# Christ and Satan

þæt wearþ underne || eorþbuendum
þæt meotod hæfde || miht and strengþo
þa he gefestnade || foldan sceatas
seolfa he gesette || sunnan and monan
stanas and eorþan || stream ut on sæ
wæter and wolcn || þurh his wundra miht
deopne ymblyt || clene ymbhaldeþ
meotod on mihtum || and alne middangeard
he selfa mæg || sæ geondwlitan
grundas in geofene || godes agen bearn
and he ariman mæg || rægnas scuran
dropena gehwelcne || daga enderim
seolua he gesette || þurh his soþan miht
swa se wyrhta || þurh his wuldres gast
serede and sette || on six dagum
eorþan dæles || up on heofonum
and heanne holm || hwa is þæt þe cunne
orþonc clene || nymþe ece god
dreamas he gedelde || duguþe and geþeode
adam ærest || and þæt æþele cyn
engla ordfruman || þæt þe eft forwarþ
þuhte him on mode || þæt hit mihte swa
þæt hie weron seolfe || swegles brytan
wuldres waldend || him þær wirse gelamp
þa heo in helle || ham staþeledon
an æfter oþrum || in þæt atole scref
þær heo brynewelme || bidan sceolden
saran sorge || nales swegles leoht
habban in heofnum || heahgetimbrad
ac gedufan sceolun || in þone deopan wælm
niþær undær nessas || in þone neowlan grund
gredige and gifre || god ana wat
hu he þæt scyldige werud || forscrifen hæfde
cleopaþ þonne se alda || ut of helle
wriceþ wordcwedas || weregan reorde
eisegan stefne || hwær com engla þrym
þe we on heofnum || habban sceoldan
þis is þeostræ ham || þearle gebunden
fæstum fyrclommum || flor is on welme
attre onæled || nis nu ende feor
þæt we sceolun ætsomne || susel þrowian
wean and wergu || nalles wuldres blæd
habban in heofnum || hehselda wyn
hwæt we for dryhtene iu || dreamas hefdon
song on swegle || selrum tidum
þær nu ymb þone æcan || æþele stondaþ
heleþ ymb hehseld || herigaþ drihten
wordum and wercum || and ic in wite sceal
bidan in bendum || and me bættran ham
for oferhygdum || æfre ne wene
þa him andsweradan || atole gastas
swarte and synfulle || susle begnornende
þu us gelærdæst || þurh lyge þinne
þæt we helende || heran ne scealdon
þuhte þe anum || þæt þu ahtest alles gewald
heofnes and eorþan || wære halig god
scypend seolfa || nu earttu sceaþana sum
in fyrlocan || feste gebunden
wendes þu þurh wuldor || þæt þu woruld ahtest
alra onwald || and we englas mid þec
atol is þin onseon || habbaþ we alle swa
for þinum leasungum || lyþre gefered
segdest us to soþe || þæt þin sunu wære
meotod moncynnes || hafustu nu mare susel
swa firenfulle || facnum wordum
heora aldorþægn || on reordadon
on cearum cwidum || crist heo afirde
dreamum bedelde || hæfdan dryhtnes liht
for oferhygdum || ufan forleton
hæfdon hym to hyhte || helle floras
beornende bealo || blace hworfon
scinnan forscepene || sceaþan hwearfedon
earme æglecan || geond þæt atole scref
for þam anmedlan || þe hie ær drugon
eft reordade || oþre siþe
feonda aldor || wæs þa forht agen
seoþþan he þes wites || worn gefelde
he spearcade || þonne he spreocan ongan
fyre and atre || ne biþ swelc fæger dream
þonne he in witum || wordum indraf
ic wæs iu in heofnum || halig ængel
dryhtene deore || hefde me dream mid gode
micelne for meotode || and þeos menego swa some
þa ic in mode || minum hogade
þæt ic wolde towerpan || wuldres leoman
bearn helendes || agan me burga gewald
eall to æhte || and þeos earme heap
þe ic hebbe to helle || ham geledde
wene þæt tacen sutol || þa ic aseald wes on wærgþu
