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[^TEXT:  BODLEY HOMILIES.
TWELFTH-CENTURY HOMILIES IN MS. BODLEY 343,
PART I.
EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY, O.S. 137.
ED. A. O. BELFOUR.
LONDON, 1962 (1909).
PP. 40.3  - 48.29  (V)
PP. 96.5  - 106.25 (X) 
PP. 124.1 - 134.5  (XII)^]

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[} (\DOMINICA IN QUADRAGESSIMA\) }]

   Men +ta leofeste, ic cy+de eow +tt +dreo +ting beo+d +arest  #
on forewearde
+a+ghwilcum men neodbehefe to habbene. An is ileaf+a;
o+ter is hiht; +tridde is so+t lufe. On +tam leafe is +t+at he  #
ilefe
on God F+ader +Almihti+gne, & on his Sune, & on +tene Hal+gan   #
Gaste,
& on +da untod+aledlice +Trynnesse, & on +ta +turhwuni+gend+an  #
Annesse.
+Tonne is +te hiht +tt he wislice hihte +da ecen mede; +tone
is +teo so+de lufe, +tt he beo ifylled mid +tare godcunden lufe
on+gean his nyxt+an - +tt is +ale cristene mon. For +tam +de    #
we beo+d
alle on +tam fuluhte Godes bearn ihal+gode, to +tam +tt we      #
beon gastlice
ibro+dr+a on fulfremede so+te lufe +after Gode; +ti we sculen
symle wuni+an on +tare godcund+an lufe & ure next+a, +tt he     #
symle on
us +turhwunie. For +tam, swa swa Iohannes cw+a+d, God is +teo
so+te lufe, & +te +de wun+a+d on +tare so+dan lufe, he wune+d   #
on Gode,
& God wun+a+d on him. Bro+dor min, six +ting beo+d neodbihefe   #
to
habbene +tare hal+gan cristenlice eawfestnesse, & alre mest on  #
[{da+gum{]
+tisses hal+g+a l+anc+gtenfestenes. An is andetnys; o+ter is    #
reowsung;
+tridde is w+acce; feor+te is f+asten; fyfte beo+d bedu; sixte  #
is
+almesse. +Deo andetnes is to donne bi alle +tam synnum +te man
+a+ghw+ar +turhtih+d, o+d+de on +tohte, o+d+de on spece,        #
o+d+de on
weorce. Witodlice +aht+a beo+d heafodl+ahtr+as, buton +tare     #
sume
ne m+a+g nan mon imetodlice beon. +Ar+ast is +tt forme,         #
+gyfernes,
+tt is +tare wombe fr+acnes; o+ter is derneli+gere; +tridde is
sleacmodnes, & unrotnes; feor+te is +gytsung; fifte is ydel     #
wuldor;
sixte is +afest; seofo+de yrre; eahto+de oferhyd, +teo is cwen  #
alre
yfel+a, - +turh +ta oferhyd of heofenum areas +teo wundorlice   #
angl+a
+gescaeft. Bro+dor mine, +tone +ge to rihte andetnysse to eowre
schrifte bicume+d, +tonne sceal he eow +geornlice acsi+an mid   #
hwylce
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+gemete o+d+de mid hwylce intingum +teo synn +turhto+gen        #
w+are, +te
he +geandette +tt he +ar fremode. & +after +tare +gemete +tare  #
ded+a he
sceal +ta reowsunge deman. He sceal hine eac swa l+aren, +tt    #
he of
+tam +twyrlice +dance andetnysse do, & he sceal hine mani+an    #
+t+at he
of +tam eaht+a heafodl+ahtrum andetnysse do. & +te sacerd him
sceal synderlice +alcne heafodl+ahtor nemni+an & swa of +tam    #
his
andetnysse [{onfon{] , to +tam +tt he habbe rihtre intinge to   #
for+gyfene.
For +tam +te +teo andetnes +te h+al+a+d, & +teo andetnysse +te  #
rihtwis+a+d,
& +teo andetnys syl+d for+gyfenesse +tam synnum. +A+ghwilc      #
hiht
for+gifenesse stont on +tam andetnysse. +Deo andetnes is        #
mildheortnysse 
weorc; heo is h+al +d+as untrumen, & heo is l+acedom
ure m+a+gn+a mid reowsunge, for+tam +te we on o+dre wisan ne    #
ma+gen
beon ih+alede buton we ure synn+a andett+an +da +te we          #
+turhtu+gon.
Be +tare synne andetnesse, Salomon cw+a+d, '+Te +te his scylde
bihyd, ne bi+d he na iriht; +te +te heom so+tlice andet, & heom
forlet he h+af+d mildheordnesse bi+geten.' Bro+dor mine,        #
+after +tare
andetnesse +teo reowsung is to underfonne. Be +tare +te H+alend
on his godspelle cw+a+d, 'Do+d reowsunge, for +tam +de heofene  #
rice
neahl+ac+d.' Swa Iohannes +de fulluhtere cw+a+d, 'Weorc+a+d
medem+a w+astm+as reowsunge.' +T+at is +te medeme w+astm
reowsunge +tt mon +ta for+dwiten+a synn+an biwep+a & +ta ylc+a  #
eft
ne fremm+a, swa swa +tt godcunde writ cw+a+d, 'Ne ec +tu na     #
synn+a
ofer synn+a.' Ac Drihten +turh Ysaiam +tone witeg+a cw+a+d,     #
'Beo+d
a+dw+a+gene, & +turhwuni+a+d cl+ane.' So+tlice +te bi+d         #
a+two+gen &
+turhwun+a+d cl+ane, +te +de +dare for+dwiten+a synn+a
bew+ap+d, & he eft +ta bewopen+a ne +durhtih+d. Ac +te bi+d     #
i+twe+gen,
ant ne bi+t cl+ane, +te +de biwep+d +ta +durhto+gene synne, &   #
+tonne
+git ne forl+ate+t, ac +after +dam tearum +ta ylc+a +te he      #
biweop he eft
+turhtih+d. So+tlice is to wit+anne +tt +tt bi+t +deo so+te     #
reowsung +te
+durh wisnesse bi+d idon. +Teo so+de reowsung ne bi+t on +tare  #
+geare
ryne iscryfen, ac on +t+as modes biternysse, for+tan +de God    #
ne s+ac+d
na swa swy+de +tare tide lenge, ac he +tenc+d hu mucel +teo     #
lufe beo
+tare syferlicnesse on +tare heort+an +t+as reowsi+gend+an.     #
Witodlice,
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+teah hwa synful beo & arle+as, +gif he to reowsunge cyrr+an    #
wyle, ne
ortrowi+ge he him +d+at he ne ma+ge him for+gifenesse           #
bi+git+an +turh
Godes mildheordnesse. So+tlice +da +de on +dissere worulde      #
reowsunge
do+t, +tam symle Godes mildheortnesse h+alp+a+d. +Tam           #
reowsi+gendum
witodlice is +teo w+acce to biganne, for+tam +dan +de heo to    #
heofenum
up ah+af+d +t+as reowsiend+an w+astm+as. For+tan us dafen+a+t   #
+d+at we
waci+an symle, swa swa Ysayas +te witeg+a cw+a+d, (\Media nocte
surgebam\) . 'To middere nihte ic w+as risende to andetnesse    #
ofer +ta
dom+as +tinre rihtwisnesse.' Be +tare w+accen swylce +te        #
H+alend
eac +tare monn+a mod aw+ahte +te from deofles anwealde to       #
alysen
beo+d, +tus cw+a+dende, (\Beatus ille seruus quem cum uenerit   #
dominus\) .
