|b{Work:_Seinte_Marherete,_ée_Meiden_ant_Martyr.} |b{Manuscript:_Bodley,_MS._Royal_17A_xxvii.} |b{Edition:_Mack,_Frances_M.} |b{EETS_OS_193_(1934_for_1933),_pp._3-55.} |p1 Seinte Marherete, ée Meiden ant Martyr. |p3 |r[MS._Royal_17A.XXVII,f.37a] Her seinte marherete uie če meiden & martir. her. |r Efter ure lauerdes pine ant his passiun & his deë on rode ant his ariste of deaë, ant efter his up_astihunge, as he steh to heouene, weren monie |r5 martirs, weopmen ba ant wummen, to deaëes misliche idon for če nome of drihtin; ant, as icudd kempen, ouercomen ant akasten hare čreo cunne fan, če feont, t teos wake world, & hare licomes lustes; ant wenden of čeos weanen to weolen ant to eche wunnen, icrunet |r10 to Criste. |r ée ¨et weren monie ma čen nu beon mis-bileuede men, če heiden ant hereden heëene mawmez, of stockes ant of stanes werkes iwrahte. |r[f.37b] Ah ich, an godes čeowe Theochimus inempnet, ilearet in godes lay, habbe |r15 ired ant araht moni mislich leaf; ant neauer in nan stude ne mahtich understonden of nan čat were wurëe for to beon iwurget as hit deh drihtin, bute če hehe healent an čat is in heouene, če wunede hwil his wille wes bimong eordliche men, & botnede blinde, če |r20 dumbe, & te deaue, ant te deade arerde to lif ant to leomen; ant crunede his icome če deë dreheë for him, oëer eni nowcin; & alle cristene men, čat beoë of Crist icleopet, swa ¨ef ha nutteë hare nome, haueë ilenet čat lif čat echeliche ilesteë; euch ifulhet in font o če |p5 al-mihti federes nome, & o če witti sunes nome ant o čes hali gastes.|r Wes in če ilke time liuiende in londe čat eadi meiden, Marherete bi nome, čat faht wië če feont & wië his eorëliche limen, ant ouercom & akaste |r5 ham; ant ich bi¨et hit i-writen of če writeres ča, al hire passiun & hire pinful deaë čat ha droh for drihtin. Hercnië, alle če mahen ant herunge habbeë: widewen mit te weddede, & meidenes nomeliche, lustnin swiëe ¨eorne hu ha schulen luuien čene liuiende lauerd t |r10 libben i meiëhad, čat him is mihte leouest; swa čat ha moten, |r[f.38a] čurh če eadi meiden čat we munnië to-dei wië meiëhades menske, čat murie meidenes song singen, mit tis meiden ant wië če houeneliche hird, echeliche in heouene. |r15 |r éis meiden če we munnië wes Marherete ihaten; ant hire fleschliche feder Teodosie hehte, of čat heëene folc patriarke ant prince. & heo, as če deorewurëe drihtin hit dihte, wes ibroht in-to a burh to feden ant to fostrin, from če muchele Antioche fiftene milen. éa |r20 ha hefde of elde fiftene ¨eres, & hire moder wes iwend če wei če wordliche men alle schulen i-wenden, ha warë, as čeo čat hefde iwist ant iwenet hire, so lengre so leouere; & alle hire luueden čat hire on lokeden, as čeo čat godd luuede, če heoueneliche lauerd; ant hefde če |r25 grace of čen hali gast: swa čat heo ches him to luue ant to leouemon, & bitahte in his hond če menske of hire meiëhad, to witen & to welden wië al hire seoluen. éus ha wes ant wiste, meokest an meiden, wië oëer meidenes o če felt hire fostermoderes ahte: ha iherde |p7 on euch half hire hu me droh to deaëe Cristes icorne for rihte bileaue, ant ¨irnde ant walde ¨eorne, ¨ef godes wille were, čat ha moste beon an of če moder-hern čat so |r[f.38b] muche drohen for drihtin. |r Bitimde umbe stunde |r5 čat ter com ut of Asie toward Antioche čes feondes an foster, to herien i če hehe burh his heëene godes. Olibrius hehte, schirreue of čat lond, čat alle čeo če lefden o čen liuiende godd for-dude ant for-demde. Ah as he wende adei his wei, he seh čeos seli meiden Marherete, ... ant |r10 schan al of wlite & of wastun. & het his [hird] hatter_liche: "Neome[ë] hire swiëe. żef ha is freo wummon, ich hire wule habben & to wif halden; ¨ef ha čeowe is, ich cheose hire to cheuese, & hire wule freoin wië gersum ant wië golde, & wel hse schal iwurëen for hire |r15 lufsum leor wië al čat ich welde." As čeos cnihtes walden warpen honden on hire, ha bigon to cleopien t callen, čus, to Criste: - |r "Haue, lauerd, milce & merci of či wummon; ne ne let tu neauer mi sawle forleosen wië če |r20 for-lorne, ne wië če luëere mi lif, čat beoë al blodi biblodeget mid sunne. Iesu Crist, godes sune, beo ču eauer mi gleo & mi gledun[g]e: če mote ich aa mare heien & herien. Hald, hehe healent, min heorte, ich biseche če, in treowe bileaue: & biwite ču mi bodi, [čat] |r25 če is al bitaht, from fleschliche fulëen; čat neauer mi sawle ne beo mit sunne isulet, čurh če licomes lust, če |r[f.39a] lutle hwile likeë. Lauerd, lust nu to me. Ich habbe a deore ¨imstan, & ich hit hahhe i-¨euen če, mi meiëhad ich meane, blosme brihtest in bodi če hit bereë & bi-wit |r30 wel; ne let tu neauer če unhwiht warpen hire i wur_ëinge, for hit is swa leof če; hit is him činge laëest. |p9 He weoreë ant warpeë eauer čer-toward, mid alles cunnes wrenches. Lauerd, ču were me, ant wite hit eauer to če; ne čole ču neauer če unwiht čat he weorri mi wit ne wonie mi wisdom. Ah send, me či sonde, |r5 hehe healent, of heouene, če cuëe me & kenne hu ich onswerien schule čis schucke schirreue; for ich iseo me, lauerd, bistaëed ant bistonden as lomb mit wed wulues, t as če fuhel če is fon i če fuheleres grune, & as fisch a-hon on hoke, as če roa inumen i če net: hehe healent, |r10 help me nu, ne leaf ču me neauer i luëere monne honden." |r ée cnihtes, for ha spec čus, cherden euch-an a¨ein, ant cweëen to hare lauerd: "Ne mei či mihte hahben na man wië čis meiden, for ne hereë ha nane of ure heëene godes, ah leueë on če lauerd čat Giwes |r15 fordemden & heëene a-hongen ant heuen on rode." Olibrius če luëere, ča he |r[f.39b] čis iherde, changede his chere, ant bed bringen hire biuoren him bliue. Sone so heo icumen wes, he cleopede to hire čus: "Cuë me," quoë he, "¨ef ču art foster of freo-monne, oëer čeow_wummon." |r20 ée eadi