# Elene þa wæs agangen || geara hwyrftum tu hund ond þreo || geteled rimes swylce þritig eac || þinggemearces wintra for worulde || þæs þe wealdend god acenned wearþ || cyninga wuldor in middangeard || þurh mennisc heo soþfæstra leoht || þa wæs syxte gear constantines || caserdomes þæt he romwara || in rice wearþ ahæfen hildfruma || to hereteman wæs se leodhwata || lindgeborga eorlum arfæst || æþelinges weox rice under roderum || he wæs riht cyning guþweard gumena || hine god trymede mærþum ond mihtum || þæt he manegum wearþ geond middangeard || mannum to hroþer werþeodum to wræce || syþþan wæpen ahof wiþ hetendum || him wæs hild boden wiges woma || werod samnodan huna leode || ond hreþgotan foron fyrdhwate || francan ond hugas wæron hwate weras # || gearwe to guþe || garas lixtan wriþene wælhlencan || wordum ond bordum hofon herecombol || þa wæron heardingas sweotole gesamnod || ond eal sib geador for folca gedryht || fyrdleoþ agol wulf on wealde || wælrune ne maþ urigfeþera || earn sang ahof laþum on laste || lungre scynde ofer burg enta || beaduþreata mæst hergum to hilde || swylce huna cyning ymbsittendra || awer meahte abannan to beadwe || burgwigendra for fyrda mæst || feþan trymedon eoredcestum || þæt on ælfylce deareþlacende || on danubie stærcedfyrhþe || stæþe wicedon ymb þæs wæteres wylm || werodes breahtme woldon romwara || rice geþringan hergum ahyþan || þær wearþ huna cyme cuþ ceasterwarum || þa se casere heht ongean gramum || guþgelæcan under earhfære || ofstum myclum bannan to beadwe || beran ut þræce rincas under roderum || wæron romware secgas sigerofe || sona gegearwod wæpnum to wigge || þeah hie werod læsse hæfdon to hilde || þonne huna cining ridon ymb rofne || þonne rand dynede campwudu clynede || cyning þreate for herge to hilde || hrefen uppe gol wan ond wælfel || werod wæs on tyhte hleopon hornboran || hreopan friccan mearh moldan træd || mægen samnode cafe to cease || cyning wæs afyrhted egsan geaclad || siþþan elþeodige huna ond hreþa || here sceawede þæt he on romwara || rices ende ymb þæs wæteres stæþ || werod samnode mægen unrime || modsorge wæg romwara cyning || rices ne wende for werodleste || hæfde wigena to lyt eaxlgestealna || wiþ ofermægene hrora to hilde || here wicode eorlas ymb æþeling || egstreame neah on neaweste || nihtlangne fyrst þæs þe hie feonda gefær || fyrmest gesægon þa wearþ on slæpe || sylfum ætywed þam casere || þær he on corþre swæf sigerofum gesegen || swefnes woma þuhte him wlitescyne || on weres hade hwit ond hiwbeorht || hæleþa nathwylc geywed ænlicra || þonne he ær oþþe siþ gesege under swegle || he of slæpe onbrægd eofurcumble beþeaht || him se ar hraþe wlitig wuldres boda || wiþ þingode ond be naman nemde || nihthelm toglad constantinus || heht þe cyning engla wyrda wealdend || wære beodan duguþa dryhten || ne ondræd þu þe þeah þe elþeodige || egesan hwopan heardre hilde || þu to heofenum beseoh on wuldres weard || þær þu wraþe findest sigores tacen || he wæs sona gearu þurh þæs halgan hæs || hreþerlocan onspeon up locade || swa him se ar abead fæle friþowebba || geseah he frætwum beorht wliti wuldres treo || ofer wolcna hrof golde geglenged || gimmas lixtan wæs se blaca beam || bocstafum awriten beorhte ond leohte || mid þys beacne þu on þam frecnan fære || feond oferswiþesþ geletest laþ werod || þa þæt leoht gewat up siþode || ond se ar somed on clænra gemang || cyning wæs þy bliþra ond þe sorgleasra || secga aldor on fyrhþsefan || þurh þa fægeran gesyhþ heht þa onlice || æþelinga hleo beorna beaggifa || swa he þæt beacen geseah heria hildfruma || þæt him on heofonum ær geiewed wearþ || ofstum myclum constantinus || cristes rode tireadig cyning || tacen gewyrcan heht þa on uhtan || mid ærdæge wigend wreccan || ond wæpenþræce hebban heorucumbul || ond þæt halige treo him beforan ferian || on feonda gemang beran beacen godes || byman sungon hlude for hergum || hrefn weorces gefeah urigfeþra || earn siþ beheold wælhreowra wig || wulf sang ahof holtes gehleþa || hildegesa stod þær wæs borda gebrec || ond beorna geþrec heard handgeswing || ond herga gring syþþan heo earhfære || ærest metton on þæt fæge folc || flana scuras garas ofer geolorand || on gramra gemang hetend heorugrimme || hildenædran þurh fingra geweald || forþ onsendan stopon stiþhidige || stundum wræcon bræcon bordhreþan || bil in dufan þrungon þræchearde || þa wæs þuf hafen segn for sweotum || sigeleoþ galen gylden grima || garas lixtan on herefelda || hæþene grungon feollon friþelease || flugon instæpes huna leode || swa þæt halige treo aræran heht || romwara cyning heaþofremmende || wurdon heardingas wide towrecene || sume wig fornam sume unsofte || aldor generedon on þam heresiþe || sume healfcwice flugon on fæsten || ond feore burgon æfter stanclifum || stede weardedon ymb danubie || sume drenc fornam on lagostreame || lifes æt ende þa wæs modigra || mægen on luste ehton elþeoda || oþ þæt æfen forþ fram dæges orde || daroþæsc flugon hildenædran || heap wæs gescyrded laþra lindwered || lythwon becwom huna herges || ham eft þanon þa wæs gesyne || þæt sige forgeaf constantino || cyning ælmihtig æt þam dægweorce || domweorþunga rice under roderum || þurh his rode treo gewat þa heriga helm || ham eft þanon huþe hremig || hild wæs gesceaden wigge geweorþod || com þa wigena hleo þegna þreate || þryþbold secan beadurof cyning || burga neosan heht þa wigena weard || þa wisestan snude to sionoþe || þa þe snyttro cræft þurh fyrngewrito || gefrigen hæfdon heoldon higeþancum || hæleþa rædas þa þæs fricggan ongan || folces aldor sigerof cyning || ofer sid weorod wære þær ænig || yldra oþþe gingra þe him to soþe || secggan meahte galdrum cyþan || hwæt se god wære boldes brytta || þe þis his beacen wæs þe me swa leoht oþywde || ond mine leode generede tacna torhtost || ond me tir forgeaf wigsped wiþ wraþum || þurh þæt wlitige treo hio him ondsware || ænige ne meahton agifan togenes || ne ful geare cuþon sweotole