His catel muste he wel bitake,” &c.

KING ATHELWOLD DIES.

Þanne he hauede ben ofte swngen,

[Fol. 205, col. 2.]

Ofte shriuen, and ofte dungen,

In manus tuas, lou[er]de,” he seyde,

Her þat he þe speche leyde.

The king dies.

To ihesu crist bigan to calle,

And deyede biforn his heymen alle.