To þeowwtenn & to wurrþenn Godd
Wiþþ bedess & wiþþ lakess.
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& mikell ned wass himm þatt Godd
Þa belless herrde ringenn,
Þatt he ne felle þære dæd
Þurrh Godess wraþþe & wræche;
Forr ȝiff þatt Godd ne mihhte nohht
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Þa belless herenn ringenn,
Whannse þe preost wass shridd tærwiþþ
To gan till Godess allterr,
Godd wollde himm wrekenn o þe preost,
Swa þatt he swelltenn shollde,
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Forrþi þatt he ne namm nan gom
To fillenn all hiss wikenn.
Nu, laferrdinngess, loke we
Whatt tiss maȝȝ uss bitacnenn,
Hu mikell god itt læreþþ uss
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Off ure sawle nede.
Þe belledræm bitacneþþ ȝuw
Þatt dræm þatt ȝuw birrþ herenn,
Whannse þe preost ȝuw telleþþ spell
Biforenn Godess allterr;
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& ȝiff he nohht ne spelleþþ ȝuw
Þe Goddspellbokess lare,
He falleþþ wissliȝ forr þatt gillt
I Godess wraþþe & wræche,
All swa summ þatt Judisskenn preost
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Þurrh Drihhtin shollde swelltenn,
