[N]e sceal ðer beo sciet ne scrud. ne woruld wele nane.
eal þe murhðe þe me us bi hat. al hít sceal beo god ane.
365 [N]e mei na murhðe. beo swa muchel. se is godes sihte.
[H]e ís soð sunne ⁊ briht. ⁊ dei ábuten nihte.
[H]e is ælches godes ful. nis him na wið uten.
na god nis him wane þe wunieð him abuten.
Þer is wéle ábute gane. ⁊ reste abuten swinche.
370 þe mei ⁊ nele ðider cume. sare hit him sceal óf ðinche.
(EGERTON MS., FIRST COPY.)
Þer is blisse a buten treȝe. ⁊ lif a buten deaþe