# Juliana

Verse Indeterminate Saxon
    Hwæt! We ðæt hyrdon    hæleð eahtian, deman dædhwate,    þætte in dagum gelamp Maximianes,    se geond middangeard, arleas cyning,    eahtnysse ahof,

## 5

    cwealde cristne men,    circan fylde, geat on græswong    godhergendra, hæþen hildfruma,    haligra blod, ryhtfremmendra.    Wæs his rice brad, wid ond weorðlic    ofer werþeode,

## 10

    lytesna ofer ealne    yrmenne grund. Foron æfter burgum,    swa he biboden hæfde, þegnas þryðfulle.    Oft hi þræce rærdon, dædum gedwolene,    þa þe dryhtnes æ feodon þurh firencræft.    Feondscype rærdon,

## 15

    hofon hæþengield,    halge cwelmdon, breotun boccræftge,    bærndon gecorene, gæston godes cempan    gare ond lige. Sum wæs æhtwelig    æþeles cynnes rice gerefa.    Rondburgum weold,

## 20

    eard weardade    oftast symle in þære ceastre    Commedia, heold hordgestreon.    Oft he hæþengield ofer word godes,    weoh gesohte neode geneahhe.    Wæs him noma cenned

## 25

    Heliseus,    hæfde ealdordom micelne ond mærne.    ða his mod ongon fæmnan lufian,    (hine fyrwet bræc), Iulianan.    Hio in gæste bær halge treowe,    hogde georne

## 30

    þæt hire mægðhad    mana gehwylces fore Cristes lufan    clæne geheolde. ða wæs sio fæmne    mid hyre fæder willan welegum biweddad;    wyrd ne ful cuþe, freondrædenne    hu heo from hogde,

## 35

    geong on gæste.    Hire wæs godes egsa mara in gemyndum,    þonne eall þæt maþþumgesteald þe in þæs æþelinges    æhtum wunade. þa wæs se weliga    þæra wifgifta, goldspedig guma,    georn on mode,

## 40

    þæt him mon fromlicast    fæmnan gegyrede, bryd to bolde.    Heo þæs beornes lufan fæste wiðhogde,    þeah þe feohgestreon under hordlocan,    hyrsta unrim æhte ofer eorþan.    Heo þæt eal forseah,

## 45

    ond þæt word acwæð    on wera mengu: "Ic þe mæg gesecgan    þæt þu þec sylfne ne þearft swiþor swencan.    Gif þu soðne god lufast ond gelyfest,    ond his lof rærest, ongietest gæsta hleo,    ic beo gearo sona

## 50

    unwaclice    willan þines. Swylce ic þe secge,    gif þu to sæmran gode þurh deofolgield    dæde biþencest, hætsð hæþenweoh,    ne meaht þu habban mec, ne geþreatian    þe to gesingan.

## 55

    Næfre þu þæs swiðlic    sar gegearwast þurh hæstne nið    heardra wita, þæt þu mec onwende    worda þissa." ða se æþeling wearð    yrre gebolgen, firendædum fah,    gehyrde þære fæmnan word,

## 60

    het ða gefetigan    ferend snelle, hreoh ond hygeblind,    haligre fæder, recene to rune.    Reord up astag, siþþan hy togædre    garas hlændon, hildeþremman.    Hæðne wæron begen

## 65

    synnum seoce,    sweor ond aþum. ða reordode    rices hyrde wið þære fæmnan fæder    frecne mode, daraðhæbbende:    "Me þin dohtor hafað geywed orwyrðu.    Heo me on an sagað

## 70

    þæt heo mæglufan    minre ne gyme, freondrædenne.    Me þa fraceðu sind on modsefan    mæste weorce, þæt heo mec swa torne    tæle gerahte fore þissum folce,    het me fremdne god,

## 75

    ofer þa oþre    þe we ær cuþon, welum weorþian,    wordum lofian, on hyge hergan,    oþþe hi nabban." Geswearc þa swiðferð    sweor æfter worde, þære fæmnan fæder,    ferðlocan onspeon:

## 80

    "Ic þæt geswerge    þurh soð godu, swa ic are æt him    æfre finde, oþþe, þeoden, æt þe    þine hyldu winburgum in,    gif þas word sind soþ, monna leofast,    þe þu me sagast,

## 85

    þæt ic hy ne sparige,    ac on spild giefe, þeoden mæra,    þe to gewealde. Dem þu hi to deaþe,    gif þe gedafen þince, swa to life læt,    swa þe leofre sy." Eode þa fromlice    fæmnan to spræce,