niþer under nessas || in þone neowlan grund
nu ic eow hebbe to hæftum || ham gefærde
alle of earde || nis her eadiges tir
wloncra winsele || ne worulde dream
ne ængla þreat || ne we upheofon
agan moten || is þes atola ham
fyre onæled || ic eom fah wiþ god
æce æt helle duru || dracan eardigaþ
hate on reþre || heo us helpan ne magon
is þæs walica ham || wites afylled
nagan we þæs heolstres || þæt we us gehydan mægon
in þissum neowlan genipe || hær is nedran swæg
wyrmas gewunade || is þis wites clom
feste gebunden || feond seondon reþe
dimme and deorce || ne her dæg lyhteþ
for scedes sciman || sceppendes leoht
iu ahte ic gewald || ealles wuldres
ær ic moste in þeossum atolan || æþele gebidan
hwæt me drihten god || deman wille
fagum on flora || nu ic feran com
deofla menego || to þissum dimman ham
ac ic sceal on flyge || and on flyhte þragum
earda neosan || and eower ma
þe þes oferhydes || ord onstaldon
ne þurfon we þes wenan || þæt us wuldorcyning
æfre wille || eard alefan
æþel to æhte || swa he ær dyde
ecne onwald || ah him alles gewald
wuldres and wita || waldendes sunu
forþon ic sceal hean and earm || hweorfan þy widor
wadan wræclastas || wuldre benemed
duguþum bedeled || nænigne dream agan
uppe mid ænglum || þes þe ic ær gecwæþ
þæt ic wære seolfa || swægles brytta
wihta wealdend || ac hit me wyrse gelomp
swa se werega gast || wordum sæde
his earfoþo || ealle ætsomne
fah in fyrnum || fyrleoma stod
geond þæt atole scræf || attre geblonden
ic eom limwæstmum || þæt ic gelutian ne mæg
on þyssum sidan sele || synnum forwundod
hwæt her hat and ceald || hwilum mencgaþ
hwilum ic gehere || hellescealcas
gnornende cynn || grundas mænan
niþer under næssum || hwilum nacode men
winnaþ ymb wyrmas || is þes windiga sele
eall inneweard || atole gefylled
ne mot ic hihtlicran || hames brucan
burga ne bolda || ne on þa beorhtan gescæft
ne mot ic æfre ma || eagum starian
is me nu wyrsa || þæt ic wuldres leoht
uppe mid englum || æfre cuþe
song on swegle || þær sunu meotodes
habbaþ eadige bearn || ealle ymbfangen
seolfa mid sange || ne ic þam sawlum ne mot
ænigum sceþþan # || 
butan þam anum || þe he agan nyle
þa ic mot to hæftum || ham geferian
bringan to bolde || in þone biteran grund
ealle we syndon || ungelice
þonne þe we iu in heofonum || hæfdon ærror
wlite and weorþmynt || ful oft wuldres sweg
brohton to bearme || bearn hælendes
þær we ymb hine utan || ealle hofan
leomu ymb leofne || lofsonga word
drihtne sædon || nu ic eom dædum fah
gewundod mid wommum || sceal nu þysne wites clom
beoran beornende || in bæce minum
hat on helle || hyhtwillan leas
þa gyt feola cwiþde || firna herde
atol æglæca || ut of helle
witum werig || word spearcum fleah
attre gelicost || þonne he ut þorhdraf
eala drihtenes þrym || eala duguþa helm
eala meotodes miht || eala middaneard
eala dæg leohta || eala dream godes
eala engla þreat || eala upheofen
eala þæt ic eam ealles leas || ecan dreames
þæt ic mid handum ne mæg || heofon geræcan
ne mid eagum ne mot || up locian
ne huru mid earum ne sceal || æfre geheran
þære byrhtestan || beman stefne
þæs ic wolde of selde || sunu meotodes
drihten adrifan || and agan me þæs dreames gewald
wuldres and wynne || me þær wyrse gelamp
þonne ic to hihte || agan moste
nu ic eom asceaden || fram þære sciran driht
alæded fram leohte || in þone laþan ham
ne mæg ic þæt gehicgan || hu ic in þæm becwom
