[Linenotes: 112. _hi_] _hit_ MS. || 118. _þan_] _[þ/]_ MS. || _oðre_] _ooðre_ MS.]
Swa hit is here. { 120} þ{ an} se gode man þe godes lufe hað [gh]éfolged to is ende cu{ m}þ. wite{ r}lice wið{ }ut uúantruce þer cumeð þe hali engles hi{ m} tó. [&] [gh]éf hað ahte uniwasse oðer hit wrð [gh]ewasse iþer pine of þe deaðe þe he her þáleð. oðer efter mid eðelice lette. [&] þ{ an} lat me þa sawle to merchestowe. [þ/] his se mor[gh]emete si blisse þe he hað an þar sawle. þat wite [gh]e wel. { 125} nan halege nað his fulle blisse er he under{ }fó adomes deíe his licame. [þ/] wrð se fulle mete. þa{ n} se mann mid sawle [&] mid licame und{ er}-fangð sicernesse of écer blisse. [&] wat beli{ m}pð hit [gh]ief he fend his `þe´ to þare gate cu{ m}þ? God þurh his [f. 57v²] mucele milce ne letes us nefer fandie. Ac naþeles [gh]ief he fend his an unwreast mann þer beoð { 130} anú [gh]eréd`i´e. þe weregede gastes þe hine uniredlice und{ er}fangeð mi{ d} stiarne swupen. Alse fele unþeawes alse hade upe him [&] sennenn. al swa fendes he þer [gh]emet. h[-i]ne to und{ er}fó. [&] to don h[-i]ne into þiesternesse. oft a domes d[gh]éi alle godes fend simle fra{ m} his [gh]esecðe abroden bienn [&] hi[n] to hare lean ha{ m} þe lange scel [gh]eleste.
[Linenotes: 121. _þan_] _[þ/]_ MS. || _witerlice_] _witetlice_ MS. || 124. _þan_] _[þ/]_ MS. || 131. _mid_] _min_ MS.]
Þus hit hað íbí [&] { 135} is. [&] wrð oft domesdei. Ac þan{ n} hit þer to cumþ [þ/] se hlaford á þe mucele deíe. cumþ forté ísí [&] frend [&] fend. þann cumþ all his und{ er}þiede hi{ m} to{ }fore. þer he sit mid his derewrþe [gh]efered mid ni[gh]en anglene had. mid þer unw[-e]mmed meide his moder. mid his ap{ ost}len. mid þa hágefad{ er}en. [&] þo halí[gh]e wítien. mid martiren. mi[d] hali { 140} { con}fessore{ n} mid halie meiden. mid al þan þe þer midenarde for his lufe werpeð abéc. [&] lagelice her hi{ m} þenið. wic [gh]eíe. wic drednesse wurð þer. þ{ an} þat fer to{ }for hi{ m} abernð [þ/] middenard. þ{ an} si eorðe alle cwace{ ð} þan þe sterren falleð. si sunne [&] se mone aþestreð for godes b{ ri}ctnesse. þe wlcne to gað. and si hali rode tacne mid þe { 145} spere [&] mid þe neiles þurh angles beoð forð ibrocht. þan{ n} þe angles cwaciað. [&] tó richtwíse ha{ m} adredeð. wat sceol se senfulle don. þe isecgð þer his richtwise deme. þe non ne maíe bechece. non beswice. he his hi{ m} sel{ f} witnisse [&] deme. Wat sceol se wrecce don. þe bufon isé[gh]ð his hlaford þe he [gh]egremed áfeð. under hi{ m} helle muð open. { 150} abuuten hi{ m} all folc. hi{ m} selfe bi s`c´a[n]dlice senne beswapen. þer ne mái no{ n} frend oðre helpe. ælc had innóh to do{ n}ne a{ n} hi{ m} selfe. Þan seie{ ð} ha{ m} god þe gelt[.y] ma{ n}ne{ n} [gh]e sene[gh]eden. an [gh]eur écenesse. [&] [gh]e scule [f. 58r¹] birne an mire écenisse. [Gh]e sene[gh]den alse lange alse [gh]é lefede [&] [gh]e scule birne alse lo{ n}ge as íc lefie.