en earde · [f. 63v ⁊ alle þeo isceæftan · þe him to [s]cu[l]en · ⁊ mid muchele cre[fte · þe]ne mon he idihte · ⁊ him on ileide · lif ⁊ soule · Softliche he heo isom[nede] · ac þær biþ sor idol · 5 þ̵ bodeþ þ̵ bearn : þonne hit iboren biþ · hit [woan]eþ ⁊ mænet þeo weowe · ⁊ þene seoruhfule siþ · ⁊ þ̵ sori idol · þ̵ soule schal [⁊ li]came · sorliche idælen · forþon hit cumeþ weopinde · ⁊ woniende iwiteþ · 10 [swo D]eaþ mid his pricke · pineþ þene licame · he walkeþ ⁊ wendeþ ⁊ woneþ [oftes]iþes · he sæiþ on his bedde · wo me þ̵ ic libbe · þ̵ æffre mine lif dawes · þus [lon]ge me ilesteþ · for heui is his greoning · ⁊ seorhful is his woaning · 15 [Linenotes: 3. [_þe_]_ne_ Buchholz. [_þon_]_ne_ Haufe. || 7. _hit_ [_greoneþ ond woan_]_eþ_ B. || 9. [_⁊ li_]_came_ H. | [_hire li_]_came_ Singer. || 11. [_D_]_eaþ_ H., B. | [_thonne D_]_eath_ S. || 13. _wome_ MS.] ⁊ al [biþ] his siþ · mid seorwe biwunden · him deaueþ þa æren : him dimmeþ [þa] iȝen · him scerpeþ þe neose · him scrinckeþ þa lippen · him scorteþ [þe] tunge · [him starkeþ his skin ·] him trukeþ his iwit · him teoreþ his miht · 20 him coldeþ his [siden ·] liggeþ þe ban stille · þonne biþ þ̵ soule{}hus · seoruhliche bereaued · [at] also muchele wunne · þe þer{}inne wunede · þus biþ þæs bearnes · [bod]unge ifulled · þeo moder greoneþ · ⁊ þ̵ bearn woaneþ · 25 So biþ þeo [bu]rdtid · mid ba`le´wen imenged · so biþ eft þe feorþsiþ · Mid seoruwen al bewunden · þonne þe licame ⁊ þe sowle · soriliche to[dæl]eþ : þonne biþ þ̵ wræcche lif · iended al mid sori siþ · þonne biþ þe [fei]ȝe · iflut to þen flore · 30 [Linenotes: 19. [_him ... skin_] no gap in MS. || 21. _þe ban_] perhaps _he stan_. || 23. [_at_] B., [_of_] H. || 27. In MS. the second half of this line is _sorhliche to dæl_... copied by mistake from the next line. || 30. [_fei_]_ge_ Zupitza, [_bodi_]ge S.] [[Partial word [_bodi_]ge italicized as shown]]]