Bible (Early Wycliffe)/Prologis - Wikisource, the free online library\nBible (Early Wycliffe)/Prologis\n2381904Wycliffe's Bible — Prologis\nHeere bigynniþ þe epyſtle of ſaynt Jerom preeſt of alle þe bokes of Goddis ſtorye.\nBroþer Ambroſe, to me þi litel ȝiftis perfitli berynge, haþ brouȝt wiþ and riȝt ſwete lettres, þe whiche han ſhewid ſoþfaſtnes of now proued feiþ, fro þe bigynnyng of frenſhipes, and newe þingis of olde frenſhip. Verrei forſoþe þat frenſhip is, and þurȝ þe glew of Criſt cowplid, þe which not profit of famylier þing, not preſens oonli of bodies, not graſping and trecherous flateryng, but þe drede of God and þe ſtudies of Goddis ſcripturys ioynen. We han redde in olde ſtories, ſum men to han vyrounde prouynces, to han gon to new puplis, to han paſſid þe ſee, þat hem whom þei han knowun of bokis, myȝten ſeen verreli preſent. So Pictagorax to þe filoſofers of Memphus, ſo Plato to Egipte, and to Archite Tarentyne, and þilk brynk of Itali, þe which ſum tyme was ſeid Grete Grece, ful traueilouſli ȝede; þat he þat in Aþenys was a maiſter and myȝti, and whos doctrine þe ſtodies of Achademy perfitli ſowneden, wolde be maad a pilgrym and a diſciple, more wilnyng oþer mennus þingis ſhamfaſtli to lernen, þan his owne vnſhamfaſtli to prece forþ. Aftirward whil he purſueþ fleynge lettres as in al þe world, takun of ſee þeues and ſold, alſo to a ful cruel tiraunt pered, led cheytif, boundun, and þral. Neuerþelater for he was a filoſofre, he was more þan his bier. To Tite Lyuy, wellynge wiþ þe mylk welle of faire ſpeche, we han red, ſumme noble men to han comen fro þe vtmoſt coſtis of Spayne and of Fraunſe; and whom Rome drow not to his ſiȝt, o mannus fame fulli ledde. Þat age hadde a myracle vnherd, and to alle worldis to ben ofte worſhipid, þat þei, gon in ſo greet a cite, oþer þing wold ſechen wiþ oute þe cite. Apolony, or þat deuynour, or as þe comunte ſpekiþ, a filoſofer, as Pictagorax diſciplis tellen, ȝede into Perſes, paſſid Kaukaſoun, Albanus, Scitus, and Maſſegetos, ȝede þurȝ þe moſt plenteuows kyngdomes of Inde; and at þe end, þe brodeſt flode of Phiſon paſſid, come to Bragmanon, þat Hiearch ſittynge in þe golden trone, and drynkynge of þe welle of Tantali, among fewe diſciplis techynge of kynde, of maners, of courſe of daies and of ſterres, he myȝt heren; fro þens bi Elamytas, Babiloyns, Caldeos, Medos, Aſſyrios, Parþos, Syros, Phenices, Arabes, Paleſtyns, turned aȝen to Aliſawndre, ȝede to Eþiop, þat he myȝt ſe þe maiſtres of þe ſtudies, and þe moſt famows borde of þe ſonne in grauel. Þat man fonde ouer al þat he miȝte lerne, and þat euermore profitynge, euermore he myȝt be maad better þan hym ſilf. Vpon þis Philoſtratus wrote moſt fullich in eiȝt volumes.\nWhat ſhal I ſpeke of men of þe world? ſiþ þe apoſtle Poul, þe veſſel of eleccoun and þe maiſter of Gentilis, þe which of conſcience of ſo greet a geſt in hym ſilf ſpak ſeiynge, "wheþer ſechen ȝe experyment of hym þat ſpekiþ in me Criſt," after Damaſk and Arabe enuyround, ȝede vp to Jeruſalem, þat he myȝt ſe Peter, and dwelte wiþ hym fiftene daies; bi þis forſoþe myſterie of ſeuene and eiȝt þe prechour of Gentilis to comyng was to be enformyd; and eftſones aftir fourtene ȝeer, takun to hym Barnaba and Tyto, expownede wiþ þe apoſtlis þe euangeli, leſt perauenture in veyn he ſhulde renne, or hadde ronnen. Þe dede of þe quyk vois haþ I not what of hidde inward worchyng, and into þe eris of þe diſciple fro þe mouþ of þe autour þe vois ouerȝotun ſtrengerli ſowneþ. Wherfor and Eſchyneus, whan he was exylid into Rodi, and was redde þilk oriſoun of Demoſtens, þat aȝens hym he hadde, wondrynge alle men and preiſynge, ſiȝynge ſeiþ, "what if þilk beeſt ȝe hadden herd tellinge his owne wordis!"\nNe þis Y ſeye, þat þere be eny þing in me ſiche, þat oþer þou myȝtiſt of me here, or woldiſt lerne; but wheþer wiþ þi feruour and ſtudie of lernyng, alſo wiþ outen vs, ſhulde be proued bi hem ſilf; a wit able to be tauȝt and wiþ outen techer is preiſable. Not what þou fyndiſt, but what þou ſechiſt, we taken heed. Neſhe wax and liȝt to formen, ȝhe, if þe hondis of þe crafti man and of þe fourmer ceſen, neuerþeles wiþ ynne þoruȝ vertu is al what euere may be. Poul þe apoſtle at þe feet of Gamaliel glorieþ hym ſilf to haue lernyd þe lawe of Moyſes and þe prophetis, þat he, armed wiþ ſpirytual daartis, aftyrward myȝte ſeie triſtily, "forſoþe þe armes of our kniȝþode ben not fleiſhli, but myȝti þoruȝ God to þe diſtruccoun of holdis, þat we be deſtruyinge þouȝtis, and al heiȝnes reiſynge it ſilf aȝens þe kunnyng of God, and chatyuynge al vndirſtondyng for to obeiſhe to Criſt, and redi to vndirȝoken al inobeiſhaunce." To Tymoþe tauȝt in holi lettres fro childhode he wryteþ, and enorteþ þe ſtudie of leſſoun, leſt he leue of þe grace, þe which is ȝouun to hym bi impoſicoun of þe preſtis hond. To Tite he comaundide, among oþer vertues of a biſhop, whom in ſhort ſermoun he depeyntid, þat kunnyng alſo he leue not of ſcripturis, "holdynge," he ſeiþ, "þat ſermoun, þe which is aftir doctrine trewe ſermoun, þat he be myȝti to myche ſtyre in holſum doctryne, and þe wiþſeieris to wiþſtonde."\nHoli forſoþe cherlhed to hym ſilf alone profiteþ; and as myche as he edifieþ of deſert of lijf þe chirche of Criſt, ſo myche he noieþ if to þe deſtruyers he wiþſtonde not. Malachie þe prophete, ȝhe, bi Malachye þe Lord, aſkiþ preſtis þe lawe; in ſo myche þe offis of þe preſte is, aſkid, to anſweren of þe lawe. And in Deutronomy we reden, "aſke þi fadre, and he ſhal telle þee; þi preſtis, and þei ſhal ſeie to þee." In þe pſalm forſoþe þe hundryd and eiȝtetene, "þi iuſtifiyngis were to me chauntable in þe place of my pilgrimage." And in þe diſcripcioun of þe riȝtwiſman, whan Dauid comparyſownede hym to a tree of lijf þat is in paradiſe, among oþer vertues þis he brouȝt forþ, "in þe lawe of þe Lord þe wil of hym, and in his lawe he ſhal þenk dai and nyȝt." Daniel in þe ende of þe moſt holi viſioun ſeiþ riȝtwiſe men to ſhyne as ſterrys, and vndirſtonders, þat is, tauȝt men, as þe fermament. Þou ſeeſt how myche þei ben atwyn, riȝtwiſe chirlehede and tauȝt ryȝtwiſneſſe. Oþer men to ſterres, oþer men to heuene ben compariſoned; al be it þat, aftir þe trewþe of Ebrew tung, eiþer may be vndurſtondun of lerned men. Þus we reden anentis hem, "þilk forſoþe þat weren tauȝt ſhulen ſhyne as þe ſhynyng of þe firmament, and þoo þat techen many men to rightwiſnes as ſterres into perpetuel eternytees." Whi is Poul ſeid þe veſſel of eleccoun? forſoþe for þe veſſel of þe lawe, and of holi ſcripture he was þe almery. Þe Faryſeus ben ſtonyed in þe doctryne of þe Lord, and wondren in Petre and Joon, how þei kunnen þe lawe, ſiþ lettres þei lerneden not. What euer forſoþe to oþer men excerſice and ech dai þenkynge in þe lawe was wont to ȝyuen, þat to hem þe Holi Goſt tolde, and after þat it is writin, "þei weren Goddis tauȝt men," þat is, able men to liȝtli be tauȝt of God. Twelue ȝeer þe Saueour hadde fulfillid, and in þe temple ſittynge, aſkynge of queſtiouns of þe lawe more techeþ, whil he prudentli demaundeþ. But perauenture we ſeyn chirl Petre, and cherl Joon, of whom eiþer myȝt ſeyn, "and if I be vnwiſe in word, neuerþelater not in kunnyng." Chirl Jon fiſſher is vntauȝt; and whens þat vois, Y prey, "In þe firſt was þe word, and þe word was anentys God, and God was þe word?" Logos in Grece many þingis ſignifieþ, for whi and word it is, and reſoun, and noumbre, and cheſoun of eech þing, bi þe which alle þingis ben þat ben; þe whiche echoon we vndurſtonden riȝtli in Criſt.\nThes þingis tauȝte Plato knewe not; þes þingis Demoſteynes þe fayre ſpeker wiſte not; "I ſhal leſe," he ſeiþ, "þe wiſdom of wiſe men, and þe prudence of prudent men Y ſhal reprouen." Verreye wiſdom ſhal ſpil þe fals wiſdom, and al be it þat þe foli of prechyng be in þe cros, neuerþelater Poul ſpekiþ wiſdom among perfit men; wiſdom forſoþe not of þis world, þe which is deſtruyed, ne of princes of þis world; but he ſpekiþ wiſdom of God in myſterie hid, þat God bifore ordeynede bifore worldis. Þe wiſdom of God Criſt is; "Criſt forſoþe is þe vertu of God and þe wiſdom of God." Þis wiſdom is in myſterie hid, and of þe which þe title of þe nynþe ſalm is bifore notid, "for þe hid þingis of þe ſone," in þe whiche ben alle þe treſoures of wiſdom and of þe kunnyng of God hid; and he þat was in myſterie hid, is bifore ordeyned bifore þe worldis; bifore ordeyned forſoþe and bifore figuryd in lawe and prophetis. Wherfore and prophetis weren clepid ſeers, for þei ſeien hym, whom oþer men ſeien not. "Abraham ſawȝ þe day of hym, and he was glad." Heuenes weren openyd to Ezechiel, þe which weren cloſid to þe ſynful puple. "Opene," ſeiþ Dauid, "myn eiȝen, and I ſhal biholde þe merueilis of þi lawe." Þe lawe forſoþe is ſpiritual, and nede it is openynge, þat it be vndirſtondun, and wiþ opyn face we biholden þe glorie of God. Þe book in þe Apocalipis is ſhewid ſeelid wiþ ſeuene ſeelis, which if þou ȝyue to a man kunnynge letteres þat he rede, he ſhal anſwere þee, I may not, it is forſoþe ſeelid. How feel to dai wenen hem to han knowun letteres, holden þe ſeelid book, and mown not openen, but if he vnlowke, þat haþ þe keye of Dauyd, "þe which openeþ and no man cloſiþ, cloſiþ and no man openeþ." In þe Dedis of þe Apoſtlis þe holi geldyng, ȝhe, þe holi man, ſo forſoþ hym nemneþ holi writ, whan he ſhulde rede Iſaye þe prophete, is aſkid of Philip, "weneſt þou, wheþer þou vndirſtondiſt þingis þat þou redeſt?" and he anſweride, "how may I, but ony man had tauȝte me." I þat among ſpeke of my ſilf, am not holier þan þis geldyng, ne more ſtudious, þe which from Eþiope, þat is, fro þe vttermoſt cooſtis of þe world, come to þe temple, forſoke þe kyngis halle, and was ſo greet a louer of Goddis kunnyng and lawe, þat in a chare wold reden holy lettres; and ȝit whan he ſhulde hold þe boke, and þe wordis of þe Lord ſhulde conſeyue in his þenkyng, wiþ tunge ſhulde turne, wiþ lippis ſhulde ſpeke, vnknewe hym whom in þe book unwitynge he worſhipide. Philip com and ſhewide hym Jheſu, þe which cloſed ſatte pryue in þe lettere. O meruelous vertu of þe doctour! þe ſame our bileuede þe geldyng, is baptiſid, feiþful and holi, and a maiſter is maad of a diſciple; more fonde in þe deſert welle of þe chirche, þan in þe goldun temple of þe ſynagoge. Þes þingis of me ſhortli ben fulli writun.