in þis neowle genip || niþsynnum fah
aworpen of worulde || wat ic nu-þa
þæt biþ alles leas || æcan dreamas
se þe heofencyninge || heran ne þenceþ
meotode cweman || ic þæt morþer sceal
wean and witu || and wrace dreogan
goda bedæled || iudædum fah
þæs þe ic geþohte adrifan || drihten of selde
weoroda waldend || sceal nu wreclastas
settan sorhgcearig || siþas wide
hwearf þa to helle || þa he gehened wæs
godes andsaca || dydon his gingran swa
gifre and grædige || þa hig god bedraf
in þæt hate hof || þam is hel nama
forþan sceal gehycgan || hæleþa æghwylc
þæt he ne abælige || bearn waldendes
læte him to bysne || hu þa blacan feond
for oferhygdum || ealle forwurdon
neoman us to wynne || weoroda drihten
uppe ecne gefean || engla waldend
he þæt gecydde || þæt he mægencræft hæfde
mihta miccle || þa he þa mænego adraf
hæftas of þæm hean selde || gemunan we þone halgan drihten
ecne in wuldre || mid alra gescefta ealdre
ceosan us eard in wuldre || mid ealra cyninga cyninge
se is crist genemned # || 
beoran on breostum || bliþe geþohtas
sibbe and snytero || gemunan soþ and riht
þonne we to hehselde || hnigan þencaþ
and þone anwaldan || ara biddan
þonne behofaþ || se þe her wunaþ
weorulde wynnum || þæt him wlite scine
þonne he oþer lif || eft geseceþ
fægere land || þonne þeos folde seo
is þær wlitig and wynsum || wæstmas scinaþ
beorhte ofer burgum || þær is brade lond
hyhtlicra ham || in heofonrice
criste gecwemra || uta cerran þider
þær he sylfa sit || sigora waldend
drihten hælend || in þæm deoran ham
and ymb þæt hehsetl || hwite standaþ
engla feþan || and eadigra
halige heofenþreatas || herigaþ drihten
wordum and weorcum || heora wlite scineþ
geond ealra worulda woruld || mid wuldorcyninge
þa get ic furþor gefregen || feond ondetan
wæs him eall ful strang wom and witu || hæfdon wuldorcyning
for oferhigdum || anforlæten
cwædon eft hraþe || oþre worde
nu is gesene || þæt we syngodon
uppe on earde || sceolon nu æfre þæs
dreogan domlease gewinn || drihtnes mihtum
hwæt we in wuldres wlite || wunian moston
þær we halgan gode || heran woldon
and him sang ymb seld || secgan sceoldon
þusendmælum || þa we þær wæron
wunodon on wynnum || geherdon wuldres sweg
beman stefne || byrhtword aras
engla ordfruma || and to þæm æþelan
hnigan him sanctas || sigetorht aras
ece drihten || ofer us gestod
and gebletsode || bilewitne heap
dogra gehwilcne || and his se deora sunu
gasta scyppend || god seolfa wæs
eallum andfeng || þe þær up becom
and hine on eorþan || ær gelefde
þa þæs ofþuhte || þæt se þeoden wæs
strang and stiþmod || ongan ic þa steppan forþ
ana wiþ englum || and to him eallum spræc
ic can eow læran || langsumne ræd
gif ge willaþ minre || mihte gelefan
uta oferhycgan || helm þone micclan
weroda waldend || agan us þis wuldres leoht
eall to æhte || þis is idel gylp
þæt we ær drugon || ealle hwile
þa gewearþ usic || þæt we woldon swa
drihten adrifan || of þam deoran ham
cyning of cestre || cuþ is wide
þæt wreclastas || wunian moton
grimme grundas || god seolfa him
rice haldeþ || he is ana cyning
þe us eorre gewearþ || ece drihten
meotod mihtum swiþ || sceal nu þeos menego her
licgan on leahtrum || sume on lyft scacan
fleogan ofer foldan || fyr biþ ymbutan
on æghwylcum || þæh he uppe seo
ne mot he þam sawlum || þe þær secaþ up
eadige of eorþan || æfre gehrinan
ah ic be hondum mot || hæþenre sceale
gripan to grunde || godes andsacan
