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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.6.16
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 16
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 16

Met16 1. se þe wille anwald agon || þonne sceal he ærest tilian Sē þe wille anweald āgan, || þonne sċeall hē ǣrest tilian
Met16 2. þæt he his selfes || on sefan age þæt hē his selfes || on sefan āĝe
Met16 3. anwald innan || þy læs he æfre sie anweald innan, || þȳ læs hē ǣfre sīe
Met16 4. his unþeawum || eall underþyded his unþēawum || eall under·þīeded,
Met16 5. ado of his mode || mislicra fela ā·dō of his mōde || mislicra fela
Met16 6. þara ymbhogona || þe him unnet sie þāra ymb·hoĝena || þe him unnytt sīe,
Met16 7. læte sume hwile || siofunga ana lǣte sume hwīle || sēofunga ana%
Met16 8. ermþa sinra || þeah him eall sie iermþa sīnra%. || Þēah him eall sīe
Met16 9. þes middangeard || swa swa merestreamas þēs middan-ġeard, || swā swā mere-strēamas
Met16 10. utan belicgaþ || on æht gifen ūtan be·liċġaþ, || on ǣht ġiefen,
Met16 11. efne swa wide || swa swa westmest nu efene swā wīde || swā swā westmest nū
Met16 12. an iglond ligþ || ut on garsecg ān īeġ-land liġþ || ūt on gārseċġ,
Met16 13. þær nængu biþ || niht on sumera ðǣr nǣngu biþ || niht on sumera
Met16 14. ne wuhte þon ma || on wintra dæg ne wihte þon mā || on wintra dæġ
Met16 15. toteled tidum || þæt is tile haten tō·teled tīdum, || þæt is Tile hāten;
Met16 16. þeah nu anra hwa || ealles wealde þēah nū ānra hwā || ealles wealde
Met16 17. þæs iglandes || and eac þonan þæs īeġ-landes || and ēac þonan
Met16 18. oþ indeas || eastewearde oþ Indeas || ēaste-wearde;
Met16 19. þeah he nu þæt eall || agan mote þēah hē nū þæt eall || āĝan mōte,
Met16 20. hwy biþ his anwald || auhte þy mara hwȳ biþ his anweald || āuhte þȳ māra,
Met16 21. gif he siþþan nah || his selfes geweald ġif hē siþþan nāh || his selfes ġe·weald
Met16 22. ingeþances || and hine eorneste inn-ġe·þances || and hine eornoste
Met16 23. wel ne bewarenaþ || wordum and dædum wēl ne be·warenaþ || wordum and dǣdum
Met16 24. wiþ þa unþeawas || þe we ymb sprecaþ wiþ þā unþēawas || þe we ymb sprecaþ?