær hearma swa fela fyrenearfeþa fylgean sceolde monna cynne þæs heo on mod genam þæt heo þæs laþan bodan larum hyrde ac wende þæt heo hyldo heofoncyninges worhte mid þam wordum þe heo þam were swelce tacen oþiewde and treowe gehet oþþæt adame innan breostum his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan to hire willan he æt þam wife onfeng helle and hinnsiþ þeah hit nære haten swa ac hit ofetes noman agan sceolde hit wæs þeah deaþes swefn and deofles gespon hell and hinnsiþ and hæleþa forlor menniscra morþ þæt hie to mete dædon ofet unfæle swa hit him on innan com hran æt heortan hloh þa and plegode boda bitre gehugod sægde begra þanc hearran sinum nu hæbbe ic þine hyldo me witode geworhte and þinne willan gelæst to ful monegum dæge men synt forlædde adam and eue him is unhyldo waldendes witod nu hie wordcwyde his lare forleton forþon hie leng ne magon healdan heofonrice ac hie to helle sculon on þone sweartan siþ swa þu his sorge ne þearft beran on þinum breostum þær þu gebunden ligst murnan on mode þæt her men bun þone hean heofon þeah wit hearmas nu þreaweorc þoliaþ and þystre land and þurh þin micle mod monig forleton on heofonrice heahgetimbro godlice geardas unc wearþ god yrre forþon wit him noldon on heofonrice hnigan mid heafdum halgum drihtne þurh geongordom ac unc gegenge ne wæs þæt wit him on þegnscipe þeowian wolden forþon unc waldend wearþ wraþ on mode on hyge hearde and us on helle bedraf on þæt fyr fylde folca mæste and mid handum his eft on heofonrice rihte rodorstolas and þæt rice forgeaf monna cynne mæg þin mod wesan bliþe on breostum forþon her synt bu-tu gedon ge þæt hæleþa bearn heofonrice sculon leode forlætan and on þæt lig to þe hate hweorfan eac is hearm gode modsorg gemacod swa hwæt swa wit her morþres þoliaþ hit is nu adame eall forgolden mid hearran hete and mid hæleþa forlore monnum mid morþes cwealme forþon is min mod gehæled hyge ymb heortan gerume ealle synt uncre hearmas gewrecene laþes þæt wit lange þoledon nu wille ic eft þam lige near satan ic þær secan wille he is on þære sweartan helle hæft mid hringa gesponne hwearf him eft niþer boda bitresta sceolde he þa bradan ligas secan helle gehliþo þær his hearra læg simon gesæled sorgedon ba-twa adam and eue and him oft betuh gnornword gengdon godes him ondredon heora herran hete heofoncyninges niþ swiþe onsæton selfe forstodon his word onwended þæt wif gnornode hof hreowigmod hæfde hyldo godes lare forlæten þa heo þæt leoht geseah ellor scriþan þæt hire þurh untreowa tacen iewde se him þone teonan geræd þæt hie helle niþ habban sceoldon hynþa unrim forþam him higesorga burnon on breostum hwilum to gebede feollon sinhiwan somed and sigedrihten godne gretton and god nemdon heofones waldend and hine bædon þæt hie his hearmsceare habban mosten georne fulgangan þa hie godes hæfdon bodscipe abrocen bare hie gesawon heora lichaman næfdon on þam lande þa giet sælþa gesetena ne hie sorge wiht weorces wiston ac hie wel meahton libban on þam lande gif hie wolden lare godes forweard fremman þa hie fela spræcon sorhworda somed sinhiwan twa adam gemælde and to euan spræc hwæt þu eue hæfst yfele gemearcod uncer sylfra siþ gesyhst þu nu-þa sweartan helle grædige and gifre nu þu hie grimman meaht heonane gehyran nis heofonrice gelic þam lige ac þis is landa betst þæt wit þurh uncres hearran þanc habban moston þær þu þam ne hierde þe unc þisne hearm geræd þæt wit waldendes word forbræcon heofoncyninges nu wit hreowige magon sorgian for þis siþe forþon he unc self bebead þæt wit unc wite warian sceolden hearma mæstne nu slit me hunger and þurst bitre on breostum þæs wit begra ær wæron orsorge on ealle tid hu sculon wit nu libban oþþe on þys lande wesan gif her wind cymþ westan oþþe eastan suþan oþþe norþan gesweorc up færeþ cymeþ hægles scur hefone getenge færeþ forst on gemang se byþ fyrnum ceald hwilum of heofnum hate scineþ blicþ þeos beorhte sunne and wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo nys unc wuht beforan to scursceade ne sceattes wiht to mete gemearcod ac unc is mihtig god waldend wraþmod to hwon sculon wit weorþan nu nu me mæg hreowan þæt ic bæd heofnes god waldend þone godan þæt he þe her worhte to me of liþum minum nu þu me forlæred hæfst on mines herran hete swa me nu hreowan mæg æfre to aldre þæt ic þe minum eagum geseah þa spræc eue eft idesa scienost wifa wlitegost hie wæs geweorc godes þeah heo þa on deofles cræft bedroren wurde þu meaht hit me witan wine min adam wordum þinum hit þe þeah wyrs ne mæg on þinum hyge hreowan þonne hit me æt heortan deþ hire þa adam andswarode gif ic waldendes willan cuþe hwæt ic his to hearmsceare habban sceolde ne gesawe þu no sniomor þeah me on sæ wadan hete heofones god heonone nu-þa on flod faran nære he firnum þæs deop merestream þæs micel þæt his o min mod getweode ac ic to þam grunde genge gif ic godes meahte willan gewyrcean nis me on worulde niod æniges þegnscipes nu ic mines þeodnes hafa hyldo forworhte þæt ic hie habban ne mæg ac wit þus baru ne magon bu-tu ætsomne wesan to wuhte uton gan on þysne weald innan on þisses holtes hleo hwurfon hie ba-twa togengdon gnorngende on þone grenan weald sæton onsundran bidan selfes gesceapu heofoncyninges þa hie þa habban ne moston þe him ær forgeaf ælmihtig god þa hie heora lichoman leafum beþeahton weredon mid þy wealde wæda ne hæfdon ac hie on gebed feollon bu-tu ætsomne morgena gehwilce bædon mihtigne þæt hie ne forgeate god ælmihtig and him gewisade waldend se goda hu hie on þam leohte forþ libban sceolden þa com feran frea ælmihtig ofer midne dæg mære þeoden on neorxnawang neode sine wolde neosian nergend usser bilwit fæder hwæt his bearn dyde wiste forworhte þam he ær wlite sealde gewitan him þa gangan geomermode under beamsceade blæde bereafod hyddon hie on heolstre þa hie halig