sume sceolon hweorfan || geond hæleþa land
and unsibbe || oft onstyrian
monna mægþum || geond middaneard
ic her geþolian sceal || þinga æghwylces
bitres niþæs || beala gnornian
sic and sorhful || þæs ic seolfa weold
þonne ic on heofonum || ham staþelode
hwæþer us se eca || æfre wille
on heofona rice || ham alefan
eþel to æhte || swa he ær dyde
swa gnornedon || godes andsacan
hate on helle || him wæs hælend god
wraþ geworden || for womcwidum
forþon mæg gehycgan || se þe his heorte deah
þæt he him afirre || frecne geþohtas
laþe leahtras || lifigendra gehwylc
gemunan symle on mode || meotodes strengþo
gearwian us togenes || grene stræte
up to englum || þær is se ælmihtiga god
and us befæþman wile || freobearn godes
gif we þæt on eorþan || ær geþencaþ
and us to þam halgan || helpe gelefaþ
þonne he us no forlæteþ || ah lif syleþ
uppe mid englum || eadigne dream
tæceþ us se torhta || trumlicne ham
beorhte burhweallas || beorhte scinaþ
gesælige sawle || sorgum bedælde
þær heo æfre forþ || wunian moten
cestre and cynestol || uton cyþan þæt
deman we on eorþan || ærror lifigend
onlucan mid listum || locen waldendes
ongeotan gastlice || us ongean cumaþ
þusend engla || gif þider moton
and þæt on eorþan || ær gewyrcaþ
forþon se biþ eadig || se þe æfre wile
man oferhycgen || meotode cweman
synne adwæscan || swa he sylfa cwæþ
soþfæste men || sunnan gelice
fægre gefrætewod || in heora fæder rice
scinaþ in sceldbyrig || þær heo sceppend seolf
friþe befæþmeþ || fæder mancynnes
ahefeþ holdlice || in heofones leoht
þær heo mid wuldorcyninge || wunian moton
awa to aldre # || 
agan dreama dream || mid drihtne gode
a to worulde || a buton ende
eala hwæt se awyrgda || wraþe geþohte
þæt he heofencyninge || heran ne wolde
fæder frefergendum || flor attre weol
hat under hæftum || hreopan deofla
wide geond windsele || wean cwanedon
man and morþur || wæs seo menego þær
swylce onæled || wæs þæt eall full strong
þonne wæs heora aldor || þe þær ærest com
forþ on feþan || fæste gebunden
fyre and lige || þæt wæs fæstlic þreat
ec sceoldon his þegnas || þær gewunian
atolan eþles || nalles up þanon
geheran in heofonum || haligne dream
þær heo oft fægerne || folgaþ hæfdon
uppe mid englum || wæron þa alles þæs
goda lease || ah nymþe gryndes ad
wunian ne moten || and þone werigan sele
þær is wom and wop || wide gehered
and gristbitungc || and gnornungc mecga
nabbaþ he to hyhte || nymþe cyle and fyr
wean and witu || and wyrma þreat
dracan and næddran || and þone dimman ham
forþon mihte geheran || se þe æt hylle wæs
twelf milum neh || þæt þær wæs toþa geheaw
hlude and geomre || godes andsacan
hweorfan geond helle || hate onæled
ufan and utan || him wæs æghwær wa
witum werige || wuldres bescyrede
dreamum bedælde || heofon deop gehygd
þa heo on heofonum || ham staþelodon
þæt hie woldon benæman || nergendne crist
rodera rices || ah he on riht geheold
hired heofona || and þæt halige seld
nis nænig swa snotor || ne swa cræftig
ne þæs swa gleaw || nymþe god seolfa
þæt asecgan mæge || swegles leoman
hu scima þær || scineþ ymbutan
meotodes mihte || geond þæt mære cynn
þær habbaþ englas || eadigne dream
sanctas singaþ || þæt is se seolfa for god
þonne beoþ þa eadigan || þe of eorþan cumaþ
bringaþ to bearme || blostman stences
wyrte wynsume || þæt synd word godes
þonne hie befæþmeþ || fæder mancynnes
and hie gesegnaþ || mid his swiþran hond
