þeyh heo seolf nabbe non.
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þus queþ Alured.
310 Wis child is fader blisse.
Jf hit so bi tydeþ þat þu bern ibidest.
þe hwile hit is lutel. ler him mon þewes.
þanne hit is | wexynde; hit schal wende þar to.
þe betere hit schal iwurþe
315 euer buuen eorþe.
Ac if þu him lest welde. werende on worlde.