'Eadi+ge beo+d +ta +teow+as +tone +te laford for+d cyme+d,      #
+gif he heom
wacende imet. To so+tan ic eow s+acge ofer alle his god he heom
set.' & eft he cw+a+d, 'Ic lufi+ge +ta +de me lufi+g+a+t, &     #
+ta +de +ar
to me waci+a+d heo imet+a+t me; for+ty waci+a+t on +geornesse   #
for+tam
+de +ge nyten hw+anne Drihten cumende bi+d on repsunge, o+d+de  #
to
middre nihte, o+d+de on hancrede, o+d+de on +arne mare+gen;     #
+ti l+as
+tonne he cyme +tt he slepende eow ne imete.' & n+as na +tt an  #
+tt
h+a +tam apostolum sylfum +tas lare bead. +Ta weccan, he eft    #
cydde,
+tus cw+a+dende, '+Teah ic eow +ta weccan beode, allum ic heom
beode to witanne.' Nis +tt an +tt he wordum l+arde +da          #
w+accan, ac
eac swylce mid his a+gene bisne he +getrymede; swa swa +tt      #
godspel
cy+t +tt +de H+alend w+are nihterne on bedum wacende. Bro+dor   #
mine,
for+ti is allum +geleaffule monnum to waci+genne, for+tan +te   #
+deo
estfulnes +tare wecc+an is ihiwcy+dlicod alle monnum; for+tam   #
heo
witen +t+as, - +tt nis idellic +ar to arisenne & +ar lihte to   #
waci+genne, -  
for+tan +de Drihten beh+at +tone heofenlice beah +tam           #
waci+gendum.
+After +dissum wecc+an +ta festene beo+d hihtlice to            #
lufi+genne. Be
+tare lofe, Ysidorus cw+a+d +tt festen is swi+de god; hit is    #
heofonlic
weorc, & heofene rices dur+a, & hiwung +tare towearden          #
weorulde.
+T+at festen +te +te rihtlice big+a+d, he bi+t to Gode i+teod,  #
& he bi+t
+tissum middanearde afremdod, & he bi+d gastlice ifremed. +Turh
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+det festen beo+d +ta l+ahtr+as astr+ahte & +tt fl+asc bi+d     #
ieadmat & +t+as
deofles costnung oferswi+t[{ed{] . Hieronimus cw+a+d +tt +d+at  #
festen
cl+ans+a+d +tone lichame & midl+a+t +ta uncyst+a & +ta          #
godcund+a m+a+gnu
ob+gebring+a+d. Augustinus cw+a+d +t+at +tt festen open+a+t     #
+ta heofenlice
rynu, & hit ut ascyf+d +ta yfele +toht+as, & +ta sawle          #
onliht+a+t.
Witodlice +ta festene beo+d stronge iscotu on+gean +t+as        #
deofles
costnunge. Swi+de ra+de heo beo+d oferswi+dde +turh +ta         #
forh+afdnesse.
So+tlice is to witenne +tt +d+at mycel fremede +tt +det folcc   #
on Niniue
+tare byri+g f+aste +dry da+g+as; +turh +det heo earnodon +tt   #
heo Godes
mildheortnysse bi+geten & heor+a for+gifenesse. Israele folc    #
f+asten +ar
+tar+a easterlic+an tide symbelnesse; +turh +det heo earnoden   #
+ta
Readan S+a mid dry+gym fotum +turhfaran, & heor+a feond iseon
besencte on +dare ylc+an s+a. Moyses feste on +dam westene,     #
+turh
+det he earnode iher+an +ta heofenlice +gerynu. Dauid +te       #
kyning
+after +dare +durhto+gen+an synn+a feste; +turh +d+at he        #
earnode +ta ylca
scylde +gedi+glian, swa he sylf cw+a+d, 'Ic +geeadmette on      #
festene
mine sawl+a.' Crist sylf f+aste feowerti+g da+g+a & feowerti+g  #
niht+a,
+turh +det he ofercom +tone wi+derwinn+an, & him sone engl+as
+tenoden. Petrus feste, +turh +det he earnode +tone engel       #
iseon +te
hine of carcere alysde. Johannes +te godspellere feste, +turh   #
+d+at 
he earnode +ta godcundan runo +geher+an, swa swa him +te engel
bodode. Paulus feste, +turh +d+at he earnode beon +geh+aled on  #
+dare
blindnesse, & fulluhtes underfon. Hieronimus cw+a+d swa longe
swa Adam hine forh+afde +tt he +d+as appl+as ne onburi+gde he   #
wunode
on neorcxn+awonges ifean; sone swa he d+as ofetes onbyri+gde,   #
swa
w+as he ut idrifen. To witenne is witodlice +tt +tt festen is   #
mid
gode weorcum Gode anfencge. For +tam +tt is +det fulfremede     #
festen,
+deo mid +almessen & bedum +tone heofen +turhf+ar+d, & to +t+as
hyhst+an Godes setle becym+d. +After +tam, bro+dor mine, beo+d  #
+ta
+gebedu & redincg+a hali+gr+a boc+a to biganne, swa swa         #
Ysodorus
cw+a+d, 'Mid +tam bedum +ge beo+d iclensode, & mid +tam         #
redinge +ge
beo+d itimbrode,' So+tlice is to witenne +t+at syngallice       #
+gebedu
mycel freme+d mid Gode, swa swa Paulus +te apostel cw+a+d,      #
'+T+as