lædeþ to lihte || þær hi lif agon
a to aldre || uplicne ham
byrhtne burhstyde || blæd biþ æghwæm
þæm þe hælende || heran þenceþ
and wel is þam || þe þæt wyrcan mot
wæs þæt encgelcyn || ær genemned
lucifer haten || leohtberende
on geardagum || in godes rice
þa he in wuldre || wrohte onstalde
þæt he oferhyda || agan wolde
þa satanus || swearte geþohte
þæt he wolde on heofonum || hehseld wyrcan
uppe mid þam ecan || þæt wæs ealdor heora
yfeles ordfruma || him þæt eft gehreaw
þa he to helle || hnigan sceolde
and his hired mid hine || in hynþo geglidan
nergendes niþ || and no seoþþan
þæt hi mosten in þone ecan || andwlitan seon
buton ende || þa him egsa becom
dyne for deman || þa he duru in helle
bræc and begde || blis wearþ monnum
þa hi hælendes || heafod gesawon
þonne wæs þam atolan || þe we ær nemdon
þa wæron mid egsan || ealle afyrhte
wide geond windsele || wordum mændon
þis is stronglic || nu þes storm becom
þegen mid þreate || þeoden engla
him beforan fereþ || fægere leoht
þonne we æfre ær || eagum gesawon
buton þa we mid englum || uppe wæron
wile nu ure witu || þurh his wuldres cræft
eall toweorpan || nu þes egsa com
dyne for drihtne || sceal þes dreorga heap
ungeara nu || atol þrowian
hit is se seolfa || sunu waldendes
engla drihten || wile uppe heonan
sawla lædan || and we seoþþan a
þæs yrreweorces || henþo geþoliaþ
hwearf þa to helle || hæleþa bearnum
meotod þurh mihte || wolde manna rim
fela þusenda || forþ gelædan
up to eþle || þa com engla sweg
dyne on dægred || hæfde drihten seolf
feond oferfohten || wæs seo fæhþe þa gyt
open on uhtan || þa se egsa becom
let þa up faran || eadige sawle
adames cyn || ac ne moste efe þa gyt
wlitan in wuldre || ær heo wordum cwæþ
ic þe æne abealh || ece drihten
þa wit adam twa || eaples þigdon
þurh næddran niþ || swa wit na ne sceoldon
gelærde unc se atola || se þe æfre nu
beorneþ on bendum || þæt wit blæd ahton
haligne ham || heofon to gewalde
þa wit þæs awærgdan || wordum gelyfdon
namon mid handum || on þam halgan treo
beorhte blæda || unc þæs bitere forgeald
þa wit in þis hate scræf || hweorfan sceoldon
and wintra rim || wunian seoþþan
þusenda feolo || þearle onæled
nu ic þe halsige || heofenrices weard
for þan hirede || þe þu hider læddest
engla þreatas || þæt ic up heonon
mæge and mote || mid minre mægþe
and ymb þreo niht com || þegen hælendes
ham to helle || is nu hæftum strong
witum werig || swylce him wuldorcyning
for onmædlan || eorre geworden
segdest us to soþe || þætte seolfa god
wolde helwarum || ham gelihtan
aras þa anra gehwylc || and wiþ earm gesæt
hleonade wiþ handa || þeah hylle gryre
egeslic þuhte || wæron ealle þæs
fægen in firnum || þæt freodrihten
wolde him to helpe || helle gesecan
ræhte þa mid handum || to heofencyninge
bæd meotod miltse || þurh marian had
hwæt þu fram minre dohtor || drihten onwoce
in middangeard || mannum to helpe
nu is gesene || þæt þu eart sylfa god
and ece ordfruma || ealra gesceafta
let þa up faran || ece drihten
wuldre hæfde || wites clomma
feondum oþfæsted || and heo furþor sceaf
in þæt neowle genip || nearwe gebeged
þær nu satanus || swearte þingaþ
earm aglæca || and þa atolan mid him
witum werige || nalles wuldres leoht
habban moton || ah in helle grund
ne hi edcerres || æfre moton
wenan seoþþan || him wæs drihten god
wraþ geworden || sealde him wites clom
atole to æhte || and egsan gryre
