bi{}wistest unweo{m}met from þe ferliche fur of þe furneise swa þu wite ant witen me to witen me from sunne. lauerd þurh þis lease lif{;} lead me to lestinde to þe hauene {135} of heale as þu leddest israeles folc þurh þe reade sea buten schip druifot ant hare fan senchtest þ̵ ham efter sohten afal þumine famen ant to{}drif drihtin þen deouel þ̵ me derueð. for ne mei na mon wið{}uten þi strencðe stonden him aȝeines lef me þ̵ ich mote i{}seon him ȝet schent{;} þ̵ weneð me to schrenchen ant schunchen of þe {140} weie{;} þ̵ leadeð to eche lif. wite me from his lað ant wið his crefti crokes. wite me wið mine unwines þ̵ tu beo euer iheret ant iheiet in heouene ant in eorðe beo þu áá iblescet as þu were ant art. ant euer schalt beon in eche blisse. amen. Al þu al wealdent biwistest ha{m} unwemmet. wid þ̵ ferliche fur i þe furneise. swa þu wunne of þe worlt wite me ⁊ were ⁊ wit{er}e. ⁊ wisse þurh þi wisdom to wite me wið sunne. lau{er}d liues lattow. lead me þurh þis lease. þis lutle {170} leastinde lif{;} to þe hauene of heale. As þu lead`d´est isr{ae}les leode of egipte bute schip dru fot þurh þe reade sea. ⁊ asenchtest hare uan þe ferden ham efter. ⁊ tu folkes feader. aual mine va{}men. ⁊ tu drihtin to{}drif þe deouel þ̵ me derueð. for ne mei na monnes st`r´engðe wið{}uten þin stonden him to ȝeines. lef me þ̵ ich mote {175} mihti meinfule godd iseon him ischeomet ȝet þe weneð me to schrenchen. ⁊ schunchen of þe nearowe wei þ̵ leadeð to eche lif. loke me from his lað liuiende lau{er}ð. Make me war ⁊ wite me wið his crefti crokes. þ̵ ha me ne crechen. were me swa wið þen vnwine. helpleses heale. Þ̷ tu beo iheiet ⁊ i{}heret eaure in eorðe. as in {180} heouene. [f. 43r] Beo þu aa iblescet lau{er}d as þu were ant art ⁊ schalt beon in eche. [Linenote: 177. After _⁊_, _þ̣ụṇ_ MS.] XX. THE OWL AND THE NIGHTINGALE [[MS description from Notes volume: “i. Jesus College, Oxford, E 29 (J); see [VI, Alfred]. ii. Cotton Caligula A 9, British Museum (C); see XIV, Laȝamon. They are copies of a common exemplar X, which was probably taken directly from the poet’s original. X was written by two scribes; the work of the first is represented in ll. 1-353 of the present selection; that of the second in ll. 354-437; the former was accustomed to French scribal methods. The writer of C was a mechanical copyist and not at home in English, consequently he reproduces X with tolerable accuracy. The scribe of J was more independent (see [VI, Alfred, second paragraph in the e-text]).”]] (Jesus College MS.) (Cotton MS.) [Transcriber’s Note: The page numbers from the two MSS overlap: Jesus 229r¹ - 241v²; Cotton 233r¹ - 246r¹.] +Incip{it} Alt{er}cacio int{er} filomenam ⁊ Bubonem.+