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rihtwisen bed mycel freme+d +atforen Gode.' Witodlice Moyses
hine bed, & ahwyrfde Godes yrre fram Israele folce, +ta heo to  #
+dam
deofel+gylde bed+an & God forl+aten. Eac swilce Helias hine     #
bed +tt
hit ne rei+gnde ofer eor+dan, & he mid his bedum +tone heofen   #
bileac
+treo +gear & six mon+a+t. & eft he b+ad +tt +teo heofen        #
sealde r+ai+gn+as
& +deo eor+d+a hire w+astm+as. Jonas hine bed on +t+as hw+ales
inno+de, & he +donen alysed w+as. Daniel hine bed on +der+a     #
leon+a
scea+te & he eornode beon ih+aled. Ezechi+as +te kyng hine bed  #
on
his untrumnesse, & him ehte God fiftene +gear to life.          #
Witodlice
swa hwa swa wule symle mid Gode beon, he sceal hine ilomlice
biddan & redan. For+tam +tonne we us bidd+a+t, +tonne spece we
wi+d Gode; ant +tonne we red+a+t, +tonne spec+d God to us. +At  #
+tam
ytemestan, bro+dor mine, her +after fyli+g+a+d +teo mongung be  #
+tare
+almess+an lofe. Augustinus cw+a+d, '+Teo +almesse is swi+de    #
hali+g
weorc. Heo +geyc+d +ta andweardan god; & heo syl+d synne        #
for+gifenesse;
& heo moni+gfeald+a+t +gear+a fyrst+as; & heo liht +t+as
monnes mod; & heo +geondbr+ada+t +ta +gem+aru; & heo alle       #
+ting
cl+ans+a+d; & heo alyse+d +tone mon from dea+te & from wite; &  #
heo
+ge+deoda+t to +tam englum; & deofl+a from ascyf+d; & heo is    #
unoferwinnendlic
weal ymb +ta sawl+a.' Swa swa Ieronimus cw+a+d,
'+Teo +almesse +geondf+ar+a+d +tone heofen, & heo cnyse+d
heofene rices dur+a, & heo awec+d +tone engel, on+gean          #
cumende, &
heo ci+g+a+d God to fultume.' Witodlice +dreo cyn beo+d         #
+almessen+a;
an is lichamlic, +tt is +d+at mon +tam w+adli+gendan sylle to   #
gode +tt he
ma+ge; o+ter is gastlic, +tt is +tt mon for+gife +tam +de wi+d  #
hine a+gylt+a+d;
+tridde is +tt mon +tam gyltendan styre, & +ta w+adli+gendan    #
on rihte
brincge; +tas +ting us dafen+a+t +gefyllan mid +t+as fultume,   #
+te mid
F+ader & mid Sune & mid +tam Hal+ge Gaste leof+a+t & rix+a+d    #
+turh
alr+a woruld+a woruld, a on ecnesse, a buton ende. Amen 

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   Men +ta leofest+a, we wull+a+d eow s+agg+an bi +tare         #
hal+g+a tide +te nu
toweard is, +te we onsundren mare f+asten & mare forh+afdnesse
on habba+d, +tonne on o+dre tide +gem+anelice; +tonne do we +tt #
to bote &
to cl+ansunge ure sawl+a, & eac for +tam +te Crist sylf us      #
+t+as f+astenes
bysne onstealde. Hit is iwriten +tt +te H+alend son+a +after    #
his fuluhte
ferde on sume w+asten & +t+ar fest+a feowerti+g da+ge &         #
feowerti+g niht+a
tog+adere +ar +tam +te he moncyn ofer all openlice l+arde. Ne   #
f+aste
he na for+tan +d+at he +afre +ani+g sunne wrohte +tt he mid     #
+tam festen
beten +turfte. Ac he feste +tt he walde monncynnes sunn+an      #
h+alen
& ales+an, & us bisne onst+all+an, +tt w+a witen +tat +alc      #
+tare mann+a
+te +denc+t +tt he +da heofenlice murh+te bi+gete, +tt he       #
sceal nu +turh
festen, & +turh +almes, & +turh lomlice +gebeden, & +turh       #
lichamlice 
forh+afdnesse,
her on weorlde earni+an; & na +turh +gifernesse, ne +durh
druncennesse, ne +durh lichamlice lust+as. Crist +tolede eac    #
on +tam
w+asten +tene awari+gede deofel hine fandi+an, swa we nu        #
her+after secg+an
wull+a+d. Sanctus Matheus wrat, +te godspellere, +tis           #
d+a+g+terlice
godspel, +after +tissere endeburdnesse, +tus cw+a+dende.        #
(\Ductus est Ihesus
in desertum a Spiritu ut temptaretur a diabolo.\) He cw+a+d,    #
'+Te H+alend
w+as il+ad fram Gaste on w+asten +tt he were ifondod of         #
deofle.' Monie
men tweoni+a+d fram hwylce gaste Crist w+are on +tt westen      #
il+ad, nu
hit swa cu+dlice on +tissum godspellic+an lare s+a+g+d +tt +de  #
wari+gede
deofel hine +t+ar swa openlice costni+an ongon. Hit is buton    #
tweon
to lyfen & to +geare to witenne +tt +de Hali+ge Gast him
wunsumlice on +tt w+asten l+adde, & +t+at he sylfwilles +tider  #
ferde +tt
he wolde deofle +ta durstinesse +gyf+an +tt he him +t+ar        #
costni+an ongon.