word drihtnes gehyrdon and ondredon him þa sona ongann swegles aldor weard ahsian woruldgesceafta het him recene to rice þeoden his sunu gangan him þa sylfa oncwæþ hean hleoþrade hrægles þearfa ic wreo me her wæda leasne liffrea min leafum þecce scyldfull mine sceaþen is me sare frecne on ferhþe ne dear nu forþ gan for þe andweardne ic eom eall eall nacod him þa ædre god andswarede saga me þæt sunu min for hwon secest þu sceade sceomiende þu sceonde æt me furþum ne anfenge ac gefean eallum for hwon wast þu wean and wrihst sceome gesyhst sorge and þin sylf þecest lic mid leafum sagast lifceare hean hygegeomor þæt þe sie hrægles þearf nymþe þu æppel ænne byrgde of þam wudubeame þe ic þe wordum forbead him þa adam eft andswarode me þa blæda on hand bryd gesealde freolucu fæmne freadrihten min þe ic þe on teonan geþah nu ic þæs tacen wege sweotol on me selfum wat ic sorga þy ma þa þæs euan frægn ælmihtig god hwæt druge þu dohtor dugeþa genohra niwra gesceafta neorxnawanges growendra gifa þa þu gitsiende on beam gripe blæda name on treowes telgum and me on teonan æte þa unfreme adame sealdest wæstme þa inc wæron wordum minum fæste forbodene him þa freolecu mæg ides æwiscmod andswarode me nædre beswac and me neodlice to forsceape scyhte and to scyldfrece fah wyrm þurh fægir word oþþæt ic fracoþlice feondræs gefremede fæhþe geworhte and þa reafode swa hit riht ne wæs beam on bearwe and þa blæda æt þa nædran sceop nergend usser frea ælmihtig fagum wyrme wide siþas and þa worde cwæþ þu scealt wideferhþ werig þinum breostum bearm tredan bradre eorþan faran feþeleas þenden þe feorh wunaþ gast on innan þu scealt greot etan þine lifdagas swa þu laþlice wrohte onstealdest þe þæt wif feoþ hataþ under heofnum and þin heafod tredeþ fah mid fotum sinum þu scealt fiersna sætan tohtan niwre tuddor biþ gemæne incrum orlegniþ a þenden standeþ woruld under wolcnum nu þu wast and canst laþ leodsceaþa hu þu lifian scealt þa to euan god yrringa spræc wend þe from wynne þu scealt wæpnedmen wesan on gewealde mid weres egsan hearde genearwad hean þrowian þinra dæda gedwild deaþes bidan and þurh wop and heaf on woruld cennan þurh sar micel sunu and dohtor abead eac adame ece drihten lifes leohtfruma laþ ærende þu scealt oþerne eþel secean wynleasran wic and on wræc hweorfan nacod niedwædla neorxnawanges dugeþum bedæled þe is gedal witod lices and sawle hwæt þu laþlice wrohte onstealdest forþon þu winnan scealt and on eorþan þe þine andlifne selfa geræcan wegan swatig hleor þinne hlaf etan þenden þu her leofast oþþæt þe to heortan hearde gripeþ adl unliþe þe þu on æple ær selfa forswulge forþon þu sweltan scealt hwæt we nu gehyraþ hwær us hearmstafas wraþe onwocan and woruldyrmþo hie þa wuldres weard wædum gyrede scyppend usser het heora sceome þeccan frea frumhrægle het hie from hweorfan neorxnawange on nearore lif him on laste beleac liþsa and wynna hihtfulne ham halig engel be frean hæse fyrene sweorde ne mæg þær inwitfull ænig geferan womscyldig mon ac se weard hafaþ miht and strengþo se þæt mære lif dugeþum deore drihtne healdeþ no hwæþre ælmihtig ealra wolde adame and euan arna ofteon fæder æt frymþe þeah þe hie him from swice ac he him to frofre let hwæþere forþ wesan hyrstedne hrof halgum tunglum and him grundwelan ginne sealde het þam sinhiwum sæs and eorþan tuddorteondra teohha gehwilcre to woruldnytte wæstmas fedan gesæton þa æfter synne sorgfulre land eard and eþyl unspedigran fremena gehwilcre þonne se frumstol wæs þe hie æfter dæde of adrifen wurdon ongunnon hie þa be godes hæse bearn astrienan swa him metod bebead adames and euan aforan wæron freolicu twa frumbearn cenned cain and abel us cyþaþ bec hu þa dædfruman dugeþa stryndon welan and wiste willgebroþor oþer his to eorþan elnes tilode se wæs ærboren oþer æhte heold fæder on fultum oþþæt forþ gewat dægrimes worn hie þa drihtne lac begen brohton brego engla beseah on abeles gield eagum sinum cyning eallwihta caines ne wolde tiber sceawian þæt wæs torn were hefig æt heortan hygewælm asteah beorne on breostum blatende niþ yrre for æfstum he þa unræden folmum gefremede freomæg ofsloh broþor sinne and his blod ageat cain abeles cwealmdreore swealh þæs middangeard monnes swate æfter wælswenge wea wæs aræred tregena tuddor of þam twige siþþan ludon laþwende leng swa swiþor reþe wæstme ræhton wide geond werþeoda wrohtes telgan hrinon hearmtanas hearde and sare drihta bearnum doþ gieta swa of þam brad blado bealwa gehwilces sprytan ongunnon we þæt spell magon wælgrimme wyrd wope cwiþan nales holunge ac us hearde sceod freolecu fæmne þurh forman gylt þe wiþ metod æfre men gefremeden eorþbuende siþþan adam wearþ of godes muþe gaste eacen þa worde frægn wuldres aldor cain hwær abel eorþan wære him þa se cystleasa cwealmes wyrhta ædre æfter þon andswarode ne can ic abeles or ne fore hleomæges siþ ne ic hyrde wæs broþer mines him þa brego engla godspedig gast gean þingade hwæt befealdest þu folmum þinum wraþum on wælbedd wærfæstne rinc broþor þinne and his blod to me cleopaþ and cigeþ þu þæs cwealmes scealt wite winnan and on wræc hweorfan awyrged to widan aldre ne seleþ þe wæstmas eorþe wlitige to woruldnytte ac heo wældreore swealh halge of handum þinum forþon heo þe hroþra oftihþ glæmes grene folde þu scealt geomor hweorfan arleas of earde þinum swa þu abele wurde to feorhbanan forþon þu flema scealt widlast wrecan winemagum laþ him þa ædre cain andswarode ne þearf ic ænigre are wenan on woruldrice ac ic forworht hæbbe heofona heahcyning hyldo þine lufan and freode forþon ic lastas sceal wean on wenum wide lecgan hwonne me gemitte manscyldigne se me feor oþþe neah fæhþe gemonige broþorcwealmes ic his blod ageat dreor on eorþan þu to dæge þissum ademest me fram duguþe and adrifest from earde minum me to aldorbanan weorþeþ wraþra sum ic awyrged