# Solomon and Saturn saturnus cwæþ # || hwæt ic iglanda || eallra hæbbe boca onbyrged || þurh gebregdstafas larcræftas onlocen || libia and greca swylce eac istoriam || indea rices me þa treahteras || tala wisedon on þam micelan bec # || # m/ /ces heardum || swylce ic næfre on eallum þam fyrngewrytum || findan ne mihte soþe samnode || ic sohte þa git hwylc wære modes || oþþe mægenþrymmes elnes oþþe æhte || oþþe eorlscipes se gepalmtwigoda || pater noster sille ic þe ealle || sunu dauides þeoden israela || þritig punda smætes goldes || and mine suna twelfe gif þu mec gebringest || þæt ic si gebryrded þurh þæs cantices cwyde || cristes linan gesemesþ mec mid soþe || and ic mec gesund fare wende mec on willan || on wæteres hrigc ofer coferflod || caldeas secan salomon cwæþ # || unlæde biþ on eorþan || unnit lifes wesþe wisdomes || weallaþ swa nieten feldgongende || feoh butan gewitte se þurh þone cantic ne can || crist geherian woraþ he windes full || worpaþ hine deofol on domdæge || draca egeslice bismorlice || of blacere liþran irenum aplum || ealle beoþ aweaxen of edwittes || iþa heafdum þonne him biþ leofre || þonne eall þeos leohte gesceaft gegoten fram þam grunde || goldes and seolfres feþersceatum full || feohgestreona gif he æfre þæs organes || owiht cuþe fracoþ he biþ þonne and fremede || frean ælmihtigum englum ungelic || ana hwearfaþ saturnus cwæþ # || ac hwa mæg eaþost || ealra gesceafta þa halgan duru || heofona rices torhte ontynan || on getælrime salomon cwæþ # || þæt gepalmtwigede || pater noster heofonas ontyneþ || halige geblissaþ metod gemiltsaþ || morþor gefylleþ adwæsceþ deofles fyr || dryhtnes onæleþ swylce þu miht mid þy beorhtan gebede || blod onhætan þæs deofles dreor || þæt him dropan stigaþ swate geswiþed || seofan intingum egesfullicran || þonne seo ærene gripu þonne heo for twelf fyra || tydernessum ofer gleda gripe || gifrust wealleþ forþon hafaþ se cantic || ofer ealle cristes bec widmærost word || he gewritu læreþ stefnum steoreþ || and him stede healdeþ heofona rices || heregeatewa wigeþ saturnus cwæþ # || ac hulic is se organ || ingemyndum to begonganne || þam þe his gast wile meltan wiþ morþre || mergan of sorge asceadan of scyldum || huru him scippend geaf wuldorlicne wlite || mec þæs on worolde full oft fyrwit frineþ || fus gewiteþ mod gemengeþ || nænig manna wat hæleþa under hefenum || hu min hige dreoseþ bysig æfter bocum || hwilum me bryne stigeþ hige heortan neah || hædre wealleþ salomon cwæþ # || gylden is se godes cwide || gimmum astæned hafaþ sylfren leaf || sundor mæg æghwylc þurh gastes gife || godspel secgan he biþ seofan snytro || and saule hunig and modes meolc || mærþa gesælgost he mæg þa saule || of siennihte gefeccan under foldan || næfre hie se feond to þæs niþer feterum gefæstnaþ || þeah he hie mid fiftigum clusum beclemme || he þone cræft briceþ and þa orþancas || ealle tosliteþ hungor he ahieþeþ || helle gestrudeþ wylm toweorpeþ || wuldor getimbreþ he is modigra || middangearde staþole strengra || þonne ealra stana gripe lamena he is læce || leoht wincendra swilce he is deafra duru || dumbra tunge scyldigra scyld || scyppendes seld flodes ferigend || folces nerigend yþa yrfeweard || earmra fisca and wyrma welm || wildeora holt on westenne weard || weorþmynta geard and se þe wile geornlice || þone godes cwide singan soþlice || and hine siemle wile lufian butan leahtrum || he mæg þone laþan gæst feohtende