Na for +tam +tt +te deofel h+afde +ani+g fare to ure H+alende   #
o+der his
m+a+d w+are +tt he him ahw+ar on neawste come, +gif he hit for  #
ure lufe
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ne +ge+dafede. Ac he hit dude ure life to bisene +tt he w+alde  #
+tt we
wisten hu ea+delice he +tene deofel ofercom - na mid his        #
godcunlice
mihte ane, ac mid +tare m+annisc+a rihtwisnesse. Swa eac nu     #
m+a+g
ealc mon deofel ofercumen, +gif he on rihtwisnesse & on gode    #
weorcum
his lif adrih+d. +Da son+a +ta +de H+alend on +tt w+asten       #
becom, +ta f+aste
he feowerti+g da+ga & nihte tog+adere; +after +tam he s+a+gde   #
+tt hine
hingrede. Witerlice on +tam hit w+as fulcu+d +tt he h+afde      #
so+dne
lichame +ta him hingri+an mihte. Hit is iwriten on +tare ealde  #
la+ge
+tt tw+a+ge men herbiforen +tis festen festen. Moyses feste     #
feowerti+g
da+ge & nihte togedere +ta he w+as on Synai +t+are dune +at     #
Drihtines
spece; & Drihten him sealde +ta ealde la+ge +te he mid his      #
a+gene fingre
wrat on twam st+anene br+aden, & +tam folce sende, & het +tt    #
heo alle
+ter+after lyfedon. Elias +te witeg+a feste eac +tt ilce        #
festen feowerti+g
da+ge & niht+a tosomme, +after +tan +de he +at +tene m+ate +de  #
+te engel
to him brohte, & he wear+d +ta +turh +done mete istrong+ad swa  #
+tt he
+t+at f+asten feste. & +after +t+am f+asten he wear+d mid       #
wisdomes gaste
ifulled, & him +ta toweard+an +ting unwreah & swytelode, +tt    #
he heom
wiste swa +geare swa +ta +de he on andweardnesse iseah. Nu eft  #
on
+tis ytemeste tide +te H+alend hine eadmedede to +tam +tt he    #
+tis ylce
f+asten feste feowerti+g+a da+g+a & niht+a togadere. For hwon   #
nolde
+te deofel fanden Moysen & Heliam swa he ure H+alend fondode,
buten for +ton +de he under+geat +tt heo mennisce men w+aren,   #
& +turh
Adames gult ibundene, & eac +tt heo on summe +tinge isyngod
h+afden? For n+as n+afr+a nan mon on +tisse midd+anearde swa    #
hali+g,
+tt he on summe +tinge ne sunegode buten Crist ane, +te +de is  #
so+d God
& so+d mon; him n+as n+afre nan sunne on. Ac +ta +de deofel     #
com to
him, +ta iseah he +tt he h+afde so+dne lichame & +tt he w+as    #
unilic +alle
o+dre monnum +te he on midd+anearde eafre imette, & +tt on him  #
n+as 
nare synne wem. +Ta ondredde +te deofel +tt hit w+are - swa     #
swa hit
w+as - +t+as lifiende Godes Sune, & +tohte +ta +tt he walde     #
mid +tare
costunge fonden hu hit w+are. Ber +ta to him +ta ylce           #
costung+a +te
he +ta ereste men Adam & Euam mid forcostode & biswaac, & his
<P 100>
wylles weald on him +ahte; +tt w+as +turh +gifernesse, &        #
+gytsunge, & 
ydel+gylp. +Ta wolde Crist +tone awariede deofel ofercumen on   #
+tam
ylce +trem costunge +te +de deofel +ar +ta ereste men mid       #
biswaac.
+Da neahl+achede +te deofel to +tam H+alende & cw+a+d to him,   #
'Gyf +tu
eart Godes Sune, hat +tt +t+as stanes to lafes wur+ten.' N+as   #
Criste
nan earfo+dnesse +tt he +ta stanes mid his worde to lafes       #
wrohte; for
+gif he hit icw+ade, hit w+are sone iworden, & +tenne wiste     #
+de deofel
ful wisslice +tt he w+are +te ylce Drihten +te +te +at frym+te  #
w+as, +ta +ta
he alle sceafte isceop & wrohte; & he cw+a+d, 'Gewur+de liht,'  #
& +ta
w+as sone iworden liht; & swa he alle sceafte iscop &
iwroht+a; +tenne he walde +tt heo weren, +tenne weron heo       #
son+a.
+Ta nolde +ta +gyt Crist haten +tt +da stanes to lafes          #
wur+den, ac he walde
+tt his godcundlice miht w+are +gyt +tam deofle bihud, +t+ah    #
heo w+are
him +aft ful stronge iopenod: & he +ta +tuldelice to him spec   #
& +tus 
cw+a+d, 'Hit is iwrit+an; +tt monnes lif ne bi+d na on lafe     #
ane, ac bi+d
on +alc +tare worde +te of Godes mu+de for+tstep+d.' Hw+at we   #
witen
+tt monnes lichame sceal bi mete libban, +ta hwile +te he on    #
+tisse life
bi+d; swa sceal eac +teo sawle libb+an bi Godes worde - +t+at   #
is +tt
heo sceal Godes lare +georne lyst+an, & his bode +afre healden  #
- +gyf heo
sceal +tt ece lif habben. +Da nam +te deofel +tene H+alend on   #
+t+are
hal+gan buri+g & sette hine ofer +t+as temples yppan +t+ar      #
+t+are lar+teawselt
w+as. Hit +tunc+tt moni+ge monnum wunderlice to herenne, & eac
unea+delic to lyfene, hu deofel +afre +ta durstinesse h+afde    #
+tt he Cristes
lichame +atrin+an durste, o+der for+den +tt he him on neawste   #
cumen
moste. Eal+a! +gif we wull+a+t i+tencean his o+dre d+ade +te    #
mucele
mare & eadmodlicre beo+d, +tenne ma+ge we +tisses +te +a+d      #
ilyf+an.
Crist is alle hali+ge monn+a heofod, & alle hali+ge men beo+d   #
his limen:
& deofel is eac alle synfulle monn+a heafod, & alle sunfulle    #
men beo+d
his limen. So+dlice +ta Iudeus w+aren alle deofles limen, +ta   #
+d+a ure
H+alend to dea+te demdon. Pilatus w+as eac deofles lim, +te     #
+de ure
Drihten lichamlice ahon h+at. Hwylc wunder w+as +tenne +teah    #
Crist
+da durstinesse deofle sealde +tt he his lichame rin+an moste,  #
+ta he
walde +turh deofles lime +tt is +turh sunfulle monn+a honden    #
lichamlice
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dea+t +drowi+an? Eal+a! hw+at +tt w+as mucele mare &            #
eadmodlicre
+tonne +t+as deofles +atrine, & he hit +teah for monn+a h+ale   #
+trowode.