dimne and deorcne || deaþes scuwan
hatne helle grund || hinsiþgryre
þæt la wæs fæger || þæt se feþa com
up to earde || and se eca mid him
meotod mancynnes || in þa mæran burh
hofon hine mid him || handum halige
witigan up to eþle || abrahames cynn
hæfde þa drihten seolf || deaþ oferwunnen
feond geflemed || þæt in fyrndagum
witegan sædon || þæt he swa wolde
þis wæs on uhtan || eall geworden
ær dægrede || þæt se dyne becom
hlud of heofonum || þa he helle duru
forbræc and forbegde || ban weornodon
þa hie swa leohtne || leoman gesawon
gesæt þa mid þære fyrde || frumbearn godes
sæde soþcwidum || snotre gastas
ic eow þurh mine || mihte geworhte
adam ærest || and þæt æþele wif
þa hie begeton || on godes willan
feowertig bearna || þæt forþ þonon
on middangeard || menio onwocon
and wintra feola || wunian moston
eorlas on eþle || oþþæt eft gelamp
þæt hie afyrde eft || feond in firenum
fah is æghwær # || 
ic on neorxnawonge || niwe asette
treow mid telgum || þæt þa tanas up
æpla bæron || and git æton þa
beorhtan blæda || swa inc se balewa het
handþegen helle || hæfdon forþon hatne grund
þæs git ofergymdon || hælendes word
æten þa egsan || wæs se atola beforan
se inc bam forgeaf || balewe geþohtas
þa me gereaw || þæt min handgeweorc
þæs carcernes || clom þrowade
næs þa monna gemet || ne mægen engla
ne witegena weorc || ne wera snytero
þæt eow mihte helpan || nimþe hælend god
se þæt wite ær || to wrece gesette
ferde to foldan || þurh fæmnan had
ufan from eþle || and on eorþan gebad
tintregan fela || and teonan micelne
me seredon ymb || secgas monige
dæges and nihtes || hu heo me deaþes cwealm
rices rædboran || hrefnan mihten
þa wæs þæs mæles || mearc agangen
þæt on worulde wæs || wintra gerimes
þreo and þritig geara || ær ic þrowode
gemunde ic þæs mænego || on þam minnan ham
lange þæs þe ic of hæftum || ham gelædde
up to earde || þæt heo agan sceolon
drihtnes domas || and duguþe þrym
wuniaþ in wynnum || habbaþ wuldres blæd
þusendmælum || ic eow þingade
þa me on beame || beornas sticedon
garum on galgum || heow se giunga þær
and ic eft up becom || ece dreamas
to haligum drihtne # || 
swa wuldres weard || wordum sæde
meotod moncynnes || ær on morgen
þæs þe drihten god || of deaþe aras
næs nan þæs stronglic || stan gefæstnod
þeah he wære mid irne || eall ymbfangen
þæt mihte þam miclan || mægne wiþhabban
ah he ut eode || engla drihten
on þæm fæstenne || and gefatian het
englas eallbeorhte || andleofan gingran
and huru secgan het || simon petre
þæt he moste in galileam || god sceawian
ecne and trumne || swa he ær dyde
þa ic gongan gefregn || gingran ætsomne
ealle to galileam || hæfdon gastes bled
ongeton haligne || godes sunu
swa heo gesegon || hwær sunu meotodes
þa on upp gestod || ece drihten
god in galileam || to þæs gingran þider
ealle urnon || þær se eca wæs
feollon on foldan || and to fotum hnigon
þanceden þeodne || þæt hit þus gelomp
þæt hi sceawodon || scyppend engla
þa sona spræc || simon petrus
eart þu þis drihten || dome gewurþad
we þe gesawon || æt sumum cyrre
þec gelegdon || on laþne bend
hæþene mid hondum || him þæt gehreowan mæg
þonne heo endestæf || eft gesceawiaþ
sume hie ne mihton || mode oncnawan
þæt wæs se deora || didimus wæs haten
ær he mid hondum || hælend genom
sylfne be sidan || þær he his swat forlet
feollon to foldan || fulwihtes bæþe
fæger wæs þæt ongin || þæt freodrihten
geþrowode || þeoden ure