## 90

    anræd ond yreþweorg,    yrre gebolgen, þær he glædmode    geonge wiste wic weardian.    He þa worde cwæð: "ðu eart dohtor min    seo dyreste ond seo sweteste    in sefan minum,

## 95

    ange for eorþan,    minra eagna leoht, Iuliana!    þu on geaþe hafast þurh þin orlegu    unbiþyrfe ofer witena dom    wisan gefongen. Wiðsæcest þu to swiþe    sylfre rædes

## 100

    þinum brydguman,    se is betra þonne þu, æþelra for eorþan,    æhtspedigra feohgestreona.    He is to freonde god. Forþon is þæs wyrþe,    þæt þu þæs weres frige, ece eadlufan,    an ne forlæte."

## 105

    Him þa seo eadge    ageaf ondsware, Iuliana    (hio to gode hæfde freondrædenne    fæste gestaþelad): "Næfre ic þæs þeodnes    þafian wille mægrædenne,    nemne he mægna god

## 110

    geornor bigonge    þonne he gen dyde, lufige mid lacum    þone þe leoht gescop, heofon ond eorðan    ond holma bigong, eodera ymbhwyrft.    Ne mæg he elles mec bringan to bolde.    He þa brydlufan

## 115

    sceal to oþerre    æhtgestealdum idese secan;    nafað he ænige her." Hyre þa þurh yrre    ageaf ondsware fæder feondlice,    nales frætwe onheht: "Ic þæt gefremme,    gif min feorh leofað

## 120

    gif þu unrædes    ær ne geswicest, ond þu fremdu godu    forð bigongest ond þa forlætest    þe us leofran sind, þe þissum folce    to freme stondað, þæt þu ungeara    ealdre scyldig

## 125

    þurh deora gripe    deaþe sweltest, gif þu geþafian nelt    þingrædenne, modges gemanan.    Micel is þæt ongin ond þreaniedlic    þinre gelican, þæt þu forhycge    hlaford urne."

## 130

    Him þa seo eadge    ageaf ondsware, gleaw ond gode leof,    Iuliana: "Ic þe to soðe    secgan wille, bi me lifgendre    nelle ic lyge fremman. Næfre ic me ondræde    domas þine,

## 135

    ne me weorce sind    witebrogan, hildewoman,    þe þu hæstlice manfremmende    to me beotast, ne þu næfre gedest    þurh gedwolan þinne þæt þu mec acyrre    from Cristes lofe."

## 140

    ða wæs ellenwod,    yrre ond reþe, frecne ond ferðgrim,    fæder wið dehter. Het hi þa swingan,    susle þreagan, witum wægan,    ond þæt word acwæð: "Onwend þec in gewitte,    ond þa word oncyr

## 145

    þe þu unsnyttrum    ær gespræce, þa þu goda ussa    gield forhogdest." Him seo unforhte    ageaf ondsware þurh gæstgehygd,    Iuliana: "Næfre þu gelærest    þæt ic leasingum,

## 150

    dumbum ond deafum    deofolgieldum, gæsta geniðlum    gaful onhate, þam wyrrestum    wites þegnum, ac ic weorðige    wuldres ealdor middangeardes    ond mægenþrymmes,

## 155

    ond him anum to    eal biþence, þæt he mundbora    min geweorþe, helpend ond hælend    wið hellsceaþum." Hy þa þurh yrre    Affricanus, fæder fæmnan ageaf    on feonda geweald

## 160

    Heliseo.    He in æringe gelædan het    æfter leohtes cyme to his domsetle.    Duguð wafade on þære fæmnan wlite,    folc eal geador. Hy þa se æðeling    ærest grette,

## 165

    hire brydguma,    bliþum wordum: "Min se swetesta    sunnan scima, Iuliana!    Hwæt, þu glæm hafast, ginfæste giefe,    geoguðhades blæd! Gif þu godum ussum    gen gecwemest,

## 170

    ond þe to swa mildum    mundbyrd secest, hyldo to halgum,    beoð þe ahylded fram wraþe geworhtra    wita unrim, grimra gyrna,    þe þe gegearwad sind, gif þu onsecgan nelt    soþum gieldum."

