for þau o mon [K. man.] h[aue]de
hunt seuinti acreis,
and he al heged [? read heuede.] [hit] sagin
mid rede golde,
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and þe golde greu [K. grue.]
so gres deit on þe reiþe, [? ÞerÞe.]
ne were hi[s] [W. i. . .] wele
nout þe vurþere, [K. wrþere.]
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bote he him fremede
frend y-werche.
For wad is g[old] bute ston,
bute it [W. id.] habbe wis mon?
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7.
¶ Þus quad Alfred:
Sulde nefere gu[n]ge [K. gise, W. guge.] mon
giuen him to huuele,
þoch he is [K. his.] gise [W. gile.]
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wel ne like . . ,
ne þech he ne welde
al þad he wolde;
sor God may giuen wanne he wele
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goed after yuil
wele after wrake;
ge wel him þet mot scapen.
8.
¶ Þus quad Alfred:
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[Stron]ge [K. [Sor]ge.] it his to rogen
agen þe se flod,
so it is [K. his.] to swinkin [K. sginkin.]
again hineselþe, [K. heni selþe.]
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[a]ch wel [W. omits.] is him agueþe [W. aguepe.]
þe suinch [K. sunich. Read swinkere.] was,
wanen [Read wanne.] her on werlde
welþe to winnen,
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