++In ðe se senden selcuðes manie. ðe mereman is   a meiden ilike. on brest ⁊ on bodi . oc al ðus ge is bunden. fro ðe noule niðerward . ne is ge no man like. oc fis to fuliwis   mid finnes waxen. 445 ðis wunder wuneð in wankel stede. ðer ðe water sinkeð. sipes ge sinkeð . ⁊ scaðe ðus werkeð. mirie ge{}singeð ðis mere . ⁊ haueð manie stefnes. manie ⁊ sille. oc it ben wel ille. 450 sipmen here steringe forgeten . for hire stefninge. flumeren ⁊ slepen. ⁊ to late waken. ðe sipes sinken mitte suk. ne cumen he nummor up. 455 Oc wise me{n} ⁊ warre. agen cunen chare. ofte arn atbrosten . mid he[re] brest ouel. he hauen herd told of ðis mere . ðat tus unie{}mete. half man ⁊ half fis. 460 sum ðing tokneð bi ðis. [Linenotes: 443. _al ... bunden_ on an erasure. || 451. _sipmen here_ on an erasure.] +Significacio.+ ++Fele men hauen ðe tokni{n}g. of ðis forbisnede ði[n]g. wið{}uten weren wulues fel. 465 wiðinnen arn he wulues al. he speken godcundhede. ⁊ wikke is here dede. here dede is al vncuð. wið ðat spekeð here muð. 470 twifold arn on mode. he sweren bi ðe rode. bi ðe sunne ⁊ bi ðe mone. ⁊ he ðe legen sone. mid here sage ⁊ mid here song. 475 he ðe swiken ðer imong. ðin agte wið swiking ði soule wið lesing. [Linenote: 465. _wulues_] _w_ corr. out of _p_.] +Nat{ur}a elephantis.+