* * * * en earde. * * * * and alle theo isceæfestan. * * * * the him to * * * * * * * and mid muchele _wisdome_. and with much _wisdom_ _thon_ne mon he idihte. 5 then man he framed, and him on ileide. bestowed on him lif and soule. life and soul, softliche he heo isom_ne_. tenderly he united them; ac thær bith sor idol. but there is a sad portion that bodeth that bearn. 10 which awaits that child. thonne hit iboren bith. When it is born; hit _woan_eth and mænet theo weowe. it waileth, and bemoans the woe, and thene seoruhfule sith. and the sorrowful time, and that sori idol. and that sad lot, that soule schal _hire li_came. 15 that shall the soul from her body sorliche idælen. sadly separate. Forthon hit cumeth weopinde. Therefore it cometh weeping, and woniende iwiteth. and wailing departeth, _thonne D_eath mid his pricke. when Death, with his dart, pineth thene licame. 20 pineth the body. He walketh and wendeth. He walketh and goeth, and woneth _his si_thes. and bewails his destiny; he sæith on his bedde. he saith, on his bed, wo me that ic libbe. Wo me! that I live; that æffre min lif dawes. 25 that ever my life thus _lon_ge me ilesteth. so long endureth. for heui is his greoning. For heavy is his groaning, and seohrful is his woaning. and sorrowful his wailing. and all _reowliche_ his sith. and all rueful his lot, mid seorwe biwunden. 30 with sorrow encompassed. him deaueth tha æren. His ears deafen, him dimmeth _tha_ eiȝen. his eyes become dim, him scerpeth the neose. his nose sharpens, him scrincketh tha lippen. his lips shrink, him scorteth _the_ tunge. 35 his tongue shorteneth him truketh his iwit. his sense faileth, him teoreth his miht. his strength wasteth, him coldeth his _heorte_. his _heart_ chilleth, _him_ leggeth the ban stille. his bones lie still; thonne bith that soule hus. 40 then is that soul-house seoruhliche bereaved. wofully bereaved _of_ also muchele wunne. of as much delight the ther inne wunede as therein dwelled. thus bith thæs bearnes. Thus are these children mid pin_unge_ ifulled. 45 filled with torment; theo moder greoneth. The mother groaneth, and that bearn woaneth. and the child waileth; so bith theo _hear_dtid. so is that hard hap mid balewen imenged.