sceal þeoden of gesyhþe þinre hweorfan him þa selfa oncwæþ sigora drihten ne þearft þu þe ondrædan deaþes brogan feorhcwealm nu giet þeah þu from scyle freomagum feor fah gewitan gif þe monna hwelc mundum sinum aldre beneoteþ hine on cymeþ æfter þære synne seofonfeald wracu wite æfter weorce hine waldend on tirfæst metod tacen sette freoþobeacen frea þy læs hine feonda hwilc mid guþþræce gretan dorste feorran oþþe nean heht þa from hweorfan meder and magum manscyldigne cnosle sinum him þa cain gewat gongan geomormod gode of gesyhþe wineleas wrecca and him þa wic geceas eastlandum on eþelstowe fædergeardum feor þær him freolecu mæg ides æfter æþelum eaforan fedde se æresta wæs enos haten frumbearn caines siþþan fæsten ongon mid þam cneomagum ceastre timbran þæt wæs under wolcnum weallfæstenna ærest ealra þara þe æþelingas sweordberende settan heton þanon his eaforan ærest wocan bearn from bryde on þam burhstede se yldesta wæs iared haten sunu enoses siþþan wocan þa þæs cynnes cneowrim icton mægburg caines malalehel wæs æfter iarede yrfes hyrde fæder on laste oþþæt he forþ gewat siþþan mathusal magum dælde bearn æfter bearne broþrum sinum æþelinga gestreon oþþæt aldorgedal frod fyrndagum fremman sceolde lif oflætan lameh onfeng æfter fæder dæge fletgestealdum botlgestreonum him bryda twa idesa on eþle eaforan feddon ada and sella þara anum wæs iabal noma se þurh gleawne geþanc herbuendra hearpan ærest handum sinum hlyn awehte swinsigende sweg sunu lamehes swylce on þære mægþe maga wæs haten on þa ilcan tid tubalcain se þurh snytro sped smiþcræftega wæs and þurh modes gemynd monna ærest sunu lamehes sulhgeweorces fruma wæs ofer foldan siþþan folca bearn æres cuþon and isernes burhsittende brucan wide þa his wifum twæm wordum sægde lameh seolfa leofum gebeddum adan and sellan unarlic spel ic on morþor ofsloh minra sumne hyldemaga honda gewemde on caines cwealme mine fylde mid folmum fæder enoses ordbanan abeles eorþan sealde wældreor weres wat ic gearwe þæt þam lichryre on last cymeþ soþcyninges seofonfeald wracu micel æfter mane min sceal swiþor mid grimme gryre golden wurþan fyll and feorhcwealm þonne ic forþ scio þa wearþ adame on abeles gyld eafora on eþle oþer feded soþfæst sunu þam wæs seth noma se wæs eadig and his yldrum þah freolic to frofre fæder and meder adames and euan wæs abeles gield on woruldrice þa word acwæþ ord moncynnes me ece sunu sealde selfa sigora waldend lifes aldor on leofes stæl þæs þe cain ofsloh and me cearsorge mid þys magotimbre of mode asceaf þeoden usser him þæs þanc sie adam hæfde þa he eft ongan him to eþelstæfe oþres strienan bearnes be bryde beorn ellenrof þritig and hund þisses lifes wintra on worulde us gewritu secgaþ þæt her eahtahund iecte siþþan mægþum and mæcgum mægburg sine adam on eorþan ealra hæfde nigenhund wintra # and þritig eac þa he þas woruld þurh gastgedal ofgyfan sceolde him on laste seth leod weardode eafora æfter yldrum eþelstol heold and wif begeat wintra hæfde fif and hundteontig þa he furþum ongan his mægburge men geicean sunum and dohtrum sethes eafora se yldesta wæs enos haten se nemde god niþþa bearna ærest ealra siþþan adam stop on grene græs gaste geweorþad seth wæs gesælig siþþan strynde seofon winter her suna and dohtra ond eahtahund ealra hæfde twelf and nigonhund þa seo tid gewearþ þæt he friþgedal fremman sceolde him æfter heold þa he of worulde gewat enos yrfe siþþan eorþe swealh sædberendes sethes lice he wæs leof gode and lifde her wintra hundnigontig ær he be wife her þurh gebedscipe bearn astrynde him þa cenned wearþ cainan ærest eafora on eþle siþþan eahtahund and fiftyno on friþo drihtnes gleawferhþ hæleþ geogoþe strynde suna and dohtra swealt þa he hæfde frod fyrnwita fif and nigonhund þære cneorisse wæs cainan siþþan æfter enose aldordema weard and wisa wintra hæfde efne hundseofontig ær him sunu woce þa wearþ on eþle eafora feded mago cainanes malalehel wæs haten siþþan eahtahund æþelinga rim and feowertig eac feorum geicte enoses sunu ealra nigonhund wintra hæfde þa he woruld ofgeaf and tyne eac þa his tiddæge under rodera rum rim wæs gefylled him on laste heold land and yrfe malalehel siþþan missera worn se frumgara fif and sixtig wintra hæfde þa he be wife ongann bearna strynan him bryd sunu meowle to monnum brohte se maga wæs on his mægþe mine gefræge guma on geogoþe iared haten lifde siþþan and lissa breac malalehel lange mondreama her woruldgestreona wintra hæfde fif and hundnigontig þa he forþ gewat and eahtahund eaforan 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lænan life feran on þam gearwum þe his gast onfeng ær hine to monnum modor brohte he þam yldestan eaforan læfde folc frumbearne fif and syxtig wintra hæfde þa he woruld ofgeaf and eac þreo hund þrage siþþan mathusal heold maga yrfe se on lichoman lengest þissa worulddreama breac worn gestrynde ær his swyltdæge suna and dohtra hæfde frod hæle þa he from sceolde niþþum hweorfan nigonhund wintra and hundseofontig to sunu æfter heold lamech leodgeard lange siþþan woruld bryttade wintra hæfde twa and hundteontig þa seo tid gewearþ þæt se eorl ongan æþele cennan sunu and dohtor siþþan lifde fif and hundnigontig frea moniges breac wintra under wolcnum werodes aldor and fif hund eac heold þæt folc teala bearna strynde him byras wocan eaforan and idesa he þone yldestan noæ nemde se niþþum ær land bryttade siþþan lamech gewat hæfde æþelinga aldorwisa fif hund wintra þa he furþum ongan bearna strynan þæs þe bec cweþaþ sem wæs haten sunu noes se yldesta oþer cham þridda iafeth þeoda tymdon rume under roderum rim miclade monna mægþe geond middangeard sunum and dohtrum þa giet wæs sethes cynn leofes leodfruman on lufan swiþe drihtne dyre and domeadig oþþæt bearn godes bryda ongunnon on caines cynne secan wergum folce and him þær wif curon