## 175

    Him seo æþele mæg    ageaf ondsware: "Næfre þu geþreatast    þinum beotum, ne wita þæs fela    wraðra gegearwast, þæt ic þeodscype    þinne lufie, buton þu forlæte    þa leasinga,

## 180

    weohweorðinga,    ond wuldres god ongyte gleawlice,    gæsta scyppend, meotud moncynnes,    in þæs meahtum sind a butan ende    ealle gesceafta." ða for þam folce    frecne mode

## 185

    beotwordum spræc,    bealg hine swiþe folcagende,    ond þa fæmnan het þurh niðwræce    nacode þennan, ond mid sweopum swingan    synna lease. Ahlog þa se hererinc,    hospwordum spræc:

## 190

    "þis is ealdordom    uncres gewynnes on fruman gefongen!    Gen ic feores þe unnan wille,    þeah þu ær fela unwærlicra    worda gespræce, onsoce to swiðe    þæt þu soð godu

## 195

    lufian wolde.    þe þa lean sceolan wiþerhycgendre,    witebrogan, æfter weorþan,    butan þu ær wiþ hi geþingige,    ond him þoncwyrþe æfter leahtorcwidum    lac onsecge,

## 200

    sibbe gesette.    Læt þa sace restan, lað leodgewin.    Gif þu leng ofer þis þurh þin dolwillen    gedwolan fylgest, þonne ic nyde sceal    niþa gebæded on þære grimmestan    godscyld wrecan,

## 205

    torne teoncwide,    þe þu tælnissum wiþ þa selestan    sacan ongunne, ond þa mildestan    þara þe men witen, þe þes leodscype mid him    longe bieode." Him þæt æþele mod    unforht oncwæð:

## 210

    "Ne ondræde ic me    domas þine, awyrged womsceaða,    ne þinra wita bealo. Hæbbe ic me to hyhte    heofonrices weard, mildne mundboran,    mægna waldend, se mec gescyldeð    wið þinum scinlace

## 215

    of gromra gripe,    þe þu to godum tiohhast. ða sind geasne    goda gehwylces, idle, orfeorme,    unbiþyrfe, ne þær freme meteð    fira ænig soðe sibbe,    þeah þe sece to him

## 220

    freondrædenne.    He ne findeð þær duguþe mid deoflum.    Ic to dryhtne min mod staþelige,    se ofer mægna gehwylc waldeð wideferh,    wuldres agend, sigora gehwylces.    þæt is soð cyning."

## 225

    ða þam folctogan    fracuðlic þuhte þæt he ne meahte    mod oncyrran, fæmnan foreþonc.    He bi feaxe het ahon ond ahebban    on heanne beam, þær seo sunsciene    slege þrowade,

## 230

    sace singrimme,    siex tida dæges, ond he ædre het    eft asettan, laðgeniðla,    ond gelædan bibead to carcerne.    Hyre wæs Cristes lof in ferðlocan    fæste biwunden,

## 235

    milde modsefan,    mægen unbrice. ða wæs mid clustre    carcernes duru behliden, homra geweorc.    Halig þær inne wærfæst wunade.    Symle heo wuldorcyning herede æt heortan,    heofonrices god,

## 240

    in þam nydclafan,    nergend fira, heolstre bihelmad.    Hyre wæs halig gæst singal gesið.    ða cwom semninga in þæt hlinræced    hæleða gewinna, yfeles ondwis.    Hæfde engles hiw,

## 245

    gleaw gyrnstafa    gæstgeniðla, helle hæftling,    to þære halgan spræc: "Hwæt dreogest þu,    seo dyreste ond seo weorþeste    wuldorcyninge, dryhtne ussum?    ðe þes dema hafað

## 250

    þa wyrrestan    witu gegearwad, sar endeleas,    gif þu onsecgan nelt, gleawhycgende,    ond his godum cweman. Wes þu on ofeste,    swa he þec ut heonan lædan hate,    þæt þu lac hraþe

## 255

    onsecge sigortifre,    ær þec swylt nime, deað fore duguðe.    þy þu þæs deman scealt, eadhreðig mæg,    yrre gedygan." Frægn þa fromlice,    seo þe forht ne wæs, Criste gecweme,    hwonan his cyme wære.

## 260

    Hyre se wræcmæcga    wið þingade: "Ic eom engel godes    ufan siþende, þegn geþungen,    ond to þe sended, halig of heahþu.    þe sind heardlicu, wundrum wælgrim,    witu geteohhad

## 265

    to gringwræce.    Het þe god beodan, bearn waldendes,    þæt þe burge þa." ða wæs seo fæmne    for þam færspelle egsan geaclad,    þe hyre se aglæca, wuldres wiþerbreca,    wordum sægde.

