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departed, ic was Godes douhter. I was God's daughter, ac thu amerdest that foster. but thou didst hinder that fostering. ic sceolde lif holden. I might life have held, _me selle_the he wolde. 640 that he would have given me. Sone thu were lifleas. Soon thou wert lifeless, seoththen ic the forleas. sithence I left thee. Ic was thin imake. I was thy wife, _so so_ bec seggeth. as the book says: _Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ 645 _Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ Ic was the biwedded. I was wedded to thee wurthliche * * * e. honourably, et then fontstone. at the fount stone, that thu haucst ifuled. that thou hast defiled mid thine fule othes. 650 with thy foul oaths. Thu hafest thin ful_luht_ forloren. Thou hast forfeited thy baptism behinden and biuoren. here and hereafter. Feire thu were imerked. Fair thou wert marked, heie on thine heafde. high on thy head, _mid th_en holie ele. 655 with the holy oil Thu hauest kine merke. Thou hadst the mark of royalty; thu scoldest beon on heouene. thou mightst have been in heaven, heih * * * under Gode. high * * * under God, [gh]if thu hit ne forlure. if thou hadst not forfeited it thuruh th?s deofles lore. 660 through the devil's lore. Thine godf?deres _ihat_en. Thy godfathers promised, ?r heo the forleten. before they relinquished thee, that thu me scoldest holden. that thou shouldst keep me thuruh holie lufe Cristes. in Christ's holy love and _drig_htene lawe. 665 and the law of God, ledene me to Criste. and lead me to Christ. Thu withsoke thene deofel. Thou renounced the devil, efter drihtenes cw_ithe_. (after the Lord's word,) _his_ modes and his wr?nches. his moods, and his deceits, and his wieles th?rto. 670 and his wiles thereto. Seoththen thu hine lufedest. Afterwards thou lovedst him, and for_w_inne drihten. and rebelled against the Lord, for thu lufedest theo lawen. for thou lovedst the traitors the drihten weren lothe. that were hateful to God; unker team _for_loren. 675 our progeny lost the wit scolden teman. that we should bring forth; so ic was the bet?iht. as I was given to thee that wit scolden teman. that we might propagate. Thu _haue_st beon bearne f?der. Thou hast been father of children, and ic hore moder. 680 and I their mother; wit scolden fostrien bearn. we should foster our progeny, and bring _ham_ to Criste. and bring them to Christ. Thet beoth theos bearn. These are the children so so bec m?neth. that the book mentions: _Filii tui sicut novell_ * * * _Filii tui sicut novell_ * * *
_Cetera desunt._
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