* * * * * * * * * * _wur_mes of thine flæsc. 280 worms of thy flesh, thu scalt fostren thine feond. thou shalt nourish thine enemy thet thu beo al ifreten until thou art all devoured; _thu_ scalt nu herborwen. thou shalt now harbour unhol wihte. hateful creatures, noldest thu ær gode men. 285 (heretofore thou wouldst not, good men, for lufe go_de sel_lan. for love, give _of thy_ goods;) heo wulleth wurchen hore hord. they will work their hoard on thine heaued ponne. in thy skull. m_oton_ heo bileafen. Should they leave thine lippen unfreten. 290 thy lips undevoured, ac thu scalt grisliche grennien. eke thou shalt grin horribly, _that_ hwo so hit iseiȝe. that whosoever sees it he mihte beon offered. he might be frightened; Reowliche bith so thin sith. so rueful is thy lot, efter _thin_ wercche lif. 295 after thy wicked life. nu me wule swopen thine flor. Now men will sweep thy floor, and thet flet clensien. and cleanse the dwelling; for hit is h_eom_ lothre. for it is the loather to them the thu theron leiȝe. that thou liest thereon. heo wulleth mid holiwatere. 300 They will, with holy water, beworpen ec theo p_ædas_. sprinkle eke the vestments, blecsien ham ȝeorne. cleansing them carefully to burewen ham with the. to bury them with thee; beren ut thin bed strau. bear out thy bed-straw b_rennen_ hit mid fure. 305 to burn it with fire. thus thu ert nu ilufed. Thus thou art now beloved seoththen thu me forlure. since thou lost me. al hit is reow_liche_ thin sith. All rueful is thy lot, efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wicked life. ȝet sæith the soule. 310 Yet saith the soul so_r_iliche to hire licame. sadly to the body, _nol_dest thu la erming. Alas! miserable, wouldst thou not her o to wunienne. here for ever dwell? nes hit the no wiht icunde. it was no whit known to thee that thu icore_n me_ hefdest. 315 that thou hadst chosen me; nes hit icunde the. it was not known to thee more then thine cunne biuoren the. more than to thy kin before thee, ne heold is thin _æiȝe_ opene. nor was thine eye held open theo hwule ic the inne was. while I was within thee. hwi noldest thu lefen. 320 Why wouldst thou not believe, tha thu hi iseiȝe. though thou saw it, hu thin ford_feren_. how thy forefathers ferden biforen the. went before thee. nu heo wunieth on eorthe. Now they dwell in the earth,