gesecggan || be þam sigebeacne þa þa wisestan || wordum cwædon for þam heremægene || þæt hit heofoncyninges tacen wære || ond þæs tweo nære þa þæt gefrugnon || þa þurh fulwihte lærde wæron || him wæs leoht sefa ferhþ gefeonde || þeah hira fea wæron þæt hie for þam casere || cyþan moston godspelles gife || hu se gasta helm in þrynesse || þrymme geweorþad acenned wearþ || cyninga wuldor ond hu on galgan wearþ || godes agen bearn ahangen for hergum || heardum witum alysde leoda bearn || of locan deofla geomre gastas || ond him gife sealde þurh þa ilcan gesceaft || þe him geywed wearþ sylfum on gesyhþe || sigores tacen wiþ þeoda þræce || ond hu þy þriddan dæge of byrgenne || beorna wuldor of deaþe aras || dryhten ealra hæleþa cynnes || ond to heofonum astah þus gleawlice || gastgerynum sægdon sigerofum || swa fram siluestre lærde wæron || æt þam se leodfruma fulwihte onfeng || ond þæt forþ geheold on his dagana tid || dryhtne to willan þa wæs on sælum || sinces brytta niþheard cyning || wæs him niwe gefea befolen in fyrhþe || wæs him frofra mæst ond hyhta nihst || heofonrices weard ongan þa dryhtnes æ || dæges ond nihtes þurh gastes gife || georne cyþan ond hine soþlice || sylfne getengde goldwine gumena || in godes þeowdom æscrof unslaw || þa se æþeling fand leodgebyrga || þurh larsmiþas guþheard garþrist || on godes bocum hwær ahangen wæs || heriges beorhtme on rode treo || rodora waldend æfstum þurh inwit || swa se ealda feond forlærde ligesearwum || leode fortyhte iudea cyn || þæt hie god sylfne ahengon herga fruman || þæs hie in hynþum sculon to widan feore || wergþu dreogan þa wæs cristes lof || þam casere on firhþsefan || forþ gemyndig ymb þæt mære treo || ond þa his modor het feran foldwege || folca þreate to iudeum || georne secan wigena þreate || hwær se wuldres beam halig under hrusan || hyded wære æþelcyninges rod || elene ne wolde þæs siþfates || sæne weorþan ne þæs wilgifan || word gehyrwan hiere sylfre suna || ac wæs sona gearu wif on willsiþ || swa hire weoruda helm byrnwiggendra || beboden hæfde ongan þa ofstlice || eorla mengu to flote fysan || fearoþhengestas ymb geofenes stæþ || gearwe stodon sælde sæmearas || sunde getenge þa wæs orcnæwe || idese siþfæt siþþan wæges helm || werode gesohte þær wlanc manig || æt wendelsæ on stæþe stodon || stundum wræcon ofer mearcpaþu || mægen æfter oþrum ond þa gehlodon || hildesercum bordum ond ordum || byrnwigendum werum ond wifum || wæghengestas leton þa ofer fifelwæg || famige scriþan bronte brimþisan || bord oft onfeng ofer earhgeblond || yþa swengas sæ swinsade || ne hyrde ic siþ ne ær on egstreame || idese lædan on merestræte || mægen fægerre þær meahte gesion || se þone siþ beheold brecan ofer bæþweg || brimwudu snyrgan under swellingum || sæmearh plegean wadan wægflotan || wigan wæron bliþe collenferhþe || cwen siþes gefeah syþþan to hyþe || hringedstefnan ofer lagofæsten || geliden hæfdon on creca land || ceolas leton æt sæfearoþe || sande bewrecene ald yþhofu || oncrum fæste on brime bidan || beorna geþinges hwonne heo sio guþcwen || gumena þreate ofer eastwegas || eft gesohte þær wæs on eorle || eþgesyne brogden byrne || ond bill gecost geatolic guþscrud || grimhelm manig ænlic eoforcumbul || wæron æscwigan secggas ymb sigecwen || siþes gefysde fyrdrincas frome || foron on luste on creca land || caseres bodan hilderincas || hyrstum gewerede þær wæs gesyne || sincgim locen on þam hereþreate || hlafordes gifu wæs seo eadhreþige || elene gemyndig þriste on geþance || þeodnes willan georn on mode || þæt hio iudeas ofer herefeldas || heape gecoste lindwigendra || land gesohte secga þreate || swa hit siþþan gelamp ymb lytel fæc || þæt þæt leodmægen guþrofe hæleþ || to hierusalem cwomon in þa ceastre || corþra mæste eorlas æscrofe || mid þa æþelan cwen heht þa gebeodan || burgsittendum þam snoterestum || side ond wide geond iudeas || gumena gehwylcum meþelhegende || on gemot cuman þa þe deoplicost || dryhtnes geryno þurh rihte æ || reccan cuþon þa wæs gesamnod || of sidwegum mægen unlytel || þa þe moyses æ reccan cuþon || þær on rime wæs þreo þusend || þæra leoda alesen to lare || ongan þa leoflic wif weras ebrea || wordum negan ic þæt gearolice || ongiten hæbbe þurg witgena || wordgeryno on godes bocum || þæt ge geardagum wyrþe wæron || wuldorcyninge dryhtne dyre || ond dædhwæte hwæt ge ealle snyttro || unwislice wraþe wiþweorpon || þa ge wergdon þane þe eow of wergþe || þurh his wuldres miht fram ligcwale || lysan þohte of hæftnede || ge mid horu speowdon on þæs ondwlitan || þe eow eagena leoht fram blindnesse || bote gefremede edniowunga || þurh þæt æþele spald ond fram unclænum || oft generede deofla gastum || ge to deaþe þone deman ongunnon || se þe of deaþe sylf woruld awehte || on wera corþre in þæt ærre lif || eowres cynnes swa ge modblinde || mengan ongunnon lige wiþ soþe || leoht wiþ þystrum æfst wiþ are || inwitþancum wroht webbedan || eow seo wergþu forþan sceþþeþ scyldfullum || ge þa sciran miht deman ongunnon || ond gedweolan lifdon þeostrum geþancum || oþ þysne dæg gangaþ nu snude || snyttro geþencaþ weras wisfæste || wordes cræftige þa þe eowre æ || æþelum cræftige on ferhþsefan || fyrmest hæbben þa me soþlice || secgan cunnon ondsware cyþan || for eowic forþ tacna gehwylces || þe ic him to sece eodan þa on geruman || reonigmode eorlas æcleawe || egesan geþreade gehþum geomre || georne sohton þa wisestan || wordgeryno þæt hio þære cwene || oncweþan meahton swa tiles swa trages || swa hio him to sohte hio þa on þreate || þusend manna fundon ferhþgleawra || þa þe fyrngemynd mid iudeum || gearwast cuþon þrungon þa on þreate || þær on þrymme bad in cynestole || caseres mæg geatolic guþcwen || golde gehyrsted elene maþelode || ond for eorlum spræc gehyraþ higegleawe || halige rune word ond wisdom || hwæt ge witgena lare onfengon || hu se liffruma in cildes had || cenned wurde mihta wealdend || be þam moyses sang ond þæt word gecwæþ || weard israhela eow acenned