\nForſoþe þe epiſtles ſtreytnes ſuffryd not lenger þis to ben outſtrayed, þat þow myȝteſt vnderſtonde þee not mown entre in holi ſcriptures wiþ outen a forgoer and ſhewynge þe ſtye. I holde my pees of gramariens and retorikis, filoferis, geometrers, logiſſians, muſiſſians, aſtronomers, aſtrologerys, fiſiſſians, whos ſciens is ynewȝ, or ful profitable, to deedli men, and in þre partis it is diuidid, in doctrine, reſoun, and vſe. I ſhal com to þe leſſe craftys, and which not oonly wiþ tung, but wiþ honde ben mynyſtrid; erþe tilyers, maſouns, ſmyþes of metallis, and hewers of trees, alſo wulle graiþers and fullers, and oþer þat forgen dyuerſe purtynauncis to howſis, and fowle litle werkis, mowe not be, wiþ outen a techer, þat þat þei coueyten. Lechis bihoten þat þat is of lechis, forgers treten forgeable þingis; þe craft oneli of ſcripturys is þe which alle chalengen to hem paſemel. "We writen paſemel poyet ſawes, of tauȝt and of untauȝt." Þis craft of ſcripturys þe olde chaterynge damme, þis þe dotid olde man, þis þe ſofiſtre ful of wordis, þis alle preſumen, to-teren, techen or þei lernen. Oþer, wiþ þe brow born down, weiynge greet wordis, among ȝong wymmen philoſofien of holi lettres. Oþer lernen of wymmen þat is ſhame þat þat þei techen men; and wheþer þis be litle, wiþ a maner liȝtnes of wordis, ȝee and hardynes, ſhewen out to oþer, þat þei vndurſtonden not. I holde my pees of lijk to me, þe which þouȝ perauenture comen after ſeculer lettris to holi ſcripturis, and wiþ a feir ſermoun deliten þe eeris of þe puple, what euere þei ſeiyn, þei wenen it be þe lawe of God, ne þei dedeynen to know what þe prophetis, what þe apoſtlis feleden; but to her owne cenſe ſhapen vncouenable witneſſe, as þouȝ it were greet, and not vicyous maner of ſeiyng, to depraue ſentenſis, and to drawe at þer wil holi writ repugnynge. As þouȝ we had not red þe bokys drawun out of Omere, and of Virgile, and not ſo alſo and Maronem we mowe ſeyn criſten wiþ outen Criſt, for he wroot, "Now turneþ aȝen and þe mayden, turnun aȝen Saturnus rewmes, nowe þe newe kynrede is ſent down fro þe heiȝe heuene," and þe fadre ſpekinge to þe ſone, "ſone, my ſtrengþes, my greet power aloon;" and after, þe wordis of þe Sauyour in þe cros, "ſiche þingis he ȝaue hauynge mynde, and ficchid he dwelt." Childiſhe ben þes þingis, and like to þe pley of childeren pleiynge in þe ſercle, to teche þat þou knowiſt not; ȝhe, and þat I ſpeke wiþ indignacoun, foli is þat not forſoþe to knowe þat þou knowiſt not.\nIt is leueful to ſe, þat þe ſtorie of Geneſis be ful knowin, in þe which of þe creature of þe world, of þe bigynnyng of mankynde, of þe deuyſioun of þe erþe, of þe confuſioun of tungis and of folkis, and of deſcendyng of þe folk of Ebrew vnto Egipt, and vnto þe goyng out is writun. Exodus is open wiþ þe ten plagis, wiþ þe ten heſtis, wiþ myſtik, and wiþ Goddis preceptis. Preſt is þe book of Leuy, in þe which alle ſacrifyces, ȝhe, and almoſt alle ſilablis, and þe cloþis of Aron, and þe hole ordre of Leuy, enſpiren heuenli ſacramentis. Numeri forſoþe, wheþer þei conteynen not þe myſteries of al þe hole craft of noumbrarie, and of prophecie of Balaam, and of þe two and fourti manſiouns þurȝ wildernes? Deutronomy forſoþe þe ſecounde lawe, and þe prefiguracoun of þe lawe of þe euangelie, haþ he not ſo þilk þingis, þat ben raþer, þat neuerþeles alle þingis ben newe of þe olde? Hider to Moyſes, hider to Pentateuchon, þat is, þe fyue bokis, wiþ þe which fyue wordis þe apoſtle glorieþ hym ſilf wilne to ſpeke in þe chirche. Job, þe ſawmpler of pacience, þe which wheþir not myſteries wiþ his word knytteþ? In proos he bigynneþ, in verſe he goþ forþe, in word a fote, þat is, in meke word, he is endid; and he determyneþ alle þe lawes of dialatik, in propoſicoun, aſſumpcoun, confirmacioun, concluſioun. Ech wordis in it ben ful of wittis; and, þat I holde my pees of oþer, þe reſurreccoun of bodies ſo profecieþ, þat no man of þat, oþere more open, or more ſlyly, myȝt wryte. "I wote," he ſeiþ, "þat my forbier lyueþ, and in þe laſt dai Y am to aryſe fro þe erþe; and eftſones I ſhal be enuyround wiþ my fel, and in my flehs Y ſhal ſe God, my Saueour, whom Y my ſilf am to ſe, and myn eiȝen ben to biholden, and noon oþere. Þis is myn hope put vp into my boſum." Y ſhal com to Jheſu of Naue, þe which beriþ þe figure of þe Lord, not oonli in geſtis, but alſo in name. He paſſiþ Jordan, þe rewmes of enemyes turneþ vpſedoun, he deuydeþ þe erþe to þe puple ouercomer, and bi alle cytees, villagis, hillis, and flodis, rennynge watres, and þe nyȝ cooſtis he diſcriuede of þe chirche, and of þe heuenli Jeruſalem þe ſpiritual rewmes. In þe book of Juges how feel princes of þe puple, ſo feel figurys þere ben. Ruþ Moabites fulfilliþ þe prophecie of Yſaie ſeiynge, "Lord, ſende out þe lomb, þe lordſhiper of erþe, fro þe ſtoon of deſert to þe mownt of þe dowȝter of Syon." Samuel ſhewiþ þe old lawe don awey in Heli deed, and in þe ſlaȝter of Saul. Forſoþe in Sadok and Dauid ben witneſſid þe ſacramentis of þe new preſþod, and of new empyre. Malachym, þat is, þe þrid and þe ferþe book of Kynges, diſcryueþ þe rewme of Juda, and þe rewme of Iſrael, fro Salomon to Jecony, and fro Jeroboam, ſone of Nabaþ, vnto Oſee, þe which was led into Aſyries. If þow biholdiſt þe ſtorye, þe wordis ben ſymple; if in þe lettres þow biholdiſt þe preuey witt, þe fewneſſe of þe chirche, and þe batails of eretikis aȝens þe chirche, ben told. Þe twelue prophetis, togidre artid into þe narewnes of o volym, myche oþere þan ſowneþ in þe lettre bifore figuren. Oſee often nemneþ Effraym, Samary, Joſeph, Jezrael, and þe fornycary wijf, and þe ſonis of fornycacoun, and þe auowtres cloſid in þe bed of þe huſbond to ſetten myche tyme wydow, and vndir þe mornyng cloþ of þe huſbond to abide þe comyng aȝen to hir. Joel, þe ſone of Phatuel, diſcryueþ þe lond of þe twelue lynagis waſtid þurȝ þe wort worm, bruk, locuſte, þurȝ ruſt waſtynge; and after þe outturnyng of þe raþer puple, þe Holi Goſt ſhed out vpon þe ſeruauntis of God and hond maydenes, þat is, vpon an hundrid and twenty names of bileuers, and þe ſunne ſhynynge like a reynbow held oute in þe comune etyng place of Syon, þe whiche hundrid and twenti, fro oon vnto fyftene, arawe and bi encrees aryſynge, maken oute þe noumbre of þe fyftene grees, þe whiche in þe Sawter ben myſtili conteyned. Amos, ſhepherd and cherl, and wel knowynge þe beries of buſſhis, may not be openyd in fewe wordes. Who forſoþe worþili may ſhew out þe þre and foure wickidneſſis of Damaſk, of Gaze, of Tyry, of Ydume, of þe ſones of Amon, and of Moab, and, in þe ſeuenþ and eiȝte degre, of Juda and of Iſrael? Þis ſpekiþ to þe fatt kien, þat ben in þe mownt of Samarie, and witneſſiþ þe more hows and þe leſſe to fallen. He ſeeþ þe maker of þe locuſt, and þe Lord ſtondynge vpon þe dawbed wal and þe adamauntyn, and þe appel croke drawynge tourmentis to ſynful men, and hunger in þe erþe, not hunger of bred, ne þriſt of water, but of heryng of þe word of God. Abdias, þat is as myche to ſeie as þe ſeruaunt of þe Lord, ful þundreþ aȝens Edom, and þe blodi and erþli broþer; alſo þe euermore enemye of þe broþer Jacob, he ſmytiþ wiþ a gooſtli dart. Jonas, þe mooſt fayre culuer, in his ſhipbreche bifore figurynge þe paſſioun of þe Lord, clepiþ aȝen þe world to penaunce, and, vndir name of Nynyue, telliþ helþe to Gentils. Micheas of Moraſchym, þe wiþeire of Criſt, telliþ þe waſtyng of a dowȝter of a priue þef, and he ſettiþ biſegyng aȝens hire, for ſhe ſmote þe cheke bone of þe iuge of Iſrael. Naum, coumfortour of þe world, blameþ þe citee of blodis, and after his turnyng awey ſpekiþ, "Loo, vpon þe hillis þe fete of þe euangeliſynge and tellynge pees." Abacuc, a ſtrong wriſteler and a ſharp, ſtondiþ vpon his waard, and ficcheþ a weie of grees vpon þe ſtrengþe, þat Crijſt in cros he biholde, and ſeie, "Þe glorie of hym coueride heuenes, and of hys preiſyng ful is þe erþe; his ſhynyng ſhal be as liȝt, and hornes in his hondis, þere his ſtrengþe is hid." Sophonyas, þe wayter and þe knower of þe priuetees of þe Lord, heriþ a cry fro þe ȝaat of fiſſhes, and ȝellynge fro þe ſecound, and contricoun fro litle hillis; he telliþ alſo þe crie of weilynge to þe dwellers of Pile; for al þe puple of Chanaan helde his pees togidre, and echon ben diſparpulid, þat weren inlappid wiþ ſiluer. Aggeus, ſolempne and glad, þe whiche ſewe in teres þat he repe in ioy, edifieþ þe temple diſtruyed, and lediþ in God þe fadre ſpekinge, "Ȝit and a litle while and Y ſhal moue to gider heuene and erþe, þe ſee and þe drye, and I ſhal moue al folk, and þe deſyred ſhal com to al folk." Zachary, mynde of his Lord, manyfold in profeſie, Jheſus cloþid wiþ fowle cloþes, and þe ſtoon of ſeuene eiȝen, and þe goldun candilſtik wiþ as feel lanternes as eiȝen, and two olyues fro þe left ſyde of þe lawmpe he biholdiþ, and fro þe riȝt ſide; þat after þe reed horſis ſpecked whiþ, and ſcatered plowes of fowre horſis of Effraym, and þe hors of Jeruſalem, he prophecie þe pore kyng, and preche þe kyng ſittynge vpon þe colt, ſone of þe ſhe aſſe vſed to ȝok. Malachi, apertlich and in þe ende of alle prophetis, of þe caſtyng out of Iſrael and þe clepyng of Gentilis ſeiþ, "Wil is not to me in ȝow, ſeiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, and ȝift ſhal I not take of ȝoure honde; fro þe ſunne aryſyng vnto þe goyng down greet is my name in Gentilis, and a clene offryng is ſacrified, and offrid to my name in alle places." Yſaie, Jeremye, Ezechiel, and Danyel, who may oþer vndirſtond or expown? Of whom þe firſt is not ſeyn to me to weuen prophecie, but euangelie. Þe ſecounde knyttiþ þe note ȝerde, and þe pot a fier fro þe face of þe norþ, and þe leparde ſpuylide his colours, and þe foure fold abice in dyuerſe metres. Þe þrid haþ bigynnyngis and ende wiþ ſo feel derkneſſis enuolued, þat, as anentis þe Ebrewis, þilk partis wiþ þe bigynnyng of Geneſis ſhulde not be rad bifore þretti wynter. Þe ferþe forſoþe, þe which and þe laſte among þe foure prophetis, knower of tymes, a louer of ſtories of al þe world, feer bifore telliþ þe ſtoon before kit of þe hil wiþ outen hondis, and al rewmes ſubuertynge, wiþ a clere ſermoun. Dauid, oure Symphonydes, Pyndarie, and Alcheus, Flaccus, and Catullus, and Serenus, precheþ Criſt wiþ þe harp, and in þe ten cordid ſawtri arereþ vp þe ariſer fro helle. Salomon, þe peſible and þe ful loued of þe Lord, mendiþ maneres, techiþ kynde, ioyneþ Criſt and þe chirche, and þe ſwete bryde ſong ſingiþ of þe holi brydalis. Heſter, in figure of þe chirche, delyueriþ þe puple fro peril, and, Aman, þat is as myche to ſey as wyckidnes, ſlawn, ſhe ſendiþ partis of þe feeſt, and a ſolempne day into þe after geten. Perlipomynon, þat is, þe book of þe olde inſtrument, recapitulatour, word bregger, is ſuche and ſo myche, þat who ſo euere wiþ outen it wole prowdli take to hym kunnynge of ſcriptures, ſcorne he hym ſilf; forſoþe be alle names o rewe, and ioynters of wordis, outlaft ſtories in þe boke of Kyngis ben towched, and queſtiouns vnnoumbrable of þe euaungelye ben maad open. Eſdras and Neemy, helper, þat is to ſey, and coumfortour fro þe Lord, ben artyd in o volume, enſtoren þe temple, þe walles of þe citee maken out, and al þat congregacoun of þe puple aȝengoynge into her cuntre, and þe diſcripcoun of preſtis, of deknes, of Iſrael, and of men takun fro heþenes