ofer metodes est monna eaforan scyldfulra mægþ scyne and fægere þa reordade rodora waldend wraþ moncynne and þa worde cwæþ ne syndon me on ferhþe freo from gewitene cneorisn caines ac me þæt cynn hafaþ sare abolgen nu me sethes bearn torn niwiaþ and him to nimaþ mægeþ to gemæccum minra feonda þær wifa wlite onwod grome idesa ansien and ece feond folcdriht wera þa ær on friþe wæron siþþan hundtwelftig geteled rime wintra on worulde wræce bisgodon fæge þeoda hwonne frea wolde on wærlogan wite settan and on deaþ slean dædum scyldige gigantmæcgas gode unleofe micle mansceaþan metode laþe þa geseah selfa sigoro waldend hwæt wæs monna manes on eorþan and þæt hie wæron womma þriste inwitfulle he þæt unfægere wera cneorissum gewrecan þohte forgripan gumcynne grimme and sare heardum mihtum hreaw hine swiþe þæt he folcmægþa fruman aweahte æþelinga ord þa he adam sceop cwæþ þæt he wolde for wera synnum eall aæþan þæt on eorþan wæs forleosan lica gehwilc þara þe lifes gast fæþmum þeahte eall þæt frea wolde on þære toweardan tide acwellan þe þa nealæhte niþþa bearnum noe wæs god nergende leof swiþe gesælig sunu lameches domfæst and gedefe drihten wiste þæt þæs æþelinges ellen dohte breostgehygdum forþon him brego sægde halig æt hleoþre helm allwihta hwæt he fah werum fremman wolde geseah unrihte eorþan fulle side sælwongas synnum gehladene widlum gewemde þa waldend spræc nergend usser and to noe cwæþ ic wille mid flode folc acwellan and cynna gehwilc cucra wuhta þara þe lyft and flod lædaþ and fedaþ feoh and fuglas þu scealt friþ habban mid sunum þinum þonne sweart wæter wonne wælstreamas werodum swelgaþ sceaþum scyldfullum ongyn þe scip wyrcan merehus micel on þam þu monegum scealt reste geryman and rihte setl ælcum æfter agenum 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him drihtlicu mæg on wlite modgum mænegum þuhte cyninges þegnum hie þæt cuþ dydon heora folcfrean þæt fægerro lyt for æþelinge idesa sunnon ac hie sarran swiþor micle wynsumne wlite wordum heredon oþþæt he lædan heht leoflic wif to his selfes sele sinces brytta æþelinga helm heht abrahame duguþum stepan hwæþere drihten wearþ frea faraone fah and yrre for wifmyne þæs wraþe ongeald hearde mid hiwum hægstealdra wyn ongæt hwæþere gumena aldor hwæt him waldend wræc witeswingum heht him abraham to egesum geþreadne brego egipto and his bryd ageaf wif to gewealde heht him wine ceosan ellor æþelingas oþre dugeþe abead þa þeodcyning þegnum sinum ombihtscealcum þæt hie hine arlice ealles onsundne eft gebrohten of þære folcsceare þæt he on friþe wære þa abraham æhte lædde of egypta eþelmearce hie ellenrofe idese feredon bryd and begas þæt hie to bethlem on cuþe wic ceapas læddon eadge eorþwelan oþre siþe wif on willan and heora woruldgestreon ongunnon him þa bytlian and heora burh ræran and sele settan salo niwian weras on wonge wibed setton neah þam þe abraham æror rærde his waldende þa westan com þær se eadga eft ecan drihtnes niwan stefne noman weorþade tilmodig eorl tiber onsægde þeodne engla þancode swiþe lifes leohtfruman lisse and ara wunedon on þam wicum hæfdon wilna geniht abraham and loth ead bryttedon oþþæt hie on þam lande ne meahton leng somed blædes brucan and heora begra þær æhte habban ac sceoldon arfæste þa rincas þy rumor secan ellor eþelseld oft wæron teonan wærfæstra wera weredum gemæne heardum hearmplega þa se halga ongan ara gemyndig abraham sprecan fægre to lothe ic eom fædera þin sibgebyrdum þu min suhterga ne sceolon unc betweonan teonan weaxan wroht wriþian ne þæt wille god ac wit synt gemagas unc gemæne ne sceal elles awiht nymþe eall tela lufu langsumu nu þu loth geþenc þæt unc modige ymb mearce sittaþ þeoda þrymfæste þegnum and gesiþþum folc cananea and feretia rofum rincum ne willaþ rumor unc landriht heora forþon wit lædan sculon teon of þisse stowe and unc staþolwangas rumor secan ic ræd sprece bearn arones begra uncer soþne secge ic þe selfes dom life leofa leorna þe seolfa and geþancmeta þine mode on hwilce healfe þu wille hwyrft don cyrran mid ceape nu ic þe cyst abead him þa loth gewat land sceawigan be iordane grene eorþan seo wæs wætrum weaht and wæstmum þeaht lagostreamum leoht and gelic godes neorxnawange oþþæt nergend god for wera synnum wylme gesealde sodoman and gomorran sweartan lige him þa eard geceas and eþelsetl sunu arones on sodoma byrig æhte sine ealle lædde beagas from bethlem and botlgestreon welan wunden gold wunode siþþan be iordane geara mænego þær folcstede fægre wæron men arlease metode laþe wæron sodomisc cynn synnum þriste dædum gedwolene drugon heora selfra ecne unræd æfre ne wolde þam leodþeawum loth onfon ac he þære mægþe monwisan fleah þeah þe he on þam lande lifian sceolde facen and fyrene and hine fægre heold þeawfæst and geþyldig on þam þeodscipe emne þon gelicost lara gemyndig þe he ne cuþe hwæt þa cynn dydon abraham wunode eþeleardum cananea forþ hine cyning engla metod moncynnes mundbyrde heold wilna wæstmum and worulddugeþum lufum and lissum forþon his lof secgaþ wide under wolcnum wera cneorisse foldwonga bearn he frean hyrde estum on eþle þenden he eardes breac halig and higefrod næfre hleowlora æt edwihtan æfre weorþeþ feorhberendra forht and acol mon for metode þe him æfter a þurh gemynda sped mode and dædum worde and gewitte wise þance oþ his ealdorgedal oleccan wile þa ic aldor gefrægn elamitarna fromne folctogan fyrd gebeodan orlahomar him ambrafel of sennar side worulde for on fultum gewiton hie feower þa þeodcyningas þrymme micle secan suþ þanon sodoman and gomorran þa wæs guþhergum be iordane wera eþelland wide geondsended folde feondum sceolde forht monig blachleor ides bifiende gan on fremdes fæþm feollon wergend bryda and beaga bennum seoce him þa togeanes mid guþþræce fife foran folccyningas sweotum suþon woldon sodome burh wraþum werian