thou reproach uttered,
the he heom sore grulde. which sorely provoked them;
thet ham gros the a[gh]an. that they raged against thee;
_dae_th hine haveth bituned. death hath closed it,
and thene teone aleid. and the anger taken away.
Soth is iseid. 220 Truly it is said
on then salme _be_c. in the Psalm book,
_Os tuum habundavit malitia_, _os tuum habundavit malitia_,
was on thine muthe. wickedness ripe
luthernesse ripe. was in thy mouth.
_no_ldest thu on thine huse. 225 Thou wouldst not in thy house
herborwen theo wrecchen. shelter the poor,
ne mihten heo under _thine_ roue. nor might they under thy roof
none reste finden. find any rest;
noldest thu naefre helpen. nor wouldst thou ever help
tham orlease w_recche_n. 230 the unhappy wretches;
ac thu sete on thine benche. but thou sate on thy bench,
underleid mid thine bolstre. underlaid with thy bolster,
thu wurpe _cn_eow ofer cneow. thou threw knee over knee,
ne icneowe thu the sulfen. nor knew thou thyself
that thu scoldest mid wurmen. 235 that thou shouldst with worms
_husien_ in eorthan. dwell in the earth.
nu thu hauest neowe hus. Now thou hast a new house,
inne bethrungen. a crowded dwelling;
lowe beoth the helewewes. low is the covering,
unhei[gh]e beoth the sidwowes. 240 unhigh the sidewalls,
thin rof liith on thin breoste ful thy roof lieth on thy breast full
_nei_. _nigh_.
colde is the ibedded. Cold art thou embedded,
clothes bidcled. beclad in clothes
nulleth thine hinen. thy hinds would refuse.
clothes the sen * * * 245 Clothes the sen * * *
for heom thuncheth alto lut. for they think all too little
that thu heom bilefdest. that thou didst leave them;
that thu hefdest on hor_de_. that thou hadst in hoard
theo hit wulleth heldan. they will it keep.
thus is iwitan thin weole. 250 Thus is departed thy wealth,
wendest thet hit thin were. _thou_ thoughtest that it thine were.
thus _reowliche_ nu thin sith. Thus ruefull n