# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 16

se þe wille anwald agon || þonne sceal he ærest tilian
þæt he his selfes || on sefan age
anwald innan || þy læs he æfre sie
his unþeawum || eall underþyded
ado of his mode || mislicra fela
þara ymbhogona || þe him unnet sie
læte sume hwile || siofunga ana
ermþa sinra || þeah him eall sie
þes middangeard || swa swa merestreamas
utan belicgaþ || on æht gifen
efne swa wide || swa swa westmest nu
an iglond ligþ || ut on garsecg
þær nængu biþ || niht on sumera
ne wuhte þon ma || on wintra dæg
toteled tidum || þæt is tile haten
þeah nu anra hwa || ealles wealde
þæs iglandes || and eac þonan
oþ indeas || eastewearde
þeah he nu þæt eall || agan mote
hwy biþ his anwald || auhte þy mara
gif he siþþan nah || his selfes geweald
ingeþances || and hine eorneste
wel ne bewarenaþ || wordum and dædum
wiþ þa unþeawas || þe we ymb sprecaþ