# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 23

sie þæt la on eorþan || ælces þinges
gesælig mon || gif he gesion mæge
þone hlutrestan || heofontorhtan stream
æþelne æwelm || ælces goodes
and of him selfum || þone sweartan mist
modes þiostro || mæg aweorpan
we sculon þeah gita || mid godes fylste
ealdum and leasum || þinne ingeþonc
betan bispellum || þæt þu þe bet mæge
aredian to rodorum || rihte stige
on þone ecan eard || ussa saula