C. CONFABULABOR CUM AMARITUDINE ANIMAE MEAE

[ ] þu me · þeo hwule þet ic wunede inne þe · [f. 64r

for þu were leas [&] luti[gh] · [&] u[n]riht lufedest ·

Godnesse [&] riht · æfre þu onscunedest ·

hwar is nu þe[o mo]dinesse · swo muchel þe þu lufedæst ·

hwar beoþ nu þeo pundes · þurh [pa]newes igædered · 5

heo weren monifolde · bi markes itolde ·

hwar beoþ [nu] þeo Goldfæten · þeo þe Guldene ·

comen to þine honden ·

þin blisse is [nu] al agon · min seoruwe is fornon ·

hwar beoþ nu þine wæde · þe þ[u] wel lufedest ·

hwar beoþ [sibbe ·] þe seten sori ofer þe · 10

beden swuþe [gh]eorne · [þet] þe come bote ·

heom þuþte alto longe · [þ/] þu were on liue ·

for heo [we]ren grædie · to gripen þine æihte ·

[Linenotes:

C 5. [_pa_]_newes_ Holthausen. || 7. _þe_] _e_ in darker ink. ||

10. [_sibbe_] no gap in MS.]

nu heo hi dæleþ heom imong · [heo] doþ þe wiþ{}uten ·

ac nu heo beoþ fuse · to bringen þe ut of huse, 15

b[rin]gen þe ut æt þire dure · of weolen þu ært bedæled ·

hwui noldest þ[u be]þenchen me · þeo hwile ic was innen þe ·

ac semdest me mid sunne · fo[rþon] ic seoruhful eam ·

weile [þ/] ic souhte · so seoruhfulne · buc ·

noldest þ[u lo]kien lufe · wiþ ilærede men · 20

[gh]iuen ham of þine Gode · [þ/] heo þe fo[re] beden ·

heo mihten mid salm songe · þine sunne acwenchen ·

Mid [ho]re messe · þine misdeden fore biddan ·

heo mihten offrian loc · leofli[che] for þe ·

swuþe deor wurþe lac · licame cristes · 25

þurh þæ{n}e þu were · alese[d] from helle{}wite ·

[&] mid his reade blode · [þ/] he [gh]eat on rode ·

þo þu we[re] ifreoed to farene i{n}to heouene ·

ac þu fenge to þeowdome · þ{urh} þæs de[ofles] lore ·

Bi þe hit is iseid · [&] soþ hit is on boken · 30

[Linenotes:

18. _semdest_] _scendest_ S. || 20. [_lo_]_kien_ S.,

[_ma_]_kien_ H., [_þe ma_]_kien_ B. || 24. _leofli_[_c_] B. ||

26. _þæne_ Z., in MS. _þære_.]

_Qui custodit diuitias ser[uus] est diuitiis_

þu were þeow · þines weolan ·

noldest þu nouht þær{}of d[ælen ·] for drihtenes willæn ·

ac æfre þu grædiliche · gæderedest þe more ·

lu[þer]liche eart þu forloren · from al [þ/] þu lufedest · 35

[&] ic scal wræcche soule [· weo]we nu driæn ·

eart þu nu loþ [&] unwurþ · alle þine freonden ·

nu ha{m} [þun]cheþ alto long · [þ/] þu ham neih list ·

ær þu beo ibrouht · þaer þu be[on] scalt ·

on deope sæþe · on durelease huse · 40

þær wurmes wældeþ · al [þet þe] wurþest was ·

füweles quale holde · þe þu icwemdest ær ·

Mid alre [þære] swetnesse · þeo þu swuþe lufedest ·

þeo swetnesse is nu al agon · [þ/] b[ittere] þe biþ fornon ·

[þ/] bittere ilæsteþ æffre · [þ/] swete ne cumeþ þe [næffre ·] 45

[Linenotes:

36. [_weo_]_we_ H., [_ece_] _we_ S. || 38. _nu ham_]

_nu han_ MS. || 43. _þære_] [_kunde_] S., H., B.]

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