biþ || cniht on degle mihtum mære || swa þæs modor ne biþ wæstmum geeacnod || þurh weres frige be þam dauid cyning || dryhtleoþ agol frod fyrnweota || fæder salomones ond þæt word gecwæþ || wigona baldor ic frumþa god || fore sceawode sigora dryhten || he on gesyhþe wæs mægena wealdend || min on þa swiþran þrymmes hyrde || þanon ic ne wende æfre to aldre || onsion mine swa hit eft be eow || essaias witga for weorodum || wordum mælde deophycggende || þurh dryhtnes gast ic up ahof || eaforan gingne ond bearn cende || þam ic blæd forgeaf halige higefrofre || ac hie hyrwdon me feodon þurh feondscipe || nahton foreþances wisdomes gewitt || ond þa weregan neat þe man daga gehwam || drifeþ ond þirsceþ ongitaþ hira goddend || nales gnyrnwræcum feogaþ frynd hiera || þe him fodder gifaþ ond me israhela || æfre ne woldon folc oncnawan || þeah ic feala for him æfter woruldstundum || wundra gefremede hwæt we þæt gehyrdon || þurh halige bec þæt eow dryhten geaf || dom unscyndne meotod mihta sped || moyse sægde hu ge heofoncyninge || hyran sceoldon lare læstan || eow þæs lungre aþreat ond ge þam ryhte || wiþroten hæfdon onscunedon þone sciran || scippend eallra dryhtna dryhten || ond gedwolan fylgdon ofer riht godes || nu ge raþe gangaþ ond findaþ gen || þa þe fyrngewritu þurh snyttro cræft || selest cunnen æriht eower || þæt me ondsware þurh sidne sefan || secgan cunnen eodan þa mid mengo || modcwanige collenferhþe || swa him sio cwen bead fundon þa fif hund || forþsnottera alesen leodmæga || þa þe leornungcræft þurh modgemynd || mæste hæfdon on sefan snyttro || heo to salore eft ymb lytel fæc || laþode wæron ceastre weardas || hio sio cwen ongan wordum genegan || wlat ofer ealle oft ge dyslice || dæd gefremedon werge wræcmæcggas || ond gewritu herwdon fædera lare || næfre furþur þonne nu þa ge blindnesse || bote forsegon ond ge wiþsocon || soþe ond rihte þæt in bethleme || bearn wealdendes cyning anboren || cenned wære æþelinga ord || þeah ge þa æ cuþon witgena word || ge ne woldon þa synwyrcende || soþ oncnawan hie þa anmode || ondsweredon hwæt we ebreisce || æ leornedon þa on fyrndagum || fæderas cuþon æt godes earce || ne we geare cunnon þurh hwæt þu þus hearde || hlæfdige us eorre wurde || we þæt æbylgþ nyton þe we gefremedon || on þysse folcscere þeodenbealwa || wiþ þec æfre elene maþelade || ond for eorlum spræc undearninga || ides reordode hlude for herigum || ge nu hraþe gangaþ sundor asecaþ || þa þe snyttro mid eow mægn ond modcræft || mæste hæbben þæt me þinga gehwylc || þriste gecyþan untraglice || þe ic him to sece eodon þa fram rune || swa him sio rice cwen bald in burgum || beboden hæfde geomormode || georne smeadon sohton searoþancum || hwæt sio syn wære þe hie on þam folce || gefremed hæfdon wiþ þam casere || þe him sio cwen wite þa þær for eorlum || an reordode gidda gearosnotor || þam wæs iudas nama wordes cræftig || ic wat geare þæt hio wile secan || be þam sigebeame on þam þrowode || þeoda waldend eallra gnyrna leas || godes agen bearn þone orscyldne || eofota gehwylces þurh hete hengon || on heanne beam in fyrndagum || fæderas usse þæt wæs þrealic geþoht || nu is þearf mycel þæt we fæstlice || ferhþ staþelien þæt we þæs morþres || meldan ne weorþen hwær þæt halige trio || beheled wurde æfter wigþræce || þy læs toworpen sien frod fyrngewritu || ond þa fæderlican lare forleten || ne biþ lang ofer þæt þæt israhela || æþelu moten ofer middangeard || ma ricsian æcræft eorla || gif þis yppe biþ swa þa þæt ilce gio || min yldra fæder sigerof sægde || þam wæs sachius nama frod fyrnwiota || fæder minum # eaferan || wende hine of worulde || ond þæt word gecwæþ gif þe þæt gelimpe || on lifdagum þæt þu gehyre || ymb þæt halige treo frode frignan || ond geflitu ræran be þam sigebeame || on þam soþcyning ahangen wæs || heofonrices weard eallre sybbe bearn || þonne þu snude gecyþ min swæs sunu || ær þec swylt nime ne mæg æfre ofer þæt || ebrea þeod rædþeahtende || rice healdan duguþum wealdan || ac þara dom leofaþ ond hira dryhtscipe # || in woruld weorulda || willum gefylled þe þone ahangnan cyning || heriaþ ond lofiaþ þa ic fromlice || fæder minum ealdum æwitan || ageaf ondsware hu wolde þæt geweorþan || on woruldrice þæt on þone halgan || handa sendan to feorhlege || fæderas usse þurh wraþ gewitt || gif hie wiston ær þæt he crist wære || cyning on roderum soþ sunu meotudes || sawla nergend þa me yldra min || ageaf ondsware frod on fyrhþe || fæder reordode ongit guma ginga || godes heahmægen nergendes naman || se is niþa gehwam unasecgendlic || þone sylf ne mæg on moldwege || man aspyrigean næfre ic þa geþeahte || þe þeos þeod ongan secan wolde || ac ic symle mec asced þara scylda || nales sceame worhte gaste minum || ic him georne oft þæs unrihtes || ondsæc fremede þonne uþweotan || æht bisæton on sefan sohton || hu hie sunu meotudes ahengon helm wera || hlaford eallra engla ond elda || æþelust bearna ne meahton hie swa disige || deaþ oþfæstan weras wonsælige || swa hie wendon ær sarum settan || þeah he sume hwile on galgan his || gast onsende sigebearn godes || þa siþþan wæs of rode ahæfen || rodera wealdend eallra þrymma þrym || þreo niht siþþan in byrgenne || bidende wæs under þeosterlocan || ond þa þy þriddan dæg ealles leohtes leoht || lifgende aras þeoden engla || ond his þegnum hine soþ sigora frea || seolfne geywde beorht on blæde || þonne broþor þin onfeng æfter fyrste || fulwihtes bæþ leohtne geleafan || þa for lufan dryhtnes stephanus wæs || stanum worpod ne geald he yfel yfele || ac his ealdfeondum þingode þrohtherd || bæd þrymcyning þæt he him þa weadæd || to wræce ne sette þæt hie for æfstum || unscyldigne synna leasne || sawles larum feore beræddon || swa he þurh feondscipe to cwale monige || cristes folces demde to deaþe || swa þeah him dryhten eft miltse gefremede || þæt he manegum wearþ folca to frofre || syþþan him frymþa god niþa nergend || naman oncyrde ond he syþþan wæs || sanctus paulus be naman haten || ond him nænig wæs ælærendra || oþer betera under swegles hleo || syþþan æfre þara þe wif oþþe wer || on woruld cendan þeah he stephanus || stanum hehte abreotan on beorge || broþor þinne nu þu meaht gehyran || hæleþ min se leofa hu arfæst is || ealles wealdend þeah we æbylgþ wiþ hine || oft gewyrcen synna wunde || gif we sona eft þara bealudæda || bote gefremmaþ ond þæs unrihtes || eft geswicaþ forþan ic soþlice || ond min swæs fæder syþþan gelyfdon # || þæt geþrowade || eallra þrymma god lifes lattiow || laþlic wite for oferþearfe || ilda cynnes forþan ic þe lære || þurh leoþorune hyse leofesta || þæt þu hospcwide æfst ne eofulsæc || æfre ne fremme grimne geagncwide || wiþ godes bearne þonne þu geearnast || þæt þe biþ ece lif selust sigeleana || seald in heofonum þus mec fæder min || on fyrndagum unweaxenne || wordum lærde septe soþcwidum || þam wæs symon nama guma gehþum frod || nu ge geare cunnon hwæt eow þæs on sefan || selest þince to gecyþanne || gif þeos cwen usic frigneþ ymb þæt treo || nu ge fyrhþsefan ond modgeþanc || minne cunnon him þa togenes || þa gleawestan on wera þreate || wordum mældon næfre we hyrdon || hæleþ ænigne on þysse þeode || butan þec nu-þa þegn oþerne || þyslic cyþan ymb swa dygle wyrd || do swa þe þynce fyrngidda frod || gif þu frugnen sie on wera corþre || wisdomes beþearf worda wærlicra || ond witan snyttro se þære æþelan sceal || ondwyrde agifan for þyslicne || þreat on meþle weoxan word cwidum || weras þeahtedon on healfa gehwær || sume hyder sume þyder þrydedon ond þohton || þa cwom þegna heap to þam heremeþle || hreopon friccan caseres bodan || eow þeos cwen laþaþ secgas to salore || þæt ge seonoþdomas rihte reccen || is eow rædes þearf on meþelstede || modes snyttro heo wæron gearwe || geomormode leodgebyrgean || þa hie laþod wæron þurh heard gebann || to hofe eodon cyþdon cræftes miht || þa sio cwen ongan weras ebresce || wordum negan fricggan fyrhþwerige || ymb fyrngewritu hu on worulde ær || witgan sungon gasthalige guman || be godes bearne hwær se þeoden || geþrowade soþ sunu meotudes || for sawla lufan heo wæron stearce || stane heardran noldon þæt geryne || rihte cyþan ne hire andsware || ænige secgan torngeniþlan || þæs hio him to sohte ac hio worda gehwæs || wiþersæc fremedon fæste on fyrhþe || þæt heo frignan ongan cwædon þæt hio on aldre || owiht swylces ne ær ne siþ || æfre hyrdon elene maþelade || ond him yrre oncwæþ ic eow to soþe || secgan wille ond þæs in life || lige ne wyrþeþ gif ge þissum lease || leng gefylgaþ mid fæcne gefice || þe me fore standaþ þæt eow in beorge || bæl fornimeþ hattost heaþowelma || ond eower hra bryttaþ lacende lig || þæt eow sceal þæt leas apundrad weorþan || to woruldgedale ne magon ge þa word geseþan || þe ge hwile nu on unriht wrigon under womma sceatum || ne magon ge þa wyrd bemiþan bedyrnan þa deopan mihte || þa wurdon hie deaþes on wenan ades ond endelifes || ond þær þa ænne betæhton giddum gearusnottorne || þam wæs iudas nama cenned for cneomagum || þone hie þære cwene agefon sægdon hine sundorwisne || he þe mæg soþ gecyþan onwreon wyrda geryno || swa þu hine wordum frignest æriht from orde || oþ ende forþ he is for eorþan || æþeles cynnes wordcræftes wis || ond witgan sunu bald on meþle || him gebyrde is þæt he gencwidas || gleawe hæbbe cræft in breostum || he gecyþeþ þe for wera mengo || wisdomes gife þurh þa myclan miht || swa þin mod lufaþ hio on sybbe forlet || secan gehwylcne agenne eard || ond þone ænne genam iudas to gisle || ond þa georne bæd þæt he be þære rode || riht getæhte þe ær in legere wæs || lange bedyrned ond hine seolfne || sundor acigde elene maþelode || to þam anhagan tireadig cwen || þe synt tu gearu swa lif swa deaþ || swa þe leofre biþ to geceosanne || cyþ ricene nu hwæt þu þæs to þinge || þafian wille iudas hire ongen þingode || ne meahte he þa gehþu bebugan oncyrran rex geniþlan || he wæs on þære cwene gewealdum hu mæg þæm geweorþan || þe on westenne meþe ond meteleas || morland trydeþ hungre gehæfted || ond him hlaf ond stan on gesihþe bu || samod geweorþaþ streac ond hnesce || þæt he þone stan nime wiþ hungres hleo || hlafes ne gime gewende to wædle || ond þa wiste wiþsæce beteran wiþhyccge || þonne he bega beneah him þa seo eadige || ondwyrde ageaf elene for eorlum || undearnunga gif þu in heofonrice || habban wille eard mid englum || ond on eorþan lif sigorlean in swegle || saga ricene me hwær seo rod wunige || radorcyninges halig under hrusan || þe ge hwile nu þurh morþres man || mannum dyrndun iudas maþelade || him wæs geomor sefa hat æt heortan || ond gehwæþres wa ge he heofonrices || hyht swa mode ond þis ondwearde || anforlete rice under roderum || ge he þa rode ne tæhte hu mæg ic þæt findan || þæt swa fyrn gewearþ wintra gangum || is nu worn sceacen twa hund oþþe ma || geteled rime ic ne mæg areccan || nu ic þæt rim ne can is nu feala siþþan || forþgewitenra frodra ond godra || þe us fore wæron gleawra gumena || ic on geogoþe wearþ on siþdagum || syþþan acenned cnihtgeong hæleþ || ic ne can þæt ic nat findan on fyrhþe || þæt swa fyrn gewearþ elene maþelade || him on ondsware hu is þæt geworden || on þysse werþeode þæt ge swa monigfeald || on gemynd witon alra tacna gehwylc || swa troiana þurh gefeoht fremedon || þæt wæs fyr mycle open ealdgewin || þonne þeos æþele gewyrd geara gongum || ge þæt geare cunnon edre gereccan || hwæt þær eallra wæs on manrime || morþorslehtes dareþlacendra || deadra gefeallen under bordhagan || ge þa byrgenna under stanhleoþum || ond þa stowe swa some ond þa wintergerim || on gewritu setton iudas maþelade || gnornsorge wæg we þæs hereweorces || hlæfdige min for nydþearfe || nean myndgiaþ ond þa wiggþræce || on gewritu setton þeoda gebæru || ond þis næfre þurh æniges mannes || muþ gehyrdon hæleþum cyþan || butan her nu-þa him seo æþele cwen || ageaf ondsware wiþsæcest þu to swiþe || soþe ond rihte ymb þæt lifes treow || ond nu lytle ær sægdest soþlice || be þam sigebeame