meiden Marherete sone him onswerede: "Freo wummon i[ch] am, ant tah godes čeowe." "¨e," quoë he, "t hwet godd heiestu t hersumest?" "Ich heie," quoë ha, "godd-feder, ant his deorewurëe sune, Iesu Crist hatte; & him ich habbe, |r25 meiden, mi meiëhad i¨ettet, & luuie as leouemon t leue as on lauerd." "że," quoë he lude, "leuestu t luuest him če reowëfulliche deidŠ & dreorliche on rode?" "Nai," quoë heo, "ah čeo če wenden for to for-don him, čine forë-federes, beoë for-farene reowliche & for_loren |r30 luëerliche; ant he liueë, kinebern, icrunet in his |p11 kinedom, keiser of kinges, echeliche in heouene." ée wari of čeos wordes warë utnumen wraë, & het hire kasten in-to cwarterne & into cwalm-hus, aëet he hefde betere bičoht him o hwucche wise he walde merrin |r5 hire meiëhad; & ferde him soëëen into Antioche, t heide his heëene godes, as hit lomp & lei to his luëere bileaue. Het bringen hire biuoren him. & heo wes sone ibroht forë, & he bigon to seggen: "Meiden, |r[f.40a] haue merci & milce of če seoluen: nim ¨eme of či |r10 ¨uheëe, & of či semli schape, & of či schene nebsche[f]t: wurch efter mi wil & wurge mine mawmez; & te schal wel iwurëen, wië al čat ich i world ah ant i wald habbe." Marherete, mildest ant meidene meokest, onswerede him ant seide: "Wite ču hit ¨ef ču wul-for he hit wat |r15 ful wel, če haueë iseilet to him me seolf & mi meiëhad -čat tu ne maht nanes-weis, wië weole ne wië wunne, wië wa ne wië wondreëe, wië nan worldlich čing, wenden me ne wrenchen ut of če weie čat ich am in bigunnen to ganne. & unwurë, čat wite ču wel, me beoë |r20 čine wordes; for him ane ich luuie ant habbe to bileaue, če welt & wisseë čurh his wit windes & te weteres, t al čat biset is mit see ant mit sunne. Buuen ba ant bineoëen, al buheë him & beieë. Teken čis, čat he is so mihti ant so meinful, he is leoflukest lif for to lokin |r25 uppon & swotest to smeallen: ne his swote sauur, ne his al-mihti mihte, ne his makelese lufsumlec ne mei neauer lutlin ne aliggen; for he ne alië neauer, ah liueë aa in are, & al čat in him lië, leasteë aa mare." "Let," quoë Olibrius, "ne beoë čeos word noht wurë. Ah |r30 an-hwet wite ču: |r[f.40b] bute ¨ef ču swike ham, mi sweord |p13 schal uor-swelten ant for-swolhen či flesch, & črefter [čine ban schulen] beon for-bernd on berninde gleden. Ah ¨ef ču wult leuen me, ču schalt beon mi leouemon t mi wif iweddet, & welden as lefdi al čat ich i wald |r5 ah & am of lauerd." "Ich ileue če wel," quoë heo, "of čine biheste; ah haue ču hit & ti luue, for ich habbe a leouere, če ich nule for nan leauen ne leosen. éu swenchest te to swiëe, ant warpest-me is wa fore_awei čine hwile, for al me is an čin olhnung & tin eie. |r10 Ichulle biteachen mi bodi to euereuch bitternesse čat tu const bičenchen, ne heo hit neauer so derf to dreien ne to drehen, wië čon čat ich mote meidene mede habben in heouene. Drihtin deide for us, če deore_wurëe lauerd, & ne dredich na deë for to drehen for |r15 him. He haueë his merke on me iseilet wië his in-seil, ne mei unc nowëer lif ne deaë tweamin atwa." "Na," quoë he, "is hit swa! Neomeë hire swiëe," quoë he to če cwelleres. "Strupeë hire steortnaket & hongeë hire on heh, & beateë hire bare bodi wië bittre besmen." |r20 ée awaride wiëer-lahen leiden swa luëerliche on hire leofliche lich, čat hit brec oueral & liëerede o blode. če edie meiden ahef hire heorte, heaued |r[f.41a] uppward to če heouene, ant feng on čeos bone: - |r "Lauerd, in če is al čet ich hopie. Hald me nu mi |r25 wit swa, & mi wil to če, čat hit ne for-wurëe for wa čat me do me; ne l[e]f ču neauer mine ifan, čes feondes of helle, habben ne halden hare hoker of me, as ha walden ¨ef ha mahten awarpen me: ah swa ne schulen ha me, ne nan oëer čat ariht luueë če. Heouene_liche |r30 lauerd, či nome heo iblesset. Lauerd, loke to me |p15 t haue merci of me. Softe me mi sar swa, ant salue me mine wunden, čat hit ne se[me] nowëer ne suteli o mi samblant čat ich derf drehe." |r ée cwelleres leiden swa luëerliche on hire lich, čat tet blod barst ut & strac adun of hire bodi as stream deë of walle. Olibrius, če luëere reue huten reowëe, hwil me ¨erdede hire čus ¨eomerliche, ¨eide: "Stute nu ant stew čine unwittie wrdes, & hercne, meiden, mi read, & wel če schal iwurëen." Alle če čer |r10 weren, weopmen ba & wummen, of reowëe menden čis meiden, ant summe of ham seiden: "Marherete, Marherete, meiden so muche wurë ¨ef ču wel waldest, wa is us čat we iseoë či softe leofliche lich to-luken swa ladliche! Weila! |r[f.41b] wummon, hwuch wlite ču leosest t |r15 for-letest for čin mis-bileaue. ée reue is reowliche wraë & wule iwis fordon če; ah luue nu & lef him, ant tu schalt, wummon meast, wunne & weole welden." "O," quoë ha, "wrecches, unweoten buten wit, weila, hwet wene ¨e! żef mi lich is to-loken, mi sawle schal |r20 resten mit te rihtwise: sorhe an licomes sar is sawlene heale. Ah leue ¨e, ich reade ow, o če liuiende godd, mihti & meinful ant euch godes ful, če hereë čeo čat him to cleopeë, ant heouene-¨etes openeë. For ow nullich iheren, ne beien nane of ower godes, čat dumbe |r25 beoë & deaue, & blinde bute mihte, wië monnes hond imakede. Ah ču wurches," quoë ha to Olihrium če luëere, "čine feder werkea, če fondes of helle. Me, ču heëene hund, če hehe healent is min help; ant ¨ef he haueë i¨ettet te mi licome to [to]luken, he wule, hatele |r30 reue, arudden mi sawle ut of čine honden ant heouen ha to heouene, čah ču hongi me her. Ant tu grisliche gra, ču luëere liun laë godd, či mihte schal unmuchelin t melten to riht noht; & tu schalt beon euer in sar t |p17 in sorhe, hwen ich gomeni wië godd & gledie buten ende." He of wreëëe warë for-neh ut |r[f.42a] of his iwitte; ant bed swiëe hetterliche hongin hire on heh up, herre čen ha er wes, & wië sweord scharpe & wië eawles of