lory.
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* * * me suke to the. * * * * *
_Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._ _Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._
thu * * * et drowe me to the. thou * * * drew me to thee,
walawa! and wa is me. 486 well away! and woe is me!
that ic efre com to the. that I ever came to thee;
for noldest _thu_ mid thine muthe. for thou wouldst not with thy mouth
bimaenen thine neode. bewail thy infirmities;
ac aefre di[gh]elliche. 490 but ever darkly
thu woldest _ham_ bidernan. thou wouldst hide them;
noldest thu ham siggen. nor wouldst thou confess them;
biforen none preosten. before any priest,
ther _al_le men secheth ham ore. where all men seek pardon,
bimaeneth hore misdeden. 495 bewail their misdeeds,
and seoththen milts_unge_ foth. and afterwards obtain mercy;
thurh sothne scrift. through true shrift
sithieth to Criste. depart to Christ;
seggeth hore sunnen. confess their sins
and hor _soules_ helpith. 500 and help their souls,
thurh sothe bireousunge. through true repentance.
theo soule reste onfoth. the soul acquires rest;
ac ne the _scalt_ nefre resten. but thou shalt never rest,
thurh thine bireousunge. through thy repentance.
ac altogaedere ic am forlor_en_. 505 Eke I am altogether lost
_thurh_ thine luthere deden. through thy wicked deeds;
noldest thu mid muthe. thou wouldst not with thy mouth
bidden me none milt_sunge_. pray for mercy to me;
nu thu ert adumbed. now thou art bedumbed,
and death haueth the kei[gh]e. 510 and death has caught thee;
mid clutes thu ert forl_ig_den. thou art laid out with rags,
and loth alle freonden. and loath to all thy friends,
efre ma eft. for ever and ever
on to lokienne. to look on.
thus is reoulic_he thin_ sith. 515 Thus rueful is thy lot,
efter thine wrecche lif. after thy wicked life;
for thu were beset. for thou wert beset
thicke mid sunne. thick with sin,
and alle _theo_ weren prickiende. and they all were pricking
so