wo so listneð deueles lore,
on lengðe it sal him rewen sore;
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wo so festeð hope on him,
he sal him folgen to helle dim.
Mermaid
Natura Sirene. [folio 8b]
IN ðe se senden
selcuðes manie;
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ðe mereman is
a meiden ilike
on brest and on bodi,
oc al ðuf ge is bunden;
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fro ðe noule niðerward
ne is ge no man like,
oc fis to fuliwis
mid finnes waxen.
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ðis wunder wuneð
in wankel stede,
ðer ðe water sinkeð,
sipes ge sinkeð,
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and scaðe ðuf werkeð
mirie ge singeð ðis mere,
and haueð manie stefnes,
manie and sille,
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oc it ben wel ille;
sipmen here steringe forgeten
for hire stefninge,
slumeren and slepen,
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and to late waken,
ðe sipes sinken mitte suk, [? fuik.]
ne cumen he nummor up.
Oc wise men and warre
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agen cunen chare,
ofte arn atbrosten,
mid he[re] brest ouel;