irne hire |r5 leofliche lich rondin ant renden. & heo bi-seh up on heh t bigon to seggen: |r "HelIe-hundes, lauerd, habbeë bitrumet me, ant hare read čat heanië me haueë al biset me; ah ču, hehe healent, beo umbe me to helpen. Arude, |r10 reowëful godd, mi sawle of sweordes egge & of hundes hond, for nabbich hute hire ane. Leowse me, lauerd, ut of če liunes muë, ant mi meoke mildschipe of če an-hurnde hornes. Glede me wië či gleo, godd, & hope of heale, čat mi bone mote čurh-čurlin če weolcne. |r15 Send me či sonde i culures iliche, če cume me to helpe, čat ich mi meiëhad mote witen to če unweommet; ant lef me ¨et, lauerd, ¨ef či wil is, iseon čat awariede wiht čat weorrië a¨ein me; & cuë či mahte on me, almihti godd, čat ich him ouer-cumen mahe, swa čat alle |r20 meidenes eauer mare čurh me če mare trustin on če. Beo či nome iblescet, alre bleo brihtest, in alre worldene worl aa on ecnesse. Amen." |r Hwil čat ha spec čus, me to-leac hire, swa čat te uuele reue for če stronge rune of čat blodi |r25 stream, |r[f.42b] ne nan oëer čat ter wes, ne mahte for muchele grure lokin čidewardes; ah hudden hare heauet under hare mantles, for če sorhful sar čat heo on hire isehen. żet spec ant seide Olibrius če luëere: "Hwet bihalt, meiden, čat tu ne buhest to me, ne nult habben milce |r30 ne merci of če seoluen? że, ne felestu či flesch al to_loken & tolimet čurh čat ich hate? Ah huh nu t bei to me er ču deie o derf deë & o drori; for ¨ef ču |p19 ne dest no, ču schalt swelten čurh sweord & al beon limel to-loken; & čenne ichulle tellen, hwen ču al to_torren art in euch-anes sihëe če sit nu ant sië če, alle čine seonewen." |r5 |r "Me, hatele hund," quoë ha ča, "čah al swa do, me ne schendest tu nawt. Hwen mi sawle bië hiuoren godes sihëe in heouene, lutel is me hwet me do me, & bi mi hodi in eorëe. Ah če schulde scheomien, ču scheomelese schucke, ¨ef ču |r10 scheome cuëest, čat čulli mot haldest wië a ¨ung meiden, t spillest al či hwile ant ne spedest nawiht; for ¨ef ich wrahte če wil of čat flesch čat tu uearest al as ču wult wië, mi sawle schulde sinken, al swa as čin schal, to sorhen in helle; & for-či ichulle wel čat mi flesch for_fare |r15 her, čat te softe Iesu cruni mi sawle in selh[ë]en of |r[f.43a] heouene, & efter domes-dei do ham ba to-gederes, to weolen ant to wunnen čurh-wuiende." He warë so wraë čat for-neh wod he walde iwurëen. Bed b[i] l[i]ues coste casten hire in cwalm-hus, & me swa dude |r20 sone. & wes as čah hit were če seoueëe time of če dei čat me droh hire čus into darckest wan, & wurst in to wunien. & heo hef up hire hond & blesede al hire bodi wië če hehe rode taken. As me ledde hire inward, ha bi-gon to bidden čeos bone to ure lauerd: - |r25 |r "Deorewurëe drihtin, čah čine domes derue beon, alle ha beoë duhti. Alle heouenliche čing, t eorliche baëe, huheë če & beieë. ču art hope & help to alle čat te herieë. éu art foster ant feder to helplese children. éu art iweddedes weole, & widewene warant, |r30 & meidenes mede. éu art wune of če world, Iesu Crist, kinebern; godd ikennet of godd, as liht is of leome. Loke, lauerd, to me; mi lif, mi luue, mi leouemon: milce me či meiden. Min ahne fleschliche feder dude t draf me awei, his anlepi dohter, & mine freond aren me, |r35 lauerd, for či luue, famen & feondes; ah če ich habbe, hehe healent, ba for feder & for freond: ne for-let tu |r[f.43b] |p21 me nawt, liuiende lauerd. Bihald me & help me, & lef me čat ich mote leggen ehnen uppon če luëere unwiht čat weorreë a¨ein me, & let me demen wië him, drihtin of dome. He heanië & hateë me, ant ich hit neauer |r5 nuste, čat he of min hearm hefde. Ah swuch is his cunde, & swa is ful of atter his ontfule heorte čat he hateë euch god; & euch hali čing & halewunde is him laë. éu art, drihtin, domes-mon of cwike & of deade: dem bituhen unc twa; ne wreë ču for na sahe čat ich |r10 segge. For a čing ich biseche eauer & oueral, čat tu wite to me mi meiëhad unmerret, mi sawle from sunne, mi wit & mi wisdom from če unwitlese wiht. I če is, min healent, al čat ich wilni: beo ču aa iblescet, ort-frume ant ende [bute ende] & ort, aa on ecnesse. |r15 Amen." |r Hire uoster-moder wes an če frourede hire, & com to če cwalm-hus & brohte hire to fode bred ant burnes drunch, čat ha bi l[iu]ede. Heo, ča, & monie ma biheolden čurh an eilčurl as heo hed hire beoden. |r20 Ant com of an hurne hihentliche to-ward hire an unwiht of helle on ane drake liche, so grislich čat ham agras wië čat ha sehen: čat unselhëe glistinde as hit ouer_guld were. His lochkes ant his longe berd blikede |r[f.44a] al o golde, & his grisliche teeë semden of swart irn, & his |r25 twa ehnen steappre čene steorren & čene ¨imstanes, t brad as bascins, in his ihurnd heauet on eiëer half on his hehe hokede neose. [Of his neose-čurles] čreaste smeorërinde smoke ut, smecche for-cuëest, & of his spetewile muë sperklinde fur ut; & lahte ut his tunge, |r30 swa long čat he swong hire al abuten his swire; & semde as čah a scharp sweord of his muë lahte, čat glistnede as gleam deë ant leitede al o leie; & al warë čat stude [ful] of strong & starc stench, ant of čis schucke schad_ewe schim[m]de & schan al. He strahte him & sturede |r35 toward tis meoke meiden, & ¨eonede mid his wide geneow |p23 uppon hire ungeinliche, ant bigon to crahien & to crenchen mit swire, as he čat hire walde for-swolhen mid alle. żef ha agrisen wes of čat grisliche gra, nes nawt muche wunder. Hire bleo bi-gon to blakien, for |r5 če grure če grap hire; & for če farlac offruht, for¨et hire bone čat heo ibeden hefde swa čat ha moste iseon čen unsehen unwiht, ne nawt ne čohte čeron, čat hire nu were ituëet hire bone; ah smat smertliche adun hire cneon to če eorëe, an hef hire honden on heh |r10 toward heouene, & wië čeos bone to Criste čus cleopede: -- |r[f.44b] |r "Vnseheliche godd, euch godes ful, hwas wreëëe is swa gromelich čat helle ware ant heouenes t alle cwike činges cwakieë čer-a¨eines; a-¨ein čus eis-ful wiht čat hit ne eile me nawiht, help me nu, lauerd. |r15 éu wrahtest & weldest alle worldliche čing. éeo če heieë če ant herieë in heouene, ant alle če činges čat eardië in eorëe: če fisches čat i čeos godes fleoteë wië finnes, če fuheles če fleon bi ëe lufte, & al čat iwraht is, wurcheë čat ti wil is ant halt tine hestes |r20 bute mon ane. ée sunne reccheë hire rune huten euch reste. ée mone & te steorren, če wal[k]ië hi ëe weolcne, ne stutteë ne ne studgeë, ne nohwider of če weie čat tu hauest iwraht ham ne wrencheë heo neaure. éu steorest te sea-stream, čat hit fleden ne mot fir čen ču |r25 markedest. ée windes, če wederes, če wudes, & te wettres, buheë če ant beieë. Feondes habheë farlac, t engles, of čin eie. ée wurmes ant te wilde deor, čat on čeos wilde waldes wunieë, libbeë efter če lahen čat tu ham hauest iloket, liuiende lauerd; & tu loki to me |r30 & help me, čin hondiwerc, for al min hope is on če. éu herehedest helle ant ouercome as kempe čene acursede gast čat feondeë to for-do me. Ah her me |r[f.45a] nu ant help me, for nabbich i mi nowcin nanes cunes elne bute |p25 čin ane. Wië his uuel wite me, for ich trusti al uppon če, & ti wil iwurëi hit, deorewurëe lauerd; čat ich čurh či strencëe mahe stonden wië him, & his muchele ouerga[r]t čat ich mote afallen. Low, he fundeë |r5 swiëe me to for-swolhen, & weneë for to beoren me in-to his balefule hole čer he wuneë inne. Ah o či blisfule nome ich blesci me nuëe." & droh ča endelong hire, ant čwertouer črefter, če derewurëe taken of če deore rode čat he on reste; & te drake resde to hire |r10 mit tet ilke, ant sette his sariliche muë, & unmeaëeliche muchel, on heh on hire heaued; & rahte ut his tunge to če yle of hire helen & swende hire in, ant for-swalh into his wide wombe: ah Crist to wurëmunt & him to wraëere-heale, če rode taken arudde hire readliche, |r15 čat heo wes mid iwepnet, ant warë his bone sone, swa čat his bodi to-barst omidheppes; & te edie meiden allunge unmerret, wië-uten euereuch weom, wende ut of his womhe, heriende on heh hire hehe healent in heouene. |r20 |r As heo biheold, lokinde uppon hire riht-half, ča seh ha hwer set an |r[f.45b] unsehen unwiht, muchele del blaccre čen euer eni blamon, so grislich čat ne mahte hit na mon lihtliche areachen, ant his twa honden to his cnurnede cneon heteueste ibunden. & heo, ča ha |r25 seh čis, feng to čonckin, čus, godd, & to herien hire hehe healent: - |r "Brihtest hleo of alle čat euer iboren weren, blosme iblowen & iboren o meidenes bodi; Iesu, godd t godes bern, ihlescet beo ču euer. Ich am gomeful & gled, |r30 lauerd, of či godlec; keiser of kinges, drihtin undedlich. éu haldest & heuest up treowe bileaue. éu art walle of [wis]dom, & euch wunne wakeneë & waxeë of če. éu art englene weole, čat weldest & witest ham wië-uten wonunge. Me gomeneë & gledeë al of gastelich murhëe: |r35 me, mihti godd makeles, is čat eni wunder? że, ne seo |p27 ich min bileaue blowinde & ichabbe isehen čen feond če wende to for-don me;-feol efne atwa-t felde hu his fule stench strac & strahte a¨einward. Ichabbe isehen čene čurs of helle, helles wulf, her awarpen, t |r5 te monslahe islein, če stronge čurs astoruen. Ichabbe isehen his ouergart & his egede orhel ferliche afallet. Ich habbe isehen če rode če arudde me so redlich of his reowliche rake, hu ha čat balefule wurm & čat bittre best makede to bersten. |r[f.46a] Ich hahbe isehen hali & hale_wunde |r10 eoli as hit lihte to me, ant ich me seolf smelle of če swote Iesu, swottre čen euer ani čing čat is on eorëe. Ich habbe isehen blisse, ant ich blissi me črof: i weole & i wunne is nu čat i wunie, & nes me neauer swa wa, as me is nu wel. ée ich hit čoncki, čolemode |r15 lauerd. Ich habbe adun če drake idust, & his kenschipe akast; & he swelteë čat me wende to for-swolhen; & ich am kempe & he is crauant čat me wende to ouercumen. Ah če i čoncki črof, čat art kingene king echeliche icrunet, sorhfule ant sarie & sunfule to-turn; won_drinde |r20 & wrecches & wanlese wissent, castel of strencëe a¨ein če stronge unwiht, meidenes murhëe ant martirs crune; mel-seotel softest ant guldene ¨erde, alre gold smeatest, glisti[n]de ¨imstan; of alle seheliche čing t unsehelich haëe, swotest ant swetest, alre schefte |r25 schuppent; črumnesse čreo-fald, & an-fald te-hweëere; črile in čreo hades, & in an hehschipe. Heh hali godd, euch godes ful, beo ču euer & a iheret & iheiet bute linunge. Amen." |r As ha hefde longe čus iheret ure lauerd, com čat |r30 grisliche gra creopinde hire toward, & heold hire bi če fet, & as an seorfule čing sariliche seide: "Mar_garete, meiden, |r[f.46b] inoh wa ču hauest idon me: ne pine ču me na mare wië čin eadi beoden čat tu biddest so ofte; for ha bindeë me swa sare mid alle, & makeë |r35 me so unstrong, čat ich ne fele mid me nanes cunnes |p29 strencëe. éu hauest grimliche ibroht mi broëer to grunde, čen slehest deouel of helle, čat ich on drake liche sende, če to for-swolhen, & merrin wië his muchele mihte če mein of či meiëhad, & makien čat tu nere na |r5 mare imong moncun imuneget on eorëe. éu acwaldest him mit te hali rode, & me ču mak[est] to asteoruen wië če strencëe of čine beoden, če heoë če so imunde. Ah leaf me [t let me] gan, lefdi leasteles, ich če bidde." [é]is milde meiden Margarete igrap him čat ne agras |r10 hire nawiht, & hetefeste toc him bi če ateliche top ant hef him up & duste him adunriht to čer eorëe, ant sette hire fot uppon his ruhe necke & feng on čus to speokene:-"Stute nu, earme steorue, ant swic nuëe lanhure, swikele swarte deouel, čat tu ne derue me na |r15 mare, for mi meiëhad ne helpeë če nawiht; for ich habhe to