## 270

    Ongan þa fæstlice    ferð staþelian, geong grondorleas,    to gode cleopian "Nu ic þec, beorna hleo,    biddan wille ece ælmihtig,    þurh þæt æþele gesceap þe þu, fæder engla,    æt fruman settest,

## 275

    þæt þu me ne læte    of lofe hweorfan þinre eadgife,    swa me þes ar bodað frecne færspel,    þe me fore stondeð. Swa ic þe, bilwitne,    biddan wille þæt þu me gecyðe,    cyninga wuldor,

## 280

    þrymmes hyrde,    hwæt þes þegn sy, lyftlacende,    þe mec læreð from þe on stearcne weg."    Hyre stefn oncwæð wlitig of wolcnum,    word hleoþrade: "Forfoh þone frætgan    ond fæste geheald,

## 285

    oþþæt he his siðfæt    secge mid ryhte, ealne from orde,    hwæt his æþelu syn." ða wæs þære fæmnan    ferð geblissad, domeadigre.    Heo þæt deofol genom ...... "ealra cyninga cyning    to cwale syllan.

## 290

    ða gen ic gecræfte    þæt se cempa ongon waldend wundian,    weorud to segon þæt þær blod ond wæter    bu tu ætgædre eorþan sohtun.    ða gen ic Herode in hyge bisweop    þæt he Iohannes bibead

## 295

    heafde biheawan,    ða se halga wer þære wiflufan    wordum styrde, unryhtre æ.    Eac ic gelærde Simon searoþoncum    þæt he sacan ongon wiþ þa gecorenan    Cristes þegnas,

## 300

    ond þa halgan weras    hospe gerahte þurh deopne gedwolan,    sægde hy dryas wæron. Neþde ic nearobregdum    þær ic Neron bisweac, þæt he acwellan het    Cristes þegnas, Petrus ond Paulus.    Pilatus ær

## 305

    on rode aheng    rodera waldend, meotud meahtigne    minum larum. Swylce ic Egias    eac gelærde þæt he unsnytrum    Andreas het ahon haligne    on heanne beam,

## 310

    þæt he of galgan his    gæst onsende in wuldres wlite.    þus ic wraþra fela mid minum broþrum    bealwa gefremede, sweartra synna,    þe ic asecgan ne mæg, rume areccan,    ne gerim witan,

## 315

    heardra heteþonca."    Him seo halge oncwæð þurh gæstes giefe,    Iuliana: "þu scealt furþor gen,    feond moncynnes, siþfæt secgan,    hwa þec sende to me." Hyre se aglæca    ageaf ondsware,

## 320

    forhtafongen,    friþes orwena: "Hwæt, mec min fæder    on þas fore to þe, hellwarena cyning,    hider onsende of þam engan ham,    se is yfla gehwæs in þam grornhofe    geornfulra þonne ic.

## 325

    þonne he usic sendeð    þæt we soðfæstra þurh misgedwield    mod oncyrren, ahwyrfen from halor,    we beoð hygegeomre, forhte on ferðþe.    Ne biþ us frea milde, egesful ealdor,    gif we yfles noht

## 330

    gedon habbaþ;    ne durran we siþþan for his onsyne    ower geferan. þonne he onsendeð    geond sidne grund þegnas of þystrum,    hateð þræce ræran, gif we gemette sin    on moldwege,

## 335

    oþþe feor oþþe neah    fundne weorþen, þæt hi usic binden    ond in bælwylme suslum swingen.    Gif soðfæstra þurh myrrelsan    mod ne oðcyrreð, haligra hyge,    we þa heardestan

## 340

    ond þa wyrrestan    witu geþoliað þurh sarslege.    Nu þu sylfa meaht on sefan þinum    soð gecnawan, þæt ic þisse noþe wæs    nyde gebæded, þragmælum geþread,    þæt ic þe sohte."

## 345

    þa gen seo halge ongon    hæleþa gewinnan, wrohtes wyrhtan,    wordum frignan, fyrnsynna fruman:    "þu me furþor scealt secgan, sawla feond,    hu þu soðfæstum þurh synna slide    swiþast sceþþe,

## 350

    facne bifongen."    Hyre se feond oncwæð, wræcca wærleas,    wordum mælde: "Ic þe, ead mæg,    yfla gehwylces or gecyðe    oð ende forð þara þe ic gefremede,    nalæs feam siðum,

## 355

    synna wundum,    þæt þu þy sweotolicor sylf gecnawe    þæt þis is soð, nales leas. Ic þæt wende    ond witod tealde þriste geþoncge,    þæt ic þe meahte butan earfeþum    anes cræfte

## 360

    ahwyrfan from halor,    þæt þu heofoncyninge wiðsoce, sigora frean,    ond to sæmran gebuge, onsægde synna fruman.    þus ic soðfæstum þurh mislic bleo    mod oncyrre. þær ic hine finde    ferð staþelian