þa wintra twelf norþmonnum ær niede sceoldon gombon gieldan and gafol sellan oþþæt þa leode leng ne woldon elamitarna aldor swiþan folcgestreonum ac him from swicon foron þa tosomne francan wæron hlude wraþe wælherigas sang se wanna fugel under deoreþsceaftum deawigfeþera hræs on wenan hæleþ onetton on mægencorþrum modum þryþge oþþæt folcgetrume gefaren hæfdon sid tosomne suþan and norþan helmum þeahte þær wæs heard plega wælgara wrixl wigcyrm micel hlud hildesweg handum brugdon hæleþ of scæþum hringmæled sweord ecgum dihtig þær wæs eaþfynde eorle orlegceap se þe ær ne wæs niþes genihtsum norþmen wæron suþfolcum swice wurdon sodomware and gomorre goldes bryttan æt þæm lindcrodan leofum bedrorene fyrdgesteallum gewiton feorh heora fram þam folcstyde fleame nergan secgum ofslegene him on swaþe feollon æþelinga bearn ecgum ofþegde willgesiþþas hæfde wigsigor elamitarna ordes wisa weold wælstowe gewat seo wæpna laf fæsten secan fynd gold strudon ahyþdan þa mid herge hordburh wera sodoman and gomorran þa sæl ageald mære ceastra mægþ siþedon fæmnan and wuduwan freondum beslægene from hleowstole hettend læddon ut mid æhtum abrahames mæg of sodoma byrig we þæt soþ magon secgan furþur hwelc siþþan wearþ æfter þæm gehnæste herewulfa siþ þara þe læddon loth and leoda god suþmonna sinc sigore gulpon him þa secg hraþe gewat siþian an gara laf se þa guþe genæs abraham secan se þæt orlegweorc þam ebriscan eorle gecyþde forslegen swiþe sodoma folc leoda duguþe and lothes siþ þa þæt inwitspell abraham sægde freondum sinum bæd him fultumes wærfæst hæleþ willgeþoftan aner and manre escol þriddan cwæþ þæt him wære weorce on mode sorga sarost þæt his suhtriga þeownyd þolode bæd him þræcrofe þa rincas þæs ræd ahicgan þæt his hyldemæg ahreded wurde beorn mid bryde him þa broþor þry æt spræce þære spedum miclum hældon hygesorge heardum wordum ellenrofe and abrahame treowa sealdon þæt hie his torn mid him gewræcon on wraþum oþþe on wæl feollan þa se halga heht his heorþwerod wæpna onfon he þær wigena fand æscberendra eahtatiene and þreo hund eac þeodenholdra þara þe he wiste þæt meahte wel æghwylc on fyrd wegan fealwe linde him þa abraham gewat and þa eorlas þry þe him ær treowe sealdon mid heora folcgetrume wolde his mæg huru # loth alynnan of laþscipe rincas wæron rofe randas wægon forþ fromlice on foldwege hildewulfas herewicum neh gefaren hæfdon þa he his frumgaran wishydig wer wordum sægde þares afera him wæs þearf micel þæt hie on twa healfe # grimme guþgemot gystum eowdon heardne handplegan cwæþ þæt him se halga ece drihten eaþe mihte æt þam spereniþe spede lænan þa ic neþan gefrægn under nihtscuwan hæleþ to hilde hlyn wearþ on wicum scylda and sceafta sceotendra fyll guþflana gegrind gripon unfægre under sceat werum scearpe garas and feonda feorh feollon þicce þær hlihende huþe feredon secgas and gesiþþas sigor eft ahwearf of norþmonna niþgeteone æsctir wera abraham sealde wig to wedde nalles wunden gold for his suhtrigan sloh and fylde feond on fitte him on fultum grap heofonrices weard hergas wurdon feower on fleame folccyningas leode ræswan him on laste stod hihtlic heorþwerod and hæleþ lagon on swaþe sæton þa þe sodoma and gomorra golde berofan bestrudon stigwitum him þæt stiþe geald fædera lothes fleonde wæron elamitarna aldorduguþe dome bedrorene oþþæt hie domasco unfeor wæron gewat him abraham þa on þa wigrode wiþertrod seon laþra monna loth wæs ahreded eorl mid æhtum idesa hwurfon wif on willan wide gesawon freora feorhbanan fuglas slitan on ecgwale abraham ferede suþmonna eft sinc and bryda æþelinga bearn oþle nior mægeþ heora magum næfre mon ealra lifigendra her lytle werede þon wurþlicor wigsiþ ateah þara þe wiþ swa miclum mægne geræsde þa wæs suþ þanon sodoma folce guþspell wegen hwelc gromra wearþ feonda fromlad gewat him frea leoda eorlum bedroren abraham secan freonda feasceaft him ferede mid solomia sinces hyrde þæt wæs se mæra melchisedec leoda bisceop se mid lacum com fyrdrinca fruman fægre gretan abraham arlice and him on sette godes bletsunge and swa gyddode wæs þu gewurþod on wera rime for þæs eagum þe þe æsca tir æt guþe forgeaf þæt is god selfa se þe hettendra herga þrymmas on geweald gebræc and þe wæpnum læt rancstræte forþ rume wyrcan huþe ahreddan and hæleþ fyllan on swaþe sæton ne meahton siþwerod guþe spowan ac hie god flymde se þe æt feohtan mid frumgarum wiþ ofermægnes egsan sceolde handum sinum and halegu treow seo þu wiþ rodora weard rihte healdest him þa se beorn bletsunga lean þurh hand ageaf and þæs hereteames ealles teoþan sceat abraham sealde godes bisceope þa spræc guþcyning sodoma aldor secgum befylled to abrahame him wæs ara þearf forgif me mennen minra leoda þe þu ahreddest herges cræftum wera wælclommum hafa þe wunden gold þæt ær agen wæs ussum folce feoh and frætwa læt me freo lædan eft on eþel æþelinga bearn on weste wic wif and cnihtas earme wydewan eaforan syndon deade folcgesiþas nymþe fea ane þe me mid sceoldon mearce healdan him þa abraham andswarode ædre for eorlum elne gewurþod dome and sigore drihtlice spræc ic þe gehate hæleþa waldend for þam halgan þe heofona is and þisse eorþan agendfrea wordum minum nis woruldfeoh þe ic me agan wille # sceat ne scilling þæs ic on sceotendum þeoden mæra þines ahredde æþelinga helm þy læs þu eft cweþe þæt ic wurde willgesteallum eadig on eorþan ærgestreonum sodoma rices ac þu selfa most heonon huþe lædan þe ic þe æt hilde gesloh ealle buton dæle þissa drihtwera aneres and mamres and escoles nelle ic þa rincas rihte benæman ac hie me fulleodon æt æscþræce fuhton þe æfter frofre gewit þu ferian nu ham hyrsted gold and healsmægeþ leoda idesa þu þe laþra ne þearft hæleþa hildþræce hwile onsittan norþmanna wig ac nefuglas under beorhhleoþum blodige sittaþ þeodherga wæle þicce gefylled gewat him þa se healdend