to þe ryte of Jewis, and þe deuydid werkis of walles and of toures bi ſinguler meynes, bryngen forþ oþer þyng in þe rynde, and in þe mergh oþer þing wiþholden. Seeſt þow me for þe loue of ſcripturys rauyſhid to haue paſſid þe maner of a piſtle, and ȝit not haue fillid þat I wolde? We han herd oonlich, what we mowe know, what coueyten, and forſoþe þat we mowe ſey, "my ſoule coueytide to deſire þi juſtyfyyngis in al tyme." Forþermore þat of Socrates is fulfyllid in vs, "þis oonli Y knowe þat Y knowe not." I ſhal towche and ſhortly þe newe teſtament. Maþew, Mark, Luke, and Joon, þe foure hors plowes of þe Lord, and þe verrey cherubyn, þat is to ſey, plente of kunnyng, þoruȝ out al þe bodi ben iȝed, ſparklis ſhynen out, liȝtes hidir and þidir rennen, han riȝt feet and ſtreychynge into heiȝe, rigges feþered, and holden hem to gidre ouer al fleynge, and to hem ſiluen ben þurȝ out pleitid, and as a wheel wiþ ynne a wheel ben turned, and gon whidre euer þe breeþ of þe Holi Gooſt hem perfitly lediþ. Poul þe apoſtle writiþ to ſeuene chirches; þe eiȝt forſoþe to Ebrewis of ſumme men out of þe noumbre is put. Tymoþe he enfourmeþ, and Tite; Philomon he preieþ for þe ſeruaunt fugitife, vpon þe whiche I wene beter to be ſtil, þan to few þingis write. Þe Actes of þe Apoſtlis forſoþe nakid ſtorye ſemen to ſownen, and to weuen þe childhood of þe waxynge chirche; and for we knowen þe wryter of hem Luke to ben a phiſiſian, whos preyſyng is in þe euangelie, we taken hede þere wiþ alle his wordis to ben medecyn of þe langwiſſynge ſoule. James, Petre, Joon, Jude, ſeuene epiſtlis maden as wel miſtik as redi, and ſhort togidre, and long; ſhort in wordis, long in ſentencis, þat he be ſeldom, þat not wexeþ blynd in þe redyng of hem. Þe Apocalips of Joon ſo fele haþ ſacramentis, how fele wordis. Litle Y haue ſeid, and for þe deſert of þe volym, al þe preyſyng is þe lower; in euery wordis manyfold vnderſtondyngis ſitten hid. I prey þee, dere broþer, among þeſe þingis to lyuen, þeſe þingis to þenken, noon oþre þingis to knowun, and no þing ellis to ſechen. Semeþ it not to þee now here in erþis a dwellyng place of heuenli kyngdom? I wole not, þat þou be offendid in holi ſcripturis þurȝ ſymplenes, and as þurȝ foulnes of wordis, þe whiche, or þurȝ þe vice of þe vndoers, or of verrey purpoſe, ben ſo ſpokun, þat þe liȝtloker þei myȝten enfourme a churliſhe cumpany; and þat in oon and þe ſame ſentence oþer wiſe þe tauȝt, oþre wiſe þe vntauȝt myȝten fele. I am not ſo luſtſum and dul, þat I ſhulde bihote þes þingis me to know, and þe fruytis of hem to gadere in þe erþe, whos rotis ben ficchid in heuene; but I knowelech to wiln, but I profeſſe me to enforſe, I profer me to þe ſitter; forſakynge mayſter Y bihote a leder, "to þe aſker me ȝyueþ, to þe knocker me openeþ, þe ſeker fyndiþ;" lerne we in erþis whos nyng to vs dwelliþ in heuene. I ſhal take þee wiþ met hondis aȝens oþre, and þat I heelde out ſum what vncouenably þat be of þe bolnyng of Ermagore, what euer þou ſhulde ſeek wiþ þee, I ſhal enforſe to kunne.\nThou haſt here þe mooſt louyd broþer of þee Euſebi, þe which dowblid to me þe grace of þi lettres, tellynge þe honeſtee of þi maners, þe diſpiſyng of þe world, þe feiþ of frenſhip, þe loue of Criſt; for prudence and fayrnes of ſpeche alſo wiþ outen hym þilke epiſtle tolde bifore. Hye, Y preye þee, and þe corde of þe boot dwellynge in þe ſee raþer kut of, þan vnbynd; no man to renounſe þe world, wel may ſelle þingis þat he haþ diſpiſid for to ſelle. What euer into þi coſtagis of þin þow takeſt, cownte it for wynnyng; in olde maner it is ſeid, to an auerowſe man lackiþ, as wel þat þat he haþ, as þat þat he haþ not; to hym þat bileueþ al þe world of richeſſis is, forſoþe, an vnfeiþful man, ȝhe, nediþ an half peny. So lyue we, as no þing hauynge and alle þingis holdynge in poſſeſſioun; lyuelod and cloþing ben richeſſis of criſten men. If þow haſt in þi power þi þing, ſelle; if þow haſt not, caſt a wey; to hym þat takiþ a wey þi coote, þe mantil is to be laft. And but þow euermore makynge aȝen moru fro moru, and drawynge day fro day, ſleȝli fote bi fote þow ſille þi litle poſſeſſiouns, haþ not Criſt wherof his pore men he fede? Al he haþ ȝyuen to God, þat offride hym ſilf. Þe apoſtlis oonli forſoken þe boot and þe nettis; þe widwe putte two mytis into þe treſorye of God, and it is put bifore þe richeſſis of Creſſi. Liȝtli he diſpiſiþ alle þingis, þe whiche hym ſilf euermore þenkiþ to be to dien.\nI haue takun deſired epiſtlis of my man Deſiderie, þe which, þurȝ a maner bifore kunnynge of þingis þat ben to com, wiþ Danyel is fallun þe name of hym, preiynge, þat I ſhulde take to þe erys of ourne þe fyue bokis of Moyſes tranſlatid fro Ebrewe ſpeche into Latyn tung. Certeyn a perylous werk, open to þe berkyngis of backbyters, þat ſeyn me to forgen new þingis for olde into þe ſtranglyng of þe ſeuenti interpretours, ſo wit as wyn prouing; ſiþ Y ful oft haue witneſſid me to offre in þe tabernacle of God for a liȝt porcoun þingis þat I may, ne þe richeſſis of an oþre man to be defowlid wiþ þe porenes of oþre. Þe which þing þat I ſhulde dore don, me ſtyryde þe ſtudie of Orygen, þe which to olde tranſlacioun mengide þe tranſlacoun of Theodocioun, wiþ aſtericho, þat is, wiþ þe ſigne of a ſterre, whan he makiþ clere þe þingis þat weren to litle, and wiþ obelo, þat is, wiþ ſigne of an arow, whan he any waſt þing diſtroieþ and ſcrapiþ a wey, al his werk markynge; and mooſt þo þingis þe whiche þe autoryte of þe apoſtlis and of þe euangeliſtis openyde; in þe which many þingis we reden of þe olde teſtament, þe whiche ben not had in oure bokis; as is þat, "fro Egipt I clepid my ſone;" and, "for he ſhal be clepid Nazare;" and, "men ſhal ſeen, in whom þei han pungid;" and, "flodis ſhal flowe of his womb quyk watres;" and, "þingis þat neþer eiȝe ſeiȝ, ne eere herde, ne in to þe herte of man ſtiede, þat God greiþid to hem þat hym louen;" and many oþre þingis, þe whiche deſyren propre ordre. Aſke we þanne hem, where þes þingis ben wrytun; and whanne þei mown not ſeye, of þe bokis of Ebrewe brynge we forþe. Þe firſt witnes is in Oſee, þe ſecounde in Yſaye, þe þrid in Zacharye, þe ferþe in Prouerbis, þe fifte as wel in Yſaye; þe whiche many men vnknowynge folwen þe deceyuyngis of ſcripturys, whos autor is vnknowun, and ſetten bifore, Spanyſhe ſonges vpon deed men, or of noreſſes vpon þer children, autentik bokis. Þe cauſe of þe errour is not myn to expown. Jewis ſeyn, þat it is don wiþ wiſe counſel, leſt Pþolome herier of o God, alſo as anentis þe Ebrewis ſhulde of take dowble Godhede; þe whiche mooſt þerfor þei diden, for he was knowen to falle into þe techyng of Plato. Wherfore wher euere holi wrytt witneſſiþ ony holi þing of þe Fadre, and þe Sone, and þe Holy Gooſt, or oþre wyſe þei vndiden, or algatis helden þer pees, þat þei myȝten do aſeþ to þe kyng, and þat þei opened not þe priuete of þe bileue. And I not who, þe firſt auctour, þurȝ his leſyng maad out ſeuenti ſellis at Alyſawndre, in þe whiche þei deuydide þe ſame þingis ſhulde wryte; ſiþ Areſteus, of þe ſame Pþolome chefe counſeylour, and keper of bokis, and myche tyme aftir Joſaphus, not ſuche þinge tolden, but wryten hem, gadrid to gider in o chirche, to han ſpokin togider, and not to haue prophecied. It is anoþer to be a prophet, and an oþer to ben an vndoer of langage; þere þe ſpiryt ſeiþ bifore þingis þat ben to comen, here teching and plente of wordis, þingis þat he vndurſtondiþ tranſlateþ. But perauenture Tullyus is to be wenyd enblowid wiþ þe ſpirit of retorik, to haue tranſlatid þe boke þat is ſeid Economyk of Zenofontes, and þe boke þat is ſeid þe Pictagore of Plato, and þe boke þat is ſeid Proþeſifontes of Demoſtynes; oþer þe Holi Goſt wenyde witneſſis of þe ſame bokis oþre wiſe bi þe ſeuenti vndoers of tungis, oþre wiſe bi þe apoſtlis, þat þat þei helden þer pees, þes han liȝid to ben writun. What þanne? dampne we þe olde? nay, but after þe ſtudies of þe raþer men, in þe hous of þe Lord we traueilen þat þat we may. Þei han undon ſcripturis before þe coming of Criſt; and þat þat þei wiſten not, þei han ſpokin wiþ doutous ſentence, we after þe paſſioun and þe reſurreccoun of hym not oonli profeſie, but ſtorye wrytun. Oþre weys forſoþe þingis ſeen, oþer wiſe þingis herd ben told; þat we beter vndirſtonden, beter we tellen. Here þan, þou enemye, herkyn, þow backbiter; I dampe not, I reprehende not þe ſeuenti, but truſtily I putte bifore þe apoſtlis to alle þo; bi þe mowþe of þeſe to me Criſt ſowneþ, whom before þe prophetis amonge ſpiritual ȝiftis Y rede ſett, amonge þe which þe vndoers of tungis holden fulli þe laſt degre. Wherto art þou tourmentid wiþ enuy? what ſteriſt þow vnwiſe mennus willis aȝens me? if where Y ſeme to þee erre in þe tranſlating, aſke þe Ebrewis, conſeil þe mayſtrys of dyuerſe citees; þat þei han of Criſt, þi bokis han not. It is anoþer, if þe witneſſis vſurped of þe apoſtlis after proueden aȝen hem ſeluen, and þe Latyn ſaumplers ben more amendid þan Grekis, Grekis þan Ebrews. But þes aȝenus þe enuyows. Now, ful dere Deſidery, I preye þee, for þat þou haſt maad me to vndergon ſo greet werk, and to take þe bigynnyng of Geneſis, helpe þow wiþ preiers, þat I mowe þurȝ þe ſame ſpyryt, þurȝ which þe bokis ben wrytun, tranſlaten hem into Latyn ſermown.\nHere endiþ þe Prologis.\nRetrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Bible_(Early_Wycliffe)/Prologis&oldid=7142462"\nLast edited on 20 December 2017, at 00:57


