b pæɲen æghæɲ rpelce. under sunnan. Ac hit ir ræmɲe nu. þær þeor zitrunc hapa. zumena zehpelcer. mod amerred. þær he maɲan ne pec. ac hit on pitte. peallende bynnð. efne sio zitrung. þe nænne grund hafað. Then they no bloody steel, 70 (The inhabitants of earth) Beheld under the sun. No one afterwards would have been 75 His evil will of old: [all. He would have been loathsome to O that it might be! Or that God would, That on earth now, 80 In our times, Through the wide world, They were everywhere such, But it is worse now, 85 That this covetousness has Of every man, The mind corrupted: That he is reckless of other things: But it in his mind 90 Raging burns, Even the covetousness Which has no bottom; mod speaɲte spæƑeð. rumer on lice. erne þam munte, þe nu monna beann. Etne hatað. re on iglonde, Sicilia. rperle bynned. þær mon helle fyn. forþæm hit fimle bið. Єala hpæt re foɲma. feoh-zitrere. It black lies smouldering, Somewhat like 95 Even to that mountain, Which now the children of men Call Etna; Which in the island Of Sicily 100 With sulphur burns, That men hell fire Widely call, Because it ever is, Perpetually burning; 105 And about it Other places Everywhere burns up, With a bitter flame. Alas! that the first 110 Miser pæne on populde. Should have been in the world, Who the fields Delved after gold, And after precious stones; In water or in earth! METRE IX. Apæt pe ealle piton. hpelce ærlerte. ze neah ze feoɲ. Nenon ponhte. Rompaɲa cyning. þa his ɲice pæs. hehst under heofonum. to hɲype monegum, Pælhneoper geped. pær ful pide cuð. unpiht-hæmed. aplearta fela. man and mօրbօր. mirdada porn. unrihtpises. inpid-poncar. De het him to zamene. geana foɲbæɲnan. Romana buɲiz. rio his nicer pæɲ. c Boet. Lib. ii. Met. vi. E We all indeed know What iniquities, Both near and far, 5-King of the Romans, The madness of the tyrant 10 Was full widely known,— Adultery,― Many impieties,— Wickedness and murder,A multitude of misdeeds,15 Of an iniquitous man The machinations! He ordered for his sport, The city of the Romans, 20 Which was of his whole empire Novimus quantas dederit ruinas, &c. ealler epel-rtol. gif fýr meahte. lixan rpa leohte. and rpa longe eac. readra settan. hama under hefonum. þær hine rpelcer gamener. zilpan lyrte. þa he ne eaɲnade. eller puhte. buton þær he polde. ofer per-piode. Eac hit gerælde. The metropolis. He through foolishness, Whether that fire might 25 Shine as bright, And as long also, And redder subside, Since he the Romans Heard say, 30 That on a certain time, The lightest flame, The longest burning Of dwellings under heaven, That was not a glorious deed, When he earned not Except that he would His own power, Somewhat display. 45 It also happened, At a certain time, maining Romana pitan. and þa æþelertan. eorl gebyrdum. þe he on þæm folce. gefrigen hæfde. and on uppan. agene bropoɲ. and his modoɲ mid. meca ecgum. billum of-beatan. De his bryde ofslog. relf mid speorde. and he rymle pæs. micle pe bliðna. on breost-cofan. 50 Of the Romans, And the noblest Earls by birth, Whom he among that people Had discovered : 55 And upon His own brother, And his mother, With the edges of swords, With bills to strike. 60 He slew his bride Himself with a sword; And he was always Much the blither In his breast, þonne he rpylcer mondɲer. 65 When he of such murder mært gefremede. naller forgode. hpæþen riðþan á. mihtig Drihten. ametan polde. prece be gepýɲhtum. poh-fremmendum. ac he on feɲde fæzn. Facner and reaɲupa. pælhɲiop punode. Piold emne rpa þeah. ealler þirrer mæɲan. middan-gearder. Most perpetrated. He nothing cared, Whether afterwards, ever, The mighty Lord 70 Would mete out Punishment by their deeds, Yet he even so governed |