Vet and honden vpriȝt . to þe erþe ibounde,
Wiþ furi nailes of yre . nailed vaste þer to; [folio 123]
Eddren furi vpen hem sete, . and toden grete al so [vpen st. vpon. Die and. Mss. crapoudes st. toden.]
Somme eddren hem bi clipte . so vaste al aboute,
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þat hem þouȝte hem scholde berste, . so hei grunte(!) wiþ oute; [hem vor scholde st. heo.]
Somme sete anowarde, . and here vlesch to gnowe,
And wiþ al furi teþ . wombe & breste to drowe;
Summe bounde, somme gnowe, . & somme stronge bite.
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þe todeden, þat weren so foule, . vpe here hertes sete, [Ms. todeden st. toden.]
And stongen in þe hertes . wiþ here hertes grete. [das 2 te hertes st. wrottes verschrieben.]
Luþere gostes ourne al so . abouten hem inowe,
Wiþ newles and wiþ scorges . þe wrecches al to drowe.
þe wrecche soules, þat weren . in þe pines brouȝte, [in überschr.]
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Heo ȝollen & crieden deolfoliche, . & hem help riȝt nouȝte.
þe deueles nome þe kniȝt, . & wolden him pine also,
Ac, þo he criede on ihū crist, . heo brouȝten him not þer to.
ȝut deuelen him nome . & to þe þridde veld him drowe.
þer he seiȝ in tormens . wrecche gostes inowe
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I preoned to þe erþe . & ismite þorw out echon,
As þicke nailes in ech stude, . as þer miȝte stiken on, [Im An|fang fehlt wol wiþ.]
þt me ne miȝte finde place . in here bodi so lute,
þat me ne miȝte for þicke nailes . afingres ende pute. [ne, auch in Ms. Bodl., ist zu tilgen.]
A smart wind to oþer wo . on hem blew wel faste,
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þat hem þouȝte heo for barnden . þorw out mid eche blaste.
Deuelen orne aboute . vram on to oþer inowe,
And here vlesch to oþer wo . mid newles al to drowe.
So weren þe wrecches ipined . & in tormens brouȝt;
As heo miȝten heo crieden; : vnneþc me herde hem ouȝt,
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Vor heo weren so ouercome, . þat heo ne miȝten vnneþe
Bringen out ani vois, . bote as aman vpe þe point of deþe:
Al in þe þrote heo crieden, . as here strengþe were bi nome
Mid muche pine, & no wonder . þei heo weren ouer come.
Deuelen nomen þis kniȝt . and to grounde him caste;
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Heo sworen, bote he tornde is þouȝt, . heo wolden him naile faste.