Se bið gefeana fægrast þonne hy æt frymðe gemetað, engel ond seo eadge sawl! Ofgiefeþ hio þas eorþan wynne, forlæteð þas lænan dreamas, ond hio wiþ þam lice gedæleð. ðonne cwið se engel, (hafað yldran had), 5\ngreteð gæst oþerne, abeodeð him godes ærende: "Nu þu most feran þider þu fundadest longe ond gelome. Ic þec lædan sceal. Wegas þe sindon weþe, ond wuldres leoht torht ontyned. Eart nu tidfara 10\nto þam halgan ham." þær næfre hreow cymeð, edergong fore yrmþum, ac þær biþ engla dream, sib ond gesælignes, ond sawla ræst, ond þær a to feore gefeon motun, dryman mid dryhten, þa þe his domas her 15\næfnað on eorþan. He him ece lean healdeð on heofonum, þær se hyhsta ealra cyninga cyning ceastrum wealdeð. ðæt sind þa getimbru þe no tydriað, ne þam fore yrmþum þe þær in wuniað 20\nlif aspringeð, ac him bið lenge hu sel; geoguþe brucað ond godes miltsa. þider soðfæstra sawla motun cuman æfter cwealme, þa þe her Cristes æ lærað ond læstað, ond his lof rærað; 25\noferwinnað þa awyrgdan gæstas, bigytað him wuldres ræste, hwider sceal þæs monnes mod astigan, ær oþþe æfter, þonne he his ænne her gæst bigonge, þæt se gode mote, womma clæne, in geweald cuman. 30\nMonge sindon geond middangeard hadas under heofonum, þa þe in haligra rim arisað. We þæs ryht magun æt æghwylcum anra gehyran, gif we halig bebodu healdan willað; 35\nmæg nu snottor guma sæle brucan godra tida, ond his gæste forð weges willian. Woruld is onhrered, colaþ Cristes lufu, sindan costinga geond middangeard monge arisene, 40\nswa þæt geara iu godes spelbodan wordum sægdon ond þurh witedom eal anemdon, swa hit nu gongeð. Ealdað eorþan blæd æþela gehwylcre ond of wlite wendað wæstma gecyndu; 45\nbið seo siþre tid sæda gehwylces mætræ in mægne. Forþon se mon ne þearf to þisse worulde wyrpe gehycgan, þæt he us fægran gefean bringe ofer þa niþas þe we nu dreogað, 50\nærþon endien ealle gesceafte ða he gesette on siex dagum, ða nu under heofonum hadas cennað, micle ond mæte. Is þes middangeard dalum gedæled. Dryhten sceawað 55\nhwær þa eardien þe his æ healden; gesihð he þa domas dogra gehwylce wonian ond wendan of woruldryhte ða he gesette þurh his sylfes word. He fela findeð, fea beoð gecorene. 60\nSume him þæs hades hlisan willað wegan on wordum ond þa weorc ne doð. Bið him eorðwela ofer þæt ece lif hyhta hyhst, se gehwylcum sceal foldbuendra fremde geweorþan. 65\nForþon hy nu hyrwað haligra mod, ða þe him to heofonum hyge staþeliað, witon þæt se eðel ece bideð ealra þære mengu þe geond middangeard dryhtne þeowiað ond þæs deoran ham 70\nwilniað bi gewyrhtum. Swa þas woruldgestreon on þa mæran god bimutad weorþað, ðonne þæt gegyrnað þa þe him godes egsa hleonaþ ofer heafdum. Hy þy hyhstan beoð þrymme geþreade, þisses lifes 75\nþurh bibodu brucað ond þæs betran forð wyscað ond wenaþ. Wuldres bycgað, sellað ælmessan, earme frefrað, beoð rummode ryhtra gestreona, lufiað mid lacum þa þe læs agun, 80\ndæghwam dryhtne þeowiaþ. He hyra dæde sceawað. Sume þa wuniað on westennum, secað ond gesittað sylfra willum hamas on heolstrum. Hy ðæs heofoncundan boldes bidað. Oft him brogan to 85\nlaðne gelædeð, se þe him lifes ofonn, eaweð him egsan, hwilum idel wuldor, brægdwis bona hafað bega cræft, eahteð anbuendra. Fore him englas stondað, gearwe mid gæsta wæpnum, beoþ hyra geoca gemyndge, 90\nhealdað haligra feorh, witon hyra hyht mid dryhten. þæt synd þa gecostan cempan þa þam cyninge þeowað, se næfre þa lean alegeð þam þe his lufan adreogeð. Magun we nu nemnan þæt us neah gewearð þurh haligne had gecyþed, 95\nhu Guðlac his in godes willan mod gerehte, man eall forseah, eorðlic æþelu, upp gemunde ham in heofonum. Him wæs hyht to þam, siþþan hine inlyhte se þe lifes weg 100\ngæstum gearwað, ond him giefe sealde engelcunde, þæt he ana ongan beorgseþel bugan, ond his blæd gode þurh eaðmedu ealne gesealde, ðone þe he on geoguðe bigan sceolde 105\nworulde wynnum. Hine weard biheold halig of heofonum, se þæt hluttre mod in þæs gæstes god georne trymede. Hwæt, we hyrdon oft þæt se halga wer in þa ærestan ældu gelufade 110\nfrecnessa fela! Fyrst wæs swa þeana in godes dome, hwonne Guðlace on his ondgietan engel sealde þæt him sweðraden synna lustas. Tid wæs toweard; hine twegen ymb 115\nweardas wacedon, þa gewin drugon, engel dryhtnes ond se atela gæst. Nalæs hy him gelice lare bæron in his modes gemynd mongum tidum. Oþer him þas eorþan ealle sægde 120\nlæne under lyfte, ond þa longan god herede on heofonum, þær haligra sawla gesittað in sigorwuldre dryhtnes dreamas; he him dæda lean georne gieldeð, þam þe his giefe willað 125\nþicgan to þonce ond him þas woruld uttor lætan þonne þæt ece lif. Oþer hyne scyhte, þæt he sceaðena gemot nihtes sohte ond þurh neþinge wunne æfter worulde, swa doð wræcmæcgas 130\nþa þe ne bimurnað monnes feore þæs þe him to honda huþe gelædeð, butan hy þy reafe rædan motan. Swa hy hine trymedon on twa healfa oþþæt þæs gewinnes weoroda dryhten 135\non þæs engles dom ende gereahte. Feond wæs geflymed; siþ þam frofre gæst in Guðlaces geoce gewunade, lufade hine ond lærde lenge hu geornor, þæt him leofedan londes wynne, 140\nbold on beorhge. Oft þær broga cwom egeslic ond uncuð, ealdfeonda nið, searocræftum swiþ; hy him sylf hyra onsyn ywdon, ond þær ær fela setla gesæton. þonan sið tugon 145\nwide waðe, wuldre byscyrede, lyftlacende. Wæs seo londes stow bimiþen fore monnum, oþþæt meotud onwrah beorg on bearwe, þa se bytla cwom se þær haligne ham arærde, 150\nnales þy he giemde þurh gitsunga lænes lifwelan, ac þæt lond gode fægre gefreoþode, siþþan feond oferwon Cristes cempa. He gecostad wearð in gemyndigra monna tidum, 155\nðara þe nu gena þurh gæstlicu wundor hine weorðiað ond his wisdomes hlisan healdað, þæt se halga þeow elne geeode, þa he ana gesæt dygle stowe. ðær he dryhtnes lof 160\nreahte ond rærde; oft þurh reorde abead, þam þe þrowera þeawas lufedon, godes ærendu, þa him gæst onwrah lifes snyttru, þæt he his lichoman wynna forwyrnde ond woruldblissa, 165\nseftra setla ond symbeldaga, swylce eac idelra eagena wynna, gierelan gielplices. Him wæs godes egsa mara in gemyndum þonne he menniscum þrymme æfter þonce þegan wolde. 170\nGod wæs Guðlac! He in gæste bær heofoncundne hyht, hælu geræhte ecan lifes. Him wæs engel neah, fæle freoðuweard, þam þe feara sum mearclond gesæt. þær he mongum wearð 175\nbysen on Brytene, siþþan biorg gestah eadig oretta, ondwiges heard. Gyrede hine georne mid gæstlicum wæpnum wong bletsade, him to ætstælle ærest arærde 180\nCristes rode, þær se cempa oferwon frecnessa fela. Frome wurdun monge godes þrowera; we þæs Guðlaces deorwyrðne dæl dryhtne cennað. He him sige sealde ond snyttrucræft, 185\nmundbyrd meahta, þonne mengu cwom feonda færscytum fæhðe ræran. Ne meahton hy æfeste anforlætan, ac to Guðlaces gæste gelæddun frasunga fela. Him wæs fultum neah, 190\nengel hine elne trymede, þonne hy him yrre hweopan, frecne fyres wylme. Stodan him on feðehwearfum, cwædon þæt he on þam beorge byrnan sceolde ond his lichoman lig forswelgan, þæt his earfeþu eal gelumpe 195\nmodcearu mægum, gif he monna dream of þam orlege eft ne wolde sylfa gesecan, ond his sibbe ryht mid moncynne maran cræfte willum bewitigan, lætan wræce stille. 200\nSwa him yrsade, se for ealle spræc feonda mengu. No þy forhtra wæs Guðlaces gæst, ac him god sealde ellen wiþ þam egsan þæt þæs ealdfeondes scyldigra scolu scome þrowedon; 205\nwæron teonsmiðas tornes fulle, cwædon þæt him Guðlac eac gode sylfum earfeþa mæst ana gefremede, siþþan he for wlence on westenne beorgas bræce, þær hy bidinge, 210\nearme ondsacan, æror mostun æfter tintergum tidum brucan, ðonne hy of waþum werge cwoman restan ryneþragum, rowe gefegon; wæs him seo gelyfed þurh lytel fæc. 215\nStod seo dygle stow dryhtne in gemyndum idel ond æmen, eþelriehte feor, bad bisæce betran hyrdes. To þon ealdfeondas ondan noman, swa hi singales sorge dreogað. 220\nNe motun hi on eorþan eardes brucan, ne hy lyft swefeð in leoma ræstum, ac hy hleolease hama þoliað, in cearum cwiþað, cwealmes wiscað, willen þæt him dryhten þurh deaðes cwealm 225\nto hyra earfeða ende geryme. Ne mostun hy Guðlaces gæste sceþþan, ne þurh sarslege sawle gedælan wið lichoman, ac hy ligesearwum ahofun hearmstafas, hleahtor alegdon, 230\nsorge seofedon, þa hi swiðra oferstag weard on wonge. Sceoldon wræcmæcgas ofgiefan gnornende grene beorgas. Hwæþre hy þa gena, godes ondsacan, sægdon sarstafum, swiþe geheton, 235\nþæt he deaþa gedal dreogan sceolde, gif he leng bide laþran gemotes, hwonne hy mid mengu maran cwome, þa þe for his life lyt sorgedon. Guðlac him ongean þingode, cwæð þæt hy gielpan ne þorftan 240\ndædum wið dryhtnes meahtum. "þeah þe ge me deað gehaten, mec wile wið þam niþum genergan se þe eowrum nydum wealdeð. An is ælmihtig god, se mec mæg eaðe gescyldan; he min feorg freoþað. Ic eow fela wille soþa gesecgan. Mæg ic þis setl on eow 245\nbutan earfeðum ana geðringan. Ne eam ic swa fealog, swa ic eow fore stonde, monna weorudes, ac me mara dæl in godcundum gæstgerynum wunað ond weaxeð, se me wraþe healdeð. 250\nIc me anum her eaðe getimbre hus ond hleonað; me on heofonum sind lare gelonge. Mec þæs lyt tweoþ þæt me engel to ealle gelædeð spowende sped spreca ond dæda. 255\nGewitað nu, awyrgde, werigmode, from þissum earde þe ge her on stondað, fleoð on feorweg. Ic me frið wille æt gode gegyrnan; ne sceal min gæst mid eow gedwolan dreogan, ac mec dryhtnes hond 260\nmundað mid mægne. Her sceal min wesan eorðlic eþel, nales eower leng." ða wearð breahtm hæfen. Beorg ymbstodan hwearfum wræcmæcgas. Woð up astag, cearfulra cirm. Cleopedon monige, 265\nfeonda foresprecan, firenum gulpon: "Oft we ofersegon bi sæm tweonum þeoda þeawas, þræce modigra, þara þe in gelimpe life weoldon. No we oferhygdu anes monnes 270\ngeond middangeard maran fundon. ðu þæt gehatest þæt ðu ham on us gegan wille, ðe eart godes yrming. Bi hwon scealt þu lifgan, þeah þu lond age? Ne þec mon hider mose fedeð; 275\nbeoð þe hungor ond þurst hearde gewinnan, gif þu gewitest swa wilde deor ana from eþele. Nis þæt onginn wiht! Geswic þisses setles! Ne mæg þec sellan ræd mon gelæran þonne þeos mengu eall. 280\nWe þe beoð holde gif ðu us hyran wilt, oþþe þec ungearo eft gesecað maran mægne, þæt þe mon ne þearf hondum hrinan, ne þin hra feallan wæpna wundum. We þas wic magun 285\nfotum afyllan; folc in ðriceð meara þreatum ond monfarum. Beoð þa gebolgne, þa þec breodwiað, tredað þec ond tergað, ond hyra torn wrecað, toberað þec blodgum lastum; gif þu ure bidan þencest, 290\nwe þec niþa genægað. Ongin þe generes wilnian, far þær ðu freonda wene, gif ðu þines feores recce." Gearo wæs Guðlac, hine god fremede on ondsware ond on elne strong. Ne wond he for worde, ac his wiþerbreocum 295\nsorge gesægde, cuðe him soð genog: "Wid is þes westen, wræcsetla fela, eardas onhæle earmra gæsta. Sindon wærlogan þe þa wic bugað. þeah ge þa ealle ut abanne, 300\nond eow eac gewyrce widor sæce, ge her ateoð in þa tornwræce sigeleasne sið. No ic eow sweord ongean mid gebolgne hond oðberan þence, worulde wæpen, ne sceal þes wong gode 305\nþurh blodgyte gebuen weorðan, ac ic minum Criste cweman þence leofran lace. Nu ic þis lond gestag, fela ge me earda þurh idel word aboden habbað. Nis min breostsefa 310\nforht ne fæge, ac me friðe healdeð ofer monna cyn se þe mægna gehwæs weorcum wealdeð. Nis me wiht æt eow leofes gelong, ne ge me laþes wiht gedon motun. Ic eom dryhtnes þeow, 315\nhe mec þurh engel oft afrefreð. Forðon mec longeþas lyt gegretað, sorge sealdun, nu mec sawelcund hyrde bihealdeð. Is min hyht mid god, ne ic me eorðwelan owiht sinne, 320\nne me mid mode micles gyrne, ac me dogra gehwam dryhten sendeð þurh monnes hond mine þearfe." Swa modgade, se wið mongum stod, awreðed weorðlice wuldres cempa 325\nengla mægne. Gewat eal þonan feonda mengu. Ne wæs se fyrst micel þe hi Guðlace forgiefan þohtan. He wæs on elne ond on eaðmedum, bad on beorge, (wæs him botles neod), 330\nforlet longeþas lænra dreama. No he hine wið monna miltse gedælde, ac gesynta bæd sawla gehwylcre, þonne he to eorðan on þam anade hleor onhylde. Him of heofonum wearð 335\nonbryrded breostsefa bliðe gæste. Oft eahtade, (wæs him engel neah), hu þisse worulde wynna þorfte mid his lichoman læsast brucan. No him fore egsan earmra gæsta 340\ntreow