Ne moste we bi lefue; for life ne for deaþe.
þus hit fareþ þere; þar fore we beoþ nou here.
50 Nou þou hauest ihord louerd king; soþ of vs and no lesing.
þo saide vortiger þat was wis and swiþe war.
And woche beoþ ȝoure biléue; þat ȝeo an bi léfeþ.
We habbeþ godes gode; þe we louieð in mode.
þe on hatte phebus; þe oþer Saturnus
60 þe þri[d]de hatte Woden; þat was a mihti þing.
þe feorþe hatte Jubiter of alle þinges He his war. |
þe fifþe hatte Merchurius; þat his þe hehest ouer vs.