he on beame astah || and his blod ageat
god on galgan || þurh his gastes mægen
forþon men sceolon || mæla gehwylce
secgan drihtne þanc || dædum and weorcum
þæs þe he us of hæftum || ham gelædde
up to eþle || þær we agan sceolon
drihtnes domas # || 
and we in wynnum || wunian moton
us is wuldres leoht # || 
torht ontyned || þam þe teala þenceþ
þa wæs on eorþan || ece drihten
feowertig daga || folgad folcum
gecyþed mancynne || ær he in þa mæran gesceaft
burhleoda fruma || bringan wolde
haligne gast || to heofonrice
astah up on heofonum || engla scyppend
weoroda waldend || þa com wolcna sweg
halig of heofonum || mid wæs hond godes
onfeng freodrihten || and hine forþ lædde
to þam halgan ham || heofna ealdor
him ymbflugon || engla þreatas
þusendmælum || þa hit þus gelomp
þa gyt nergende crist || gecwæþ þæt he þæs
ymb tene niht || twelf apostolas
mid his gastes gife || gingran geswiþde
hæfde þa gesette || sawla unrim
god lifigende || þa wæs iudas of
se þe ær on tifre || torhtne gesalde
drihten hælend || him seo dæd ne geþeah
þæs he bebohte || bearn wealdendes
on seolfres sinc || him þæt swearte forgeald
earm æglæca || innon helle
siteþ nu on þa swiþran hond || sunu his fæderes
dæleþ dogra gehwæm || drihten weoroda
help and hælo || hæleþa bearnum
geond middangeard || þæt is monegum cuþ
þæt he ana is || ealra gescefta
wyrhta and waldend || þurh his wuldres cræft
siteþ him on heofnum || halig encgel
waldend mid witegum || hafaþ wuldres bearn
his seolfes seld || swegl betolden
leaþaþ us þider to leohte || þurh his læcedom
þær we moton seolfe || sittan mid drihtne
uppe mid englum || habban þæt ilce leoht
þær his hired nu || halig eardaþ
wunaþ in wynnum || þær is wuldres bled
torht ontyned || uton teala hycgan
þæt we hælende || heran georne
criste cweman || þær is cuþre lif
þonne we on eorþan mægen || æfre gestreonan
hafaþ nu geþingod to us || þeoden mæra
ælmihtig god # || 
on domdæge || drihten seolfa
hateþ hehenglas || hluddre stefne
beman blawan || ofer burga geseotu
geond foldan sceatas # || 
þonne of þisse moldan || men onwecnaþ
deade of duste arisaþ || þurh drihtnes miht
þæt biþ daga lengust || and dinna mæst
hlud gehered || þonne hælend cymeþ
waldend mid wolcnum || in þas woruld færeþ
wile þonne gesceadan || wlitige and unclæne
on twa healfe || tile and yfle
him þa soþfæstan || on þa swiþran hond
mid rodera weard || reste gestigaþ
þonne beoþ bliþe || þa in burh moton
gongan in godes rice # || 
and heo gesenaþ || mid his swiþran hond
cynincg alwihta || cleopaþ ofer ealle
ge sind wilcuman || gaþ in wuldres leoht
to heofona rice || þær ge habbaþ
a to aldre || ece reste
þonne stondaþ þa forworhtan || þa þe firnedon
beoþ beofigende || hwonne him bearn godes
deman wille || þurh his dæda sped
wenaþ þæt heo moten || to þære mæran byrig
up to englum || swa oþre dydon
ac him biþ reordende # || 
ece drihten || ofer ealle gecwæþ
astigaþ nu awyrgde || in þæt witehus
ofostum miclum || nu ic eow ne con
sona æfter þæm wordum || werige gastas
helle hæftas || hwyrftum scriþaþ
þusendmælum || and þider leaþaþ
in þæt sceaþena scræf || scufaþ to grunde
in þæt nearwe niþ || and no seoþþan
þæt hie up þonan || æfre moton
ah þær geþolian sceolon || earmlic wite
clom and carcern || and þone caldan grund
deopne adreogan || and deofles spellunge
hu hie him on edwit || oft asettaþ
swarte suslbonan || stæleþ feondas
