Betere him by come iboren þat he nére.
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þus queþ Alured.
140 Lvsteþ ye me leode.
ower is þe neode.
And ich eu wille lére. wit and wisdom.
þat alle þing ouer goþ.
syker he may sitte. þe hyne haueþ to i vere.
145 For þeyh his eyhte him a go.
his wit ne a goþ hym neuer mo.