rpeotole oncnapan. leohte geleafan. þu foɲlætan rcealt. idle ofer-rælþa. unnýtne gefean. 50 Clearly to understand, The pure faith; Thou shalt renounce Vain superfluities, Unprofitable glory; þu rcealt eac yfelne eze. 55 Thou shalt also evil fear an-foɲlætan. populd-eapfopa. Dismiss, Worldly troubles; ne mort þu peran foɲ þæm. Nor must thou be through them ealler to opmod. ne þu þe æfɲe ne læt. plenca gepæcan. Altogether dejected. 60 Nor do thou ever let Prosperity excite thee, þe lær þu peoɲde foɲ him. Lest thou through it shouldst be mid ofer-mettum. eft gescended. and to upaharen. For opforgum. þonne be foɲ poɲulde. piþerpearda mæst.° pinza preage. and þu þe relfum. spiþost onsitte. forþæm fimle bið. With arrogance Again corrupted, 65 And too much lifted up With prosperous, Worldly goods. Nor again too weakly Despair 70 of any good: When in the world Adverse things Thee most afflict; And thou thyself 75 Chiefly weighest down. For always is • MS. mærð. hinan geond scinan. [mistum Hence shine runne foɲ þæm rрeaɲtum For the swart mists, æp þæm hi zerpiðɲad peoppen. Until they are subdued. Da re Pirdom eft. pord-hord onleac. rang rod-cpidar. and þur relfa cpæð. Donne rio runne. speotolost scineð. hadport of herone. hɲæde biod abistrod. METRE VI.P THEN Wisdom again His treasury of words unlocked, Sung various maxims, And thus expressed himself. 5 When the sun Clearest shines, Serenest in the heaven; Quickly are obscured P Boet. Lib. ii. Met. iii. Cum polo Phœbus roseis quadrigis, &c. ealle ofin eopban. odre steopɲan. Over the earth 10 All other stars : Foɲþæm hioɲa biɲhtu ne bid. Because their brightness is not auht [biɲhtnesse.]a to gerettane. And eac þa ɲuman ɲæ. þæt hio strange geond And also the northern storm That it is strongly agitated, Alas! that on earth, Work in the world, Does not ever remain ! Both the alliteration and sense shew that a word has been omitted in the MS. and I have supplied the deficiency by inserting binhenerre. METRE VII.' Da onzon re Pisdom. Lpæð he ne herde. monna ænig. æfɲe gemengan. THEN began Wisdom A lay in his discourse; Maxims again. He said he never heard, A roof-fast hall. Nor need moreover any man, That he may wisdom Ever mingle. Heardest thou ever, That any man On sand hills 20 Could set Boet. Lib. ii. Met. iv. Quisquis volet perennem, &c. • MS. ært. MS. heane. færte healle. Ne mæg eac fiɲa nan. pisdom timbɲan. þær þær poruld-zitsung. beorg oferbrædeð. bapu rond pillað. ɲen forspelgan. Spa de picɲa nu. grundleas zitsung. gilper and æhta. zedrinced to drýggum. dreorendne pelan. A firm hall? Nor can moreover any man Where worldly covetousness 25 Overspreads the hill. The bare sand desires To swallow up the rain. 30 Of glory and possessions, Drink to the dregs Perishable wealth: and þeah þær þeappan ne bid. And yet of this desire þurrt aceled. Is not the thirst allayed. Ne mæz hæleþa zehpæm. 35 Nor may to any man, hur on munte. lange gelærtan. Fonþæm him lungɲe on. spift pind spapeð. Ne bid rond pon ma. pið micelne ɲen. manna ængum. hurer hinde. ac hit hɲeoran pile. rizan fond æfter ɲene. Spa bio anɲa gehpær. monna mod-refan. miclum apezede. of hioɲa stede styrede. D A house on a mountain Long remain; For on it quickly The swift wind sweeps. 40 Nor is sand the better, Against much rain, But it will fall, 45 The sand sink after rain. So are the minds Of every one of men, From their place moved, wird 25 |