# The Fates of the Apostles

hwæt ic þysne sang || siþgeomor fand
on seocum sefan || samnode wide
hu þa æþelingas || ellen cyþdon
torhte ond tireadige || twelfe wæron
dædum domfæste || dryhtne gecorene
leofe on life || lof wide sprang
miht ond mærþo || ofer middangeard
þeodnes þegna || þrym unlytel
halgan heape || hlyt wisode
þær hie dryhtnes æ || deman sceoldon
reccan fore rincum || sume on romebyrig
frame fyrdhwate || feorh ofgefon
þurg nerones || nearwe searwe
petrus ond paulus || is se apostolhad
wide geweorþod || ofer werþeoda
swylce andreas || in achagia
for egias || aldre geneþde
ne þreodode he fore þrymme || þeodcyninges
æniges on eorþan || ac him ece geceas
langsumre lif || leoht unhwilen
syþþan hildeheard || heriges byrhtme
æfter guþplegan || gealgan þehte
hwæt we eac gehyrdon || be iohanne
æglæawe menn || æþelo reccan
se manna wæs || mine gefrege
þurh cneorisse || criste leofast
on weres hade || syþþan wuldres cyning
engla ordfruma || eorþan sohte
þurh fæmnan hrif || fæder manncynnes
he in effessia || ealle þrage
leode lærde || þanon lifes weg
siþe gesohte || swegle dreamas
beorhtne boldwelan || næs his broþor læt
siþes sæne || ac þurh sweordes bite
mid iudeum || iacob sceolde
fore herode || ealdre gedælan
feorh wiþ flæsce || philipus wæs
mid asseum || þanon ece lif
þurh rode cwealm || ricene gesohte
syþþan on galgan || in gearapolim
ahangen wæs || hildecorþre
huru wide wearþ || wurd undyrne
þæt to indeum || aldre gelædde
beaducræftig beorn || bartholameus
þone heht astrias || in albano
hæþen ond hygeblind || heafde beneotan
forþan he þa hæþengild || hyran ne wolde
wig weorþian || him wæs wuldres dream
lifwela leofra || þonne þas leasan godu
swylce thomas eac || þriste geneþde
on indea || oþre dælas
þær manegum wearþ || mod onlihted
hige onhyrded || þurh his halig word
syþþan collenferþ || cyninges broþor
awehte for weorodum || wundorcræfte
þurh dryhtnes miht || þæt he of deaþe aras
geong ond guþhwæt || ond him wæs gad nama
ond þa þæm folce || feorg gesealde
sin æt sæcce || sweordræs fornam
þurh hæþene hand || þær se halga gecrang
wund for weorudum || þonon wuldres leoht
sawle gesohte || sigores to leane
hwæt we þæt gehyrdon || þurg halige bec
þæt mid sigelwarum || soþ yppe wearþ
dryhtlic dom godes || dæges or onwoc
leohtes geleafan || land wæs gefælsod
þurh matheus || mære lare
þone het irtacus || þurh yrne hyge
wælreow cyning || wæpnum aswebban
hyrde we þæt iacob || in ierusalem
fore sacerdum || swilt þrowode
þurg stenges sweng || stiþmod gecrang
eadig for æfestum || hafaþ nu ece lif
mid wuldorcining || wiges to leane
næron þa twegen || tohtan sæne
lindgelaces || land persea
sohton siþfrome || simon ond thaddeus
beornas beadorofe || him wearþ bam samod
an endedæg || æþele sceoldon
þurh wæpenhete || weorc þrowigan
sigelean secan || ond þone soþan gefean
dream æfter deaþe || þa gedæled wearþ
lif wiþ lice || ond þas lænan gestreon
idle æhtwelan || ealle forhogodan
þus þa æþelingas || ende gesealdon
twelf tilmodige || tir unbræcne
wegan on gewitte || wuldres þegnas
nu ic þonne bidde || beorn se þe lufige
þysses giddes begang || þæt he geomrum me
þone halgan heap || helpe bidde
friþes ond fultomes || hu ic freonda beþearf
liþra on lade || þonne ic sceal langne ham
eardwic uncuþ || ana gesecan
lætan me on laste || lic eorþan dæl
wælreaf wunigean || weormum to hroþre
her mæg findan || foreþances gleaw
se þe hine lysteþ || leoþgiddunga
hwa þas fitte fegde || feoh þær on ende standeþ
eorlas þæs on eorþan brucaþ || ne moton hie awa ætsomne
woruldwunigende || wyn sceal gedreosan
ur on eþle || æfter tohreosan
læne lices frætewa || efne swa lagu toglideþ
þonne cen ond yr || cræftes neosaþ
nihtes nearowe || on him nied ligeþ
cyninges þeodom || nu þu cunnon miht
hwa on þam wordum wæs || werum oncyþig
sie þæs gemyndig || mann se þe lufige
þisses galdres begang || þæt he geoce me
ond frofre fricle || ic sceall feor heonan
an elles forþ || eardes neosan
siþ asettan || nat ic sylfa hwær
of þisse worulde || wic sindon uncuþ
eard ond eþel || swa biþ ælcum menn
nemþe he godcundes || gastes bruce
ah utu we þe geornor || to gode cleopigan
sendan usse bene || on þa beorhtan gesceaft
þæt we þæs botles || brucan motan
hames in hehþo || þær is hihta mæst
þær cyning engla || clænum gildeþ
lean unhwilen || nu a his lof standeþ
mycel ond mære || ond his miht seomaþ
ece ond edgiong || ofer ealle gesceaft
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