getweode, ne he tid forsæt þæs þe he for his dryhtne dreogan sceolde, þæt hine æreste elne binoman slæpa sluman oþþe sæne mod. Swa sceal oretta a in his mode 345\ngode compian, ond his gæst beran oft on ondan þam þe eahtan wile sawla gehwylcre þær he gesælan mæg. Symle hy Guðlac in godes willan fromne fundon, þonne flygereowe 350\nþurh nihta genipu neosan cwoman, þa þe onhæle eardas weredon, hwæþre him þæs wonges wyn sweðrade; woldun þæt him to mode fore monlufan sorg gesohte, þæt he siþ tuge 355\neft to eþle. Ne wæs þæt ongin swylc, ðonne hine engel on þam anade geornast grette ond him giefe sealde, þæt hine ne meahte meotudes willan longað gelettan, ac he on þæs lareowes 360\nwære gewunade. Oft worde bicwæð: "Huru, þæs bihofað, se ðe him halig gæst wisað on willan ond his weorc trymað, laþað hine liþum wordum, gehateð him lifes ræste, þæt he þæs latteowes larum hyre, 365\nne lete him ealdfeond eft oncyrran mod from his meotude. Hu sceal min cuman gæst to geoce, nemne ic gode sylle hyrsumne hige, þæt him heortan geþonc ...... ær oþþe sið ende geweorðe, 370\nþæt ge mec to wundre wægan motun. Ne mæg min lichoma wið þas lænan gesceaft deað gedælan, ac he gedreosan sceal, swa þeos eorðe eall þe ic her on stonde. ðeah ge minne flæschoman fyres wylme 375\nforgripen gromhydge gifran lege, næfre ge mec of þissum wordum onwendað þendan mec min gewit gelæsteð. þeah þe ge hine sarum forsæcen, ne motan ge mine sawle gretan, ac ge on betran gebringað. Forðan ic gebidan wille þæs þe me min dryhten demeð. Nis me þæs deaþes sorg. 380\nðeah min ban ond blod bu tu geweorþen eorþan to eacan, min se eca dæl in gefean fareð, þær he fægran botles bruceð. Nis þisses beorges setl meodumre ne mara þonne hit men duge 385\nse þe in þrowingum þeodnes willan dæghwam dreogeð. Ne sceal se dryhtnes þeow in his modsefan mare gelufian eorþan æhtwelan þonne his anes gemet, þæt he his lichoman lade hæbbe." 390\nða wæs eft swa ær ealdfeonda nið, wroht onwylled; woð oþer ne lythwon leoðode, þonne in lyft astag ceargesta cirm. Symle Cristes lof in Guðlaces godum mode 395\nweox ond wunade, ond hine weoruda god freoðade on foldan, swa he feora gehwylc healdeð in hælo, þær se hyra gæst þihð in þeawum. He wæs þeara sum; ne won he æfter worulde, ac he in wuldre ahof 400\nmodes wynne. Hwylc wæs mara þonne se? An oretta ussum tidum cempa gecyðeð þæt him Crist fore woruldlicra ma wundra gecyðde. He hine scilde wið sceðþendra 405\neglum onfengum earmra gæsta; wæron hy reowe to ræsanne gifrum grapum. No god wolde þæt seo sawl þæs sar þrowade in lichoman, lyfde seþeana 410\nþæt hy him mid hondum hrinan mosten, ond þæt frið wið hy gefreoþad wære. Hy hine þa hofun on þa hean lyft, sealdon him meahte ofer monna cynn, þæt he fore eagum eall sceawode 415\nunder haligra hyrda gewealdum in mynsterum monna gebæru, þara þe hyra lifes þurh lust brucan, idlum æhtum ond oferwlencum, gierelum gielplicum, swa bið geoguðe þeaw, 420\nþær þæs ealdres egsa ne styreð. No þær þa feondas gefeon þorfton, ac þæs blædes hraðe gebrocen hæfdon þe him alyfed wæs lytle hwile, þæt hy his lichoman leng ne mostan 425\nwitum wælan; ne him wiht gescod þæs þe hy him to teonan þurhtogen hæfdon. Læddun hine þa of lyfte to þam leofestan earde on eorðan, þæt he eft gestag beorg on bearwe. Bonan gnornedon, 430\nmændon murnende þæt hy monnes bearn þream oferþunge, ond swa þearfendlic him to earfeðum ana cwome, gif hy him ne meahte maran sarum gyldan gyrnwræce. Guðlac sette 435\nhyht in heofonas, hælu getreowde, hæfde feonda feng feore gedyged. Wæs seo æreste earmra gæsta costung ofercumen. Cempa wunade bliþe on beorge, wæs his blæd mid god. 440\nðuhte him on mode þæt se moncynnes eadig wære se þe his anum her feore gefreoðade, þæt him feondes hond æt þam ytmestan ende ne scode, þonne him se dryhtnes dom wisade 445\nto þam nyhstan nydgedale. Hwæþre him þa gena gyrna gemyndge edwitsprecan ermþu geheton tornum teoncwidum. Treow wæs gecyþed, þætte Guðlace god leanode 450\nellen mid arum, þæt he ana gewon. Him se werga gæst wordum sægde: "No we þe þus swiðe swencan þorftan, þær þu fromlice freonda larum hyran wolde, þa þu hean ond earm 455\non þis orlege ærest cwome, ða þu gehete þæt þec halig gæst wið earfeþum eaðe gescilde, for þam myrcelse þe þec monnes hond from þinre onsyne æþelum ahwyrfde. 460\nIn þam mægwlite monge lifgað, gyltum forgiefene; nales gode þigað, ac hy lichoman fore lufan cwemað wista wynnum. Swa ge weorðmyndu in dolum dreame dryhtne gieldað. 465\nFela ge fore monnum miþað þæs þe ge in mode gehycgað; ne beoð eowre dæda dyrne, þeah þe ge hy in dygle gefremme. We þec in lyft gelæddun, oftugon þe londes wynna, woldun þu þe sylfa gesawe þæt we þec soð onstældun. Ealles þu þæs wite awunne; forþon þu hit onwendan ne meahtes." 470\nða wæs agongen þæt him god wolde æfter þrowinga þonc gegyldan þæt he martyrhad mode gelufade, sealde him snyttru on sefan gehygdum, mægenfæste gemynd. He wið mongum stod 475\nealdfeonda, elne gebylded, sægde him to sorge þæt hy sigelease þone grenan wong ofgiefan sceoldan: "Ge sind forscadene, on eow scyld siteð! Ne cunnon ge dryhten duguþe biddan, 480\nne mid eaðmedum are secan, þeah þe eow alyfde lytle hwile, þæt ge min onwald agan mosten; ne ge þæt geþyldum þicgan woldan, ac mec yrringa up gelæddon, 485\nþæt ic of lyfte londa getimbru geseon meahte. Wæs me swegles leoht torht ontyned, þeah ic torn druge. Setton me in edwit þæt ic eaðe forbær rume regulas ond reþe mod 490\ngeongra monna in godes templum; woldan þy gehyrwan haligra lof, sohtun þa sæmran, ond þa sellan no demdan æfter dædum. Ne beoð þa dyrne swa þeah. Ic eow soð siþþon secgan wille. 495\nGod scop geoguðe ond gumena dream; ne magun þa æfteryld in þam ærestan blæde geberan, ac hy blissiað worulde wynnum, oððæt wintra rim gegæð in þa geoguðe, þæt se gæst lufað 500\nonsyn ond ætwist yldran hades, ðe gemete monige geond middangeard þeowiað in þeawum. þeodum ywaþ wisdom weras, wlencu forleosað, siððan geoguðe geað gæst aflihð. 505\nþæt ge ne scirað, ac ge scyldigra synne secgað, soþfæstra no mod ond monþeaw mæran willað. Gefeoð in firenum, frofre ne wenað, þæt ge wræcsiða wyrpe gebiden. 510\nOft ge in gestalum stondað; þæs cymeð steor of heofonum. Me þonne sige sendeð se usic semon mæg, se þe lifa gehwæs lengu wealdeð." Swa hleoþrade halig cempa; wæs se martyre from moncynnes 515\nsynnum asundrad. Sceolde he sares þa gen dæl adreogan, ðeah þe dryhten his witum weolde. Hwæt, þæt wundra sum monnum þuhte, þæt he ma wolde afrum onfengum earme gæstas 520\nhrinan leton, ond þæt hwæþre gelomp! Wæs þæt gen mara, þæt he middangeard sylfa gesohte, ond his swat ageat on bonena hond; ahte bega geweald, lifes ond deaðes, þa he lustum dreag 525\neaðmod on eorðan ehtendra nið. Forþon is nu arlic þæt we æfæstra dæde demen, secgen dryhtne lof ealra þara bisena þe us bec fore þurh his wundra geweorc wisdom cyþað. 530\nGeofu wæs mid Guðlac in godcundum mægne gemeted. Micel is to secgan eall æfter orde, þæt he on elne adreag: ðone foregengan fæder ælmihtig wið onhælum ealdorgewinnum 535\nsylfa gesette, þær his sawl wearð clæne ond gecostad. Cuð is wide geond middangeard þæt his mod geþah in godes willan; is þæs gen fela to secgenne, þæs þe he sylfa adreag 540\nunder nyðgista nearwum clommum. He þa sar forseah, a þære sawle wel þæs mundboran þe þæt mod geheold, þæt him ne getweode treow in breostum, ne him gnornunga gæste scodun, 545\nac se hearda hyge halig wunade, oþþæt he þa bysgu oferbiden hæfde. þrea wæron þearle, þegnas grimme, ealle hy þam feore fyl gehehton. No hy hine to deaðe deman moston, 550\nsynna hyrdas, ac seo sawul bad in lichoman leofran tide. Georne hy ongeaton þæt hyne god wolde nergan wið niþum ond hyra nydwræce deope deman. Swa dryhten mæg, 555\nana ælmihtig, eadigra gehwone wið earfeþum eaðe gescildan. Hwæðre hine gebrohton bolgenmode, wraðe wræcmæcgas, wuldres cempan, halig husulbearn, æt heldore, 560\nþær firenfulra fæge gæstas æfter swyltcwale secan onginnað ingong ærest in þæt atule hus, niþer under næssas neole grundas. Hy hine bregdon, budon orlege, 565\negsan ond ondan arleaslice, frecne fore, swa bið feonda þeaw, þonne hy soðfæstra sawle willað synnum beswican ond searocræftum. Ongunnon gromheorte godes orettan 570\nin sefan swencan, swiþe geheton þæt he in þone grimman gryre gongan sceolde, hweorfan gehyned to helwarum, ond þær in bendum bryne þrowian. Woldun hy geteon mid torncwidum 575\nearme aglæcan in orwennysse, meotudes cempan. Hit ne meahte swa! Cwædon cearfulle, Criste laðe, to Guðlace mid grimnysse: "Ne eart ðu gedefe, ne dryhtnes þeow 580\nclæne gecostad, ne cempa god, wordum ond weorcum wel gecyþed, halig in heortan. Nu þu in helle scealt deope gedufan, nales dryhtnes leoht habban in heofonum, heahgetimbru, 585\nseld on swegle, forþon þu synna to fela, facna gefremedes in flæschoman. We þe nu willað womma gehwylces lean forgieldan, þær þe laþast bið in ðam grimmestan gæstgewinne." 590\nHim se eadga wer ondswarode, Guðlac in gæste mid godes mægne: "Doð efne swa, gif eow dryhten Crist, lifes leohtfruma lyfan wylle, weoruda waldend, þæt ge his wergengan 595\nin þone laðan leg lædan motan. þæt is in gewealdum wuldorcyninges, se eow gehynde ond in hæft bidraf under nearone clom, nergende Crist. Eom ic eaðmod his ombiehthera, 600\nþeow geþyldig. Ic geþafian sceal æghwær ealles his anne dom, ond him geornlice gæstgemyndum wille wideferh wesan underþyded, hyran holdlice minum hælende 605\nþeawum ond geþyncðum, ond him þoncian ealra þara giefena þe god gescop englum ærest ond eorðwarum; ond ic bletsige bliðe mode lifes leohtfruman, ond him lof singe 610\nþurh gedefne dom dæges ond nihtes, herge in heortan heofonrices weard. þæt eow æfre ne bið ufan alyfed leohtes lissum, þæt ge lof moten dryhtne secgan, ac ge deaðe sceolon 615\nweallendne wean wope besingan, heaf in helle, nales herenisse halge habban heofoncyninges. Ic þone deman in dagum minum wille weorþian wordum ond dædum, 620\nlufian in life, swa is lar ond ar to spowendre spræce gelæded, þam þe in his weorcum willan ræfnað. Sindon ge wærlogan, swa ge in wræcsiðe longe lifdon, lege bisencte, 625\nswearte beswicene, swegle benumene, dreame bidrorene, deaðe bifolene, firenum bifongne, feores orwenan, þæt ge blindnesse bote fundon. Ge þa fægran gesceaft in fyrndagum, 630\ngæstlicne goddream, gearo forsegon, þa ge wiðhogdun halgum dryhtne. Ne mostun ge a wunian in wyndagum, ac mid scome scyldum scofene wurdon fore oferhygdum in ece fyr, 635\nðær ge sceolon dreogan deað ond þystro, wop to widan ealdre; næfre ge þæs wyrpe gebidað. Ond ic þæt gelyfe in liffruman, ecne onwealdan ealra gesceafta, þæt he mec for miltsum ond mægenspedum, 640\nniðða nergend, næfre wille þurh ellenweorc anforlætan, þam ic longe in lichoman ond in minum gæste gode campode þurh monigfealdra mægna gerynu. 