## 365

    to godes willan,    ic beo gearo sona þæt ic him monigfealde    modes gælsan ongean bere    grimra geþonca, dyrnra gedwilda,    þurh gedwolena rim. Ic him geswete    synna lustas,

## 370

    mæne modlufan,    þæt he minum hraþe, leahtrum gelenge,    larum hyreð. Ic hine þæs swiþe    synnum onæle þæt he byrnende    from gebede swiceð, stepeð stronglice,    staþolfæst ne mæg

## 375

    fore leahtra lufan    lenge gewunian in gebedstowe.    Swa ic brogan to laðne gelæde    þam þe ic lifes ofonn, leohtes geleafan,    ond he larum wile þurh modes myne    minum hyran,

## 380

    synne fremman,    he siþþan sceal godra gumcysta    geasne hweorfan. Gif ic ænigne    ellenrofne gemete modigne    metodes cempan wið flanþræce,    nele feor þonan

## 385

    bugan from beaduwe,    ac he bord ongean hefeð hygesnottor,    haligne scyld, gæstlic guðreaf,    nele gode swican, ac he beald in gebede    bidsteal gifeð fæste on feðan,    ic sceal feor þonan

## 390

    heanmod hweorfan,    hroþra bidæled, in gleda gripe,    gehðu mænan, þæt ic ne meahte    mægnes cræfte guðe wiðgongan,    ac ic geomor sceal secan oþerne    ellenleasran,

## 395

    under cumbolhagan,    cempan sænran, þe ic onbryrdan mæge    beorman mine, agælan æt guþe.    þeah he godes hwæt onginne gæstlice,    ic beo gearo sona, þæt ic ingehygd    eal geondwlite,

## 400

    hu gefæstnad sy    ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht.    Ic þæs wealles geat ontyne þurh teonan;    bið se torr þyrel, ingong geopenad,    þonne ic ærest him þurh eargfare    in onsende

## 405

    in breostsefan    bitre geþoncas þurh mislice    modes willan, þæt him sylfum    selle þynceð leahtras to fremman    ofer lof godes, lices lustas.    Ic beo lareow georn

## 410

    þæt he monþeawum    minum lifge acyrred cuðlice    from Cristes æ, mod gemyrred    me to gewealde in synna seað.    Ic þære sawle ma geornor gyme    ymb þæs gæstes forwyrd

## 415

    þonne þæs lichoman,    se þe on legre sceal weorðan in worulde    wyrme to hroþor, bifolen in foldan."    ða gien seo fæmne spræc: "Saga, earmsceapen,    unclæne gæst, hu þu þec geþyde,    þystra stihtend,

## 420

    on clænra gemong?    þu wið Criste geo wærleas wunne    ond gewin tuge, hogdes wiþ halgum.    þe wearð helle seað niþer gedolfen,    þær þu nydbysig fore oferhygdum    eard gesohtes.

## 425

    Wende ic þæt þu þy wærra    weorþan sceolde wið soðfæstum    swylces gemotes ond þy unbealdra,    þe þe oft wiðstod þurh wuldorcyning    willan þines." Hyre þa se werga    wið þingade,

## 430

    earm aglæca:    "þu me ærest saga, hu þu gedyrstig    þurh deop gehygd wurde þus wigþrist    ofer eall wifa cyn, þæt þu mec þus fæste    fetrum gebunde, æghwæs orwigne.    þu in ecne god,

## 435

    þrymsittendne,    þinne getreowdes, meotud moncynnes,    swa ic in minne fæder, hellwarena cyning,    hyht staþelie. þonne ic beom onsended    wið soðfæstum, þæt ic in manweorcum    mod oncyrre,

## 440

    hyge from halor,    me hwilum biþ forwyrned þurh wiþersteall    willan mines, hyhtes æt halgum,    swa me her gelamp sorg on siþe.    Ic þæt sylf gecneow to late micles,    sceal nu lange ofer þis,

## 445

    scyldwyrcende,    scame þrowian. Forþon ic þec halsige    þurh þæs hyhstan meaht, rodorcyninges giefe,    se þe on rode treo geþrowade,    þrymmes ealdor, þæt þu miltsige    me þearfendum,

## 450

    þæt unsælig    eall ne forweorþe, þeah ic þec gedyrstig    ond þus dolwillen siþe gesohte,    þær ic swiþe me þyslicre ær    þrage ne wende." ða seo wlitescyne    wuldres condel