helpe min hehe healent in houene, & te worldes weldent is ihwer mi warant. éah ču strong were, he wes muchele |r[f.47a] strengre me to witene." Wië čis, ča čudde ha uppon če čurs feste wië hire fot, wië euch_an |r20 of čeos wordes:-"Stute nu, uuele, to gremien me mare. Stute nu, ču alde monslahe, čat tu ne slea heonne-forë Cristes icorne. Stute nu, wlatefule wiht, to astenchen me wië če stench čat of či muë stiheë. Icham mi lauerdes lomb, & he is min hirde; & icham |r25 his čral & his čeowe to don al čat his deore wil is. Beo he a iblescet če bliëe haueë imaket me in endelese blisse. Amen." |r Hwil čat ha spec čus o čat spatewile wiht, swa čer lihtinde com in-to če cwalm-hus a leome from |r30 heouene; & semde as čah ha sehe i če glistinde glem če deore rode areachen to če heouene; & set culure |p31 čer-on & čus to hire cleopede:-"Meiden eadi an art tu, Margarete, for paraises ¨eten aren ¨arewe iopenet če nu." Ant let lahe to hire leoue lauerd, & čonckede him ¨eorne wië inwarde heorte čeos meiden; ant čat |r5 liht alei lutlen ant lutlen; & heo biturnde hire ča t cweë to čen unwiht. "Cuë me," quoë ha, "swiëe, for-cuëest alre činge, [of hwet] cunde ču beo." "Lefdi", quoë he, "leowse či fot of mi necke & swa lanhure leoëe me, meiden an ediest, čat ich eëi mahe, |r10 & ich mot nede: ant |r[f.47b] neoëeles min unwil hit is, to don al čat ti wil is." ée meiden dude swa: leowsede t leoëede a lutel hire hele, & he bigon čus spetew[il]liche to speokene: -- |r "Wultu witen, lufsum lefdi, hu ich hatte? Ah hwet-so of mi nome beo, ich habbe efter Beelzebub |r15 mest monnes bone ibeon, & for-swolhen hare swinc, t to aswinden imaket če meden čat ha moni ¨er efden imaket. é[u]s wië summe of mine wiheles, ich wrenchte ham adun hwen ha lest wenden; ne neauer ¨et ne mahte me na mon ouercumen bute ču nuëen, čat |r20 haldest me in bondes & hauest iblend me her, & art mi broëeres bone Ruffines of helle, če rehest & te read_wisest of alle čeo in helle. Crist wuneë in če, for-či ču wurchest mid us al čat ti wil is. Ne nawiht nartu wummon ilich. Me čuncheë čat tu schinest schenre |r25 čen če sunne, & oueral čine limen, čat leiteë of leome. ée fingres swa freolich me čuncheë, ant so feire & so briht blikinde, čat tu če mide blescest & makest če marcke of če deore rode čat refde me mi broëer, ant me wië bale bondes bitterliche bindest; čat ich loki ne |r30 mei, swa čat liht leomeë ant leiteë, me čuncheë." "éu fikest," quoë ha, "ful čing: ah cuë me čat ich eski." "Wumme! lefdi," quoë he ča, "wa is me mine liues, bute ich weorri a wië če riht-wise: of če unselie sun_fule |r[f.48a] me čuncheë ich am al siker; ah če gode ich am |r35 bisiliche abuten, & heom i fo[lh]i neodelukest čat cunnië to heon cleane wië-uten monnes man & fleoë |p33 flesches fulëen, ¨ef ich mahte eisweis makien ham to fallen ant fulen ham seoluen. Monie ich habbe iwarpen čat wenden mine wiheles witerliche et-sterten: ant on čisse wise. Ich leote oëer-hwiles a cleane mon wunien |r5 neh a cleane wummon, čat ich toward ham ne warpe ne ne weorri, ah leote ham iwurëen. Ich leote ham talkin & tauelin of godlec, & treowliche luuien ham wië-uten wilnung ant alle unwreste willes, čat eiëer of oëeres as of his ahne beo trusti, ant treowliche to witene, |r10 & te sikerure beon to sitten to-gederes & gomenin bi ham ane. éenne čurh čis sikerlec seche ich earst uppon ham, & scheote swiëe dernlich & wundi, er ha witen hit, wië swiëe attri halewi hare unwarre heorte. Lihtliche on alre earst, wië luueliche lates, wië steap bihaldunge |r15 eiëer on oëer, & wië plohe-speche sputte to mare, swa longe čat ha tollië to-gederes & toggië. Ant čenne čudde ich in ham luueliche [čohtes], on earst harc unčonckes; & swa waxeë čat wa čurh [čat ha hit čauieë], čat ham hit čuncheë god. & čenne hwen |r20 ha leteë me & ne letten me nawt, ne ne storië ham seolf, |r[f.48b] ne ne stondeë strongliche a¨ein, ich leade i če leiuen & i če ladliche lake of če suti sunne. żef ha et-stonden wulleë mine unwreste wrenches & mine swikele swenges, wrestlin ha moten ant wiëerin wië |r25 ham seoluen; ah me hakeasten ha ne mahen, er ha ham seolf ouercumen. Laë is me, & neoëeles nedlunge i do hit: [cuëe če] hu ha mahen best ouercumen me. Leowse me ant leoëe me, lefdi, če hwile, & ich če wile segen. |r30 |r éis beoë če wepnen čat me wurst wundeë, ant witeë ham unweommet ant strengeë ham staleward_ p35 | luhest a¨ein me, ant a¨ein ham & hare wahe lustes - čat beoë: eoten meoheliche & drincken meokeluker: don čat flesch i sum derf, & neauer idel: monne hone wië hare ahne, ant beodefule čohtes, čat ha schulen čenchen |r5 bimong hare benen & a¨ein unwreste čohtes: čenchen hit is čurh me čat hare lust leadeë ham to wurchen to wundre: čenchen ¨if ha beieë to me, to hu bittre best ha beieë, ant hwas luue ha leoseë; čat lufsum čing [ha forleteë, čat is] meiëhad, meidenes menske, & te |r10 luue of čen luueliche lauerd of heouene ant te lufsm cwen, englene lefdi; & heanlunges makeë ham wië heouenlich hir[d], ant unmenskeë ham seolf bimon eorëlich |r[f.49a] men, & for-leoseë če luue nawt ane on heh in heouene ah of lah ec in eorëe, & makieë če engles |r15 to murnin ant us muche murhëe to lahen so lude, če seoë ham lihten swa lah of so sw iëe heh, from če heste in heouene to če laheste in helle. éis ha moten ofte munnen bi ham seoluen; čenchen hu swart čing ant hu suti is sunne; čenchen of helle-wa, of heouenriches |r20 wunne; ant hare ahne deë & drihtines munegin ilome, t te grisle & te grure če bië et te dome; čenchen čat te flesches lust alië swiëe sone, če pine čer-uore leasteë a mare. Ant tenne so[n]e [so] a gulteë awih[t], gan anan forë-riht čat ha ne firstin hit nawiht to schawen |r25 hit i schrifte, ne beo hit no so lutel ne so liht sunne. éat is under sunne činge me laëest, čat me