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At byrð I apper fyne
Ac verray sóna I am scarred
Unntill progenitours left, ðei stod garde
Nu ðæt buyrðen is al Mine

Pople lícian tó hliehhan and plegan
Fram afeor Mine éage dón ioine
Ðanne gret Fýr bernes aweg
And at ðæt tyme hit is mine coyn;

Coyn: nought æf seolfor o matier brihhte
Lic mi hit is dyrk, kevvryd by rúst
Gíet preciose, tresored, and clos hit's céped
Tho oðers carian for hit nought

Hit is at ðýs momentes
I dón hwæt is Béad
Se oðers erum nu se hid
Fréo am I, ac nought contente

Tho I dón mine gewilan
Tó rinnan and plegan and Etan
Fram tréowe ioy, I hýdan stillan
Wéa, comites fram ðæt I cunnan nought moeten

Wéa; ðæt is causeth by al ðæt fyrhtu
Tó hæv theim hit is mine Luste
Hit, se Wéa, I must acceptid
Ðæt alone and hýdan is mine hlot

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