leodum þinum || ond nu on lige cyrrest iudas hire ongen þingode || cwæþ þæt he þæt on gehþu gespræce ond on tweon swiþost || wende him trage hnagre him oncwæþ hraþe || caseres mæg hwæt we þæt hyrdon || þurh halige bec hæleþum cyþan || þæt ahangen wæs on caluarie || cyninges freobearn godes gastsunu || þu scealt geagninga wisdom onwreon || swa gewritu secgaþ æfter stedewange || hwær seo stow sie caluarie || ær þec cwealm nime swilt for synnum || þæt ic hie syþþan mæge geclænsian || criste to willan hæleþum to helpe || þæt me halig god gefylle frea mihtig || feores ingeþanc weoruda wuldorgeofa || willan minne gasta geocend || hire iudas oncwæþ stiþhycgende || ic þa stowe ne can ne þæs wanges wiht || ne þa wisan cann elene maþelode || þurh eorne hyge ic þæt geswerige || þurh sunu meotodes þone ahangnan god || þæt þu hungre scealt for cneomagum || cwylmed weorþan butan þu forlæte || þa leasunga ond me sweotollice || soþ gecyþe heht þa swa cwicne || corþre lædan scufan scyldigne || scealcas ne gældon in drygne seaþ || þær he duguþa leas siomode in sorgum || seofun nihta fyrst under hearmlocan || hungre geþreatod clommum beclungen || ond þa cleopigan ongan sarum besylced || on þone seofeþan dæg meþe ond meteleas || mægen wæs geswiþrod ic eow healsie || þurh heofona god þæt ge me of þyssum earfeþum || up forlæten heanne fram hungres geniþlan || ic þæt halige treo lustum cyþe || nu ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre || is þes hæft to þan strang þreanyd þæs þearl || ond þes þroht to þæs heard dogorrimum || ic adreogan ne mæg ne leng helan || be þam lifes treo þeah ic ær mid dysige || þurhdrifen wære ond þæt soþ to late || seolf gecneowe þa þæt gehyrde || sio þær hæleþum scead beornes gebæro || hio bebead hraþe þæt hine man of nearwe || ond of nydcleofan fram þam engan hofe || up forlete hie þæt ofstlice || efnedon sona ond hine mid arum || up gelæddon of carcerne || swa him seo cwen bebead stopon þa to þære stowe || stiþhycgende on þa dune up || þe dryhten ær ahangen wæs || heofonrices weard godbearn on galgan || ond hwæþre geare nyste hungre gehyned || hwær sio halige rod þurh feondes searu || foldan getyned lange legere fæst || leodum dyrne wunode wælreste || word stunde ahof elnes oncyþig || ond on ebrisc spræc dryhten hælend || þu þe ahst doma geweald ond þu geworhtest || þurh þines wuldres miht heofon ond eorþan || ond holmþræce sæs sidne fæþm || samod ealle gesceaft ond þu amæte || mundum þinum ealne ymbhwyrft || ond uprador ond þu sylf sitest || sigora waldend ofer þam æþelestan || engelcynne þe geond lyft faraþ || leohte bewundene mycle mægenþrymme || ne mæg þær manna gecynd of eorþwegum || up geferan in lichoman || mid þa leohtan gedryht wuldres aras || þu geworhtest þa ond to þegnunge || þinre gesettest halig ond heofonlic || þara on hade sint in sindreame || syx genemned þa ymbsealde synt || mid syxum eac fiþrum gefrætwad || fægere scinaþ þara sint feower || þe on flihte a þa þegnunge || þrymme beweotigaþ fore onsyne || eces deman singallice || singaþ in wuldre hædrum stefnum || heofoncininges lof woþa wlitegaste || ond þas word cweþaþ clænum stefnum || þam is ceruphin nama halig is se halga || heahengla god weoroda wealdend || is þæs wuldres ful heofun ond eorþe || ond eall heahmægen tire getacnod || syndon tu on þam sigorcynn on swegle || þe man seraphin be naman hateþ || he sceal neorxnawang ond lifes treo || legene sweorde halig healdan || heardecg cwacaþ beofaþ brogdenmæl || ond bleom wrixleþ grapum gryrefæst || þæs þu god dryhten wealdest widan fyrhþ || ond þu womfulle scyldwyrcende || sceaþan of radorum awurpe wonhydige || þa sio werge sceolu under heolstorhofu || hreosan sceolde in wita forwyrd || þær hie in wylme nu dreogaþ deaþcwale || in dracan fæþme þeostrum forþylmed || he þinum wiþsoc aldordome || þæs he in ermþum sceal ealra fula ful || fah þrowian þeowned þolian || þær he þin ne mæg word aweorpan || is in witum fæst ealre synne fruma || susle gebunden gif þin willa sie || wealdend engla þæt ricsie || se þe on rode wæs ond þurh marian || in middangeard acenned wearþ || in cildes had þeoden engla || gif he þin nære sunu synna leas || næfre he soþra swa feala in woruldrice || wundra gefremede dogorgerimum || no þu of deaþe hine swa þrymlice || þeoda wealdend aweahte for weorodum || gif he in wuldre þin þurh þa beorhtan || bearn ne wære gedo nu fæder engla || forþ beacen þin swa þu gehyrdest || þone halgan wer moyses on meþle || þa þu mihta god geywdest þam eorle || on þa æþelan tid under beorhhliþe || ban iosephes swa ic þe weroda wyn || gif hit sie willa þin þurg þæt beorhte gesceap || biddan wille þæt me þæt goldhord || gasta scyppend geopenie || þæt yldum wæs lange behyded || forlæt nu lifes fruma of þam wangstede || wynsumne up under radores ryne || rec astigan lyftlacende || ic gelyfe þe sel ond þy fæstlicor || ferhþ staþelige hyht untweondne || on þone ahangnan crist þæt he sie soþlice || sawla nergend ece ælmihtig || israhela cining walde widan ferhþ || wuldres on heofenum a butan ende || ecra gestealda þa of þære stowe || steam up aras swylce rec under radorum || þær aræred wearþ beornes breostsefa || he mid bæm handum eadig ond ægleaw || upweard plegade iudas maþelode || gleaw in geþance nu ic þurh soþ hafu || seolf gecnawen on heardum hige || þæt þu hælend eart middangeardes || sie þe mægena god þrymsittendum || þanc butan ende þæs þu me swa meþum || ond swa manweorcum þurh þin wuldor inwrige || wyrda geryno nu ic þe bearn godes || biddan wille weoroda willgifa || nu ic wat þæt þu eart gecyþed ond acenned || allra cyninga þrym þæt þu ma ne sie || minra gylta þara þe ic gefremede || nalles feam siþum metud gemyndig || læt mec mihta god on rimtale || rices þines mid haligra || hlyte wunigan in þære beorhtan byrig || þær is broþor min geweorþod in wuldre || þæs he wære wiþ þec stephanus heold || þeah he stangreopum worpod wære || he hafaþ wigges lean blæd butan blinne || sint in bocum