þe alle welþe on ure god,
siker he may [sitten],
and hwo hem nu [K. mite.] senden.
For þoch his weleþe him at-go,
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is wid ne wen[t] him newere fro.
Ne may he newir for-farin,
hwo him to fere haueþ,
hwilis þat is lif
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lesten may.
13.
¶ Þus quad Alfred:
Gif þu hauist sorwe,
ne say þu hit þin arege;
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seit þin sadilbowe,
and rid þe singende.
Þanne sait þe mon
þat ti wise ne can,
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þad þe þine wise
wel þe likit.
Sorege gif þu hauist,
and ten arege hit sed,
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bi-foren he þe bimened, [K. bimenid.]
bi-hindin he þe scarned.
Þu hit migt [W. & K. mist.] seien swich mon,
þad it þe ful wel on,
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swich mon [K. men.] þu maist seien þi sor,
he wolde þad þu heuedest mor.
For-þi hit in þin herte . . . one, [K. hirte one.]
for-hele hit wid þin arege,
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let þu neuere þin arege witin
al þer þin herte þenket.
16.
¶ Þus quad Alfred:
Ne sal þu þi wif
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