## 455

    to þam wærlogan    wordum mælde: "þu scealt ondettan    yfeldæda ma, hean helle gæst,    ær þu heonan mote, hwæt þu to teonan    þurhtogen hæbbe micelra manweorca    manna tudre

## 460

    deorcum gedwildum."    Hyre þæt deofol oncwæð: "Nu ic þæt gehyre    þurh þinne hleoþorcwide, þæt ic nyde sceal    niþa gebæded mod meldian,    swa þu me beodest, þreaned þolian.    Is þeos þrag ful strong,

## 465

    þreat ormæte.    Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian ond þafian    on þinne dom, womdæda onwreon,    þe ic wideferg sweartra gesyrede.    Oft ic syne ofteah, ablende bealoþoncum    beorna unrim

## 470

    monna cynnes,    misthelme forbrægd þurh attres ord    eagna leoman sweartum scurum,    ond ic sumra fet forbræc bealosearwum,    sume in bryne sende, in liges locan,    þæt him lasta wearð

## 475

    siþast gesyne.    Eac ic sume gedyde þæt him banlocan    blode spiowedan, þæt hi færinga    feorh aleton þurh ædra wylm.    Sume on yðfare wurdon on wege    wætrum bisencte,

## 480

    on mereflode,    minum cræftum under reone stream.    Sume ic rode bifealh, þæt hi hyra dreorge    on hean galgan lif aletan.    Sume ic larum geteah, to geflite fremede,    þæt hy færinga

## 485

    ealde æfþoncan    edniwedan, beore druncne.    Ic him byrlade wroht of wege,    þæt hi in winsele þurh sweordgripe    sawle forletan of flæschoman    fæge scyndan,

## 490

    sarum gesohte.    Sume, þa ic funde butan godes tacne,    gymelease, ungebletsade,    þa ic bealdlice þurh mislic cwealm    minum hondum searoþoncum slog.    Ic asecgan ne mæg,

## 495

    þeah ic gesitte    sumerlongne dæg, eal þa earfeþu    þe ic ær ond siþ gefremede to facne,    siþþan furþum wæs rodor aræred    ond ryne tungla, folde gefæstnad    ond þa forman men,

## 500

    Adam ond Aeue,    þam ic ealdor oðþrong, ond hy gelærde    þæt hi lufan dryhtnes, ece eadgiefe    anforleton, beorhtne boldwelan,    þæt him bæm gewearð yrmþu to ealdre,    ond hyra eaferum swa,

## 505

    mircast manweorca.    Hwæt sceal ic ma riman yfel endeleas?    Ic eall gebær, wraþe wrohtas    geond werþeode, þa þe gewurdun    widan feore from fruman worulde    fira cynne,

## 510

    eorlum on eorþan.    Ne wæs ænig þara þæt me þus þriste,    swa þu nu þa, halig mid hondum,    hrinan dorste, næs ænig þæs modig    mon ofer eorþan þurh halge meaht,    heahfædra nan

## 515

    ne witgena.    þeah þe him weoruda god onwrige, wuldres cyning,    wisdomes gæst, giefe unmæte,    hwæþre ic gong to þam agan moste.    Næs ænig þara þæt mec þus bealdlice    bennum bilegde,

## 520

    þream forþrycte,    ær þu nu þa þa miclan meaht    mine oferswiðdest, fæste forfenge,    þe me fæder sealde, feond moncynnes,    þa he mec feran het, þeoden of þystrum,    þæt ic þe sceolde

## 525

    synne swetan.    þær mec sorg bicwom, hefig hondgewinn.    Ic bihlyhhan ne þearf æfter sarwræce    siðfæt þisne magum in gemonge,    þonne ic mine sceal agiefan gnorncearig    gafulrædenne

## 530

    in þam reongan ham."    ða se gerefa het, gealgmod guma,    Iulianan of þam engan hofe    ut gelædan on hyge halge    hæþnum to spræce to his domsetle.    Heo þæt deofol teah,

## 535

    breostum inbryrded,    bendum fæstne, halig hæþenne.    Ongan þa hreowcearig siðfæt seofian,    sar cwanian, wyrd wanian,    wordum mælde: "Ic þec halsige,    hlæfdige min,

## 540

    Iuliana,    fore godes sibbum, þæt þu furþur me    fraceþu ne wyrce, edwit for eorlum,    þonne þu ær dydest, þa þu oferswiþdest    þone snotrestan under hlinscuan    helwarena cyning