his wundor þa he worhte || on gewritum cyþed ongan þa wilfægen || æfter þam wuldres treo elnes anhydig || eorþan delfan under turfhagan || þæt he on twentig fotmælum feor || funde behelede under neolum niþer || næsse gehydde in þeostorcofan || he þær þreo mette in þam reonian hofe || roda ætsomne greote begrauene || swa hio geardagum arleasra sceolu || eorþan beþeahton iudea cynn || hie wiþ godes bearne niþ ahofun || swa hie no sceoldon þær hie leahtra fruman || larum ne hyrdon þa wæs modgemynd || myclum geblissod hige onhyrded || þurh þæt halige treo inbryrded breostsefa || syþþan beacen geseh halig under hrusan || he mid handum befeng wuldres wynbeam || ond mid weorode ahof of foldgræfe || feþegestas eodon æþelingas || in on þa ceastre asetton þa on gesyhþe || sigebeamas þreo eorlas anhydige || fore elenan cneo collenferhþe || cwen weorces gefeah on ferhþsefan || ond þa frignan ongan on hwylcum þara beama || bearn wealdendes hæleþa hyhtgifa || hangen wære hwæt we þæt hyrdon || þurh halige bec tacnum cyþan || þæt twegen mid him geþrowedon || ond he wæs þridda sylf on rode treo || rodor eal geswearc on þa sliþan tid || saga gif þu cunne on hwylcre þyssa þreora || þeoden engla geþrowode || þrymmes hyrde ne meahte hire iudas || ne ful gere wiste sweotole gecyþan || be þam sigebeame on hwylcne se hælend || ahafen wære sigebearn godes || ær he asettan heht on þone middel || þære mæran byrig beamas mid bearhtme || ond gebidan þær oþþæt him gecyþde || cyning ælmihtig wundor for weorodum || be þam wuldres treo gesæton sigerofe || sang ahofon rædþeahtende || ymb þa roda þreo oþ þa nigoþan tid || hæfdon neowne gefean mærþum gemeted || þa þær menigo cwom folc unlytel || ond gefærenne man brohton on bære || beorna þreate on neaweste || wæs þa nigoþe tid gingne gastleasne || þa þær iudas wæs on modsefan || miclum geblissod heht þa asettan || sawlleasne life belidenes || lic on eorþan unlifgendes || ond up ahof rihtes wemend || þara roda twa fyrhþgleaw on fæþme || ofer þæt fæge hus deophycgende || hit wæs dead swa ær lic legere fæst || leomu colodon þreanedum beþeaht || þa sio þridde wæs ahafen halig || hra wæs on anbide oþþæt him uppan || æþelinges wæs rod aræred || rodorcyninges beam sigebeacen soþ || he sona aras gaste gegearwod || geador bu samod lic ond sawl || þær wæs lof hafen fæger mid þy folce || fæder weorþodon ond þone soþan || sunu wealdendes wordum heredon || sie him wuldor ond þanc a butan ende || eallra gesceafta þa wæs þam folce || on ferhþsefan ingemynde || swa him a scyle wundor þa þe worhte || weoroda dryhten to feorhnere || fira cynne lifes lattiow || þa þær ligesynnig on lyft astah || lacende feond ongan þa hleoþrian || helledeofol eatol æclæca || yfela gemyndig hwæt is þis la manna || þe minne eft þurh fyrngeflit || folgaþ wyrdeþ iceþ ealdne niþ || æhta strudeþ þis is singal sacu || sawla ne moton manfremmende || in minum leng æhtum wunigan || nu cwom elþeodig þone ic ær on firenum || fæstne talde hafaþ mec bereafod || rihta gehwylces feohgestreona || nis þæt fæger siþ feala me se hælend || hearma gefremede niþa nearolicra || se þe in nazareþ afeded wæs || syþþan furþum weox of cildhade || symle cirde to him æhte mine || ne mot ænige nu rihte spowan || is his rice brad ofer middangeard || min is geswiþrod ræd under roderum || ic þa rode ne þearf hleahtre herigean || hwæt se hælend me in þam engan ham || oft getynde geomrum to sorge || ic þurh iudas ær hyhtful gewearþ || ond nu gehyned eom goda geasne || þurh iudas eft fah ond freondleas || gen ic findan can þurh wrohtstafas || wiþercyr siþþan of þam wearhtreafum || ic awecce wiþ þe oþerne cyning || se ehteþ þin ond he forlæteþ || lare þine ond manþeawum || minum folgaþ ond þec þonne sendeþ || in þa sweartestan ond þa wyrrestan || witebrogan þæt þu sarum forsoht || wiþsæcest fæste þone ahangnan cyning || þam þu hyrdest ær him þa gleawhydig || iudas oncwæþ hæleþ hildedeor || him wæs halig gast befolen fæste || fyrhat lufu weallende gewitt || þurh witgan snyttro ond þæt word gecwæþ || wisdomes ful ne þearft þu swa swiþe || synna gemyndig sar niwigan || ond sæce ræran morþres manfrea || þæt þe se mihtiga cyning in neolnesse || nyþer bescufeþ synwyrcende || in susla grund domes leasne || se þe deadra feala worde awehte || wite þu þe gearwor þæt þu unsnyttrum || anforlete leohta beorhtost || ond lufan dryhtnes þone fægran gefean || ond on fyrbæþe suslum beþrungen || syþþan wunodest ade onæled || ond þær awa scealt wiþerhycgende || wergþu dreogan yrmþu butan ende || elene gehyrde hu se feond ond se freond || geflitu rærdon tireadig ond trag || on twa halfa synnig ond gesælig || sefa wæs þe glædra þæs þe heo gehyrde || þone hellesceaþan oferswiþedne || synna bryttan ond þa wundrade || ymb þæs weres snyttro hu he swa geleafful || on swa lytlum fæce ond swa uncyþig || æfre wurde gleawnesse þurhgoten || gode þancode wuldorcyninge || þæs hire se willa gelamp þurh bearn godes || bega gehwæþres ge æt þære gesyhþe || þæs sigebeames ge þæs geleafan || þe hio swa leohte oncneow wuldorfæste gife || in þæs weres breostum þa wæs gefrege || in þære folcsceare geond þa werþeode || wide læded mære morgenspel || manigum on andan þara þe dryhtnes æ || dyrnan woldon boden æfter burgum || swa brimo fæþmeþ in ceastra gehwære || þæt cristes rod fyrn foldan begræfen || funden wære selest sigebeacna || þara þe siþ oþþe ær halig under heofenum || ahafen wurde ond wæs iudeum || gnornsorga mæst werum wansæligum || wyrda laþost þær hie hit for worulde || wendan meahton cristenra gefean || þa sio cwen bebead ofer eorlmægen || aras fysan ricene to rade || sceoldon romwarena ofer heanne holm || hlaford secean ond þam wiggende || wilspella mæst seolfum gesecgan || þæt þæt sigorbeacen þurh meotodes est || meted wære funden in foldan || þæt ær feala mæla behyded wæs || halgum to teonan cristenum folce || þa þam cininge wearþ þurh þa mæran word || mod geblissod ferhþ gefeonde || næs þa fricgendra under