645\nForðon ic getrywe in þone torhtestan þrynesse þrym, se geþeahtingum hafað in hondum heofon ond eorðan, þæt ge mec mid niþum næfre motan tornmode teon in tintergu, 650\nmine myrðran ond mansceaþan, swearte sigelease. Eom ic soðlice leohte geleafan ond mid lufan dryhtnes fægre gefylled in minum feorhlocan, breostum inbryrded to þam betran ham, 655\nleomum inlyhted to þam leofestan ecan earde, þær is eþellond fæger ond gefealic in fæder wuldre, ðær eow næfre fore nergende leohtes leoma ne lifes hyht 660\nin godes rice agiefen weorþeð, for þam oferhygdum þe eow in mod astag þurh idel gylp ealles to swiðe. Wendun ge ond woldun, wiþerhycgende, þæt ge scyppende sceoldan gelice 665\nwesan in wuldre. Eow þær wyrs gelomp, ða eow se waldend wraðe bisencte in þæt swearte susl, þær eow siððan wæs ad inæled attre geblonden, þurh deopne dom dream afyrred, 670\nengla gemana. Swa nu awa sceal wesan wideferh, þæt ge wærnysse brynewylm hæbben, nales bletsunga. Ne þurfun ge wenan, wuldre biscyrede, þæt ge mec synfulle mid searocræftum 675\nunder scæd sconde scufan motan, ne in bælblæsan bregdon on hinder in helle hus, þær eow is ham sceapen, sweart sinnehte, sacu butan ende, grim gæstcwalu. þær ge gnornende 680\ndeað sceolon dreogan, ond ic dreama wyn agan mid englum in þam uplican rodera rice, þær is ryht cyning, help ond hælu hæleþa cynne, duguð ond drohtað." ða cwom dryhtnes ar, 685\nhalig of heofonum, se þurh hleoþor abead ufancundne ege earmum gæstum; het eft hraðe unscyldigne of þam wræcsiðe wuldres cempan lædan limhalne, þæt se leofesta 690\ngæst gegearwad in godes wære on gefean ferde. ða wearð feonda þreat acol for ðam egsan. Ofermæcga spræc, dyre dryhtnes þegn, dæghluttre scan. Hæfde Guðlaces gæst in gewealdum 695\nmodig mundbora, meahtum spedig, þeostra þegnas þreaniedlum bond, nyd onsette ond geneahhe bibead: "Ne sy him banes bryce ne blodig wund, lices læla ne laþes wiht, 700\nþæs þe ge him to dare gedon motan, ac ge hine gesundne asettaþ þær ge hine sylfne genoman. He sceal þy wonge wealdan, ne magon ge him þa wic forstondan. Ic eom se dema, se mec dryhten heht snude gesecgan, þæt ge him sara gehwylc 705\nhondum gehælde, ond him hearsume on his sylfes dom siþþan wæron. Ne sceal ic mine onsyn fore eowere mengu miþan. Ic eom meotudes þegn. Eom ic þara twelfa sum þe he getreoweste 710\nunder monnes hiw mode gelufade. He mec of heofonum hider onsende, geseah þæt ge on eorðan fore æfstum on his wergengan wite legdon. Is þæt min broþor, mec his bysgu gehreaw. 715\nIc þæt gefremme, þær se freond wunað on þære socne, þe ic þa sibbe wið hine healdan wille, nu ic his helpan mot, þæt ge min onsynn oft sceawiað. Nu ic his geneahhe neosan wille; 720\nsceal ic his word ond his weorc in gewitnesse dryhtne lædon. He his dæde conn." ða wæs Guðlaces gæst geblissad, siþþan Bartholomeus aboden hæfde godes ærendu. Gearwe stodun 725\nhæftas hearsume, þa þæs halgan word lyt oferleordun. Ongon þa leofne sið dragan domeadig dryhtnes cempa to þam onwillan eorðan dæle. Hy hine bæron ond him bryce heoldon, 730\nhofon hine hondum ond him hryre burgun. Wæron hyra gongas under godes egsan smeþe ond gesefte. Sigehreðig cwom bytla to þam beorge. Hine bletsadon monge mægwlitas, meaglum reordum, 735\ntreofugla tuddor, tacnum cyðdon eadges eftcyme. Oft he him æte heold, þonne hy him hungrige ymb hond flugon grædum gifre, geoce gefegon. Swa þæt milde mod wið moncynnes 740\ndreamum gedælde, dryhtne þeowde, genom him to wildeorum wynne, siþþan he þas woruld forhogde. Smolt wæs se sigewong ond sele niwe, fæger fugla reord, folde geblowen; geacas gear budon. Guþlac moste 745\neadig ond onmod eardes brucan. Stod se grena wong in godes wære; hæfde se heorde, se þe of heofonum cwom, feondas afyrde. Hwylc wæs fægerra willa geworden in wera life, 750\nþara þe yldran usse gemunde, oþþe we selfe siþþan cuþen? Hwæt we þissa wundra gewitan sindon! Eall þas geeodon in ussera tida timan. Forþon þæs tweogan ne þearf 755\nænig ofer eorðan ælda cynnes, ac swilc god wyrceð gæsta lifes to trumnaþe, þy læs þa tydran mod þa gewitnesse wendan þurfe, þonne hy in gesihþe soþes brucað. 760\nSwa se ælmihtiga ealle gesceafte lufað under lyfte in lichoman, monna mægðe geond middangeard. Wile se waldend þæt we wisdom a snyttrum swelgen, þæt his soð fore us 765\non his giefena gyld genge weorðe, ða he us to are ond to ondgiete syleð ond sendeð, sawlum rymeð liþe lifwegas leohte geræhte. Nis þæt huru læsast þæt seo lufu cyþeð, 770\nþonne heo in monnes mode getimbreð gæstcunde gife, swa he Guðlaces dagas ond dæde þurh his dom ahof. Wæs se fruma fæstlic feondum on ondan, geseted wið synnum, þær he siþþan lyt 775\nwære gewonade, oft his word gode þurh eaðmedu up onsende, let his ben cuman in þa beorhtan gesceaft, þoncade þeodne þæs þe he in þrowingum bidan moste, hwonne him betre lif 780\nþurh godes willan agyfen wurde. Swa wæs Guðlaces gæst gelæded engla fæðmum in uprodor, fore onsyne eces deman læddon leoflice. Him wæs lean geseald, 785\nsetl on swegle, þær he symle mot awo to ealdre eardfæst wesan, bliðe bidan. Is him bearn godes milde mundbora, meahtig dryhten, halig hyrde, heofonrices weard. 790\nSwa soðfæstra sawla motun in ecne geard up gestigan rodera rice, þa þe ræfnað her wordum ond weorcum wuldorcyninges lare longsume, on hyra lifes tid 795\nearniað on eorðan ecan lifes, hames in heahþu. þæt beoð husulweras, cempan gecorene, Criste leofe, berað in breostum beorhtne geleafan, haligne hyht, heortan clæne 800\nweorðiað waldend, habbað wisne geþoht, fusne on forðweg to fæder eðle, gearwaþ gæstes hus, ond mid gleawnesse feond oferfeohtað ond firenlustas forberað in breostum, broþorsibbe 805\ngeorne bigongað, in godes willan swencað hi sylfe, sawle frætwað halgum gehygdum, heofoncyninges bibod fremmað on foldan. Fæsten lufiað, beorgað him bealoniþ ond gebedu secað, 810\nswincað wið synnum, healdað soð ond ryht. Him þæt ne hreoweð æfter hingonge, ðonne hy hweorfað in þa halgan burg, gongað gegnunga to Hierusalem, þær hi to worulde wynnum motun 815\ngodes onsyne georne bihealdan, sibbe ond gesihðe, þær heo soð wunað, wlitig, wuldorfæst, ealne widan ferh on lifgendra londes wynne. ðæt is wide cuð wera cneorissum, 820\nfolcum gefræge, þætte frymþa god þone ærestan ælda cynnes of þære clænestan, cyning ælmihtig, foldan geworhte. ða wæs fruma niwe ælda tudres, onstæl wynlic, 825\nfæger ond gefealic. Fæder wæs acenned Adam ærest þurh est godes on neorxnawong, þær him nænges wæs willan onsyn, ne welan brosnung, ne lifes lyre ne lices hryre, 830\nne dreames dryre ne deaðes cyme, ac he on þam lande lifgan moste ealra leahtra leas, longe neotan niwra gefeana. þær he no þorfte lifes ne lissa in þam leohtan ham 835\nþurh ælda tid ende gebidan, ac æfter fyrste to þam færestan heofonrices gefean hweorfan mostan, leomu lic somud ond lifes gæst, ond þær siþþan a in sindreamum 840\nto widan feore wunian mostun dryhtne on gesihðe, butan deaðe forð, gif hy halges word healdan woldun beorht in breostum, ond his bebodu læstan, æfnan on eðle. Hy to ær aþreat 845\nþæt hy waldendes willan læsten, ac his wif genom wyrmes larum blede forbodene, ond of beame ahneop wæstm biweredne ofer word godes, wuldorcyninges, ond hyre were sealde 850\nþurh deofles searo deaðberende gyfl þæt ða sinhiwan to swylte geteah. Siþþan se eþel uðgenge wearð Adame ond Euan, eardwica cyst beorht oðbroden, ond hyra bearnum swa, 855\neaferum æfter, þa hy on uncyððu, scomum scudende, scofene wurdon on gewinworuld. Weorces onguldon, deopra firena, þurh deaðes cwealm, þe hy unsnyttrum ær gefremedon. 860\nþære synwræce siþþan sceoldon mægð ond mæcgas morþres ongyldon, godscyldge gyrn þurh gæstgedal, deopra firena. Deað in geþrong fira cynne, feond rixade 865\ngeond middangeard. Nænig monna wæs of þam sigetudre siþþan æfre godes willan þæs georn, ne gynnwised, þæt he bibugan mæge þone bitran drync þone Eue fyrn Adame geaf, 870\nbyrelade bryd geong; þæt him bam gescod in þam deoran ham. Deað ricsade ofer foldbuend, þeah þe fela wære gæsthaligra, þær hi godes willan on mislicum monna gebihþum 875\næfter stedewonga stowum fremedon; sume ær, sume sið, sume in urra æfter tælmearce tida gemyndum sigorlean sohtun. Us secgað bec hu Guðlac wearð þurh godes willan 880\neadig on Engle. He him ece geceas meaht ond mundbyrd. Mære wurdon his wundra geweorc wide ond side, breme æfter burgum geond Bryten innan, hu he monge oft þurh meaht godes 885\ngehælde hygegeomre hefigra wita, þe hine unsofte, adle gebundne, sarge gesohtun of siðwegum, freorigmode. Symle frofre þær æt þam godes cempan gearwe fundon, 890\nhelpe ond hælo. Nænig hæleþa is þe areccan mæge oþþe rim wite ealra þara wundra þe he in worulde her þurh dryhtnes giefe dugeþum gefremede. Oft to þam wicum weorude cwomun 895\ndeofla deaðmægen duguþa byscyrede hloþum þringan, þær se halga þeow elnes anhydig eard weardade. þær hy mislice mongum reordum on þam westenne woðe hofun 900\nhludne herecirm, hiwes binotene, dreamum bidrorene. Dryhtnes cempa, from folctoga, feonda þreatum wiðstod stronglice. Næs seo stund latu earmra gæsta, ne þæt onbid long, 905\nþæt þa wrohtsmiðas wop ahofun, hreopun hreðlease, hleoþrum brugdon. Hwilum wedende swa wilde deor cirmdon on corðre, hwilum cyrdon eft minne mansceaþan on mennisc hiw 910\nbreahtma mæste, hwilum brugdon eft awyrgde wærlogan on wyrmes bleo, earme adloman attre spiowdon. Symle hy Guðlac gearene fundon, þonces gleawne. He geþyldum bad, 915\nþeah him feonda hloð feorhcwealm bude. Hwilum him to honda hungre geþreatad fleag fugla cyn, þær hy feorhnere witude fundon ond hine weorðedon meaglum stefnum. Hwilum mennisce 920\naras eaðmedum eft neosedon, ond þær siðfrome on þam sigewonge æt þam halgan þeowan helpe gemetton, ferðþes frofre. Nænig forþum wæs, þæt he æwiscmod eft siðade, 925\nhean, hyhta leas, ac se halga wer ælda gehwylces þurh þa æþelan meaht, þe hine seoslige sohtun on ðearfe, hæleð hygegeomre, hælde bu tu lic ond sawle, þenden lifes weard, 930\nece ælmihtig, unnan wolde þæt he blædes her brucan moste, worulde lifes. Wæs gewinnes þa yrmþa for eorðan endedogor þurh nydgedal neah geþrungen, 935\nsiþþan he on westenne wiceard geceas, fiftynu gear, þa wæs frofre gæst eadgum æbodan ufan onsended, halig of heahþu. Hreþer innan born, afysed on forðsið. Him færinga 940\nadl in gewod. He on elne swa þeah ungeblyged bad beorhtra gehata bliþe in burgum. Wæs þam bancofan æfter nihtglome neah geþrungen, breosthord onboren. Wæs se bliþa gæst 945\nfus on forðweg. Nolde fæder engla in þisse wonsælgan worulde life leahtra leasne longfyrst ofer þæt wunian leton, þe him on weorcum her on his dagena tid dædum gecwemde 950\nelne unslawe. ða se ælmihtiga let his hond cuman þær se halga þeow, deormod on degle domeadig bad, heard ond hygerof. Hyht wæs geniwad, blis in breostum. Wæs se bancofa 955\nadle onæled, inbendum fæst, lichord onlocen. Leomu hefegedon, sarum gesohte. He þæt soð gecneow þæt hine ælmihtig ufan