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[^TEXT:  ALFRED'S PREFACE TO CURA PASTORALIS.
KING ALFRED'S WEST-SAXON VERSION
OF GREGORY'S PASTORAL CARE, PART I.
EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY, O.S. 45.
ED. H. SWEET. 
LONDON, 1958 (1871).
PP. 3.1 - 9.7^]

[^B9.1.1^]
<P 3>
<R 1>
[}+DEOS BOC SCEAL TO WIOGORA CEASTRE.}]
+alfred kyning hate+d gretan W+arfer+d biscep his wordum
luflice & freondlice;
<R 2>
& +de cy+dan hate +d+at me com swi+de oft on gemynd, hwelce
wiotan iu w+aron giond Angelcynn, +ag+der ge godcundra 
hada ge woruldcundra;
<R 4>
& hu ges+aliglica tida +da w+aron giond Angelcynn;
<R 5>
& hu +da kyningas +de +done onwald h+afdon +d+as folces on
+dam dagum Gode & his +arendwrecum hyrsumedon;
<R 6>
& hie +ag+der ge hiora sibbe ge hiora siodo ge hiora onweald
innanbordes wel [^MS: wel WRITTEN ABOVE THE LINE^] gehioldon, 
& eac ut hiora e+del gerymdon;
<R 8>
& hu him +da speow +ag+der ge mid wige ge mid wisdome;
<R 9>
& eac +da godcundan hadas hu giorne hie w+aron +ag+der ge ymb
lare ge ymb liornunga, ge ymb ealle +da +diowotdomas 
+de hie Gode don scoldon;
<R 11>
& hu man utanbordes wisdom & lare hieder on lond sohte, & hu
we hie nu sceoldon ute begietan gif we
hie habban sceoldon.
<R 13>
Sw+a cl+ane hio w+as o+dfeallenu on Angelcynne +d+at swi+de
feawa w+aron behionan Humbre +de hiora +deninga cu+den 
understondan on Englisc, o+d+de fur+dum an +arendgewrit
of L+adene on Englisc areccean;
<R 16>
& ic wene +d+atte noht monige begiondan Humbre n+aren.
<R 17>
Sw+a feawa hiora w+aron +d+at ic fur+dum anne anlepne ne m+ag
ge+dencean besu+dan Temese +da +da ic +arest [^MS: +arest 
WRITTEN ABOVE THE LINE^] to rice feng.
<R 18>
Gode +almihtegum 
<P 5>
sie +donc +d+atte we nu +anigne onstal
habba+d lareowa.
<R 1>
& for+don ic +de bebiode +d+at +du do sw+a ic geliefe +d+at
+du wille, +d+at +du +de +dissa woruld+dinga to +d+am 
ge+ametige sw+a +du oftost m+age, +d+at +du +done wisdom +de
+de God sealde +d+ar +d+ar +du hiene bef+astan m+age, georne 
[^MS: georne ADDED IN THE MARGIN^] bef+aste.
<R 5>
Ge+denc hwelc witu us +da becomon for +disse worulde, +da +da
we hit nohw+a+der ne selfe ne lufodon ne eac
o+drum monnum ne lefdon: +done naman anne we lufodon +d+at
[^MS: ORIGINALLY +d+atte; te ERASED BUT STILL LARGELY 
VISIBLE^] we Cristne w+aren, & swi+de feawe +da +deawas.
<R 8>
+da ic +da +dis eall gemunde +da gemunde ic eac hu ic geseah,
+ar+d+am+de hit eall forhergod w+are & forb+arned, 
hu +da ciricean giond eall Angelcynn stodon ma+dma & boca
gefyld+a ond eac micel menigeo Godes +diowa 
& +da swi+de lytle fiorme +dara boca wiston, for+d+am+de
hie hiora nan wuht ongiotan ne meahton [^THE NEXT THREE
WORDS WRITTEN ABOVE THE LINE IN THE MS^] ond +t+at w+as
for+d+am+de hy [^MS NOW hy; ORIGINAL READING hie STILL 
VISIBLE^] n+aron on hiora agen ge+diode awritene.
<R 13>
Swelce hie cw+aden: Ure yldran [^MS NOW yldran; ORIGINAL 
READING ieldran STILL VISIBLE^] , +da +de +das stowa +ar
hioldon, hie lufodon wisdom & +durh +done hie begeaton 
welan & us l+afdon.
