The Departing Souls Address to the Body | Page 4

was. all that was most honoured fuweles quale holde. of the foul dead carcase, the thu icwemedest ?r. 175 that thou formerly delightedst mid alre _kunde_ swetnesse. with all kind of sweetness, theo thu swuthe lufedest. that thou much didst love. theo swetnesse is nu al agon. The sweetness is now all gone, that b_ittere_ the bith fornon. the bitter is thee near, that bittere il?steth ?ffre. 180 that bitter lasteth ever, that swete ne cumeth the _n?ffre_. that sweet cometh to thee never.
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? _thun_cheth that thu hire bi_lei_ben. thinketh that thou here remain. [gh]et s?ith theo sowle. Yet saith the soul soriliche to then licame. 185 sadly to the body: s? _ne thea_rft thu on stirope. see, thou canst not on stirrup stonden mid fotan. stand with thy feet, on nenne goldfohne bowe. on no gold-glittering saddle; for thu _scal_t faren alto howe. for thou shalt journey all to woe, and thu scalt nu ruglunge. 190 and thou shalt now backwards rid?n to th?re eorthe. ride to the earth; ut _sceo_t ?t th?re dure. shut out at the door, ne thearft thu n?ffre on[gh]ean. nor canst thou ever again cum?n reowliche riden. come fiercely riding. _nu alle_ ber?fed. 195 Now all bereaved, ac thene eorthliche weole. eke the earthly wealth, the thu iwold ohtest. that thou possessed power _over_. nu mon m?i _seg_gen bi the. Now they may say of thee, thes mon is iwiten. this man is departed, nu her weila. 200 Alas! now here, and his weol?n beoth her bel?fed. and his wealth is here left behind. _nol_de he nefre th?r of don. he would never do therewith his drihtenes wille. his Lord's will. ac ?fre thu g?derest. But ever thou didst gather g?r_sumen_ thine feonde. 205 riches of thine enemies. nulleth heo nimen gete. Yet will they not take hwo hit bi[gh]ete. who procured it? nafst thu bute _we_lawei. nor hast thou but well away! that thu weole heuedest. that thou hadst wealth. al is reowliche thin sith. 210 All ruefull is thy lot, efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wicked life. theo men beoth the blithre. Those men are the blither the arisen ?r with the. that formerly jangled with thee, that thin muth is betuned. that thy mouth is closed, _the_ theo teone ut lettest. 215 with which thou reproach uttered, the he heom sore grulde. which sorely provoked them; thet ham gros the a[gh]an. that they raged against thee; _d?_th hine haveth bituned. death hath closed it, and thene teone aleid. and the anger taken away. Soth is iseid. 220 Truly it is said on then salme _be_c. in the Psalm book, _Os tuum habundavit malitia_, _os tuum habundavit malitia_, was on thine muthe. wickedness ripe luthernesse ripe. was in thy mouth. _no_ldest thu on thine huse. 225 Thou wouldst not in thy house herborwen theo wrecchen. shelter the poor, ne mihten heo under _thine_ roue. nor might they under thy roof none reste finden. find any rest; noldest thu n?fre helpen. nor wouldst thou ever help tham orlease w_recche_n. 230 the unhappy wretches; ac thu sete on thine benche. but thou sate on thy bench, underleid mid thine bolstre. underlaid with thy bolster, thu wurpe _cn_eow ofer cneow. thou threw knee over knee, ne icneowe thu the sulfen. nor knew thou thyself that thu scoldest mid wurmen. 235 that thou shouldst with worms _husien_ in eorthan. dwell in the earth. nu thu hauest neowe hus. Now thou hast a new house, inne bethrungen. a crowded dwelling; lowe beoth the helewewes. low is the covering, unhei[gh]e beoth the sidwowes. 240 unhigh the sidewalls, thin rof liith on thin breoste ful thy roof lieth on thy breast full
? _nei_. _nigh_. colde is the ibedded. Cold art thou embedded, clothes bidcled. beclad in clothes nulleth thine hinen. thy hinds would refuse. clothes the sen * * * 245 Clothes the sen * * * for heom thuncheth alto lut. for they think all too little that thu heom bilefdest. that thou didst leave them; that thu hefdest on hor_de_. that thou hadst in hoard theo hit wulleth heldan. they will it keep. thus is iwitan thin weole. 250 Thus is departed thy wealth, wendest thet hit thin were. _thou_ thoughtest that it thine were. thus _reowliche_ nu thin sith. Thus ruefull now thy lot, efter thin wrecche lif. after thy wretched life. the sculen nu waxen. Now wormes shall grow wurmes besiden. 255 beside thee, _thene_ hungrie feond. the hungry enemy theo the freten wulleth. that will devour thee, heo wulleth the frecliche freten. they will thee greedily devour; for _heo_ thin fl?sc liketh. for they like thy flesh, he_o_ wulleth freten thin fule hold. they will devour thy foul carcase, theo hwule heo hit fin_deth_. 261 as long as they find it; thonne hit al bith