oul,
soriliche to hire li_chame_. sorrowfully to the body,
aefre thu were luther. 330 thou wert ever wicked
theo hwile thu lif haefdest. whilst thou hadst life,
thu were leas and luti. thou wert false and deceitful,
and unriht lufede_st_. and loved injustice
_and_ luthere deden. and wicked deeds,
deredest cristene men. 335 and injured Christian men
and mid worde and mid werke. with word and with work,
so thu wurst mihte. as thou worst might.
_ic was_ from Gode clene. I was sent to thee
to the isend. innocent from God,
ac thu hauest unc fordon. 340 but thou hast undone us,
mid thine luthere deden. with thy wicked deeds.
_aefre_ thu were gredi. Ever thou wert greedy,
and mid gromen the onfulled. and filled thyself with fierceness,
unneathe ic on the. I hardly in thee
eni wununge ha_uede_. 345 had any dwelling,
for hearde nithe. for hard covetousness,
and ofer mete fulle. and foul gluttony;
for thin wombe was thin god. for thy belly was thy god,
and thin wulder _thu_ iscend. 349 and thou spoiled thy glory.
forloren thu havest theo ece blisse. Lost thou hast everlasting bliss,
binumen thu havest the paradis. thou hast deprived thee of Paradise.
bi_nu_men the is that holi lond. Taken from thee is that holy land;
then deofle thu bist isold on hond. thou art given into the devil's hand,
for noldest thu nefre _habb_en inouh. for thou wouldst never have enough,
buten thu hefdest unifouh. 355 unless thou hadst repletion.
Nu is that swete al agon. Now is the sweet all gone,
thet bittere the bi_th_ fornon. the bitter is near thee,
that bittere ilest the efre. that bitter lasteth thee ever,
thet gode ne cumeth the nefre. that good cometh to thee never.
thus ageth nu th_in sith_. 360 Thus goeth now thy lot,
aefter thin wrecce lif. after thy wicked life.
thu wendest that thin ende. Thou thoughtest that thine end
nefre ne cuman scolde. should never come.
to long * * * lede death the. Too long * * * death thee,
that he nolde nimen the. 365 that he would not take thee,