ham siþian mid þy hereteame þe him se halga forgeaf ebrea leod arna gemyndig þa gen abrahame eowde selfa heofona heahcyning halige spræce trymede tilmodigne and him to reordode meda syndon micla þina ne læt þu þe þin mod asealcan wærfæst willan mines ne þearft þu þe wiht ondrædan þenden þu mine lare læstest ac ic þe lifigende her wiþ weana gehwam wreo and scylde folmum minum ne þearft þu forht wesan abraham þa andswarode dædrof drihtne sinum frægn hine dægrime frod hwæt gifest þu me gasta waldend freomanna to frofre nu ic þus feasceaft eom ne þearf ic yrfestol eaforan bytlian ænegum minra ac me æfter sculon mine woruldmagas welan bryttian ne sealdest þu me sunu forþon mec sorg dreceþ on sefan swiþe ic sylf ne mæg ræd ahycgan gæþ gerefa min fægen freobearnum fæste mynteþ ingeþancum þæt me æfter sie eaforan sine yrfeweardas geseoþ þæt me of bryde bearn ne wocon him þa ædre god andswarode næfre gerefan rædaþ þine eafora yrfe ac þin agen bearn frætwa healdeþ þonne þin flæsc ligeþ sceawa heofon and hyrste gerim rodores tungel þa nu rume heora wuldorfæstne wlite wide dælaþ ofer brad brymu beorhte scinan swilc biþ mægburge menigo þinre folcbearnum frome ne læt þu þin ferhþ wesan sorgum asæled gien þe sunu weorþeþ bearn of bryde þurh gebyrd cumen se þe æfter biþ yrfes hyrde gode mære ne geomra þu ic eom se waldend se þe for wintra fela of caldea ceastre alædde feowera sumne gehet þe folcstede wide to gewealde ic þe wære nu mago ebrea mine selle þæt sceal fromcynne folde þine sidland manig geseted wurþan eorþan sceatas oþ eufraten and from egypta eþelmearce swa mid niþas swa nilus sceadeþ and eft wendelsæ wide rice eall þæt sculon agan eaforan þine þeodlanda gehwilc swa þa þreo wæter steape stanbyrig streamum bewindaþ famige flodas folcmægþa byht þa wæs sarran sar on mode þæt him abrahame ænig ne wearþ þurh gebedscipe bearn gemæne freolic to frofre ongann þa ferhþcearig to were sinum wordum mæþlan me þæs forwyrnde waldend heofona þæt ic mægburge moste þinre rim miclian roderum under eaforum þinum nu ic eom orwena þæt unc se eþylstæf æfre weorþe gifeþe ætgædere ic eom geomorfrod drihten min do swa ic þe bidde her is fæmne freolecu mæg ides egyptisc an on gewealde hat þe þa recene reste gestigan and afanda hwæþer frea wille ænigne þe yrfewearda on woruld lætan þurh þæt wif cuman þa se eadega wer idese larum geþafode heht him þeowmennen on bedd gan bryde larum hire mod astah þa heo wæs magotimbre be abrahame eacen worden ongan æfþancum agendfrean halsfæst herian higeþryþe wæg wæs laþwendo lustum ne wolde þeowdom þolian ac heo þriste ongan wiþ sarran swiþe winnan þa ic þæt wif gefrægn wordum cyþan hire mandrihtne modes sorge sarferhþ sægde and swiþe cwæþ ne fremest þu gerysnu and riht wiþ me þafodest þu gena þæt me þeowmennen siþþan agar þe idese laste beddreste gestah swa ic bena wæs drehte dogora gehwam dædum and wordum unarlice þæt agar sceal ongieldan gif ic mot for þe mine wealdan abraham leofa þæs sie ælmihtig drihtna drihten dema mid unc twih hire þa ædre andswarode wishidig wer wordum sinum ne forlæte ic þe þenden wit lifiaþ bu arna lease ac þu þin agen most mennen ateon swa þin mod freoþ þa wearþ unbliþe abrahames cwen hire worcþeowe wraþ on mode heard and hreþe higeteonan spræc fræcne on fæmnan heo þa fleon gewat þrea and þeowdom þolian ne wolde yfel and ondlean þæs þe ær dyde to sarran ac heo on siþ gewat westen secan þær hie wuldres þegn engel drihtnes an gemitte geomormode se hie georne frægn hwider fundast þu feasceaft ides siþas dreogan þec sarre ah heo him ædre andswarode ic fleah wean wana wilna gehwilces hlæfdigan hete hean of wicum tregan and teonan nu sceal tearighleor on westenne witodes bidan hwonne of heortan hunger oþþe wulf sawle and sorge somed abregde hire þa se engel andswarode ne ceara þu feor heonon fleame dælan somwist incre ac þu sece eft earna þe ara eaþmod ongin dreogan æfter dugeþum wes drihtenhold þu scealt agar abrahame sunu on woruld bringan ic þe wordum nu minum secge þæt se magorinc sceal mid yldum wesan ismahel haten se biþ unhyre orlæggifre and wiþerbreca wera cneorissum magum sinum hine monige on wraþe winnaþ mid wæpenþræce of þam frumgaran folc awæcniaþ þeod unmæte gewit þu þinne eft waldend secan wuna þæm þe agon heo þa ædre gewat engles larum hire hlafordum swa se halga bebead godes ærendgast gleawan spræce þa wearþ abrahame ismael geboren efne þa he on worulde wintra hæfde siex and eahtatig sunu weox and þah swa se engel ær þurh his agen word fæle freoþoscealc fæmnan sægde þa se þeoden ymb þreotiene gear ece drihten wiþ abrahame spræc leofa swa ic þe lære læst uncre wel treowrædenne ic þe on tida gehwone duguþum stepe wes þu dædum from willan mines ic þa wære forþ soþe gelæste þe ic þe sealde geo frofre to wedde þæs þin ferhþ bemearn þu scealt halgian hired þinne sete sigores tacn soþ on gehwilcne wæpnedcynnes gif þu wille on me hlaford habban oþþe holdne freond þinum fromcynne ic þæs folces beo hyrde and healdend gif ge hyraþ me breostgehygdum and bebodu willaþ min fullian sceal monna gehwilc þære cneorisse cildisc wesan wæpnedcynnes þæs þe on woruld cymþ ymb seofon niht sigores tacne geagnod me oþþe of eorþan þurh feondscipe feor adæled adrifen from duguþum doþ swa ic hate ic eow treowige gif ge þæt tacen gegaþ soþgeleafan þu scealt sunu agan bearn be bryde þinre þone sculon burhsittende ealle isaac hatan ne þearf þe þæs eaforan sceomigan ac ic þam magorince mine sylle godcunde gife gastes mihtum freondsped fremum he onfon sceal blisse minre and bletsunge lufan and lisse of þam leodfruman brad folc cumaþ bregowearda fela rofe arisaþ rices hyrdas woruldcyningas wide mære abraham þa ofestum legde hleor on eorþan and mid hucse bewand þa hleoþorcwydas on hige sinum modgeþance he þæs mældæges self ne wende þæt him sarra bryd blondenfeax bringan