n doomsday cometh.
thonne scalt thu erming. Then shalt thou, miserable!
up arisen. up arise,
imeten thine morth deden. thy deadly sins measured,
theo the murie _were_n. that were so pleasant to thee;
seoruhful and sorimod. 410 sorrowful and melancholy,
so thin lif wrouhte. the crimes of thy life.
nu beoth thine earen fordutte. Now are thine ears closed,
_non drea_me ihereth. no pleasant sounds they hear;
theo leorneden theo listen. they learned, they listened
tha luthere weren. 415 to those that were wicked.
[_mid_] wowe domes. With unjust judgments,
and gultes _feole_. and many trespasses,
_thu_ othre beraefedest. thou others bereaved
rihtes istreones. of rightful wealth,
_thurh_ thaes deofles lore, 420 through the devil's lore,
theo the likede wel. that thou liked well.
the _deofle_ tuhte his hearpe. The _devil_ touched his harp,
and tuhte the to him. and enticed thee to him;
thu iherdest thene dream. thou heardest the harmony;
he was drih_tene f_ulloth. 425 it was hateful to the Lord.
he swefede the. He lulled thee
mid then sweize. with the sound;
swote thu sleptest. sweetly thou sleptest
longe on thine bedde. long in thy bed;
_n_is the to chirche. 430 nor art thou at church,
ne mostes thu iheren. nor canst thou hear
theo holie draemes. those holy sounds,
theo bellen rungen. the bells tolling,
_that s_iker becnunge waes. that a sure beckoning was;
ne holie lore. 435 nor holy lore
the unker helpe waere. that should be our help.
ac efre he tuhte the. But ever he enticed thee,
_andnu_ beo the iwold ahte. and now thou art in his power;
ac nu beoth fordutte. eke now are closed
thine dream thurles. 440 thy doors of sound,
ne ihereth heo _ne_ more. nor hear they more
non herunge of the. any praise of thee,
aer theo bemen blowen. until the trumpets blow
the unc becnien scu_llen_.