goldhoman || gad in burgum feorran geferede || wæs him frofra mæst geworden in worlde || æt þam willspelle hlihende hyge || þe him hereræswan ofer eastwegas || aras brohton hu gesundne siþ || ofer swonrade secgas mid sigecwen || aseted hæfdon on creca land || hie se casere heht ofstum myclum || eft gearwian sylfe to siþe || secgas ne gældon syþþan andsware || edre gehyrdon æþelinges word || heht he elenan hæl abeodan beadurofre || gif hie brim nesen ond gesundne siþ || settan mosten hæleþ hwætmode || to þære halgan byrig heht hire þa aras || eac gebeodan constantinus || þæt hio cirican þær on þam beorhhliþe || begra rædum getimbrede || tempel dryhtnes on caluarie || criste to willan hæleþum to helpe || þær sio halige rod gemeted wæs || mærost beama þara þe gefrugnen || foldbuende on eorþwege || hio geefnde swa siþþan winemagas || westan brohton ofer lagufæsten || leofspell manig þa seo cwen bebead || cræftum getyde sundor asecean || þa selestan þa þe wrætlicost || wyrcan cuþon stangefogum || on þam stedewange girwan godes tempel || swa hire gasta weard reord of roderum || heo þa rode heht golde beweorcean || ond gimcynnum mid þam æþelestum || eorcnanstanum besettan searocræftum || ond þa in seolfren fæt locum belucan || þær þæt lifes treo selest sigebeama || siþþan wunode æþelum anbræce || þær biþ a gearu wraþu wannhalum || wita gehwylces sæce ond sorge || hie sona þær þurh þa halgan gesceaft || helpe findaþ godcunde gife || swylce iudas onfeng æfter fyrstmearce || fulwihtes bæþ ond geclænsod wearþ || criste getrywe lifwearde leof || his geleafa wearþ fæst on ferhþe || siþþan frofre gast wic gewunode || in þæs weres breostum bylde to bote || he þæt betere geceas wuldres wynne || ond þam wyrsan wiþsoc deofulgildum || ond gedwolan fylde unrihte æ || him wearþ ece rex meotud milde god || mihta wealdend þa wæs gefulwad || se þe ær feala tida leoht gearu # || inbryrded breostsefa || on þæt betere lif gewended to wuldre || huru wyrd gescreaf þæt he swa geleaffull || ond swa leof gode in worldrice || weorþan sceolde criste gecweme || þæt gecyþed wearþ siþþan elene heht || eusebium on rædgeþeaht || rome bisceop gefetian on fultum || forþsnoterne hæleþa gerædum || to þære halgan byrig þæt he gesette || on sacerdhad in ierusalem || iudas þam folce to bisceope || burgum on innan þurh gastes gife || to godes temple cræftum gecorene || ond hine cyriacus þurh snyttro geþeaht || syþþan nemde niwan stefne || nama wæs gecyrred beornes in burgum || on þæt betere forþ æ hælendes || þa gen elenan wæs mod gemynde || ymb þa mæran wyrd geneahhe for þam næglum || þe þæs nergendes fet þurhwodon || ond his folme swa some mid þam on rode wæs || rodera wealdend gefæstnod frea mihtig || be þam frignan ongan cristenra cwen || cyriacus bæd þæt hire þa gina || gastes mihtum ymb wundorwyrd || willan gefylde onwrige wuldorgifum || ond þæt word acwæþ to þam bisceope || bald reordode þu me eorla hleo || þone æþelan beam rode rodera cininges || ryhte getæhtesþ on þa ahangen wæs || hæþenum folmum gasta geocend || godes agen bearn nerigend fira || mec þæra nægla gen on fyrhþsefan || fyrwet myngaþ wolde ic þæt þu funde || þa þe in foldan gen deope bedolfen || dierne sindon heolstre behyded || a min hige sorgaþ reonig reoteþ || ond geresteþ no ærþan me gefylle || fæder ælmihtig wereda wealdend || willan minne niþa nergend || þurh þara nægla cyme halig of hiehþa || nu þu hrædlice eallum eaþmedum || ar selesta þine bene onsend || in þa beorhtan gesceaft on wuldres wyn || bide wigena þrym þæt þe gecyþe || cyning ælmihtig hord under hrusan || þæt gehyded gen duguþum dyrne || deogol bideþ þa se halga ongan || hyge staþolian breostum onbryrded || bisceop þæs folces glædmod eode || gumena þreate god hergendra || ond þa geornlice cyriacus || on caluariæ hleor onhylde || hygerune ne maþ gastes mihtum || to gode cleopode eallum eaþmedum || bæd him engla weard geopenigean || uncuþe wyrd niwan on nearwe || hwær he þara nægla swiþost on þam wangstede || wenan þorfte leort þa tacen forþ || þær hie to sægon fæder frofre gast || þurh fyres bleo up eþigean || þær þa æþelestan hæleþa gerædum || hydde wæron þurh nearusearwe || næglas on eorþan þa cwom semninga || sunnan beorhtra lacende lig || leode gesawon hira willgifan || wundor cyþan þa þær of heolstre || swylce heofonsteorran oþþe goldgimmas || grunde getenge næglas of nearwe || neoþan scinende leohte lixton || leode gefægon weorud willhreþig || sægdon wuldor gode ealle anmode || þeah hie ær wæron þurh deofles spild || in gedwolan lange acyrred fram criste || hie cwædon þus nu we seolfe geseoþ || sigores tacen soþwundor godes || þeah we wiþsocun ær mid leasingum || nu is in leoht cymen onwrigen wyrda bigang || wuldor þæs age on heannesse || heofonrices god þa wæs geblissod || se þe to bote gehwearf þurh bearn godes || bisceop þara leoda niwan stefne || he þam næglum onfeng egesan geaclod || ond þære arwyrþan cwene brohte || hæfde ciriacus eall gefylled || swa him seo æþele bebead wifes willan || þa wæs wopes hring hat heafodwylm || ofer hleor goten nalles for torne || tearas feollon ofer wira gespon || wuldres gefylled cwene willa || heo on cneow sette leohte geleafan || lac weorþode blissum hremig || þe hire brungen wæs gnyrna to geoce || gode þancode sigora dryhtne || þæs þe hio soþ gecneow ondweardlice || þæt wæs oft bodod feor ær beforan || fram fruman worulde folcum to frofre || heo gefylled wæs wisdomes gife || ond þa wic beheold halig heofonlic gast || hreþer weardode æþelne innoþ || swa hie ælmihtig sigebearn godes || sioþþan freoþode ongan þa geornlice || gastgerynum on sefan secean || soþfæstnesse weg to wuldre || huru weroda god gefullæste || fæder on roderum cining ælmihtig || þæt seo cwen begeat willan in worulde || wæs se witedom þurh fyrnwitan || beforan sungen eall æfter orde || swa hit eft gelamp þinga gehwylces || þeodcwen ongan þurh gastes gife || georne secan nearwe geneahhe || to hwan hio þa næglas selost