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 # 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