The Departing Souls Address to the Body | Page 3

* _ie_ thet riche[A] wif. * * * that wretched wife forhoweth thene earueth sith. lamenteth the woeful time; for ufel is that wrecche lufe. 85 for evil is that wretched love _thon_ne theo unblisse cumath. when adversity cometh. Thonne besihth theo soule. Then saith the soul sorliche to then lich_ame_. sadly to the body,
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? _hwi noldest bethenchen_ thu me. 90 _why wouldst thou not think of me_ theo hwule thet ic wunede inne the. while that I dwelt in thee, for thu were leas and luti[gh]. for thou wert false and deceitful, and _un_riht lufedest. and iniquity didst love; godnesse and riht. goodness and justice ?fre thu onscunedest. 95 ever thou didst shun. hwar is nu the _mo_dinesse. Where is now the pride swo muchel the thu lufed?st. thou so much didst love? hwar beoth nu theo pundes. Where are now the pounds thurh * * * newes ig?dered. by * * * gathered? heo weren monifolde. 100 they were manifold, bi markes itolde. counted by marks. hwar beoth _nu_ theo goldf?ten. Where are now the vessels of gold theo the guldene. that thou idolized, comen to thine honden. as they came to thy hands? thin blisse is _nu_ al igon. 105 Thy bliss is now all gone; min seoruwe is fornon. my sorrow is near. hwar beoth nu thin w?de. Where are now thy clothes the th_u_ wel lufedest. that thou well didst love? hwar beoth the. Where are they seten sori ofer the. 110 that sate sorry over thee, beden swuthe [gh]eorne. praying right earnestly _that_ the come bote. that help _might_ come to thee? heo_m_ thuthte alto longe. They thought it all too long that thu were on live. that thou wert alive, for heo _we_ren gr?die. 115 for they were greedy to gripen thin ?ihte. to gripe thy property. nu heo hi d?lith heom imang. Now they divide it among them, _heo_ doth the withuten. they do without thee, ac nu heo beoth fuse. eke now they are prompt to bringen the ut of huse. 120 to bring thee out of house; bergen the ut ?t thire dure. bearing thee out at the door. Of weolen thu art bed?led. Of wealth thou art deprived. Hwui noldest th_u be_thenchen me. Why wouldst thou not think of me theo hwile ic was innen the. while I was within thee? ac scendest me mid sunne. 125 but blemished me with sin. fo_rthi_ ic seoruhful eam. Therefore I sorrowful am; weile that ic souhte. alas! that I sought so seoruhfulne buc. such a miserable body. noldest th_u lo_kien lufe. Nor wouldst thou observe love with il?rede men. 130 with learned men, [gh]iven ham of thine gode. give them part of thy wealth that heo the fo_re_ beden. that they _might_ pray for thee, heo mihten mid salm songe. that they might with psalm sung thine sunne acwenchen. thy sin extinguish, mid * * * re_in_esse. 135 with * * * thine misdeden forebiddan. pray for thy misdeeds; heo mihten offrian loc. that they might offer gifts leofli_che_ for the. acceptable for thee, swuth deor thurthe lac. through the most dear sacrifice licame Cristes. 140 of Christ's body; thurh th?re thu w?re. by which thou were alese_d_ from helle wite. redeemed from pains of hell; and mid his reade blode. and with his red blood, that he [gh]eat on rode. that he shed on the cross, the thu we_ren_ ifreoed. 145 by which thou wert freed to farene into heouene. to enter into heaven. ac thu fenge to theowdome. But thou took to thraldom thurh th?s de_ofles_ lore. through the devil's lore. Bi the hit is iseid. Concerning thee it is said and soth hit is on boken. 150 in books, and true it is: _Qui custodiat divitias._ _Qui custodiat divitias,_ _Ser_vus _est divitiis._ _Servus est divitiis._ Thu were theow. Thou wert slave thines weolan. to thy wealth, noldest thu nouht. 155 nor wouldst thou ought th?rof d_?len_. thereof distribute for Drihtenes will?n. for God's pleasure; ac ?fre thu gr?diliche, but thou ever greedily g?derdest the more. didst gather the more. lu_ther_liche eart thu forloren. 160 Miserably art thou separated from al that thu lufedest. from all that thou lovedst, and ic scal wr?cche soule. and I, wretched soul, shall _ece_ we nu dri?n. now suffer everlasting woe. eart thu nu loth and unwurth. Thou art now loathsome and contemptible alle thine freonden. 165 to all thy friends. nu ha_m thun_cheth alto long. Now they think it all too long that thu ham neih list. that thou liest nigh them, ?r thu beo ibrouht. ere thou be brought th?r thu be_grafen_ scalt. where thou shalt be buried on deope s?the. 170 in a deep pit, on durelease huse. in a doorless house, th?r wurmes w?ldeth. where worms possess al_le that_ wurthest