eorne ofte to schrift of his sunnen: for lutle ich mei makien to muchelin unmeaëeliche ¨ef me hut & heleë hit; ah sone so hit ischawet is bi-rewsinde i schrifte, čenne |r30 scheomeë me, & čer-wië fleo ham from, schudrinde as ich ischend were. éah so forë ant so feor ha mahen stepen eft in softeliche to luuien, čat ha nanes-weis ne schulen stewen hare heorte ne et-stunten ne et-stonden če strencëe of mine swenges, hwil ha somet beoë. |r35 Nis ter bote |r[f.49b] nan, bute fleon čenne, čat nowëer neowhwer ane mid oëer; ne seon ham, [ne] sompnin, |p37 ne sitten to-gederes wië-uten witnesse, če mahe iseon hwet ha don ant heren hwet ha seggen. żef ha čus ne letteë me nawt, ah čauieë & čolieë & weneë čah to etwrenchen, ich leade ham wië les luue lutlen ant |r5 lutlen into so deop dung čat ha druncneë čerin; t sparchi in ham sparkes of lustes swa luëere, čet ha for_berneë inwië & čurh če brune ablindeë; čat ha nabbeë sihëe nan, ham seoluen to bi-seonne. ée mein of ham melteë čurh če heate, ant forwurëeë hare wit, & weorreë |r10 hare wisdom, swa čat nulleë ha nawt witen čat tat ha ahten to witen wel. Loke nu h[wuch] wunder: ha beoë so cleane ouercumen, ant swa ich habhe ablend ham, čat ha blindlunge gaë & for-seoë godd & ham seoluen for-¨eoteë; swa čat ha luëerliche, hwen ha last |r15 weneë, ferliche falleë, fule ant fenniliche i fleschliche fulëen: for a lust čat alië in an hond-hwile, leoseë ba če luue of godd & te worldes wurëschipe. & čat stale_wurëe beoë & starke to¨ein me, swa čat heo ham wië me & mine wrenches wecchinde ham werien, so uuel me |r20 čuncheë črof, čat al ich am dreori aëet ha beon čurh me idoruen, ant am in hare heddes so bisi ham a_uten, |r[f.50a] čat summes-weis ha schulen ham slepinde sulen. Ah če rode mercke merreë me oueral, & mest et te nuëe." & mit tis ilke bi-gon to ¨eien & to ¨uren: |r25 |r "Margarete, meiden, to hwon schal ich iwurëen? mine wepnen aren allunge awarpen. żet were hit čurh a mon as is nu čurh a wummon-éis ¨et čuncheë me wurst, čat al čat cun čat tu art of icumen, beoë in ure hondes, & tu art et-broken ham: alre |r30 wund[re] [m]est, čat tu če ane hauest ouergan či feder & ti moder, meies ha & mehen, & al če ende čat tu & heo [habbeë in] ierdet, & Crist ane hauest i-coren to leouemon & to lauerd. Beatest us ant bindest ant to deaëe fordemest. Wey! wake heo we nu & noht |r35 wurë mid alle, hwen a meiden ure muchele ouergart čus afalleë." |p39 |r "Stew", quoë heo, "sari wiht, & sei me hwer ču mest wunest; of hwet cun ču art icumen, & ti cunde cuë me, & čurh hwas heste heani ¨e [hali men] t harmeë hare werkes." "Ah sei me," [quoë he], |r5 "seli meiden, hwonne is te ileanet i čine leoëe-bei limen so stalewurëe strenëe; of hwet cunde cumeë če či luue & tin bileaue, čat leië me so lahe. Cuë me t ken me hwi če worldes weldent wuneë in če, & hu he com, wummon, to če, & ichulle makien če war of alle |r10 mine wiheles." "Stew če, steorue, ant |r[f.50b] I stille beo," [quoë ha, "of] čin escunge. że, nart tu nawt wurëe to heren mi stefne, awariede ful wiht, & hure to under_stonden so derne čing ant so derf, of godes dihelnesse. Ant hwet-so icham čurh godes grace ich hit do & am, |r15 wil¨eoue un-ofseruet, čat he me haueë i¨etted, for to ¨elden hit him seoluen. Ah swiëe cuë me & ken čat ich eski efter." ["że," quoë he, "ich mot nede.] |r Sathanas če unseli, čat for his prude, of parais lihte so lahe, he is keiser ant king, icrunet of |r20 us alle. & hwerto schuldi tellen če & mi[t] tale tealin, lufsum lefdi, of ure cunde & ure cun, čat tu cost te seolf iseon in Iames & i Menbres bokes ihreuet. Swuch farlac ich fele for sihëen čat ich iseo Crist sechen to če, čat speoken i ne dar nawt, ah diueri & darie, drupest |r25 alre činge. éah hwen ču witen wult, we liureë bi če lufte alre mesten del, edie meiden; ant hure weies beoë abuuen wië če windes: & beoë a wakere to wurchen al čat wa čat we eauer mahen moncun, & meast riht rihtwise men ant meidenes as ču art. For Iesu Crist, |r30 godes bern, wes of meiden iboren; ant čurh če [mihte of] meiëhad wes moncun ibor[h]en; binumen ant bire[uet] us al čat we ahten. Nu ču wast, lefdi, čat tu waldest: hwer we mest wunieë, & hwi we mest heaneë ant hatieë če meidenes. żet, [¨ef ču witen wult |r35 hwi we weorië meast rihtwise čeines], ich onswerie: |p41 for |r[f.51a] onde čat et euer ant aa ure heorte. We witen ha beon iwrahte to stihen to če stude čat we of feollen, ant us hoker[lich] čuncheë & swiëe hofles črof; swa če teone ontent us, čat we iwurëeë wode čurh če grome |r5 čat us gromeë aa wië če gode. éat is ure cunde, čat ich če schulde tellen. Ant beon sorhful ant sari of euch monnes selhëe, & gomenin hwen he gulteë, ant neauer mare gled bute for uuel ane: čis is ure cunde, makelese meiden. Ah, deore drihtines lomb, leoëe me a lutel, |r10 ant leowse, lefdi, či fot, čat sit me so sare. Ich halsi če o godes nome, heh heouenlich feder, & on Iesus half, his an sulliche sune, mon ne wummon ne mah[e] neauer mare warpen me heonne. & tu, brihte burde, bind me in eorëe, & ne warp ču me nawt neoëer |r15 into helle. For Salomon če wise, hwil he her wunede, bitunde us in ane tunne; & comen Babilones men, ant wenden for to habben gold-hord ifunden, & breken čat feat; & we forë & fulden, čoa, če widnesse of world." "Stille heo ču stile," [quoë ha], "earmest alre |r20 steorue; ne schaltu, alde schuke, motin wië me na mare; ah flih, sorhfule čing, ut of min ehsihëe, & def čider as ču mon ne derue na mare." Wië čat ilke, če eorëe to-twemde & bitunde him; & he rarinde rad ruglinge in-to helle. Ine marhen sende Olibrius |r[f.51b] če |r25 luëere his men to bringen hire hiuoren him. & heo blescede hire & com baldeliche forë. Striken men čideward č[a], of eauer-euch strete, for to seo če seorhe čat me walde leggen uppon hire leofliche