feond || fleonde gebrengan gif þu him ærest on ufan || ierne gebrengest prologa prima || þam is peorþ p nama hafaþ guþmæcga || gierde lange gyldene gade || and a þone grymman feond swiþmod sweopaþ || and him on swaþe fylgeþ ac a ofermægene || and hine eac ofslihþ tir t hine teswaþ || and hine on þa tungan sticaþ wræsteþ him þæt woddor || and him þa wongan brieceþ eoh e hiene yflaþ || swa he a wile ealra feonda gehwane || fæste gestondan þonne hiene on unþanc rad r || ieorrenga geseceþ bocstafa brego || bregdeþ sona feond be þam feaxe || læteþ flint brecan scines sconcan || he ne besceawaþ no his leomona liþ || ne biþ him læce god wendeþ he hiene þonne under wolcnum || wigsteall seceþ heolstre behelmed || huru him biþ æt heartan wa þonne he hangiende || helle wisceþ þæs ængestan || eþelrices þonne hine forcinnaþ || þa cirican getuinnas n and o samod || æghwæþer brengeþ sweopan of siþe || sargiaþ hwile fremdne flæschoman || feorh ne bemurnaþ þonne sigel s cymeþ || engla geræswa wuldores stæf || wraþne gegripeþ feond be þam fotum || læteþ foreweard hleor on strangne stan || stregdaþ toþas geond helle heap || hydeþ hine æghwylc æfter sceades sciman || sceaþa biþ gebisigod satanes þegn || swiþe gestilled swilce hiene cweorþ q and ur v || cwealme gehnægaþ frome folctogan || faraþ him togegnes habbaþ leoht speru || lange sceaftas swiþmode sweopan || swenga ne wyrnaþ deorra dynta || him biþ þæt deofol laþ þonne hine i and lagu l || and se yrra cen c guþe begyrdaþ || geap stæf wigeþ biterne brogan || bigaþ sona helle hæftling || þæt he on hinder gæþ þonne hiene feoh f and monn m || utan ymbþringaþ scyldigne sceaþan || habbaþ scearp speru atole earhfare || æled lætaþ on þæs feondes feax || flana stregdan biterne brogan || banan heardlice grimme ongieldaþ || þæs hie oft gilp brecaþ þonne hine æt niehstan || nearwe stilleþ gear g se geapa || þone god sendeþ freondum on fultum || færeþ æfter dæg d fifmægnum full || fyr biþ se þridda stæf stræte neah || stille bideþ h onetteþ || engel hine scierpeþ cristes cempan || on cwicum wædum godes spyrigendes || geonges hrægles þonne hine on lyfte || lifgetwinnan under tungla getrumum || tuigena ordum sweopum seolfrynum || swiþe weallaþ oþþæt him ban blicaþ || bledaþ ædran gartorn geotaþ || gifrum deofle mæg simle se godes cwide || gumena gehwylcum ealra feonda gehwane || fleondne gebrengan þurh mannes muþ || manfulra heap sweartne geswencan || næfre hie þæs syllice bleoum bregdaþ || æfter bancofan feþerhoman onfoþ || hwilum flotan gripaþ hwilum hie gewendaþ || in wyrmes lic stronges and sticoles || stingeþ nieten feldgongende || feoh gestrudeþ hwilum he on wætere || wicg gehnægeþ hornum geheaweþ || oþþæt him heortan blod famig flodes bæþ || foldan geseceþ hwilum he gefeteraþ || fæges mannes handa gehefegaþ || þonne he æt hilde sceall wiþ laþ werud || lifes tiligan awriteþ he on his wæpne || wællnota heap bealwe bocstafas || bill forscrifeþ meces mærþo || forþon nænig man scile oft orþances || ut abredan wæpnes ecgge || þeah þe him se wlite cweme ac symle he sceal singan || þonne he his sweord geteo pater noster || and þæt palmtreow biddan mid blisse || þæt him bu gife feorh and folme || þonne his feond cyme // swice || ær he soþ wite þæt þa sienfullan || saula sticien mid hettendum || helle tomiddes hateþ þonne heahcining || helle betynan fyres fulle || and þa feondas mid hæfde þa se snotra || sunu dauides forcumen and forcyþed || caldea eorl hwæþre was on sælum || se þe of siþe cwom feorran gefered || næfre ær his ferhþ ahlog hwæt ic flitan gefrægn || on fyrndagum modgleawe men || middangeardes ræswan gewesan ymbe hira wisdom || wyrs deþ se þe liehþ oþþe þæs soþes ansæceþ || saloman was bremra þeah þe saturnus || sumra hæfde bald breosttoga || boca cæga leornenga locan || land eall geondhwearf indea mere || east corsias persea rice || palestinion niniuen ceastre || and norþ predan meda maþþumselas || marculfes eard saulus rice || swa he suþ ligeþ ymbe geallboe || and ymb geador norþ filistina flet || fæsten creca wudu egipta || wæter mathea cludas coreffes || caldea rice creca cræftas || cynn arabia lare libia || lond syria pitþinia || buþanasan pamhpilia || pores gemære macedonia || mesopotamie cappadocia || cristes eþel hieryhco galilea || hierusalem # oþþe ic swigie || nyttes hycgge || þeah ic no sprece wat ic þonne gif þu gewitest || on wendelsæ ofer coforflod || cyþþe secean þæt þu wille gilpan || þæt þu hæbbe gumena bearn forcumen and forcyþþed || wat ic þæt wæron caldeas guþe þæs gielpne || and þæs goldwlonce mærþa þæs modige || þær to þam moning gelomp suþ ymbe sanere feld || sæge me from þam lande þær nænig fyra ne mæg || fotum gestæppan saturnus cuæþ # || se mæra was haten || sæliþende weallende wulf || werþeodum cuþ filistina || freond nebrondes he on þam felda ofslog || fif ond twentig dracena on dægred || and hine þa deaþ offeoll forþan þa foldan ne mæg || fira ænig þone mercstede || mon gesecan fugol gefleogan || ne þon ma foldan neat þanon atercynn || ærest gewurdon wide onwæcned || þa þe nu weallende þurh attres oroþ || ingang rymaþ git his sweord scineþ || swiþe gescæned and ofer þa byrgenna || blicaþ þa hieltas salomon cwæþ # || dol biþ se þe gæþ || on deop wæter se þe sund nafaþ || ne gesegled scip ne fugles flyht || ne he mid fotum ne mæg grund geræcan || huru se godes cunnaþ full dyslice || dryhtnes meahta saturnus cuæþ # || ac hwæt is se dumba || se þe on sumre dene resteþ swiþe snyttraþ || hafaþ seofon tungan hafaþ tungena gehwylc || twentig orda hafaþ orda gehwylc || engles snytro þara þe wile anra hwylc || uppe bringan þæt þu þære gyldnan gesiehst || hierusalem weallas blican || and hiera winrod lixan soþfæstra segn || saga hwæt ic mæne salomon cuæþ # || bec sindon breme || bodiaþ geneahhe weotodne willan || þam þe wiht hygeþ gestrangaþ hie and gestaþeliaþ || staþolfæstne geþoht amyrgaþ modsefan || manna gehwylces of þreamedlan || þisses lifes saturnus cwæþ # || bald biþ se þe onbyregeþ || boca cræftes symle biþ þe wisra || þe hira geweald hafaþ salomon cuæþ # || sige hie onsendaþ || soþfæstra gehwam hælo hyþe || þam þe hie lufaþ saturnus cwæþ # || an wise is || on woroldrice ymb þa me fyrwet bræc || fiftig wintra dæges and niehtes || þurh deop gesceaft geomrende gast || deþ nu gena swa ærþon me geunne || ece dryhten þæt me geseme || snoterra monn salomon cwæþ # || soþ is þæt þu sagast || seme ic þe recene ymb þa wrætlican wiht || wilt þu þæt ic þe secgge an fugel siteþ || on filistina middelgemærum || munt is hine ymbutan geap gylden weall || georne hine healdaþ witan filistina || wenaþ þæs þe naht is þæt hiene him scyle eall þeod || on genæman wæpna ecggum || hie þæs wære cunnon healdaþ hine niehta gehwylce || norþan and suþan on twa healfa || tu hund wearda se fugel hafaþ || feower heafdu medumra manna || and he is on middan hwælen geowes he hafaþ fiþeru || and griffus fet ligeþ lonnum fæst || locaþ unhiere swiþe swingeþ || and his searo hringeþ gilleþ geomorlice || and his gyrn sefaþ wylleþ hine on þam wite || wunaþ unlustum singgeþ syllice || seldum æfre his leoma licggaþ || longaþ hine hearde þynceþ him þæt sie þria þritig || þusend wintra ær he domdæges || dynn gehyre nyste hine on þære foldan || fira ænig eorþan cynnes || ærþon ic hine ana onfand and hine þa gebendan het || ofer brad wæter þæt hine se modega heht || melotes bearn filistina fruma || fæste gebindan lonnum belucan || wiþ leodgryre þone fugel hataþ || feorbuende filistina fruman || uasa mortis saturnus cwæþ # || ac hwæt is þæt wundor || þe geond þas worold færeþ styrnenga gæþ || staþolas beateþ aweceþ wopdropan || winneþ oft hider ne mæg hit steorra ne stan || ne se steapa gimm wæter ne wildeor || wihte beswican ac him on hand gæþ || heardes and hnesces micles and mætes || him to mose sceall gegangan geara gehwelce || grundbuendra lyftfleogendra || laguswemmendra þria þreoteno || þusendgerimes salomon cuæþ # || yldo beoþ on eorþan || æghwæs cræftig mid hiþendre || hildewræsne rumre racenteage || ræceþ wide langre linan || lisseþ eall þæt heo wile beam heo abreoteþ || and bebriceþ telgum astyreþ standendne || stefn on siþe afilleþ hine on foldan || friteþ æfter þam wildne fugol || heo oferwigeþ wulf hio oferbideþ stanas || heo oferstigeþ style hio abiteþ iren mid ome || deþ usic swa saturnus cwæþ # || ac forhwon fealleþ se snaw || foldan behydeþ bewrihþ wyrta ciþ || wæstmas getigeþ geþyþ hie and geþreataþ || þæt hie þrage beoþ cealde geclungne || full oft he gecostaþ eac wildeora worn || wætum he oferbricgeþ gebryceþ burga geat || baldlice fereþ reafaþ # || salomon cwæþ # || swiþor micle || þonne se swipra niþ se hine gelædeþ || on þa laþan wic mid þa fræcnan || feonde to willan saturnus cwæþ # || nieht biþ wedera þiestrost || ned biþ wyrda heardost sorg biþ swarost byrþen || slæp biþ deaþe gelicost salomon cwæþ # || lytle hwile || leaf beoþ grene þonne hie eft fealewiaþ || feallaþ on eorþan and forweorniaþ || weorþaþ to duste swa þonne gefeallaþ || þa þe fyrena ær lange læstaþ || lifiaþ him in mane hydaþ heahgestreon || healdaþ georne on fæstenne || feondum to willan and wenaþ wanhogan || þæt hie wille wuldorcining ælmihtig god || ece gehiran saturnus cwæþ # || sona biþ gesiene || siþþan flowan mot yþ ofer eall lond || ne wile heo awa þæs siþes geswican || sioþþan hire se sæl cymeþ þæt heo domes dæges || dyn gehiere salomon cwæþ # || wa biþ þonne þissum modgum monnum || þam þe her nu mid mane lengest lifiaþ on þisse lænan gesceafte || ieo þæt þine leode gecyþdon wunnon hie wiþ dryhtnes miehtum || forþon hie þæt worc ne gedegdon ne sceall ic þe hwæþre broþor abelgan || þu eart swiþe bittres cynnes eorre eormenstrynde || ne beyrn þu in þa inwitgecyndo saturnus cwæþ # || saga þu me salomon cyning || sunu dauides hwæt beoþ þa feowere || fægæs rapas salomon cuæþ # || gewurdene wyrda # || þæt beoþ þa feowere || fæges rapas saturnus cwæþ # || ac hwa demeþ þonne || dryhtne criste on domes dæge || þonne he demeþ eallum gesceaftum salomon cwæþ # || hwa dear þonne dryhtne deman || þe us of duste geworhte nergend of niehtes wunde || ac sæge me hwæt nærende wæron saturnus cwæþ # || ac forhwon ne mot seo sunne || side gesceafte scire geondscinan || forhwam besceadeþ heo muntas and moras || and monige ec weste stowa || hu geweorþeþ þæt salomon cuæþ # || ac forhwam næron eorþwelan || ealle gedæled leodum gelice || sum to lyt hafaþ godes grædig || hine god seteþ þurh geearnunga || eadgum to ræste saturnus cwæþ # || ac forhwan beoþ þa gesiþas || somod ætgædre wop and hleahtor || full oft hie weorþgeornra sælþa toslitaþ || hu gesæleþ þæt salomon cuæþ # || unlæde biþ and ormod || se þe a wile geomrian on gihþe || se biþ gode fracoþast saturnus cwæþ # || forhwon ne moton we þonne ealle || mid onmedlan gegnum gangan || in godes rice salomon cwæþ # || ne mæg fyres feng || ne forstes cile snaw ne sunne || somod eardian aldor geæfnan || ac hira sceal anra gehwylc onlutan and onliþigan || þe hafaþ læsse mægn saturnus cwæþ # || ac forhwon þonne leofaþ || se wyrsa leng se wyrsa ne wat || in woroldrice on his mægwinum || maran are salomon cwæþ # || ne mæg mon forildan || ænige hwile þone deoran siþ || ac he hine adreogan sceall saturnus cwæþ # || ac hu gegangeþ þæt || gode oþþe yfle þonne hie beoþ þurh ane || idese acende twegen getwinnas || ne biþ hira tir gelic oþer biþ unlæde on eorþan || oþer biþ eadig swiþe leoftæle || mid leoda duguþum oþer leofaþ || lytle hwile swiceþ on þisse sidan gesceafte || and þonne eft mid sorgum gewiteþ fricge ic þec hlaford salomon || hwæþres biþ hira folgoþ betra salomon cuæþ # || modor ne rædeþ || þonne heo magan cenneþ hu him weorþe geond worold || widsiþ sceapen oft heo to bealwe || bearn afedeþ seolfre to sorge || siþþan dreogeþ his earfoþu || orlegstunde heo þæs afran sceall || oft and gelome grimme greotan || þonne he geong færeþ hafaþ wilde mod || werige heortan sefan sorgfullne || slideþ geneahhe werig wilna leas || wuldres bedæled hwilum higegeomor || healle weardaþ leofaþ leodum feor || locaþ geneahhe fram þam unlædan || agen hlaford forþan nah seo modor geweald || þonne heo magan cenneþ bearnes blædes || ac sceall on gebyrd faran an æfter anum || þæt is eald gesceaft saturnus cwæþ # || ac forhwan nele monn him on giogoþe || georne gewyrcan deores dryhtscipes || and dædfruman wadan on wisdom || winnan æfter snytro salomon cwæþ # || hwæt him mæg eadig eorl || eaþe geceosan on his modsefan || mildne hlaford anne æþeling || ne mæg don unlæde swa saturnus cwæþ # || ac forhwam winneþ þis wæter || geond woroldrice dreogeþ deop gesceaft || ne mot on dæg restan neahtes neþyþ || cræfte tyþ cristnaþ and clænsaþ || cwicra manigo wuldre gewlitigaþ || ic wihte ne cann forhwan se stream ne mot || stillan neahtes salomon cwæþ # || his lifes fæþme || simle hit biþ his lareowum hyrsum full oft hit eac þæs deofles || dugoþ gehnægeþ þær weotena biþ || worn gesamnod þonne snottrum men || snæd oþþglideþ þa he be leohte gesihþ || luteþ æfter gesegnaþ and gesyfleþ || and him sylf friteþ swilc biþ seo an snæd || æghwylcum men selre micle || gif heo gesegnod biþ to þycgganne || gif he hit geþencan cann þonne him sie seofon daga || symbelgereordu leoht hafaþ heow and had || haliges gastes cristes gecyndo || hit þæt gecyþeþ full oft gif hit unwitan || ænige hwile healdaþ butan hæftum || hit þurh hrof wædeþ bryceþ and bærneþ || boldgetimbru seomaþ steap and geap || stigeþ on lenge clymmeþ on gecyndo || cunnaþ hwænne mote fyr on his frumsceaft || on fæder geardas eft to his eþle || þanon hit æror cuom hit biþ eallenga || eorl to gesihþe þam þe gedælan can || dryhtnes þecelan forþon nis nænegu gecynd || cuiclifigende ne fugel ne fisc || ne foldan stan ne wæteres wylm || ne wudutelga ne munt ne mor || ne þes middangeard þæt he forþ ne sie || fyrenes cynnes saturnus cwæþ # || full oft ic frode menn || fyrn gehyrde secggan and swerian || ymb sume wisan hwæþer wære twegra || butan tweon strengra wyrd þe warnung || þonne hie winnaþ oft mid hira þreamedlan || hwæþerne aþreoteþ ær ic to soþon wat || sægdon me geara filistina witan || þonne we on geflitum sæton bocum tobræddon || and on bearm legdon meþelcwidas mengdon || moniges fengon þæt nære nænig manna || middangeardes þæt meahte þara twega || tuion aspyrian salomon cwæþ # || wyrd biþ wended hearde || wealleþ swiþe geneahhe heo wop weceþ || heo wean hladeþ heo gast scyþ || heo ger byreþ and hwæþre him mæg wissefa || wyrda gehwylce gemetigian || gif he biþ modes gleaw and to his freondum wile || fultum secan þeh hwæþre godcundes || gæstes brucan saturnus cwæþ # || ac hwæt witeþ us || wyrd seo swiþe eallra fyrena fruma || fæhþo modor weana wyrtwela || wopes heafod frumscylda gehwæs || fæder and modor deaþes dohtor || ac tohwan drohtaþ heo mid us hwæt hie wile lifigende || late aþreotan þæt heo þurh fyrena geflitu || fæhþo ne tydre salomon cwæþ # || nolde gæd geador || in godes rice eadiges engles || and þæs ofermodan oþer his dryhtne hierde || oþer him ongan wyrcan þurh dierne cræftas segn and side byrnan || cwæþ þæt he mid his gesiþum wolde hiþan eall heofona rice || and him þonne on healfum sittan tydran him mid þy teoþan dæle || oþþæt he his tornes ne cuþe ende þurh insceafte || þa wearþ se æþelra þeoden gedrefed þurh þæs deofles gehygdo || forlet hine þa of dune gehreosan afielde hine þa || under foldan sceatas heht hine þær fæste gebindan || þæt sindon þa usic feohtaþ on forþon is witena gehwam || wopes eaca þa þæt eadig onfand || engla dryhten þæt heo leng mid hine || lare ne namon aweorp hine þa of þam wuldre || and wide todraf and him bebead || bearn heofonwara þæt hie ec scoldon || a þenden hie lifdon wunian in wylme || wop þrowian heaf under hefonum || and him helle gescop wælcealde wic || wintre beþeahte wæter in sende || and wyrmgeardas atol deor monig || irenum hornum blodige earnas || and blace nædran þurst and hungor || and þearle gewin egna egesan || unrotnesse and æghwylc him þissa earfeþa || ece stondeþ butan edwende || a þenden hie lifigaþ saturnus cwæþ # || is þonne on þisse foldan || fira ænig eorþan cynnes || þara þe man age þe deaþ abæde || ær se dæg cyme þæt sie his calendcwide || arunnen and hine mon annunga || ut abanne salomon cwæþ # || æghwylcum men || engel onsendeþ dryhten heofona || þonne dæg styreþ se sceall behealdan || hu his hyge wille grædig growan || in godes willan murnan metodes þrym || mid þy þe hit dæg biþ þonne hine ymbegangaþ || gastas twegen oþer biþ golde glædra || oþer biþ grundum sweartra oþer cymeþ # || # ofer þære stylenan helle || oþer hine læreþ || þæt he lufan healde metodes miltse || and his mæga ræd oþer hine tyhteþ || and on tæso læreþ yweþ him and yppeþ || earmra manna misgemynda || and þurh þæt his mod hweteþ lædeþ hine and læceþ || and hine geond land spaneþ oþþæt his ege biþ || æfþancum full þurh earmra scyld || yrre geworden swa þonne feohteþ se feond || on feower gecynd oþþæt he gewendeþ || on þa wyrsan hand deofles dædum || dæglongne fyrst and þæs willan wyrcþ || þe hine on woh spaneþ gewiteþ þonne wepende || on weg faran engel to his earde || and þæt eall sagaþ ne meahte ic of þære heortan || heardne aþringan stylenne stan || sticaþ him tomiddes