fæhþe and firne || þær þe hie freodrihten
ecne anwaldan || oft forgeaton
þone þe hie him to hihte || habban sceoldon
uton la geþencan || geond þas worulde
þæt we hælende || heran onginnen
georne þurh godes gife || gemunan gastes bled
hu eadige þær || uppe sittaþ
selfe mid swegle || sunu hælendes
þær is geat gylden || gimmum gefrætewod
wynnum bewunden || þæm þe in wuldres leoht
gongan moten || to godes rice
and ymb þa weallas || wlitige scinaþ
engla gastas || and eadige sawla
þa þe heonon feraþ # || 
þær martiras || meotode cwemaþ
and herigaþ hehfæder || halgum stefnum
cyning in cestre || cweþaþ ealle þus
þu eart hæleþa helm || and heofendema
engla ordfruma || and eorþan tudor
up gelæddest || to þissum eadigan ham
swa wuldres weard || wordum herigaþ
þegnas ymb þeoden || þær is þrym micel
sang æt selde || is sylf cyning
ealra aldor || in þære ecan gesceft
þæt is se drihten || seþe deaþ for us
geþrowode || þeoden engla
swylce he fæste || feowertig daga
metod mancynnes || þurh his mildsa sped
þa gewearþ þone weregan || þe ær aworpen wæs
of heofonum || þæt he in helle gedeaf
þa costode || cyning alwihta
brohte him to bearme || brade stanas
bæd him for hungre || hlafas wyrcan
gif þu swa micle || mihte hæbbe
þa him andswarode || ece drihten
wendest þu awyrgda || þæt awriten nære
nymþe me ænne # || 
ac geseted hafast || sigores agend
lifigendum liht || lean butan ende
on heofenrice || halige dreamas
# þa he mid hondum genom || 
atol þurh edwit || and on esle ahof
herm bealowes gast || and on beorh astah
asette on dune || drihten hælend
loca nu ful wide || ofer londbuende
ic þe geselle || on þines seolfes dom
folc and foldan || foh hider to me
burh and breotone || bold to gewealde
rodora rices || gif þu seo riht cyning
engla and monna || swa þu ær myntest
þa him andswarode || ece drihten
gewit þu awyrgda || in þæt witescræf
satanus seolf || þe is susl weotod
gearo togegnes || nalles godes rice
ah ic þe hate || þurh þa hehstan miht
þæt þu hellwarum || hyht ne abeode
ah þu him secgan miht || sorga mæste
þæt þu gemettes || meotod alwihta
cyning moncynnes || cer þe on bæcling
wite þu eac awyrgda || hu wid and sid
helheoþo dreorig || and mid hondum amet
grip wiþ þæs grundes || gang þonne swa
oþþæt þu þone ymbhwyrft || alne cunne
and ærest amet || ufan to grunde
and hu sid seo || se swarta eþm
wast þu þonne þe geornor || þæt þu wiþ god wunne
seoþþan þu þonne hafast || handum ametene
hu heh and deop || hell inneweard seo
grim græfhus || gong ricene to
ær twa seondon || tida agongene
þæt þu merced hus || ameten hæbbe
þa þam werigan wearþ || wracu getenge
satan seolua ran || and on susle gefeol
earm æglæce || hwilum mid folmum mæt
wean and witu || hwilum se wonna læg
læhte wiþ þes laþan || hwilum he licgan geseah
hæftas in hylle || hwilum hream astag
þonne he on þone atolan || eagum gesawun
hæfdon gewunnon || godes andsacan
blac bealowes gast || þæt he on botme stod
þa him þuhte || þæt þanon wære
to helleduru || hund þusenda
mila gemearcodes || swa hine se mihtiga het
þæt þurh sinne cræft || susle amæte
þa he gemunde || þæt he on grunde stod
locade leas wiht || geond þæt laþe scræf
atol mid egum || oþþæt egsan gryre
deofla mænego || þonne up astag
wordum in witum || ongunnon þa werigan gastas
reordian and cweþan # || 
la þus beo nu on yfele || noldæs ær teala
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