meahte on woruld sunu wiste gearwe þæt þæt wif huru wintra hæfde efne hund geteled rimes he þa metode oncwæþ missarum frod lifge ismael larum swilce þeoden þinum and þe þanc wege heardrædne hyge heortan strange to dreoganne dæges and nihtes wordum and dædum willan þinne him þa fægere frea ælmihtig ece drihten andswarode þe sceal wintrum frod on woruld bringan sarra sunu soþ forþ gan wyrd æfter þissum wordgemearcum ic ismael estum wille bletsian nu swa þu bena eart þinum frumbearne þæt feorhdaga on woruldrice worn gebide tanum tudre þu þæs tiþa beo hwæþre ic isace eaforan þinum geongum bearne þam þe gen nis on woruld cumen willa spedum dugeþa gehwilcre on dagum wille swiþor stepan and him soþe to modes wære mine gelæstan halige higetreowa and him hold wesan abraham fremede swa him se eca bebead sette friþotacen be frean hæse on his selfes sunu heht þæt segn wegan heah gehwilcne þe his hina wæs wæpnedcynnes wære gemyndig gleaw on mode þa him god sealde soþe treowa and þa seolf onfeng torhtum tacne a his tir metod domfæst cyning dugeþum iecte on woruldrice he him þæs worhte to siþþan he on fære furþum meahte his waldendes willan fremman þa þæt wif ahloh wereda drihtnes nalles glædlice ac heo gearum frod þone hleoþorcwyde husce belegde on sefan swiþe soþ ne gelyfde þæt þære spræce sped folgode þa þæt gehyrde heofona waldend þæt on bure ahof bryd abrahames hihtleasne hleahtor þa cwæþ halig god ne wile sarran soþ gelyfan wordum minum sceal seo wyrd swa þeah forþ steallian swa ic þe æt frymþe gehet soþ ic þe secge on þas sylfan tid of idese biþ eafora wæcned þonne ic þas ilcan oþre siþe wic gesece þe beoþ wordgehat min gelæsted þu on magan wlitest þin agen bearn abraham leofa gewiton him þa ædre ellorfuse æfter þære spræce spedum feran of þam hleoþorstede halige gastas lastas legdon him wæs lothes mæg sylfa on gesiþþe oþþæt hie on sodoman weallsteape burg wlitan meahton gesawon ofer since salo hlifian reced ofer readum golde ongan þa rodera waldend arfæst wiþ abraham sprecan sægde him unlytel spell ic on þisse byrig bearhtm gehyre synnigra cyrm swiþe hludne ealogalra gylp yfele spræce werod under weallum habban forþon wærlogona sint folces firena hefige ic wille fandigan nu mago ebrea hwæt þa men don gif hie swa swiþe synna fremmaþ þeawum and geþancum swa hie on þweorh sprecaþ facen and inwit þæt sceal fyr wrecan swefyl and sweart lig sare and grimme hat and hæste hæþnum folce weras 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abraham gewat ana gangan mid ærdæge þæt he eft gestod þær wordum ær wiþ his waldend spræc frod frumgara he geseah from foldan up wide fleogan wælgrimne rec hie þæs wlenco onwod and wingedrync þæt hie firendæda to frece wurdon synna þriste soþ ofergeaton drihtnes domas and hwa him dugeþa forgeaf blæd on burgum forþon him brego engla wylmhatne lig to wræce sende waldend usser gemunde wærfæst þa abraham arlice swa he oft dyde leofne mannan loth generede mæg þæs oþres þa seo mænegeo forwearþ ne dorste þa dædrof hæle for frean egesan on þam fæstenne leng eardigean ac him loth gewat of byrig gangan and his bearn somed wælstowe fyrr wic sceawian oþþæt hie be hliþe heare dune eorþscræf fundon þær se eadega loth wærfæst wunode waldende leof dægrimes worn and his dohtor twa hie dydon swa druncnum eode seo yldre to ær on reste heora bega fæder ne wiste blondenfeax hwonne him fæmnan to bryde him bu wæron on ferhþcofan fæste genearwod mode and gemynde þæt he mægþa siþ wine druncen gewitan ne meahte 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sweng æfter swefne heht sylf cyning him þa abraham to ofstum miclum þa reordode rice þeoden mago ebrea þæs þu me wylle wordum secgean hu geworhte ic þæt siþþan þu usic under abraham þine on þas eþelturf æhta læddest þæt þu me þus swiþe searo renodest þu ellþeodig usic woldest on þisse folcsceare facne besyrwan synnum besmitan sægdest wordum þæt sarra þin sweostor wære lices mæge woldest laþlice þurh þæt wif on me wrohte alecgean ormæte yfel we þe arlice gefeormedon and þe freondlice on þisse werþeode wic getæhton land to lissum þu us leanast nu unfreondlice fremena þancast abraham þa andswarode ne dyde ic for facne ne for feondscipe ne for wihte þæs ic þe wean uþe ac ic me gumena baldor guþbordes sweng leodmagum feor lare gebearh siþþan me se halga of hyrde frean mines fæder fyrn alædde ic fela siþþan folca gesohte wina uncuþra and þis wif mid me freonda feasceaft ic þæs færes a on wenum sæt hwonne me wraþra sum ellþeodigne aldre beheowe se þe him þas idese eft agan wolde forþon ic wigsmiþum wordum sægde þæt sarra min sweostor wære æghwær eorþan þær wit earda leas mid wealandum winnan sceoldon ic þæt ilce dreah on þisse eþyltyrf siþþan ic þina þeoden mæra mundbyrde geceas ne wæs me on mode cuþ hwæþer on þyssum folce frean ælmihtiges egesa wære þa ic her ærest com forþon ic þegnum þinum dyrnde and sylfum þe swiþost micle soþan spræce þæt me sarra bryde laste beddreste gestah þa ongan abimæleh abraham swiþan woruldgestreonum and him his wif ageaf sealde him to bote þæs þe he his bryd genam gangende feoh and glæd seolfor and weorcþeos spræc þa wordum eac to abrahame æþelinga helm wuna mid usic and þe wic geceos on þissum lande þær þe leofost sie eþelstowe þe ic agan sceal wes us fæle freond we þe feoh syllaþ cwæþ þa eft raþe oþre worde to sarran sinces brytta ne þearf þe on edwit abraham settan þin freadrihten þæt þu flettpaþas mæg ælfscieno mine træde ac him hygeteonan hwitan seolfre deope bete ne ceara incit duguþa of þisse eþyltyrf ellor secan winas uncuþe ac wuniaþ her abraham fremede swa hine his aldor heht onfeng freondscipe be frean hæse lufum and lissum he wæs leof gode forþon he sibbe gesælig dreah and his scippende under sceade gefor hleowfeþrum þeaht her þenden lifde þa gien wæs yrre god abimelehe for þære