<R 15>
Her mon m+ag giet gesion hiora sw+a+d, ac we him ne cunnon
+afterspyrigean, & for+d+am we habba+d nu +ag+der 
forl+aten ge +done welan ge +done wisdom, for+d+am+de we
noldon to +d+am spore mid ure mode onlutan.
<R 18>
+da ic +da +dis eall gemunde, +da wundrade ic swi+de swi+de
+dara godena wiotona +de giu w+aron giond Angelcynn, 
& +da bec eall+a befullan geliornod h+afdon, +d+at hie
hiora +da n+anne d+al noldon on hiora agen ge+diode wendan.
<R 21>
Ac ic +da sona eft me selfum andwyrde & cw+a+d: Hie ne wendon
[{+d+atte{] +afre menn sceolden sw+a recelease 
[^MS ORIGINALLY reccelease; FIRST c HAS BEEN ERASED^]
weor+dan & sio lar sw+a o+dfeallan;
<R 23>
for +d+are wilnunga hy [^MS NOW hy; ORIGINAL READING hie 
STILL PARTLY VISIBLE^] hit forleton, & woldon +d+at her +dy
mara wisdom on londe w+are +dy we ma ge+deoda cu+don.
<R 25>
+da gemunde ic hu sio +a w+as +arest 
<P 7>
on Ebreisc ge+diode
funden, & eft, +da hie Creccas [^EDITION: Creacas^] 
geliornodon, +da 
wendon hie hie on hiora agen ge+diode ealle, & eac ealle o+dre
bec.
<R 3>
& eft L+adenware sw+a same, si+d+dan hie hie geliornodon, hie
hie wendon [{ealla{] +durh wise wealhstodas on 
hiora agen ge+diode.
<R 4>
Ond eac ealla o+dr+a Cristn+a +dioda sumne d+al hiora on hiora
agen ge+diode wendon.
<R 6>
For+dy me +dync+d betre, gif iow sw+a +dync+d, +d+at we eac
sum+a bec, +da +de niedbe+dearfosta sien eallum monnum 
to wiotonne, +d+at we +da on +d+at ge+diode wenden +de we
ealle gecnawan m+agen, & gedon [^EDITION: ge don^] sw+a we
swi+de ea+de magon mid Godes fultume, gif we +da
stilnesse habba+d, +d+at [^THE ERASED END te STILL PARTLY
VISIBLE^] eall sio giogu+d +de nu is on Angelcynne
friora monna, +dara +de +da speda h+abben +d+at hie +d+am
befeolan m+agen, sien to liornunga o+df+aste, +da
hwile +de hie to nanre o+derre note ne m+agen, o+d +done
first +de hie wel cunnen Englisc gewrit ar+adan:
l+are mon si+d+dan fur+dur on L+adenge+diode +da +de mon
fur+dor l+aran wille & to hieran hade don wille.
<R 15>
+da ic +da gemunde hu sio lar L+adenge+diodes +ar +dissum
afeallen w+as giond Angelcynn, & +deah monige cu+don 
Englisc gewrit ar+adan, +da ongan ic ongemang o+drum
mislicum & manigfealdum bisgum +disses kynerices 
+da boc wendan on Englisc +de is genemned on L+aden
(\Pastoralis\) , & on Englisc Hierdeboc, hwilum word 
be worde, hwilum andgit of andgiete, sw+a sw+a ic hie
geliornode +at Plegmunde minum +arcebiscepe & 
+at Assere minum biscepe & +at Grimbolde minum m+asseprioste
& +at Iohanne minum m+assepreoste.
<R 23>
Si+d+dan ic hie +da geliornod h+afde, sw+a sw+a ic hie
forstod, & sw+a ic hie andgitfullicost areccean meahte, 
ic hie on Englisc awende: ond to +alcum biscepstole on
minum rice wille ane 
<P 9>
onsendan;
<R 1>
& on +alcre bi+d an +astel, se bi+d on fiftegum mancessan.
<R 2>
Ond ic bebiode on Godes naman +d+at nan mon +done +astel from
+d+are bec ne do, ne +da boc from +d+am mynstre: 
uncu+d hu longe +d+ar sw+a gel+arede biscepas sien, sw+a
sw+a nu Gode +donc ge [^MS: ge ABOVE THE LINE^] wel hw+ar 
siendon;
<R 5>
for+dy ic wolde +d+atte hie ealneg +at +d+are stowe w+aren,
buton se biscep hie mid him habban wille o+d+de 
hio hw+ar to l+ane sie, o+d+de hwa o+dre biwrite.