+Ta cw+a+d +te deofel to Criste, 'Gif +tu eard Godes Sune,      #
+tenne asend
+tu nu +te adun of +tissere uppon: for +t+am hit is iwriten bi  #
Godes Sune; 
+tt he beode+t his englum bi +te +tt heo +te on heor+a handen   #
habb+a+d +tt +din
fot ne +durfe for+don +at stane spurnen.' On +tesne +anne       #
godspel we
r+ad+a+t +tt deofel ongan hali+ge bec to reccan, ah he +ta      #
sone +tone forme
cwide leah, - swa him ealc ly+ge, & elc leasunge bilimp+d.      #
N+as hit n+afre
sunderlice bi Criste iseid +tt him sceoldon engl+as on fultume  #
cumen: ac
hit w+as isungen & iwriten bi hali+ge men & bi hali+ge sawlen.  #
For +tan
+te engl+as beo+d heom on fultume h+ar on weorlde; & +aft       #
+tenne heo of
+tisse lif+a far+a+d, +tonne cum+a+d heo +t+ar son+a +tam       #
sawle to h+alpe &
to bur+gene & heom scyld+a+t wi+d hearde stane, +tt is deofel,  #
+tt heo n+afre
+at +tam ne spurne+d; ac +ta englas heald+a+t heom wi+d his     #
yfel &
wi+d his ni+tes grymnesse. +Da andswerede Crist +tam            #
awari+gede gaste
& cw+a+d to him, 'Hit is iwriten, +tt mon ne sceal              #
ofer[{h{]i+gendlice his
Drihten God fondi+an.' Hw+at! Crist mihte ea+de mid ane worde
+tenne deofel senden on ece lure, +gif he him his godcund+an    #
mihte
cu+ten wolde; ac he to him +tuldelice spec & hine ofercom mid
mennisce rihtwisnesse, na mid +tam anwealde his godcundnesse.
Ac he us +ta bysene onstealde +tt we sceolon yfelr+a
mann+a hate & heora ni+t+as +duldelice forber+an, & symle       #
Godes boc+a
teachunge +georne fyl+gean. Eft +te deofel nam +tonne H+alend   #
& l+adde
hine on ane swi+de heahne dune & sceawede him alles             #
midd+aneardes
rice & his blisse. Witerlice n+as Criste nohte wur+d +tisses    #
middeneardes
rices ne +tysses witi+gend+an wuldres +tissere weorlde bihyd
o+ter forstolen, ac he alle ricen, +a+g+ter +ge heofenlice +ge  #
eor+tlicen,
wiss+a+d, & alle isceaft+a on his weald h+af+d, & heom alle     #
+after his
will+an recc+a+d & styre+d. Ac +te deofel h+afde +teah mid      #
leasunge
+turh his syncrefte middaneardes murh+te & all weorldlice       #
fe+gernesse
tog+adere +athiwod. +Teah hit +denne allung+a mon w+are +te     #
him +t+are
wi+d speke, +tenne mihte he +teah alle weorldlice fe+gernesse   #
togadere
iseon +tur+d deofles hywunge; for +tam +de +de deofel m+a+g     #
fel+a +ting+a
dwymorlice hywi+an before monn+a ea+gum, +tonne him ilyfed      #
bi+d.
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Hwilon he sceaw+a+d hine seluen on engles hywe & bi+d           #
+teahwe+dere
awari+ged gast swa swa he +ar w+as. +Da cw+a+d +te deofel to    #
Criste,
'Alle +tas +ding ic +te +gyfe & sylle, gyf +tu wult fallen to   #
mine fotum
& wurh+gi+an me.' El+a! hw+at +alc +tare monn+a sarlice         #
+gefalle+d +te
hine nu to deofle +geeadmode+t! Nis nan mon +tt +afre +tam      #
deofle +georne
ihyre, +tt he +aft +at him +te b+atere are finden ma+ge; ac     #
+afre swa he
him nu +geornere here+d, swa he eft him grimmere wur+d, a +tt   #
he hine
on ende on ecere yrm+te bring+a+d. +Ta cw+a+d Crist to +tam     #
deofle,
'Ga heonne [{on{] hinderling, +tu awari+ged+a sceocc+a;         #
so+dlice hit is
iwrit+an; +tt mon sceal to Drihten ane him bidd+an, & him ane
+teowi+an.' +Ta sy+d+an weron deofles miht+a on hinderling      #
afulled, &
Cristes lare w+as a sy+d+an waxende +geond +t+asne middaneard,  #
+arest
+turh him syluen, & sy+dan +turh his apostolas & +turh +ta      #
hali+ge
lar+teow+as +te sy+don w+aren. Crist cw+a+d +tt mon sceal to    #
Gode
Almihti+g ane biddan & him ane +teowian. So+tlice ne sceole we  #
us
bidd+an na+tor ne to englum ne to o+tre hali+ge monnum, buton   #
to
ure Drihtne ane +te +te is so+d God. Ac we sceolen +teah        #
+alcne Godes
hal+ge bidd+an to fultume, & to +tingunge, & +teahhw+a[{+t{]re  #
to nan
o+dre us ne biddan, buton to +tam ane +te is so+d God. +Da      #
forlet +te
deofel +tene H+alend & aw+a+g awat; & engles him sone           #
neahl+acedon & 
him seruedon. On +tis we ma+gen openlice under+gyten ure        #
H+alendes
cynde, +tt he is +a+g+der +ge so+d God +ge so+d mon. Iwislice   #
ne durste +te
deofel fondien hine, +gif he ful +geare ne cneow+a +tt he       #
w+are so+d mon;
ne eac him engl+as ne +tenedon, +gif he n+are so+d God. Ofte    #
si+t+as
hit ilamp, & nu +gyt de+t, +tt engl+as beo+d ofte hyder on      #
middanearde
isende, monnum to h+alpe & to fultume. Be +tam cw+a+d +te       #
apostol,
'Engl+as beo+d +teiniendlice gastes'; & heo beo+d hider on      #
middanearde
isende to +teini+gen all+a +tam monnum +te nu earni+an          #
wyll+a+d mid
gode weorcum +tt heo to +t+are eadi+gnesse, +te ece is, bicumen #
moten.
