# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 15 þeah hine nu se yfela || unrihtwisa neron cynincg || niwan gescerpte wlitegum wædum || wundorlice golde geglengde || and gimcynnum þeah he wæs on worulde || witena gehwelcum on his lifdagum || laþ and unweorþ fierenfull || hwæt se feond swa þeah his diorlingas || duguþum stepte ne mæg ic þeah gehycgan || hwy him on hige þorfte a þy sæl wesan || þeah hi sume hwile gecure butan cræftum || cyninga dysegast næron hy þy weorþran || witena ænegum þeah hine se dysega || do to cyninge hu mæg þæt gesceadwis || scealc gereccan þæt he him þy selra || sie oþþe þince