## 545

    in feonda byrig;    þæt is fæder user, morþres manfrea.    Hwæt, þu mec þreades þurh sarslege!    Ic to soþe wat þæt ic ær ne sið    ænig ne mette in woruldrice    wif þe gelic,

## 550

    þristran geþohtes    ne þweorhtimbran mægþa cynnes.    Is on me sweotul þæt þu unscamge    æghwæs wurde on ferþe frod."    ða hine seo fæmne forlet æfter þræchwile    þystra neosan

## 555

    in sweartne grund,    sawla gewinnan, on wita forwyrd.    Wiste he þi gearwor, manes melda,    magum to secgan, susles þegnum,    hu him on siðe gelomp.    "georne ær

## 560

    heredon on heahþu    ond his halig word, sægdon soðlice    þæt he sigora gehwæs ofer ealle gesceaft    ana weolde, ecra eadgiefa."    ða cwom engel godes frætwum blican    ond þæt fyr tosceaf,

## 565

    gefreode ond gefreoðade    facnes clæne, leahtra lease,    ond þone lig towearp, heorogiferne,    þær seo halie stod, mægþa bealdor,    on þam midle gesund. þæt þam weligan wæs    weorc to þolianne,

## 570

    þær he hit for worulde    wendan meahte, sohte synnum fah,    hu he sarlicast þurh þa wyrrestan    witu meahte feorhcwale findan.    Næs se feond to læt, se hine gelærde    þæt he læmen fæt

## 575

    biwyrcan het    wundorcræfte, wiges womum,    ond wudubeamum, holte bihlænan.    ða se hearda bibead þæt mon þæt lamfæt    leades gefylde, ond þa onbærnan het    bælfira mæst,

## 580

    ad onælan,    se wæs æghwonan ymbboren mid brondum.    Bæð hate weol. Het þa ofestlice    yrre gebolgen leahtra lease    in þæs leades wylm scufan butan scyldum.    þa toscaden wearð

## 585

    lig tolysed.    Lead wide sprong, hat, heorogifre.    Hæleð wurdon acle arasad for þy ræse.    þær on rime forborn þurh þæs fires fnæst    fif ond hundseofontig hæðnes herges.    ða gen sio halge stod

## 590

    ungewemde wlite.    Næs hyre wloh ne hrægl, ne feax ne fel    fyre gemæled, ne lic ne leoþu.    Heo in lige stod æghwæs onsund,    sægde ealles þonc dryhtna dryhtne.    þa se dema wearð

## 595

    hreoh ond hygegrim,    ongon his hrægl teran, swylce he grennade    ond gristbitade, wedde on gewitte    swa wilde deor, grymetade gealgmod    ond his godu tælde, þæs þe hy ne meahtun    mægne wiþstondan

## 600

    wifes willan.    Wæs seo wuldres mæg anræd ond unforht,    eafoða gemyndig, dryhtnes willan.    þa se dema het aswebban sorgcearig    þurh sweordbite on hyge halge,    heafde bineotan

## 605

    Criste gecorene.    Hine se cwealm ne þeah, siþþan he þone fintan    furþor cuþe. ða wearð þære halgan    hyht geniwad ond þæs mægdnes mod    miclum geblissad, siþþan heo gehyrde    hæleð eahtian

## 610

    inwitrune,    þæt hyre endestæf of gewindagum    weorþan sceolde, lif alysed.    Het þa leahtra ful clæne ond gecorene    to cwale lædan, synna lease.    ða cwom semninga

## 615

    hean helle gæst,    hearmleoð agol, earm ond unlæd,    þone heo ær gebond awyrgedne    ond mid witum swong, cleopade þa for corþre,    ceargealdra full: "Gyldað nu mid gyrne,    þæt heo goda ussa

## 620

    meaht forhogde,    ond mec swiþast geminsade,    þæt ic to meldan wearð. Lætað hy laþra    leana hleotan þurh wæpnes spor,    wrecað ealdne nið, synne gesohte.    Ic þa sorge gemon,

## 625

    hu ic bendum fæst    bisga unrim on anre niht    earfeða dreag, yfel ormætu."    þa seo eadge biseah ongean gramum,    Iuliana, gehyrde heo hearm galan    helle deofol.

## 630

    Feond moncynnes    ongon þa on fleam sceacan, wita neosan,    ond þæt word acwæð: "Wa me forworhtum!    Nu is wen micel þæt heo mec eft wille    earmne gehynan yflum yrmþum,    swa heo mec ær dyde."