Mucel is +teo wur+dscipe +te God Almihti+g us haf+d i+gyfen,    #
gif we moten
beon his bearn icw+adene & engle ilice, +gif we nu his bodu
heald+an wull+a+d. Uten +gemunen hu +te apostol us munede &     #
t+ahte
& l+arde, & +tus cw+a+d, 'Nu is +te anfenge tid, & nu beo+d +te #
halwende
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da+ges,' +tt +alc mon m+a+g him seolfen +tt ece lif earni+an    #
mid ure Drihtne,
+gif he his lif rihtlice libb+an wule +after lar+teow+as        #
t+acinge. Ne
sceole we nenne mon byl+gen, l+as +te ure bene ne beo noht; ac  #
on alle
+tinge +gearwie we us sylfe swa swa Godes +teines, +tt is       #
+arest on mucele
+tulde, & on dr+afednesse, & on hali+ge w+acce, & on festene,   #
& on
cl+annesse, & on +tolemodnesse, & on cl+ane +tonce, & on so+de  #
lufe
Godes & monn+a. +Tas m+a+gnu l+ade+t +t+as monnes sawle on      #
heofene
rice +te heom on him h+af+d. So+dlice hit w+as iboden & ihaten  #
on
+tare ealde +a +tt ylc mon sceolde +afre embe twelf mon+de      #
+tone teo+de
d+al his weorld+aht+a Gode syllen; & hit is nu eac on +tare     #
niw+a
la+ge +after boc+a t+acinge rihtlic & Gode cw+amlic to donne.   #
Gif hit
+tonne hwylcum men on his mode to earfo+tlic & to unea+telic    #
+tynce,
tylie he +tt he hyre +tone teo+te d+al his dage for Gode        #
feste. Hw+at
we witen +tt on twelf mon+te beo+d +treo hundred da+g+a & fif   #
& sixti+g
da+ge, & six tid+a; & +tisses festenes is twea & feowerti+g     #
da+gene: & +gif
we +ta six sunenda+g+an of ado+t, +te we sw+asendo on           #
habb+a+t, +tonne
ne beo+d +t+ar buton six ant +tritti+g da+gene +t+as            #
f+astenes, +tonne bi+d +tt
+te teo+te d+al +tare twelf mon+te. Swa hwylc mon swa wule on
ylce tid heardlice & forwyrnedlice libb+an, +te bi+d            #
fulfremed. Gyf
hit +tonne hwylcum men to earfo+tlice +tince, tilie he +tenne   #
+tt he hure
+tis f+asten selost feste, +a+g+ter +ge on psealmsonge - +te    #
+te +d+at cunne, -   
+ge on +almesd+ade, +ge on hal+ge bedum, & w+accum, & on +alce  #
+t+are
gode, +te he for Gode to gode don ma+ge: +tt we alle moten on   #
+tis hali+ge
tid +a+g+ter +ge for God+a +ge for weorlde +te bli+telycor      #
lybb+an, +tam
Drihtne fultumiende, +te +de leof+a+d & rix+a+d aa on           #
ecenesse. Amen.  

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   Ic eow bidde, leofe men, +tt swa ofte swa +ge faren bi       #
ricre monn+a
burines +tt +ge sceawi+an & asme+gen hw+ar heor+a w+alan beo+d  #
bicumene,
& heore gold, & heore +te+genscyp+as, & heore worldprude
+t+are ydelnesse. Hwi! nyte +ge +tt all +tt tofar+a+d &         #
toglit, swa swa
monnes sceadu d+a+t? & heore world+trym, swa rice,              #
+gedw+ascte, &
+gedwan, & aidlode, & afulode? Ac loca +tenne on +ta buri+gnes  #
& s+a+g
to +te sylfum, 'Hw+at! +t+as mon iu on +tissre worlde           #
wunsumlice
lyfede +te ic +ar cu+de.' +Tenne ma+gon +ta +dyrle ban us       #
l+aren, & +t+as
deaden dust of +tre buri+gnes to us cw+a+don wolden, +gif heo   #
specen
mihten, 'To hwan, +tu earme, on +tisse worlde +gytsungum        #
swinces?
o+der to hwam +tu on oferhydo +te sylf up ah+afst on            #
ofermetto, & on
un+teawes, & sunne to swy+de fyli+gedest? Beheald me, & onscyne
+tine yfel+a +tonc+as, & on+git +te sylfum! Sceawe mine ban     #
her on
+tissere molde, & bi+teng +te sylfen! Iu ic w+as swylc +tu nu   #
eart,
& +gyt +tu iwur+d+ast swulc ic nu eom. Geseoh mine ban & mi     #
dust
& forl+at +tine yfele lust+as.' +Tenne, leofe men, +teah +te    #
+da deade
ban of +tare buri+gnes specon ne ma+gon, +teah we ma+gen us     #
sylf+an bi
+tam l+aren: for +tam +te we sceolen +afre +gemunen +t+as ures  #
heonensi+tes,
& we n+afre +aft ne wend+a+t hider on worlde, +tt we +ani+g     #
god don,
ac +tenne beo+d +ta edlean & +ta +ar idone weorc isceawod.      #
Be+tence
we eac +afre +tone ended+a+g +tissre worlde, +tt is domes       #
d+a+g, +tonne
Drihten mid +tam heofenlice weredo [{hali+gr+a{] & engl+a       #
+tisne midd+aneard
s+ac+d to weane & to wrace synfulle monnum, & eac hali+ge       #
monnum
his fultum to bringenne. +Tenne aris+a+t of +tam ealde          #
buri+gnes alle +ta
lichame & +ta ban, +te f+ale +geare +ar deade on swefete        #
l+a+gen & mid synn+a
deopnysse ifestnode w+aren. & +tenne aris+a+t all moncynn       #
tog+adere,
& heo +tenne iseo+d +tas world sweli+gende, mid fure            #
brastlende &
b+arnende, ant +tone heahroder on reade li+geum; & all
+t+as middaneard by+d mid fure ar+ared. +Tonne cym+d +te        #
so+dfest+a
dem+a of heofen+as wolcnu[{m{] , & he by+d ymb+trung+an mid     #
+tam
heofenlice weredo; & +tenne beo+d alle ig+ader+ade +te          #
so+df+aste & +ta
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synfull+a +atforen +t+as strecen demen heahsetle, & Drihten     #
heom
+tonne scead+a+t on twa healf+a. & he s+at +ta so+dfest+a on    #
+tam
swi+dere healfe, & +ta synfulle on +tam wunstren healfe, & he   #
+tenne
s+a+d to +ta[{m{] so+dfest+an, 'Cume+d, +ge iblesode, on        #
+tenne roderlice 
+a+tel,
& +t+ar symle wuni+a+d, & on blisse, & on murh+de efne englen   #
ilice
& +tider +ge beo+d ibrohte mid muri+ge lofsongum, & +t+ar +ge   #
beo+d mid
me wuniende on heofene rice murh+te on eower Drihtines ansyne;
+t+ar eow nan wi+derweardnes ne der+a+d, ac on sundfulnesse     #
+t+as
brihte lihtes +ge +t+ar bli+te wuni+a+d, for +tam +te +ge       #
lustlice mine +a &
mine lare heolden, & alle +te +ding +te ic eow bead to          #
healden. Alle
ic heom eft iseah last on eowre gode weorcum, swa ic heom +ar
s+ade.' +Tenne sy+d+d+an bisih+d Drihten to +tam synfull+an     #
monnum &
+tus to heom cw+a+d, 'Gewit+a+t, +ge awari+gede, from me on     #
+tane
mycele +a+dm, & on +t+ane ece brune, & on +tene bittr+a +trosm  #
h+alles
fures, +t+ar +te lei+g re+telice b+arne+d, & +t+ar +ta drac+an  #
+ta synfullen
ter+a+d mid heor+a to+tum. & +t+ar +ta scyldi+ge b+arn+a+t, &   #
+ta wurm+as
heom mid weallende mu+des forswol+ge+d; & heor+a ansyne bi+d    #
+t+ar
mid teares oferfleowen, & +t+ar bi+d e+geslic to+dene grind; &  #
+t+ar
n+afre ne ateor+a+d +teo swearte niht, ne +teo +tystre dymnes,  #
ne heom
+t+ar nefre ne bi+d isceawed lihtes leome: for +tam +te +ge     #
mine lare on
eowre mode oferho+goden, & +ge, recelease, nolden mine bodu     #
healdon.'
+Tenne +after +tam +te +ta manfulle beo+d isceofene wepende on  #
+tt ece
fyr, +t+ar heo on pine & on ece yrm+te wuni+a+d, heo iseo+d     #
+tare
so+dfestr+a & engl+a murh+de & is+ali+ge monn+a hwit werod      #
heri+gende
ure Drihten. & +ta +d+ar cume+d +te her man wrohten & Godes     #
lare
iheren nolden. Heo beo+d bisencede on +ta hate li+g+as +t+ar    #
heo
+trowi+a+d on ecere seore+ge. +Tenne far+a+t +ta hali+ge men &  #
+ta
so+tfeste mid swe+ge to life, ant samod si+ti+a+d mid engl+a    #
werod to
+tam upplice rice, +t+ar heo bli+te wuni+a+d on ece             #
eadi+gnesse; & heo
n+afre ne beo+d isceadde fram +tare ece murh+de. +Tenne is us   #
mucel 
neod, leofe men, +tt we Godes bodu +georne healden & earni+an   #
+tt we
moten mid heofenwar+a lifes brucen, & +tt we ne weor+t+an       #
aweorpen
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on +ta deopest+a helles grunde. For +tam +te we iseo+d +tis     #
l+ane lif
mid fr+acednesse & mid mycele earfo+dnesse ifulled, & ylce      #
d+a+g +tis
lif won+a+d & wurs+a+d; & na lifiende mon ne +turhwune+d on     #
+tisse
weorlde, ne nan eft to lafe ne wur+d. Al moncyn is ilice on     #
+tas
weorld icenned, +teah heore lif beo sy+d+d+an unilic; & heo     #
+aft on
ende alle +gewit+a+d. Ne nan swa longe her on weorlde ne        #
leofa+d, +tt
eft +te dea+t hine ne +genime, & +ta modi+g+an & +ta            #
oferhudi+gen dea+tes
gneornung grip+d. & +tt heo her for Godes lufe syllen nolden    #
heor+a
sawle to h+alpe, heo hit r+adlice forl+ate+d, & o+dre +terto    #
fo+d, +ta heo
for Criste hit let+an nolden, +ta hwile +te heo lifedon. Ac
+tenne +te dea+t cym+a+d, +tenne sceolen heo forl+aten heor+a   #
+aht+a
heor+a un+danc+as, & heo his +tenne nan +ting nabb+a+d. Ylce    #
d+a+g +tis
andwearde lif won+a+d +te we lufi+a+d, ac +ta pine ne woni+a+d  #
+tam
monnum +te heom nu +after earni+a+d. Uton we +tenne, leofe men,
+tas +ting alle +gemunen & i+tencean +tt +t+at mennisce         #
lichame is swa
blowende wurten, +te for +tare sunn+a h+ate fordru+gi+a+d &     #
forscrinc+a+d.
Swa eac +t+as monnes +geo+ge+t+a & fe+gernes d+a+t. +Tenne
+teo +alde on him si+g+a+d mid unh+ale, all +tare +geo+ge+de    #
fe+gernes awe+g
awit & forwur+d. Ac Cristes ansyne is to lufi+genne ofer alle   #
o+dre
+ting mucele swi+dor +tenne +tes lichames +geo+g+a+dhad. Ac     #
habb+a+t
eowre heorte on +tisse eor+tlice +gewinne & earni+a+t eow +tt   #
heofenlice
rice, +t+ar is ece eadi+gnesse; +t+ar eald ne grane+d, ne       #
child ne
scr+ame+d. Ne bi+d +t+ar +turst, ne hungor, ne wop, ne teo+de   #
+gegrind,
ne mor+ter, ne man; ne +t+ar nan ne sw+alt+a+d, for+tam +de     #
+t+ar
ne by+d nan acenned; ne +ter ne by+d sar, ne seore+g+a, ne nan
longing, ne unlustes +gewin. Ac +t+ar is +t+as hest+an kynges   #
kynerice,
& +t+ar wuni+a+t alle +ta +te Godes bodu heolden on ece         #
murh+de;
& heo d+a+ghwamlice +tene heofenlice kyng bli+dne iseo+d, &     #
heo mid
him & mid his hal+gan libb+a+t, & rix+a+d a on eccenesse.       #
Hw+at we
ma+gen bi +tissum under+gyt+an & icnawon +tt +te Almihti+g      #
Drihten nele
+tt mon his +gefen+a n+anne +tanc nyte. Ne +tearf us na         #
tweo+gean +tt he
us n+ale eft +tare l+ana mune+gi+an +t+as +te he us her on      #
weorlde to
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forl+at. +Afre swa he us merlucor +gyf+d, swa we him swi+de
+tonci+an sceolen; & swa +trymlicor ar, swa beo +t+ar mar+a     #
eadmodnesse.
+Tam +de Drihten mycel syl+t, myceles he him eft +at bidd+a+t;
& +tam +te he her on worlde mucel to forl+ate+t, mucel he to    #
+tam eft
sece+d. +A+gh[{w{]ylc heah ar her on worlde bi+d mid            #
frecednesse bewunden;
& swa +teo ar bi+d mare, swa beo+t +ta frecednesse swi+dr+an.
