Se engel stent æt ecge þæs strēames, ān fōt healfweges betwēonan wætere and lande, healdende twā fatu āboden tō līþre gēotunge. Ac swā sēo carte wendeþ, hleapeþ þæt wæter ofer þæs calices rand, strīcende niþer, gaderigende æt þæs engles fōtum. Sēo hwīl ǣr emnete biþ gefangen on þām oferflōwe, þonne gemetnes swicaþ and se feall dēmþ þæt ende. Swā micel hangþ on þǣre handa þe gȳt, on stæþignesse þæs earmes, on andweardnesse mōdes tō ongietenne þonne se calic tō full is.
On heortan hætra wuda gaderiaþ þā coddas þæs cacao trēowes be þiccum bōgum, hira welan innan gehȳdede. Fela gēara habbaþ eorþtilian þās coddas gerīpod, hīe tōbrecende tō ætīewenne þā sǣd, and siþþan hīe beorþende and drīgende on wīdum discium under heofone þe hrædlīce wendeþ of sunnan tō færlīcum rene. Se þēaw is smæl. Tō micel hātu, and þā sǣd bærnaþ. Tō lȳtel, and hīe weaxaþ meox. Ēac on þissum ealdan ryne is þæt emnet brōstfell. Þonne þæt weder hieldeþ, þonne þā rēnas tō lange wuniaþ, mæg hærfest bēon forspilled, and manigra mōnaþa gewinn on feawum lēasum dagum forloren.
Ofer þone Westersǣ fōron þās sǣd on hulum trēowenra scipa, gehydde mid wyrtcræftum and seolcum, hoppende mid þām ȳþum. Storm mihte tunne lēase wealcan, hīe tōbrecende wiþ þā bord and hira innoþ tōstencende. On hyþtūnum wurdon þās bēana mynet, gewrixlede wiþ clāþum oþþe tōlum oþþe nihte under drȳgum hrōfe. On cēapmannes hāme ālīesde se grind þāra sǣda stenc þe þā nearwan lyft gefylde, and behēt frōfor. Ac cōc fram spellum āwend mihte þæt gemeng bærnan, oþþe þone dēoran wǣtan ofer þone heorþ āgēotan, and lǣfan ān clibbigne pæþ þe æmettas findaþ.
On wuldre Europiscra hīreda bǣron þegnas frætwode disca, gehlædene mid smalum cuppan, gefyllede mid biter swētum drence þe tō lēohtum fāme wæs geþwegen. Misstæpe on polieredum flōrum hielde calic, and bestænde goldhrægl, and drāf orþungas. Se prīs ānes misdǣdes: dēore lāc forspilled, hlīsa besmiten, still lār ēadmōdnesse. Ēac betwēonan þām þe þā sēlestan þing mehton gebycgan wunode full emnet unbegieten.
Æt hām tōdæg wylþ cetel þā hwīle þe anweald þæs ilcan ealdan lāces rest, bīdende tō bēonne gecorfen. Hand slīdeþ, and cruman tōstencaþ, gefangene on sēamum þæs bēodes. Se swēg þæs ofnes and se hlem spona mearciaþ þone cunn tō scieppenne sum frōfrend þing, and þēah se miht wōhes hleapeþ gehende. Se þēaw, tō grētanne, tō þweanne, tō gēotenne, bitt geþyld. Þǣr is bīdung betwēonan stæpum tō wīpenne þone bēod, tō settanne þone cuppan fæste, tō orþienne. Wæter mæg spilþan, ac handa leorniaþ stæþignesse mid gelōmnesse.
Mann mæg slāwian þā gēotunge hātes wǣtan on lēofne cuppan, waciende þone rīse ǣr oferflōwe. Sum mann mæg dǣl dēlan of dēorum sticcan mid frēonde, tōbrecende ān genōg tō smæccenne. Clāþ, gewǣted and gewrungen, mæg bēon gebrocen tō clǣnsienne lāfa morgenes misdǣdes, and þā brād gearwienne tō ōþrum cunne. Oþþe, geþencende feorra bearwa and bisigra hyþa, mæg mann dǣl þæs dēoran metes on tungan lecgan and hine tōlīesan lǣtan, gemunende hū manige handa and gelimpa hine hider bǣron.
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