177. #so awondrede hem#: ‘si sesmerueillerent;’ see 54/27.

180. #þet se þet . . . þet#: ‘que cil qui securut . . . quil nus

sucurre.’ For the repeated þet, comp. 220/200; ‘sitteð al stille, ꝥ hwon

he parted urom ou, ꝥ he ne cunne ower god,’ AR 64/20.

183. ‘Salus populi ego sum, dicit Dominus: de quacumque tribulatione

clamaverint ad me, exaudiam eos: et ero illorum Dominus in perpetuum,’

Introit for xix^th Sunday after Pentecost, and for Thursday after the

iii^rd Sunday in Lent. The French version ends, ‘serrai lur deu

pardurables:’ in l. 186 the English translator has deserted, as he

rarely does, his original.

187. #sikerliche#, with confidence: ‘seurement.’ #acumbri#, load,

oppress; ‘enconbrer:’ apparently the earliest instance of its

occurrence.

191. #yef--done#, grant us to do such works. #þo saulen# &c., ‘les almes

⁊ les cors de nus,’ A.

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