# The Metrical Epilogue to MS. 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

bidde ic eac || æghwylcne mann
brego rices weard || ðe ðas boc ræde
and ða bredu befo || fira aldor
ðæt gefyrðrige ðone writre || wynsum cræfte
ðe ðas boc awrat || bam handum twam
ðæt he mote manega gyt || mundum synum
geendigan || his aldre to willan
and him ðæs geunne || se ðe ah ealles geweald
rodera waldend || ðæt he on riht mote
oð his daga ende || drihten herigan
amen || geweorðe ðæt