bodi ¨ef ha to če reue read ne buhe ne ne bei[d]e. |r "Meiden," |r30 quoë he, "Margarete, ¨et i bidde & bodie čat tu wurche mi wil & wurge mine mawmez, & te tide & te time čat tu iboren were, schal beon ihlescet." "Nai", quoë ha, |p43 "ne kepich nawt čat me blesci me swa. Ah hit were či gein, ču čat gest unblescet, & ti god baëe, efter blescunge ga ant heie godd almihti, heh heouen_lich feder, & his seolcuëe sune, če is soë mon & godd |r5 noëelatere. Ah ču wurgest witlese wihtes as ču art wurëe, blodles ant banles, dumbe & deaue; & ¨et tu wurchest wurse, for če unsehene unwihtes wunieë ham wië-innen, ant tu as čine lauerdes luuest ham & heiest." |r [H]im bigon to gremien, ant o grome gredde: |r10 "Strupeë hire steort-naket, & heoueë hire on heh up čat ha hongi to mede for hire hokeres, & on_tendeë hire bodi mid bearninde taperes." ée driueles unduhti swa duden sone, čat te hude snaw_hwit swarte[d]e as hit snarchte, ant barst on to bleinen |r15 čat hit aras up oueral; & hire |r[f.52a] leofliche lich reschte of če leie, swa čat alle remden čat on hire softe siden isehen čet reowëe. Ant heo bigon Dauies bone: "Heh heouenlich godd, wië če halwunde [fur] of čen hali gast, moncunne froure, fure min heorte, ant let [te lei] |r20 of či luue leiten i mi lenden." żet him cweë Olibrius, reuene luëerest: "Lef, meiden, mi read: wurch čat ich wilni ear čen ču či lif luëerliche forlete." "Luëer_liche ich liuede," quoë Margarete, "¨ef ich če ilefde; ah ¨ef i čus deide, mi sawle is deorewurëe ant deore |r25 in-to eche liue. éu swenchest če swiëe ant ne spedest nawiht: ne mahtu, ne čin unwiht, nawiht wurchen on me, meiden an as ich am; ah wergië ow seoluen. Mi lauerd haueë mine limen sunderlich iseilet, & haueë, to mi ¨imstan čat ich ¨ettede him, i¨arket ant i¨eue me |r30 kempene crune." éa warë če reue god, ant bed o wode wise & o great wraëëe bringen forë a uet & fullen hit of wettre, & binden hire baëen če fet ant te honden, t dusten hire in to če grunde, čat ha deë drehde t druncn[ede] čer-inne. Me dude sone as he don hehte; |r35 & heo biheold on heh up & cleope[de] toward heouene: |p45 |r "Alre kingene king, brec nu mine bondes, čat ich ant alle čat hit iseoë, heien |r[f.52b] če ant herien. éis weter mote wurëen me wunsum & softe, ant lef me čat hit to me beë beo of blisse ant fulht of fonstan, healunage |r5 & leome of echelich heale. Cume če hali gast o culures lich, čat o či blisfule nome blesci čeos wettres. Festne mi[t] fulht mi sawle to če seoluen, & mit teos ilke wettres weosch me wiëinnen, & warp from me awei eauer-euch sunne, & bring me to či brihte bur, brudgume |r10 of wunne. Ich underuo her fulht o deore drihtines nome & o čes hali gastes; an godd in godlec itunet t untodealet." Nefde ha bute iseid swa, čat al če eorëe ne bigon to cwakien; & com a culure, beorninde briht as čah ha bernde, & brohte a guldene crune & sette |r15 o čat seli meidenes heauet. Wië čat ilke bursten ant breken hire bondes; ant heo, as schene as schininde sunne, wende up črof, singinde a loft-song, čat Dauië če witege wrahte feor čer-biuoren, Crist to wurëmunt. "Mi lufsusum lauerd", quoë ha, "he cudeë as king čat |r20 he rixleë ariht. Feirlec & strencëe beoë his schrudes, ant igurd he is am on, čat ha cumeliche faren ant semliche sitten." "Cum," quoë če culure wië schilinde stefne, "t stih to če weolen & to wunnen in heouene. Eadi were ču, meiden, ča ču chure meiëhad, če is cwen |r25 of alle mih*tes; |r[f.53a] for-či ču schalt aa buten ende bruken blisse. Amen." |r O čat ilke time turnden to ure lauerd fif čusent men, ¨et wië-uten itald children & wummen, čat alle anan-riht o Cristes kinewurëe nome, as če reue het, |r30 hefdes bicoruen in an burh of Armenie Caplimet inempnet, alle heriende godd wië up-aheuen stefne, t stihen alle martirs wië murhëen to heouene. ée reue rudnede al o grome swa him gromede, & swa wraë & swa awed, čat he o wode wise demde hire |p47 to deaëe; ant het on hat heorte; čat me hire heauet wië schimminde & scharp sweord to-twemde from če bodie. Leiden honden on hire čeo čat ihaten weren, t bunden hire čat tet blod barst ut et t.e neiles, & wië_uten |r5 če burh ledden to bihefden. "Meiden," quoë Malcus, "streche uorë či swire scharp sweord to under_fonne, for ich mot ti bone beon, ant čat me wa fore_ef ¨ich mahte čer-wië, for ich iseo godd seol[f] mid is eadi engles bi-trumen če abuten." "Abid me, broëer, |r10 čenne," quoë ha, "hwil čat ich ibidde me, & biteache mi gast & mi bodi baëen, to ro & to reste." "Ich bidde," quoë he, "čat tu do baldeliche, hwil če god likeë." Ant heo bigon on hire cneon to cneolin adun, ant bliëe wië čeos bone ber on heh iheuen up honden |r15 toward heouene: -- |r[f.53b] |r "Drihtin, leodes lauerd, čah čine runes derne beon t derue, alle ha beoë duhti. Me is deaë idemet her nu, & wië če lif ileanet: či milde merci ich čoncki hit. éu folckes feder of frumschaft, schuptest |r20 al čat ischapen is. éu wisest wruhte of alle, markedest ... eorëe, ču store[s]-mon of sea-stream, ču wissent t weldent of alle wihtes čat iwrahte beoë, sehliche ant unsehliche. Buh čine earen, healinde godd, & bei to mine benen. Ich bidde ant biseche če, čat art me weole |r25 ant wunne, čat hwa-so-eauer boc writ of mi liflade, oëer bi¨et hit iwriten, oëer halt hit ant haueë oftest an honde, oëer hwa-so hit eauer redeë, oëer čene redere liëeliche lustnië, weldent of heouene, wurëe ham alle sone hare sunnen for¨euene. Hwa-so o mi nome |r30 makeë chapele oëer chirche, oëer ifindeë in ham liht oëer lampe, če leome ¨ef ham, lauerd, ant ¨ette ham, of heouene. I če hus čer wummon čin[eë] o childe, |p49 sone so heo munnië mi nome, hihentliche help hire ant iher hire hene; čat i če hus ne beo iboren nan mis_bilimet bern, nowëer halt ne houeret, noëer dumbe ne deaf ne ideruet of