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XX.
[1]
Lauerd, in þi might þe kinge fainesal,And ouer þi hele swith glade with-al.
2
Þou gafe him gerninge ofe hert and thoghte,And ofe wille ofe his lippes biswiked him noghte.
3
For þou forcome him, als tou es,In blissing[es] ofe swetenes;
Þou set on his heued on-ane
A croune ofe a derworthi stane.
4
Life þan asked he of þe,And þou gafe it him to be
Lenght ofe daies, al with blisse,
In werld and in werld of werld þat isse.
5
Mikel es his blisse, night and dai,In þi hele sa gode es ai;
Blisse and mikel fairehede with-al
Insete ouer him ai þou sal.
6
For þou sal gife him in blissingsIn werld ofe werld; forbi alle thinges
Þou salte faine him in mirth righte
With þi lickam, es swa brighte.
7
For þe kinge in lauerd hopes he,And in mercy of heghiste noghte stired sal be.—
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8
Be funden þi hand til al þin ille-willand,And al þat hates find þi righthand.
9
Þou sal þam set als ouen of fireIn time ofe þi lickam schire;
Lauerd in his wreth sal dreue þa,
And sweligh fire ite sal als-swa.
10
Þair fruit fra erthe forlese þou sal,And fra sones of men þair sede al.
11
For þai helded in þe iuels vnright;Þai thought redes whilk staþel þai ne mighte.
12
For set am hindward sal tou swa,And in þaire leuynges forgraiþe lickam of þa.
13
Vpheue, lauerd, in might of þe;Þi mightes singe and salme sal we.
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