Swa hit is here. {120} þ{an} se gode man þe godes lufe hað ȝéfolged to is ende cu{m}þ. wite{r}lice wið{}ut uúantruce þer cumeð þe hali engles hi{m} tó. ⁊ ȝéf hað ahte uniwasse oðer hit wrð ȝewasse iþer pine of þe deaðe þe he her þáleð. oðer efter mid eðelice lette. ⁊ þ{an} lat me þa sawle to merchestowe. þ̵ his se morȝemete si blisse þe he hað an þar sawle. þat wite ȝe wel. {125} nan halege nað his fulle blisse er he under{}fó adomes deíe his licame. þ̵ wrð se fulle mete. þa{n} se mann mid sawle ⁊ mid licame und{er}-fangð sicernesse of écer blisse. ⁊ wat beli{m}pð hit ȝief he fend his `þe´ to þare gate cu{m}þ? God þurh his [f. 57v²] mucele milce ne letes us nefer fandie. Ac naþeles ȝief he fend his an unwreast mann þer beoð {130} anú ȝeréd`i´e. þe weregede gastes þe hine uniredlice und{er}fangeð mi{d} stiarne swupen. Alse fele unþeawes alse hade upe him ⁊ sennenn. al swa fendes he þer ȝemet. hīne to und{er}fó. ⁊ to don hīne into þiesternesse. oft a domes dȝéi alle godes fend simle fra{m} his ȝesecðe abroden bienn ⁊ hi[n] to hare lean ha{m} þe lange scel ȝeleste. [Linenotes: 121. _þan_] _þ̵_ MS. || _witerlice_] _witetlice_ MS. || 124. _þan_] _þ̵_ MS. || 131. _mid_] _min_ MS.] Þus hit hað íbí ⁊ {135} is. ⁊ wrð oft domesdei. Ac þan{n} hit þer to cumþ þ̵ se hlaford á þe mucele deíe. cumþ forté ísí ⁊ frend ⁊ fend. þann cumþ all his und{er}þiede hi{m} to{}fore. þer he sit mid his derewrþe ȝefered mid niȝen anglene had. mid þer unwēmmed meide his moder. mid his ap{ost}len. mid þa hágefad{er}en. ⁊ þo halíȝe wítien. mid martiren. mi[d] hali {140} {con}fessore{n} mid halie meiden. mid al þan þe þer midenarde for his lufe werpeð abéc. ⁊ lagelice her hi{m} þenið. wic ȝeíe. wic drednesse wurð þer. þ{an} þat fer to{}for hi{m} abernð þ̵ middenard. þ{an} si eorðe alle cwace{ð} þan þe sterren falleð. si sunne ⁊ se mone aþestreð for godes b{ri}ctnesse. þe wlcne to gað. and si hali rode tacne mid þe {145} spere ⁊ mid þe neiles þurh angles beoð forð ibrocht. þan{n} þe angles cwaciað. ⁊ tó richtwíse ha{m} adredeð. wat sceol se senfulle don. þe isecgð þer his richtwise deme. þe non ne maíe bechece. non beswice. he his hi{m} sel{f} witnisse ⁊ deme. Wat sceol se wrecce don. þe bufon iséȝð his hlaford þe he ȝegremed áfeð. under hi{m} helle muð open. {150} abuuten hi{m} all folc. hi{m} selfe bi s`c´a[n]dlice senne beswapen. þer ne mái no{n} frend oðre helpe. ælc had innóh to do{n}ne a{n} hi{m} selfe. Þan seie{ð} ha{m} god þe geltẏ ma{n}ne{n} ȝe seneȝeden. an ȝeur écenesse. ⁊ ȝe scule [f. 58r¹] birne an mire écenisse. Ȝe seneȝden alse lange alse ȝé lefede ⁊ ȝe scule birne alse lo{n}ge as íc lefie. [Linenotes: 140. _þo_ corr. out of _to_ | _hali ȝewitien_ MS. || 143. _þan_] _þ̵_ MS. || _middenard_] _middernad_ MS. || _þan_] _þ̵_ MS. || 144. _cwaceð_] _cwaced_ MS. || 149. _self_] _selþ_ MS. || 153. _seieð_] _seied_ MS.]