His life is blithe (joyful), so shall be his ending (death),
Who prospereth as this (one) shall prosper.
4015 For _or_ read _and_ (?). 4016 He did it for better success. 4022
_hem_, if not an error for _he_, stands for _he_ + _hem_.
P. 115. l. 4049 "The young women of thy land, fair of sight, and soft of
hand, and bright of hue (complexion), of speech glad (joyous), in haste
shall I set apart _as_ messengers; do thou send out against these men those
who can brew (produce) heart-burning with joy, with features, and with body
and sin, pleasantly, with speech small (flattery), to turn them from God's
fear to thy land gods and our laws; unless thou canst follow this advice
and lead them from God's love, and seek to turn thus their thought, for war
nor weapon helpeth not. 4052 _ðgere_ = _gere_ = haste. At first I was
inclined to take _ðgere_ for _dere_, so that _wið ðgere_ = for harm. 4053
_ten_ = _te_ (?). Or should we read, _ðe do ten vt_ = cause those to go
out. 4056 _Luueke_ may be an error for _luue-like_ = pleasantly; or it may
= _luue-leke_ = love; _-lec_ being a not uncommon ending of abstract nouns,
as in O.E. _feirlec_, fairness, beauty. 4063 _quad_. The rhyme seems to
require _quead_; _ðat ille quad_ = that wickedly spoke (advised); _ðat ille
quead_ = that wicked wretch.