deoulen: ah hwa-so-eauer mi nome |r5 munegië ant haueë hit ofte i muëe, |r[f.54a] luueliche lauerd, et te laste dome ales ham from deaëe." |r Wië čis ča čuhte hit as čah a čunre dunede; t com a culure, briht as čah ha bernde, from heouene wië a rode leitinde of liht ant of leome; & te |r10 meiden duuelunge feol dun to če eorëe; & com če culure & aran hire & rihte hire up, wië če rode, & seide hire sweteliche to, wië swotest alre stefne: "Eadi art tu, meiden, bimong alle wummen; če eoli halwunde t halsum, čat tu hauest isoht efter, ant alle sunfule men |r15 imuneget i čin eadi beoden & i čine henen. Bi me seolf ich swerie, ant bi min heouenlich hird, čat tine beoden beoë če treowliche ituëet, & for alle čeo iherd čat tu fore ibeden hauest; & muche mare is i¨euen to čeo čat tin nome munnië, & i¨ettet ham moni čing čat nis nawt |r20 nu imuneget. Ant hwer-so či bodi oëer eni of čine ban beoë, oëer boc of či pine, cume če sunfule mon t legge his muë čer-upon, ich salue him his sunnen; t ne schal nan unwiht wunien i če wanes čer či martirdom is iwriten inne, ah alle of če hus schulen gledien i godes |r25 grië & i gastelich luue. & alle čat te biddeë, to ¨arckin ich ¨etti ham of hare bruchen hote. & tu art eadi t te stude čet tu on reste[st], & alle čeo čat čurh če schulen turnen to me. |r[f.54b] Cum nu forë, burde, to či brud_gume. Cum nu, leof, to či lif, for ich copni či cume: |r30 brihtest bur abit te. Leof, hihe to me. Cum nu to mi kinedom. Leaf če leode swa lah, & tu schalt welden wië me al čat ich ah, alre burde brihtest." ée stefne stutte, & heo stod up, & bigon to bidden čeo čat hire |p51 abuten weren, & hire deaë biweopen, čat ha schulden čolien. & seide: "Leteë & leaueë ower nurë & ower ladliche here, & gledieë alle wië me čat me god unnen; for ¨e habbeë iherd, ¨ef ¨e hercneden ariht, hwet te |r5 hehe healent haueë me bihaten. & ¨e luueë ow seolf, luueliche ich leare ow čat ¨e hahhen mi nome muchel ine munde; for ichulle bidden for čeo bluëe_liche in heouene, če ofte munneë mi nome & munegeë in eorëe. Wië bliëe heorte beoreë me genge for to |r10 herien če king če haueë icoren me; worldes wruhte t weldent al is. ée ich čoncki črof; če ich heie ant herie, heouenlich healent. For či deorewurëe nome ich habbe idrohen nowcin, & nome deaë nuëen: & tu nim me to če, godd, of čat, god is ort-frume & ende. Beo |r15 ču a iblescet & ti blisfule sune, Iesu Crist bi his nome, wië če hali gast, čat glit of inc baëen: čreouald & tah an untodealet, in hades to-twemet, in hehschipe unto_dealet, iteiet & itunet an godd-[i] |r[f.55a] magin. Wurëschipe t wurëmunt wurëe to če ane from worlde into worlde |r20 aa on ecnesse." Efter čeos bone, ča beh ha če swire t cweë to če cwellere: "Do nu, broëer, hihentliche, čat te is ihaten." "Nai," quoë he, "nulli no, for ichabbe iherd hu drihtines deore muë haueë wië če imotet." "éu most," quoë čat meiden, "nedlunge don hit; for |r25 ¨ef ču ne dest no, ne schaltu habben wië me dale of heouene-riche." Ant he wië čat ilke hef up hatelest alre wepne, & smat smertliche adun čat te dunt defde in; ant tet scharpe sweord, & eke smart, scher hire bi če schuldren & sahede hire čurhut, ant te bodi beide, |r30 & beh to čer eorëe. ée gast, ananriht, steh up in-to če stirrede bur, bliëe to heouene. ée čat te dunt ¨ef, |p53 ¨eide lude stefne: "Drihtin, do me merci of čis dede; of čis sunne, lauerd, loke, me nu salue." & feol adun for forlac on hire riht-halue. [C]omen liht-inde ča če engles of heouene, & seten & sungen on hire bodi bilehwit, |r5 & blesceden hit. ée feondes, čat ter weren dedliche idoruen, fengen to ¨eien: "Margarete, meiden, leoëe nuëen lanhure & leowse ure bondes: we beoë wel i-cnawen čat nis nan lauerd bute godd, čat tu on leuest." Turnden ča čurh čis to Criste swiëe monie, ant comen |r[f.55b] |r10 dumbe & deaue to hire bodi as hit lei, ant botneden alle. ée engles, as ha beren če sawle in hare barmes, sihen to heouene, & sungen as ha stihen up wië swotest stefne: "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, & cetera; čat is: hali is, hali is, če lauerd of heouene-riche wordes: |r15 heouene is ful, & eorëe, of čine wurëfule weolen. Alre wihte weldent, in hehnesse heal us. Ibhlescet beo ëe bernes cume če com o drihtines nome: heale in hehnesse! " Wië čat, ča bi-gunnen [če gastes of helle] to čeoten & to ¨ellen; & tuhen alle to hire bodi |r20 če untrume weren, & hefden hare heale. Cum ich, Theo_chimus, & toc hire leofliche lich, & ber hit into a burh of Antioche wië murhëe unimete, & dude hit i graue_stan in hire grandame hus, čat wes icleopet Clete. Ich ah wel to witen čis, for, i pine of črisun čer ha wes iput |r25 in, ich hire fluttunge fond, & fleschliche fode; & ich iseh hwer ha faht wië če feorliche feont, & hire bone wes čat ich hit write on boc-felle, & hire liflade lette don o leaue, & sende hit soëliche iwriten wide ¨ont te worlde. |r30 |r éus če eadie meiden, Margarete bi nome, i če moneë čat on ure ledene is-ald Englisch-Efterlië inemp_net -, Iulius o, Latino če twentuëe dei wië tintreo deide; ant |r[f.56a] wende from weanen to eche wunnen, to lif čat a lesteë buten balesië, to blissen buten wa, euer-lestinde. |r35 |r Alle čeo če čis heorteliche habbeë iherd, in ower beoden če bluëeluker munnië čis meiden; čat |p55 heo wië če ilke bone čat heo bed on eorëe bidde ¨et for ow i če blisse of heouene, čer ha schineë seoueuald schenre čen če sunne, i si & i selhëe mare čen ei muë hit cuëe munnen [t] i čat englene hird singeë aa |r5 un-sulet, čat mon ne wummon ne mei čat is flesch-sulet; čat we bituhen če engles, čurh hire erndunge, moten ¨et iseon hire & ihe[re]n hire singen. Amen. |r Igret wurëe godd-feder, ant his sune iseinet, če hali gast iheiet, čeos čreo in an, ičeinet of engles ant |r10 of eorliche men a buten ende. Amen.