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