[N]e mai hit quenche salt water ne auene stream ne sture.
[Þ]is is þat fur þat afre barneð ne mai no wiht [hit] quenche.
[Þ]ar inne beð þe was to lef wreche men to swenche. |
Þo þe [waren] swikele men ⁊ ful of euele wrenchen.
256 ⁊ þo þe mihten euel don ⁊ lief hit was to þenchen.
Þe luueden rauing ⁊ stale hordom ⁊ druken
⁊ an defles werkes bliðeliche swunken.
Þo þe waren swo lease men þat mes ne mihte leuen
260 Medȝierne domes men ⁊ w`r´ongwise reuen.
Þo þe oðer mannes wif was lief her oȝen eðlate