neosade, meotud fore miltsum. He his modsefan 960\nwið þam færhagan fæste trymede feonda gewinna. Næs he forht seþeah, ne seo adlþracu egle on mode, ne deaðgedal, ac him dryhtnes lof born in breostum, brondhat lufu 965\nsigorfæst in sefan, seo him sara gehwylc symle forswiðde. Næs him sorgcearu on þas lænan tid, þeah his lic ond gæst hyra somwiste, sinhiwan tu, deore gedælden. Dagas forð scridun, 970\nnihthelma genipu. Wæs neah seo tid þæt he fyrngewyrht fyllan sceolde þurh deaðes cyme, domes hleotan, efne þæs ilcan þe usse yldran fyrn frecne onfengon, swa him biforan worhton 975\nþa ærestan ælda cynnes. ða wæs Guðlace on þa geocran tid mægen gemeðgad, mod swiþe heard, elnes anhydig. Wæs seo adl þearl, hat ond heorogrim. Hreþer innan weol, 980\nborn banloca. Bryþen wæs ongunnen þætte Adame Eue gebyrmde æt fruman worulde. Feond byrlade ærest þære idese, ond heo Adame, hyre swæsum were, siþþan scencte 985\nbittor bædeweg. þæs þa byre siþþan grimme onguldon gafulrædenne þurh ærgewyrht, þætte ænig ne wæs fyra cynnes from fruman siððan mon on moldan, þætte meahte him 990\ngebeorgan ond bibugan þone bleatan drync, deopan deaðweges, ac him duru sylfa on þa sliðnan tid sona ontyneð, ingong geopenað. Ne mæg ænig þam flæsce bifongen feore wiðstondan, 995\nricra ne heanra, ac hine ræseð on gifrum grapum. Swa wæs Guðlace enge anhoga ætryhte þa æfter nihtscuan neah geþyded, wiga wælgifre. Hine wunade mid 1000\nan ombehtþegn, se hine æghwylce daga neosade. Ongan ða deophydig, gleawmod gongan to godes temple, þær he eþelbodan inne wiste, þone leofestan lareow gecorenne, 1005\nond þa in eode eadgum to spræce, wolde hyrcnigan halges lara, mildes meþelcwida. Fonde þa his mondryhten adlwerigne; him ðæt in gefeol hefig æt heortan. Hygesorge wæg, 1010\nmicle modceare. Ongan ða his magu frignan: "Hu gewearð þe þus, winedryhten min, fæder, freonda hleo, ferð gebysgad, nearwe genæged? Ic næfre þe, þeoden leofesta, þyslicne ær 1015\ngemette þus meðne. Meaht þu meðelcwidum worda gewealdan? Is me on wene geþuht, þæt þe untrymnes adle gongum on þisse nyhstan niht bysgade, sarbennum gesoht. þæt me sorgna is 1020\nhatost on hreþre, ær þu hyge minne ferð afrefre. Wast þu, freodryhten, hu þeos adle scyle ende gesettan?" Him þa sið oncwæð, sona ne meahte oroð up geteon; wæs him in bogen 1025\nbittor bancoþa. Beald reordade eadig on elne, ondcwis ageaf: "Ic wille secgan þæt me sar gehran, wærc in gewod in ðisse wonnan niht, lichord onleac. Leomu hefegiað, 1030\nsarum gesohte. Sceal þis sawelhus, fæge flæschoma, foldærne biþeaht, leomu lames geþacan, legerbedde fæst wunian wælræste. Wiga nealæceð, unlæt laces. Ne bið þæs lengra swice 1035\nsawelgedales þonne seofon niht fyrstgemearces, þæt min feorh heonan on þisse eahteþan ende geseceð dæg scriþende. þonne dogor beoð on moldwege min forð scriþen, 1040\nsorg gesweðrad, ond ic siþþan mot fore meotudes cneowum meorda hleotan, gingra geafena, ond godes lomber in sindreamum siþþan awo forð folgian; is nu fus ðider 1045\ngæst siþes georn. Nu þu gearwe const leoma lifgedal; long is þis onbid worulde lifes." ða wæs wop ond heaf, geongum geocor sefa, geomrende hyge, siþþan he gehyrde þæt se halga wæs 1050\nforðsiþes fus. He þæs færspelles fore his mondryhtne modsorge wæg, hefige æt heortan. Hreþer innan swearc, hyge hreowcearig, þæs þe his hlaford geseah ellorfusne. He þæs onbæru 1055\nhabban ne meahte, ac he hate let torn þoliende tearas geotan, weallan wægdropan. Wyrd ne meahte in fægum leng feorg gehealdan, deore frætwe, þonne him gedemed wæs. 1060\nOngeat gæsta halig geomormodes drusendne hyge. Ongan þa duguþa hleo, glædmod gode leof, geongran retan, wine leofestan wordum negan: "Ne beo þu unrot, ðeah þeos adl me 1065\ninnan æle. Nis me earfeðe to geþolianne þeodnes willan, dryhtnes mines, ne ic þæs deaðes hafu on þas seocnan tid sorge on mode, ne ic me herehloðe helle þegna 1070\nswiðe onsitte, ne mæg synne on me facnes frumbearn fyrene gestælan, lices leahtor, ac in lige sceolon sorgwylmum soden sar wanian, wræcsið wepan, wilna biscirede 1075\nin þam deaðsele duguða gehwylcre, lufena ond lissa. Min þæt leofe bearn, ne beo þu on sefan to seoc. Ic eom siþes fus upeard niman edleana georn in þam ecan gefean, ærgewyrhtum 1080\ngeseon sigora frean, min þæt swæse bearn. Nis me wracu ne gewin, þæt ic wuldres god sece swegelcyning, þær is sib ond blis, domfæstra dream, dryhten ondweard, þam ic georne gæstgerynum, 1085\nin þas dreorgan tid dædum cwemde, mode ond mægne. Ic þa meorde wat leahtorlease, lean unhwilen, halig on heahþu. þær min hyht myneð to gesecenne, sawul fundað 1090\nof licfate to þam longan gefean in eadwelan. Nis þes eþel me ne sar ne sorg. Ic me sylfum wat æfter lices hryre lean unhwilen." ða se wuldormaga worda gestilde, 1095\nrof runwita; wæs him ræste neod, reonigmodum. Rodor swamode ofer niðða bearn, nihtrim scridon, deorc ofer dugeðum. þa se dæg bicwom on þam se lifgenda in lichoman, 1100\nece ælmihtig ærist gefremede, dryhten mid dreame, ða he of deaðe aras onwald of eorðan in þa eastortid, ealra þrymma þrym, ðreata mæstne to heofonum ahof, ða he from helle astag. 1105\nSwa se eadga wer in þa æþelan tid on þone beorhtan dæg blissum hremig, milde ond gemetfæst, mægen unsofte elne geæfnde. Aras ða eorla wynn, heard hygesnottor, swa he hraþost meahte, 1110\nmeðe for ðam miclan bysgum. Ongon þa his mod staþelian leohte geleafan, lac onsægde deophycgende dryhtne to willan gæstgerynum in godes temple, ond his þegne ongon, swa þam þeodne geras, 1115\nþurh gæstes giefe godspel bodian, secgan sigortacnum, ond his sefan trymman wundrum to wuldre in þa wlitigan gesceaft to eadwelan, swa he ær ne sið æfre to ealdre oðre swylce 1120\non þas lænan tid lare gehyrde, ne swa deoplice dryhtnes geryne þurh menniscne muð areccan on sidum sefan. Him wæs soþra geþuht þæt hit ufancundes engles wære 1125\nof swegldreamum, swiþor micle mægenþegnes word, þonne æniges monnes lar, wera ofer eorðan. Him þæt wundra mæst gesewen þuhte, þæt swylc snyttrucræft ænges hæleða her hreþer weardade, 1130\ndryhta bearna, wæs þæs deoplic eall word ond wisdom, ond þæs weres stihtung, mod ond mægencræft, þe him meotud engla, gæsta geocend forgiefen hæfde. Wæron feowere ða forð gewitene 1135\ndagas on rime, þæs se dryhtnes þegn on elne bad, adle gebysgad, sarum geswenced. Ne he sorge wæg geocorne sefan gæstgedales, dreorigne hyge. Deað nealæcte, 1140\nstop stalgongum, strong ond hreðe sohte sawelhus. Com se seofeða dæg ældum ondweard, þæs þe him in gesonc, hat, heortan neah, hildescurum flacor flanþracu, feorhhord onleac, 1145\nsearocægum gesoht. Ongon ða snottor hæle, ar, onbehtþegn, æþeles neosan to þam halgan hofe, fond þa hlingendne fusne on forðsiþ frean unwenne, gæsthaligne in godes temple 1150\nsoden sarwylmum. Wæs þa sihste tid on midne dæg, wæs his mondryhtne endedogor ætryhte þa. Nearwum genæged nydcostingum, awrecen wælpilum, wlo ne meahte 1155\noroð up geteon, ellenspræce hleoþor ahebban. Ongon ða hygegeomor, freorig ond ferðwerig, fusne gretan, meðne modglædne, bæd hine þurh mihta scyppend, gif he his wordcwida wealdan meahte, 1160\nspræce ahebban, þæt him on spellum gecyðde, onwrige worda gongum, hu he his wisna truwade, drohtes on ðære dimman adle, ærðon hine deað onsægde. Him se eadga wer ageaf ondsware, leof mon leofum, þeah he late meahte, 1165\neorl ellenheard, oreþe gebredan: "Min þæt swæse bearn, nis nu swiþe feor þam ytemestan endedogor nydgedales, þæt ðu þa nyhstan scealt in woruldlife worda minra, 1170\nnæfre leana biloren, lare gehyran, noht longe ofer þis. Læst ealle well wære ond winescype, word þa wit spræcon, leofast manna." "Næfre ic lufan sibbe, þeoden, æt þearfe þine forlæte 1175\nasanian!" "Beo þu on sið gearu, siþþan lic ond leomu ond þes lifes gæst asundrien somwist hyra þurh feorggedal. Fys æfter þon þæt þu gesecge sweostor minre, 1180\nþære leofestan, on longne weg to þam fægran gefean forðsið minne, on ecne eard, ond hyre eac gecyð wordum minum, þæt ic me warnade hyre onsyne ealle þrage 1185\nin woruldlife, for ðy ic wilnode þæt wit unc eft in þam ecan gefean on sweglwuldre geseon mostun fore onsyne eces deman leahtra lease. þær sceal lufu uncer 1190\nwærfæst wunian, þær wit wilna a in ðære beorhtan byrig brucan motun, eades mid englum. ðu hyre eac saga þæt heo þis banfæt beorge bifæste, lame biluce, lic orsawle 1195\nin þeostorcofan, þær hit þrage sceal in sondhofe siþþan wunian." ða wearð modgeþanc miclum gebisgad, þream forþrycced, þurh þæs þeodnes word, ombehtþegne, þa he ædre oncneow 1200\nfrean feorhgedal, þæt hit feor ne wæs, endedogor. Ongon þa ofostlice to his winedryhtne wordum mæðlan: "Ic þec halsige, hæleþa leofost gumena cynnes, þurh gæsta weard, 1205\nþæt þu hygesorge heortan minre geeþe, eorla wyn. Nis þe ende feor, þæs þe ic on galdrum ongieten hæbbe. Oft mec geomor sefa gehþa gemanode, hat æt heortan, hyge gnornende 1210\nnihtes nearwe, ond ic næfre þe, fæder, frofor min, frignan dorste. Symle ic gehyrde, þonne heofones gim, wyncondel wera, west onhylde, sweglbeorht sunne setlgonges fus 1215\non æfentid, oþerne mid þec, þegn æt geþeahte. Ic þæs þeodnes word, ares uncuþes oft neosendes, dægwoman bitweon ond þære deorcan niht, meþelcwide mæcges, ond on morgne swa, 1220\nongeat geomormod, gæstes spræce, gleawes in geardum. Huru, ic giet ne wat, ær þu me, frea min, furþor cyðe þurh cwide þinne, hwonan his cyme sindon." ða se eadga wer ageaf ondsware 1225\nleofum æfter longre hwile, swa he late meahte, elnes oncyðig, oreþe gewealdan: "Hwæt, þu me, wine min, wordum nægest, fusne frignest, þæs þe ic furþum ær æfre on ealdre ængum ne wolde 1230\nmonna ofer moldan melda weorðan, þegne on þeode, butan þe nu ða, þy læs þæt wundredan weras ond idesa, ond on geað gutan, gieddum mænden bi me lifgendum. Huru, ic nolde sylf 1235\nþurh gielpcwide gæstes mines frofre gelettan, ne fæder mines æfre geæfnan, æbylg godes. Symle me onsende sigedryhten min, folca feorhgiefa, siþþan ic furþum ongon 1240\non þone æfteran anseld bugan geargemearces, gæst haligne, engel ufancundne, se mec efna gehwam, meahtig meotudes þegn, ond on morgne eft, sigorfæst gesohte, ond me sara gehwylc 1245\ngehælde hygesorge, ond me in hreþre bileac wuldres wilboda wisdomes giefe micle monigfealdran þonne ænig mon wite in life her, þe me alyfed nis to gecyþenne cwicra ængum 1250\non foldwege fira cynnes, þæt me ne meahte monna ænig bideaglian hwæt he dearninga on hyge hogde heortan geþoncum, siþþan he me fore eagum onsyne wearð. 1255\nA ic on mode mað monna gehwylcne þeodnes þrymcyme oð þisne dæg. Leofast monna, nu ic for lufan þinre, ond geferscype þæt wit fyrn mid unc longe læstan, nelle ic lætan þe 1260\næfre unrotne æfter ealdorlege meðne modseocne minre geweorðan, soden sorgwælmum. A ic sibbe wiþ þe healdan wille. Nu of hreþerlocan to þam soþan gefean sawel fundað. 