## 635

    ða wæs gelæded    londmearce neah ond to þære stowe    þær hi stearcferþe þurh cumbolhete    cwellan þohtun. Ongon heo þa læran    ond to lofe trymman folc of firenum    ond him frofre gehet,

## 640

    weg to wuldre,    ond þæt word acwæð: "Gemunað wigena wyn    ond wuldres þrym, haligra hyht,    heofonengla god. He is þæs wyrðe,    þæt hine werþeode ond eal engla cynn    up on roderum

## 645

    hergen, heahmægen,    þær is help gelong ece to ealdre,    þam þe agan sceal. Forþon ic, leof weorud,    læran wille, æfremmende,    þæt ge eower hus gefæstnige,    þy læs hit ferblædum

## 650

    windas toweorpan.    Weal sceal þy trumra strong wiþstondan    storma scurum, leahtra gehygdum.    Ge mid lufan sibbe, leohte geleafan,    to þam lifgendan stane stiðhydge    staþol fæstniað,

## 655

    soðe treowe    ond sibbe mid eow healdað æt heortan,    halge rune þurh modes myne.    þonne eow miltse giefeð fæder ælmihtig,    þær ge frofre agun æt mægna gode,    mæste þearfe

## 660

    æfter sorgstafum.    Forþon ge sylfe neton utgong heonan,    ende lifes. Wærlic me þinceð    þæt ge wæccende wið hettendra    hildewoman wearde healden,    þy læs eow wiþerfeohtend

## 665

    weges forwyrnen    to wuldres byrig. Biddað bearn godes    þæt me brego engla, meotud moncynnes,    milde geweorþe, sigora sellend.    Sibb sy mid eowic, symle soþ lufu."    ða hyre sawl wearð

## 670

    alæded of lice    to þam langan gefean þurh sweordslege.    þa se synscaþa to scipe sceohmod    sceaþena þreate Heliseus    ehstream sohte, leolc ofer laguflod    longe hwile

## 675

    on swonrade.    Swylt ealle fornom secga hloþe    ond hine sylfne mid, ærþon hy to lande    geliden hæfdon, þurh þearlic þrea.    þær XXX wæs ond feowere eac    feores onsohte

## 680

    þurh wæges wylm    wigena cynnes, heane mid hlaford,    hroþra bidæled, hyhta lease    helle sohton. Ne þorftan þa þegnas    in þam þystran ham, seo geneatscolu    in þam neolan scræfe,

## 685

    to þam frumgare    feohgestealda witedra wenan,    þæt hy in winsele ofer beorsetle    beagas þegon, æpplede gold.    Ungelice wæs læded lofsongum    lic haligre

## 690

    micle mægne    to moldgræfe, þæt hy hit gebrohton    burgum in innan, sidfolc micel.    þær siððan wæs geara gongum    godes lof hafen þrymme micle    oþ þisne dæg

## 695

    mid þeodscipe.    Is me þearf micel þæt seo halge me    helpe gefremme, þonne me gedælað    deorast ealra, sibbe toslitað    sinhiwan tu, micle modlufan.    Min sceal of lice

## 700

    sawul on siðfæt,    nat ic sylfa hwider, eardes uncyðgu;    of sceal ic þissum, secan oþerne    ærgewyrhtum, gongan iudædum.    Geomor hweorfeð cen yr ond nyd.    Cyning biþ reþe,

## 705

    sigora syllend,    þonne synnum fah eh wen ond ur    acle bidað hwæt him æfter dædum    deman wille lifes to leane.    lagu feoh beofað, seomað sorgcearig.    Sar eal gemon,

## 710

    synna wunde,    þe ic siþ oþþe ær geworhte in worulde.    þæt ic wopig sceal tearum mænan.    Wæs an tid to læt þæt ic yfeldæda    ær gescomede, þenden gæst ond lic    geador siþedan

## 715

    onsund on earde.    þonne arna biþearf, þæt me seo halge    wið þone hyhstan cyning geþingige.    Mec þæs þearf monaþ, micel modes sorg.    Bidde ic monna gehwone gumena cynnes,    þe þis gied wræce,

## 720

    þæt he mec neodful    bi noman minum gemyne modig,    ond meotud bidde þæt me heofona helm    helpe gefremme, meahta waldend,    on þam miclan dæge, fæder, frofre gæst,    in þa frecnan tid,

## 725

    dæda demend,    ond se deora sunu, þonne seo þrynis    þrymsittende in annesse    ælda cynne þurh þa sciran gesceaft    scrifeð bi gewyrhtum meorde monna gehwam.    Forgif us, mægna god,

## 730

    þæt we þine onsyne,    æþelinga wyn, milde gemeten    on þa mæran tid. Amen.

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