ond deorlicost || gedon meahte dugoþum to hroþer || hwæt þæs wære dryhtnes willa heht þa gefetigean || forþsnotterne ricene to rune || þone þe rædgeþeaht þurh gleawe miht || georne cuþe frodne on ferhþe || ond hine frignan ongan hwæt him þæs on sefan || selost þuhte to gelæstenne || ond his lare geceas þurh þeodscipe || he hire þriste oncwæþ þæt is gedafenlic || þæt þu dryhtnes word on hyge healde || halige rune cwen seleste || ond þæs cininges bebod georne begange || nu þe god sealde sawle sigesped || ond snyttro cræft nerigend fira || þu þas næglas hat þam æþelestan || eorþcyninga burgagendra || on his bridels don meare to midlum || þæt manigum sceall geond middangeard || mære weorþan þonne æt sæcce mid þy || oferswiþan mæge feonda gehwylcne || þonne fyrdhwate on twa healfe || tohtan secaþ sweordgeniþlan || þær hie ymb sige winnaþ wraþ wiþ wraþum || he ah æt wigge sped sigor æt sæcce || ond sybbe gehwær æt gefeohte friþ || se þe foran lædeþ bridels on blancan || þonne beadurofe æt garþræce || guman gecoste beraþ bord ond ord || þis biþ beorna gehwam wiþ æglæce || unoferswiþed wæpen æt wigge || be þam se witga sang snottor searuþancum || sefa deop gewod wisdomes gewitt || he þæt word gecwæþ cuþ þæt gewyrþeþ || þæt þæs cyninges sceal mearh under modegum || midlum geweorþod bridelshringum || biþ þæt beacen gode halig nemned || ond se hwæteadig wigge weorþod || se þæt wicg byrþ þa þæt ofstlice || eall gelæste elene for eorlum || æþelinges heht beorna beaggifan || bridels frætwan hire selfre suna || sende to lace ofer geofenes stream || gife unscynde heht þa tosomne || þa heo seleste mid iudeum || gumena wiste hæleþa cynnes || to þære halgan byrig cuman in þa ceastre || þa seo cwen ongan læran leofra heap || þæt hie lufan dryhtnes ond sybbe swa same || sylfra betweonum freondræddenne || fæste gelæston leahtorlease || in hira lifes tid ond þæs latteowes || larum hyrdon cristenum þeawum || þe him cyriacus bude boca gleaw || wæs se bissceophad fægere befæsted || oft him feorran to laman limseoce || lefe cwomon healte heorudreorige || hreofe ond blinde heane hygegeomre || symle hælo þær æt þam bisceope || bote fundon ece to aldre || þa gen him elene forgeaf sincweorþunga || þa hio wæs siþes fus eft to eþle || ond þa eallum bebead on þam gumrice || god hergendum werum ond wifum || þæt hie weorþeden mode ond mægene || þone mæran dæg heortan gehigdum || in þam sio halige rod gemeted wæs || mærost beama þara þe of eorþan || up aweoxe geloden under leafum || wæs þa lencten agan butan siex nihtum || ær sumeres cyme on maias calend || sie þara manna gehwam behliden helle duru || heofones ontyned ece geopenad || engla rice dream unhwilen || ond hira dæl scired mid marian || þe on gemynd nime þære deorestan || dægweorþunga rode under roderum || þa se ricesta ealles oferwealdend || earme beþeahte [finit] þus ic frod ond fus || þurh þæt fæcne hus wordcræftum wæf || ond wundrum læs þragum þreodude || ond geþanc reodode nihtes nearwe || nysse ic gearwe be þære rode riht || ær me rumran geþeaht þurh þa mæran miht || on modes þeaht wisdom onwreah || ic wæs weorcum fah synnum asæled || sorgum gewæled bitrum gebunden || bisgum beþrungen ær me lare onlag || þurh leohtne had gamelum to geoce || gife unscynde mægencyning amæt || ond on gemynd begeat torht ontynde || tidum gerymde bancofan onband || breostlocan onwand leoþucræft onleac || þæs ic lustum breac willum in worlde || ic þæs wuldres treowes oft nales æne || hæfde ingemynd ær ic þæt wundor || onwrigen hæfde ymb þone beorhtan beam || swa ic on bocum fand wyrda gangum || on gewritum cyþan be þam sigebeacne || a wæs secg oþ þæt cnyssed cearwelmum || cen drusende þeah he in medohealle || maþmas þege æplede gold || yr gnornode niedgefera || nearusorge dreah enge rune || þær him eoh fore milpaþas mæt || modig þrægde wirum gewlenced || wyn is geswiþrad gomen æfter gearum || geogoþ is gecyrred ald onmedla || ur wæs geara geogoþhades glæm || nu synt geardagas æfter fyrstmearce || forþ gewitene lifwynne geliden || swa lagu toglideþ flodas gefysde || feoh æghwam biþ læne under lyfte || landes frætwe gewitaþ under wolcnum || winde geliccost þonne he for hæleþum || hlud astigeþ wæþeþ be wolcnum || wedende færeþ ond eft semninga || swige gewyrþeþ in nedcleofan || nearwe geheaþrod þream forþrycced # || swa a þeos world || eall gewiteþ ond eac swa some || þe hire on wurdon atydrede || tionleg nimeþ þonne dryhten sylf || dom geseceþ engla weorude || sceall æghwylc þær reordberendra || riht gehyran dæda gehwylcra || þurh þæs deman muþ ond worda swa same || wed gesyllan eallra unsnyttro || ær gesprecenra þristra geþonca || þonne on þreo dæleþ in fyres feng || folc anra gehwylc þara þe gewurdon || on widan feore ofer sidne grund || soþfæste bioþ yfemest in þam ade || eadigra gedryht duguþ domgeorne || swa hie adreogan magon ond butan earfeþum || eaþe geþolian modigra mægen || him gemetgaþ eall ældes leoma || swa him eþost biþ sylfum geseftost || synfulle beoþ mane gemengde || in þam midle þread hæleþ higegeomre || in hatne wylm þrosme beþehte || biþ se þridda dæl awyrgede womsceaþan || in þæs wylmes grund lease leodhatan || lige befæsted þurh ærgewyrht || arleasra sceolu in gleda gripe || gode no syþþan of þam morþorhofe || in gemynd cumaþ wuldorcyninge || ac hie worpene beoþ of þam heaþuwylme || in hellegrund torngeniþlan || biþ þam twam dælum ungelice || moton engla frean geseon sigora god || hie asodene beoþ asundrod fram synnum || swa smæte gold þæt in wylme biþ || womma gehwylces þurh ofnes fyr || eall geclænsod amered ond gemylted || swa biþ þara manna ælc ascyred ond asceaden || scylda gehwylcre deopra firena || þurh þæs domes fyr moton þonne siþþan || sybbe brucan eces eadwelan || him biþ engla weard milde ond bliþe || þæs þe hie mana gehwylc forsawon synna weorc || ond to suna metudes wordum cleopodon || forþan hie nu on wlite scinaþ englum gelice || yrfes brucaþ wuldorcyninges || to widan feore amen ||