++Þus hwil ha wiste hire ⁊ þohte aa to witen hire meiden i{}meiðhad. as ha set in a bur of hire burde boldes heo iherde a swuch murhðe towart þe awariede mawmetes temple lowing{e} of þ̵ ahte. luding{e} of þe men. gleowunge [f. 12v] of euch gleo to herien ⁊ hersumin hare heðene godes. as ha þis iherde ⁊ nuste ȝet hwet hit wes. ha sende swiðe for {50} to witen hwet wunder hit were. sone so hire sonde com aȝein ⁊ seide hire þ̵ soðe{;} heo swa itend of wreððe wes þ̵ wod ha wurðen walde. het up of hire hird hwuch as heo walde ant wende hire þideward. ifont þer swiðe feole ȝeinde ⁊ ȝurinde. ⁊ þeotinde unþuldeliche wið rewfule remes þ̵ cristene weren. ⁊ leafful in godes laẏ. [Linenote: 53. After _of hire_, _ḥạ ẉ_ MS.] ah for dred {55} of deað duden þes deouel[e]s lac as þe heðene duden. hwa wes wurse þen hire heorte iwundet in{}wið for þe wrecches þ̵ heo iseh wraðe werkes wurchen aȝeines godes wille. þohte þah as heo wes þuldi ⁊ þolemod so ȝung þing as heo wes. hwet hit mahte ȝeinen þah heo hire ane were aȝein so kene keisere ⁊ his kineriche. {60} stod stille ane hwile ⁊ hef hire heorte up to þe hehe healent þe iheret is in heouene. bisohte him help. ⁊ hap. ⁊ wisdom. as wisliche as al þe world is iwald þ{urh} his wissunge. þrefter wepnede hire mid soðe bileaue. ⁊ wrat on hire breoste ant biuoren hire teeð ⁊ tunge of hire muð þe hali [f. 13r] rode taken. ⁊ com lepinde {65} forð al itend of lei of þen hali gast. as þe keiser stod bimong þe su{n}ful slaht of þ̵ islein ahte deoulen to lake þ̵ euch wariet weouet of þe mix mawmez ron of þ̵ balefule blod al{}bi{}blodeget. ⁊ bigon to ȝeien ludere stefne. [Linenote: 56. _þes þes_ MS.] ++Gretinge keiser walde. þe bi{}cumen for þin hehnesse ȝef þu þis {70} il{k}e ȝeld þ̵ tu dest to deouelen þ̵ for{}deð þe baðe ilicom ⁊ i sawle{;} ⁊ alle þ̵ hit driueð. ȝef þu hit ȝulde ⁊ ȝeue to his wurðmunt þe scheop þe ant al þe world. ⁊ al walt þ{urh} his wisdom. ⁊ al þ̵ ischapen is. ich walde keiser igreten þe. ȝef þu understode þ̵ he him ane is to herien þ{urh} hwam ⁊ under hwam {75} alle kinges rixleð. ne ne mei na þing wið{}stonden his i{}wil. þah he muche þolie. þes heouenliche lauerd luueð treowe bileaue. ⁊ nowðer blod ne ban of unforgult ahte. ah þ̵ me halde ⁊ heie his halewunde heastes. Ne nis na þing hwar þ{urh} monnes muchele medschipe wreððeð him wið mare þen þe schaft of mon{;} þ̵ he scheop. ⁊ ȝef {80} schad ba of god ⁊ of uuel þ{urh} wit ⁊ þ{urh} wisdom schal wurðen forð. ut of his witte þ{urh} þe awariede gast þ̵ he ȝelt þe wur [f. 13v] ðmunt to unwitlese þing þ̵ te feont wuneð in. þ̵ he ahte to godd ⁊ hereð ⁊ hersumeð seheliche schaftes ⁊ blodles ⁊ banles. ⁊ leomen buten liue. as he schulde his ⁊ heoren. ⁊ alre þinge schuppent þ̵ is {85} godd unsehelich. [Linenote: 71. _ille_ MS.] [Headnote: Claruit per Sacros Mores]