synne þe he wiþ sarrai and wiþ abrahame ær gefremede þa he gedælde him deore twa wif and wæpned he þæs weorc gehleat frecne wite ne meahton freo ne þeowe heora bregoweardas bearnum ecan monrim mægeþ ac him þæt metod forstod oþþæt se halga his hlaforde abraham ongan arna biddan ecne drihten him engla helm getigþode tuddorsped onleac folccyninge freora and þeowra wera and wifa let weaxan eft heora rimgetel rodora waldend ead and æhta ælmihtig wearþ milde on mode moncynnes weard abimeleche swa hine abraham bæd þa com feran frea ælmihtig to sarrai swa he self gecwæþ waldend usser hæfde wordbeot leofum gelæsted lifes aldor eaforan and idese abrahame woc bearn of bryde þone brego engla ær þy magotudre modor wære eacen be eorle isaac nemde hine abraham on mid his agene hand beacen sette swa him bebead metod wuldortorht ymb wucan þæs þe hine on woruld to moncynne modor brohte cniht weox and þag swa him cynde wæron æþele from yldrum abraham hæfde wintra hundteontig þa him wif sunu on þanc gebær he þæs þrage bad siþþan him ærest þurh his agen word þone dægwillan drihten bodode þa seo wyrd gewearþ þæt þæt wif geseah for abrahame ismael plegan þær hie æt swæsendum sæton bu-tu halig on hige and heora hiwan eall druncon and drymdon þa cwæþ drihtlecu mæg bryd to beorne forgif me beaga weard min swæs frea hat siþian agar ellor and ismael lædan mid hie ne beoþ we leng somed willum minum gif ic wealdan mot næfre ismael wiþ isace wiþ min agen bearn yrfe dæleþ on laste þe þonne þu of lice aldor asendest þa wæs abrahame weorce on mode þæt he on wræc drife his selfes sunu þa com soþ metod freom on fultum wiste ferhþ guman cearum on clommum cyning engla spræc to abrahame ece drihten læt þe aslupan sorge of breostum modgewinnan and mægeþ hire bryde þinre hat bu-tu aweg agar feran and ismael cniht of cyþþe ic his cynn gedo brad and bresne bearna tudre wæstmum spedig swa ic þe wordum gehet þa se wer hyrde his waldende draf of wicum dreorigmod tu idese of earde and his agen bearn sweotol is and gesene þæt þe soþ metod on gesiþþe is swegles aldor se þe sigor seleþ snytru mihtum and þin mod trymeþ # godcundum gifum forþon þe giena speow þæs þu wiþ freond oþþe feond fremman ongunne wordum oþþe dædum waldend scufeþ frea on forþwegas folmum sinum willan þinne þæt is wide cuþ burhsittendum ic þe bidde nu wine ebrea wordum minum þæt þu tilmodig treowa selle wæra þina þæt þu wille me wesan fæle freond fremena to leane þara þe ic to duguþum þe gedon hæbbe siþþan þu feasceaft feorran come on þas werþeode wræccan laste gyld me mid hyldo þæt ic þe hneaw ne wæs landes and lissa wes þissum leodum nu and mægburge minre arfæst gif þe alwalda ure drihten scirian wille se þe gesceapu healdeþ þæt þu randwigum rumor mote on þisse folcsceare frætwa dælan modigra gestreon mearce settan þa abraham abimelehe wære sealde þæt he wolde swa siþþan wæs se eadega eafora þares in filistea folce eardfæst leod ebrea lange þrage feasceaft mid fremdum him frea engla wic getæhte þæt weras hataþ burhsittende bersabea lond þær se halga heahsteap reced burh timbrede and bearo sette weobedd worhte and his waldende on þam glædstede gild onsægde lac geneahe þam þe lif forgeaf gesæliglic swegle under þa þæs rinces se rica ongan cyning costigan cunnode georne hwilc þæs æþelinges ellen wære stiþum wordum spræc him stefne to gewit þu ofestlice abraham feran lastas lecgan and þe læde mid þin agen bearn þu scealt isaac me onsecgan sunu þinne sylf to tibre siþþan þu gestigest steape dune hrincg þæs hean landes þe ic þe heonon getæce up þinum agnum fotum þær þu scealt ad gegærwan bælfyr bearne þinum and blotan sylf sunu mid sweordes ecge and þonne sweartan lige leofes lic forbærnan and me lac bebeodan ne forsæt he þy siþe ac sona ongann fysan to fore him wæs frean engla word ondrysne and his waldend leof þa se eadga abraham sine nihtreste ofgeaf nalles nergendes hæse wiþhogode ac hine se halga wer gyrde grægan sweorde cyþde þæt him gasta weardes egesa on breostum wunode ongan þa his esolas bætan gamolferhþ goldes brytta heht hine geonge twegen men mid siþian mæg wæs his agen þridda and he feorþa sylf þa he fus gewat from his agenum hofe isaac lædan bearn unweaxen swa him bebead metod efste þa swiþe and onette forþ foldwege swa him frea tæhte wegas ofer westen oþþæt wuldortorht dæges þriddan up ofer deop wæter ord aræmde þa se eadega wer geseah hlifigan hea dune swa him sægde ær swegles aldor þa abraham spræc to his ombihtum rincas mine restaþ incit her on þissum wicum wit eft cumaþ siþþan wit ærende uncer twega gastcyninge agifen habbaþ gewat him þa se æþeling and his agen sunu to þæs gemearces þe him metod tæhte wadan ofer wealdas wudu bær sunu fæder fyr and sweord þa þæs fricgean ongann wer wintrum geong wordum abraham wit her fyr and sweord frea min habbaþ hwær is þæt tiber þæt þu torht gode to þam brynegielde bringan þencest abraham maþelode hæfde on an gehogod þæt he gedæde swa hine drihten het him þæt soþcyning sylfa findeþ moncynnes weard swa him gemet þinceþ gestah þa stiþhydig steape dune up mid his eaforan swa him se eca bebead þæt he on hrofe gestod hean landes on þære stowe þe him se stranga to wærfæst metod wordum tæhte ongan þa ad hladan æled weccan and gefeterode fet and honda bearne sinum and þa on bæl ahof isaac geongne and þa ædre gegrap sweord be gehiltum wolde his sunu cwellan folmum sinum fyre scencan mæges dreore þa metodes þegn ufan engla sum abraham hlude stefne cygde he stille gebad ares spræce and þam engle oncwæþ him þa ofstum to ufan of roderum wuldorgast godes wordum mælde abraham leofa ne sleah þin agen bearn ac þu cwicne abregd cniht of ade eaforan þinne him an wuldres god mago ebrea þu medum scealt þurh þæs halgan hand heofoncyninges soþum sigorleanum selfa onfon 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