Colors for the Fool

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Se Pāpa, riht

Se Pāpa

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Riht

Ān līchama sitt beforan twām sēcendum, and lǣrþ þurh þā ealdan wīsan. Sēo wīsdōm hēr ne bītt þæt þū āna hīe finde. Hēo is giefen þurh þēaw and þurh þā handa þe ǣr cōmon.

Se Pāpa is se weg intō þǣm ymbhwyrfte, nā se weg ūt of þē selfum. Þā stæpas and þā word þe sind giefen, þā sind fōtstōl þāra þe þisne weg ǣr ēodon.

Tōdæg leorna be þǣre wīsan þe hæfþ gestanden. Læt þē lǣdan. Þǣr is mægen on þǣm þe man fela tōgædere heald.

Onwend

Se Pāpa, onwend

Sēo wīse biþ hefigre þonne hire andgiet, and se þēaw oferstīgaþ þā mearcunge. Þā cǣga sind gehæfd tō hæbbenne, nā tō ontȳnenne. Þāra lārēowa word ne cumaþ tō þē, and þīne āgenan reglu āna mōton standan.

Onwend, sēo leornung wierþ tō tācne þæs hēapes, nā tō andgiete. Ācsunga sind āwende, and se þēaw biþ īdel. Se ymbhwyrft wierþ heard, and þe ūt āscūfaþ.

Tōdæg cunn hwæþer þā ealdan cǣga gȳt þā duru ontȳnaþ. Ne forlǣt þā gelēafan. Ac ne heald cǣge þe nǣnige duru mā ontȳnþ.