Be +tam we wull+a+d eow sume bysne s+acgen: +tt treow +te       #
weaxe+d
on +tam wude be ar up ofer alle +ta o+dre treon, & hit +tenne   #
fering+a
strang wind wi+dstont, +tenne bi+d hit swi+dor iw+a+ged &       #
iswenced
+tene +te o+der wud+a. Eac +ta heah+g+a torr+as & clif+as +te   #
hea+g+a
stond+a+t ofer alle o+tre eor+d+a, heo eac +te mare rune        #
nim+a+d, +gyf heo
fering+a to eor+de f+all+a+t. Swy[{l{]ce eac +ta hea+g+a        #
munt+as & dun+a +ta
+de hea+ge stond+a+t & torri+a+d ofer alne midd+aneard;         #
+teahhw+a+dere
heo habb+a+d wite +t+as ealderdomes, +tt heo beo+d mid          #
heofenlice fure
i+tread & i+treste, & mid li+ge tosla+gene. Swa eac +ta         #
hea+g+a miht+a
her on worlde f+all+a+d & dros+a+d & to lure wur+d+a+t. &       #
+tisre weorlde
wel+a wur+d+a+t to sore+g+a. +Teah we us scryd+an mid +tam      #
r+adeste
golde & mid +tam hwiteste seolfre, & we mid +tam fe+gereste     #
+gymstanes
all uten embihangene beon, +teah +te mon sceal ece ende
abid+an; & +teah +ta mihti+ge men & +ta ricost+an haten heom    #
r+aste
wurcean of marmanstane & of goldfretewum, & heom haten mid
+gymmum & mid seolfrene ruwum +tt bed al wreon, & mid
+te deorewur+deste godewebbe al uton ymbhon, - +teah cyme+d +te
bitter dea+t & tod+ale+t all +tt. +Tenne beo+d +ta wel+an &     #
+ta glen+g+a
a+gotene, & +te +trym tobrocen & +ta +gymm+as toglidene, & +tt  #
gold
tosceaken, & +te lichame todroren & to dyste iwordon. For +tam  #
nis
+tissere weorlde wlite noht, ne +tisses middaneardes            #
fe+gernes, ac 
he is hwilwendlic, & feallendlic, & brosnodlic, & drosendlic, &
brocenlic, & yfellic, & forwordenlic. Swa swa ricu beo+d her on
worlde. Hw+ar beo+d +t+a rice caseres, & +ta kyng+as, +te we    #
iu cu+t+an?
Hw+ar beo+d +ta ealdormen +te boden setten? Hw+ar is domer+a
domselt? Hw+ar beo+d heor+a ofermedo, buton mid molde be+teaht,
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& on wite wr+ace[{n{] ? Wa by+d weorldscryftum buton heo mid    #
rihte
r+aden & t+ac+an. Swa bi+d eac +tam l+aw+ade monnum, buton heo
heore scriffte lusten & hear+an, & +ta hali+ge lare healden.    #
Hw+ar com
middaneardes +gestreon? Hw+ar com weorlde welen? Hw+ar com
folce fe+gernes? Hw+ar comen +ta men +te +geornlucost eahte     #
tyloden,
& o+trum eft yrfe l+afden? Swylc bi+d +teo oferlufe eor+tlice   #
+gestreon+a.
Efne heo bi+d smeke ilic, o+d+de r+an+as scur+as, +tonne heo
of heofenne swi+dost reose+d, & ra+te eft toglidene wur+d+a+t;  #
& cym+d
+tenne f+a+ger w+ader & brihte sunn+a. Swa wace & swa tealte    #
beo+d
eor+dlice dreames, & swa wace beo+d eaht+a mid monnum. Swa bi+d
tod+aled lichame & sawle, +tenne heo bi+d of +tam lichame       #
il+a+d; &
bi+d sy+d+d+an ful uncu+t hu +te deme embe +ta sawle wule.      #
+Denne
nis us nan +ting b+atere ne s+alre, buton +tt we lufien ure     #
Drihten
mid alle mode, & mid alle m+a+gne, & mid alle in+tonc+a. Swa    #
hit bi
+tam iwriten is, '+Te +de his Drihten luf+a+d, & his bene to    #
him sende+t,
he iher+a+d him eafre, & his mildse on him sende+t.' Swa Crist  #
sylf
s+ade, '+Ta +de to me cerr+a+d from heor+a gylt+as, & heor+a    #
synn+a
andedt+a+d on mine nome, & d+adbote do+t mid f+astene & mid     #
teare
gute, & mid cl+ane +gebedum & mid +almes, - ic +geate heom      #
mine milse;
& sylle heom for+gefenesse, & alyfe heom mine rice, & to        #
heofene w+a+g
t+ache, +t+ar beo+d alle gode, & +teo singale blis, & +teo      #
mucele mede.
Ic sylle for +tisse eor+tlice swinke +t+a heofenlice reste, &   #
for +tisse
l+ane rice, +ta heofenlice +gife; & for +tissum earme life,     #
+tt eadi+g & +tt
+a+g[{e{]endlice rice.' Eal+a, iseli+ge beo+d +ta men +te +tt   #
rice lufi+a+d; &
unl+ade beo+d +ta +de him wi+dsac+a+d. Hw+at frem+a+t +tam      #
men, +teah
he al midd+aneard on his a+gene +aht istreone, +gif +te deofel  #
nim+a+t eft
his sawle? O+d+de hw+at, +teah he libbe her on life a +tusend   #
wintr+a?
Al hit bi+d him unnyt, +gyf he +after his dea+te bi+d into      #
h+alle il+add,
& +t+ar on pine wun+a+d a buton ende. Uton we wenden us nu to
+tam beter+a & cerr+an to ure Drihten, & him +georne iher+an,   #
& his
bodum healdon. & secea we ure chyrce+an mid cl+annesse, & +t+ar
+georne lyst+an +tare hal+g+a lare. & +terinn+a nane spece ne   #
sp+aken,
buton +tt we mid stilnesse ure bedu sing+an, & earni+an us +tt  #
uplice
rice. +T+ar is Kynges +trym isyne, & +t+ar is fe+ger engl+a     #
werod, &
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apostola song, & Godes lof, & +t+as heahsten kynges herung.     #
+Ter +ta
so+dfeste men scin+a+d swa sunne, & men rixi+a+d swa engl+as on
heofene rice. We beo+d ihatene & ila+dode to +tam hali+ge hame  #
& to
+tam kynelice fri+dstole, +t+ar +de Almihti+g Drihten leof+a+d  #
ant rix+a+d
mid alle his hal+g+an a abuten ende. Amen. 