1265\nNis seo tid latu, tydrað þis banfæt, greothord gnornað, gæst hine fyseð on ecne geard, utsiþes georn on sellan gesetu. Nu ic swiðe eom weorce gewergad." ða to þam wage gesag, 1270\nheafelan onhylde, hyrde þa gena ellen on innan. Oroð stundum teah mægne modig, him of muðe cwom swecca swetast. Swylce on sumeres tid stincað on stowum staþelum fæste 1275\nwynnum æfter wongum wyrta geblowene, hunigflowende, swa þæs halgan wæs ondlongne dæg oþ æfen forð oroð up hlæden. þa se æþela glæm setlgong sohte, swearc norðrodor 1280\nwon under wolcnum, woruld miste oferteah, þystrum biþeahte, þrong niht ofer tiht londes frætwa. ða cwom leohta mæst, halig of heofonum hædre scinan, beorhte ofer burgsalu. Bad se þe sceolde 1285\neadig on elne endedogor, awrecen wælstrælum. Wuldres scima, æþele ymb æþelne, ondlonge niht scan scirwered. Scadu sweþredon, tolysed under lyfte. Wæs se leohta glæm 1290\nymb þæt halge hus, heofonlic condel, from æfenglome oþþæt eastan cwom ofer deop gelad dægredwoma, wedertacen wearm. Aras se wuldormago, eadig elnes gemyndig, spræc to his onbehtþegne, 1295\ntorht to his treowum gesiþe: "Tid is þæt þu fere, ond þa ærendu eal biþence, ofestum læde, swa ic þe ær bibead, lac to leofre. Nu of lice is, goddreama georn, gæst swiðe fus." 1300\nAhof þa his honda, husle gereorded, eaðmod þy æþelan gyfle, swylce he his eagan ontynde, halge heafdes gimmas, biseah þa to heofona rice, glædmod to geofona leanum, ond þa his gæst onsende weorcum wlitigne in wuldres dream. 1305\nða wæs Guðlaces gæst gelæded eadig on upweg. Englas feredun to þam longan gefean, lic colode, belifd under lyfte. ða þær leoht ascan, beama beorhtast. Eal þæt beacen wæs 1310\nymb þæt halge hus, heofonlic leoma, from foldan up swylce fyren tor ryht aræred oð rodera hrof, gesewen under swegle, sunnan beorhtra, æþeltungla wlite. Engla þreatas 1315\nsigeleoð sungon, sweg wæs on lyfte gehyred under heofonum, haligra dream. Swa se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled, swetum stencum ond sweglwundrum, eadges yrfestol, engla hleoðres, 1320\neal innanweard. þær wæs ænlicra ond wynsumra þonne hit in worulde mæge stefn areccan, hu se stenc ond se sweg, heofonlic hleoþor ond se halga song, gehyred wæs, heahþrym godes, 1325\nbreahtem æfter breahtme. Beofode þæt ealond, foldwong onþrong. ða afyrhted wearð ar, elnes biloren, gewat þa ofestlice beorn unhyðig, þæt he bat gestag, wæghengest wræc, wæterþisa for, 1330\nsnel under sorgum. Swegl hate scan, blac ofer burgsalo. Brimwudu scynde, leoht, lade fus. Lagumearg snyrede, gehlæsted to hyðe, þæt se hærnflota æfter sundplegan sondlond gespearn, 1335\ngrond wið greote. Gnornsorge wæg hate æt heortan, hyge geomurne, meðne modsefan, se þe his mondryhten, life bilidenne, last weardian wiste, wine leofne. Him þæs wopes hring 1340\ntorne gemonade. Teagor yðum weol, hate hleordropan, ond on hreþre wæg micle modceare. He þære mægeð sceolde lace gelædan laðspel to soð. Cwom þa freorigferð þær seo fæmne wæs, 1345\nwuldres wynmæg. He þa wyrd ne mað, fæges forðsið. Fusleoð agol wineþearfende, ond þæt word acwæð: "Ellen biþ selast þam þe oftost sceal dreogan dryhtenbealu, deope behycgan 1350\nþroht þeodengedal, þonne seo þrag cymeð, wefen wyrdstafum. þæt wat se þe sceal aswæman sarigferð, wat his sincgiefan holdne biheledne. He sceal hean þonan geomor hweorfan. þam bið gomenes wana 1355\nðe þa earfeða oftost dreogeð on sargum sefan. Huru, ic swiðe ne þearf hinsiþ behlehhan. Is hlaford min, beorna bealdor, ond broþor þin, se selesta bi sæm tweonum 1360\nþara þe we on Engle æfre gefrunen acennedne þurh cildes had gumena cynnes, to godes dome, werigra wraþu, worulddreamum of, winemæga wyn, in wuldres þrym, 1365\ngewiten, winiga hleo, wica neosan eardes on upweg. Nu se eorðan dæl, banhus abrocen burgum in innan wunað wælræste, ond se wuldres dæl of licfæte in leoht godes 1370\nsigorlean sohte, ond þe secgan het þæt git a mosten in þam ecan gefean mid þa sibgedryht somudeard niman, weorca wuldorlean, willum neotan blædes ond blissa. Eac þe abeodan het 1375\nsigedryhten min, þa he wæs siþes fus, þæt þu his lichoman, leofast mægða, eorðan biðeahte. Nu þu ædre const siðfæt minne. Ic sceal sarigferð, heanmod hweorfan, hyge drusendne."


Panama - Wikipǣdia, sēo frēo wīsdōmbōc\nPanama is healsland and sundorrice on Middelamerican. Be westen Panaman is Ricerim and be suðeasten him is Colombia ðæt rice þærof wæs Panama in geardugum underrice.\nDarien þæt land in Panaman\nHeafodstol Panama City\nBrego Laurentino Cortizo\nBradnes 74,177.3±0.1 km²\nFeoh Panamanian balboa, Geandra Rica daler\nTidgyrdel Eallic tid UTC−05:00, America/Panama\nWebbnamena tægl .pa\nGetalu forerīma feorsprecan be lande +507\nÞis land is landbrycg betweonum Norðamerican and Suðamerican: hit hæfð þone Caribisca Sæ andlang his norþecge and þone Sericus Garsecg on his suþecge. Se Panamadelft is micel þyrel þurh Panaman betwuh his garsecgum for scipryne.\nÐæs rices heafodstol is Panamaburg, þærin sind feower ðusanda ðusand onwunenda.\nFram "https://ang.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panama&oldid=203236" begeten\nLast edited on 7 Blotmonað 2021, at 17:37\nMan niwanost wende þisne tramet on þære 17:37 tide þæs 7 Blotmonað 2021.


34 bytes added , 7 years ago\nEdniwung fram 21:32, 24 Solmonaþ 2015 (adiht)\n'''The Beatles''' wǣron Englisc wealcdrēamhēap þe wæs gestaðolod on [[Læferpōl]]e þæs 1960. gēares. Hīe wurdon fēos spēdigoste and brēmoste glīwmenn þǣre wealcdrēamyldu. Þæs hēapes gecūðost hādas wǣron [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[George Harrison]], and [[Ringo Starr]].▼\nHīe tōfōron on þǣm 1970. gēare, aned siþþan heora ǣlc wæs spēdig selfum on drēame. John wæs ofscoten'''THE BEATLES SUCK BALLS'''scoten þæs 1980. gēares, and George cwæl for lungencancre on þǣm 2001. gēare; ac Paul and Ringo gīet drīmaþ.\nFram "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrig:MobileDiff/183101" begeten


Barbados - Wikipǣdia, sēo frēo wīsdōmbōc\nBarbados is an iegrice þæs Caribiscan Sæs þe liþ 62 mila be eastan þara Windƿeardum Iegum, and is 104 mīla be eastan Sanctus Uincentus. Þeos ieg is 21 mila lang and 14 mila brad.\nStrand be Brycgtune on Barbados\nBrego Sandra Mason Foresittend\nBradnes 439.0 km²\nFeoh Barbadian dollar\nTidgyrdel Eallic tid UTC−04:00, America/Barbados\nWebbnamena tægl .bb\nGetalu forerīma feorsprecan be lande +1246\nOneardiaþ 284,589 menn þis iegland, hwærof sind 80,000 in Brycgtune, his heafodstol.\nEall selfwealdend is Barbados siððan 1966. Oþ 29. dæg Blotmonðes 2021 wæs þeos ieg cynerice ac þan be swicdome þæs Wyhtan Heapes wæs Elisabeþ II Cwen asetted be hiere agnum leodwearde and hiere stol gegifen to rices foresittende. Barbados abitt land þara Þeodacynewisan.\nFram "https://ang.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbados&oldid=203670" begeten\nLast edited on 30 Blotmonað 2021, at 07:20\nMan niwanost wende þisne tramet on þære 07:20 tide þæs 30 Blotmonað 2021.


Her ys seo bot, hu ðu meaht þine æceras betan gif hi nellaþ wel wexan oþþe þær hwilc ungedefe þing on gedon bið on dry oððe on lyblace. Genim þonne on niht, ær hyt dagige, feower tyrf on feower healfa þæs landes, and gemearca 5\nhu hy ær stodon. Nim þonne ele and hunig and beorman, and ælces feos meolc þe on þæm lande sy, and ælces treow- cynnes dæl þe on þæm lande sy gewexen, butan heardan beaman, and ælcre namcuþre wyrte dæl, butan glappan anon, and do þonne haligwæter ðær on, and drype þonne þriwa on 10\nþone staðol þara turfa, and cweþe ðonne ðas word: Crescite, wexe, et multiplicamini, and gemænigfealda, et replete, and gefylle, terre, þas eorðan. In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti sit benedicti. And Pater Noster swa oft swa þæt oðer. And bere siþþan ða turf to circean, and mæssepreost asinge 15\nfeower mæssan ofer þan turfon, and wende man þæt grene to ðan weofode, and siþþan gebringe man þa turf þær hi ær wæron ær sunnan setlgange. And hæbbe him gæworht of cwicbeame feower Cristes mælo and awrite on ælcon ende: Matheus and Marcus, Lucas and Iohannes. Lege þæt 20\nCristes mæl on þone pyt neoþeweardne, cweðe ðonne: Crux Matheus, crux Marcus, crux Lucas, crux sanctus Iohannes. Nim ðonne þa turf and sete ðær ufon on and cweþe ðonne nigon siþon þas word, Crescite, and swa oft Pater Noster, and wende þe þonne eastweard, and onlut nigon siðon 25\neadmodlice, and cweð þonne þas word: Eastweard ic stande, arena ic me bidde, bidde ic þone mæran domine, bidde ðone miclan drihten, bidde ic ðone haligan heofonrices weard, eorðan ic bidde and upheofon 30\nand ða soþan sancta Marian and heofones meaht and heahreced, þæt ic mote þis gealdor mid gife drihtnes toðum ontynan þurh trumne geþanc, aweccan þas wæstmas us to woruldnytte, 35\ngefyllan þas foldan mid fæste geleafan, wlitigigan þas wancgturf, swa se witega cwæð þæt se hæfde are on eorþrice, se þe ælmyssan dælde domlice drihtnes þances. Wende þe þonne III sunganges, astrece þonne on andlang 40\nand arim þær letanias and cweð þonne: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus oþ ende. Sing þonne Benedicite aþenedon earmon and Magnificat and Pater Noster III, and bebeod hit Criste and sancta Marian and þære halgan rode to lofe and to weorþinga and to are þam þe þæt land age and eallon þam þe 45\nhim underðeodde synt. ðonne þæt eall sie gedon, þonne nime man uncuþ sæd æt ælmesmannum and selle him twa swylc, swylce man æt him nime, and gegaderie ealle his sulhgeteogo togædere; borige þonne on þam beame stor and finol and gehalgode sapan and gehalgod sealt. Nim þonne 50\nþæt sæd, sete on þæs sules bodig, cweð þonne: Erce, Erce, Erce, eorþan modor, geunne þe se alwalda, ece drihten, æcera wexendra and wridendra, eacniendra and elniendra, 55\nsceafta hehra, scirra wæstma, and þæra bradan berewæstma, and þæra hwitan hwætewæstma, and ealra eorþan wæstma. Geunne him ece drihten 60\nand his halige, þe on heofonum synt, þæt hys yrþ si gefriþod wið ealra feonda gehwæne, and heo si geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc, þara lyblaca geond land sawen. Nu ic bidde ðone waldend, se ðe ðas woruld gesceop, 65\nþæt ne sy nan to þæs cwidol wif ne to þæs cræftig man þæt awendan ne mæge word þus gecwedene. þonne man þa sulh forð drife and þa forman furh onsceote, cweð þonne: Hal wes þu, folde, fira modor! 70\nBeo þu growende on godes fæþme, fodre gefylled firum to nytte. Nim þonne ælces cynnes melo and abacæ man innewerdre handa bradnæ hlaf and gecned hine mid meolce and mid haligwætere and lecge under þa forman furh. Cweþe þonne: 75\nFul æcer fodres fira cinne, beorhtblowende, þu gebletsod weorþ þæs haligan noman þe ðas heofon gesceop and ðas eorþan þe we on lifiaþ; se god, se þas grundas geworhte, geunne us growende gife, 80\nþæt us corna gehwylc cume to nytte. Cweð þonne III Crescite in nomine patris, sit benedicti. Amen and Pater Noster þriwa. Index | Previous page | Next page