der that fostering.
ic sceolde lif holden. I might life have held,
_me selle_the he wolde. 640 that he would have given me.
Sone thu were lifleas. Soon thou wert lifeless,
seoththen ic the forleas. sithence I left thee.
Ic was thin imake. I was thy wife,
_so so_ bec seggeth. as the book says:
_Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._ 645 _Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._
Ic was the biwedded. I was wedded to thee
wurthliche * * * e. honourably,
et then fontstone. at the fount stone,
that thu haucst ifuled. that thou hast defiled
mid thine fule othes. 650 with thy foul oaths.
Thu hafest thin ful_luht_ forloren. Thou hast forfeited thy baptism
behinden and biuoren. here and hereafter.
Feire thu were imerked. Fair thou wert marked,
heie on thine heafde. high on thy head,
_mid th_en holie ele. 655 with the holy oil
Thu hauest kine merke. Thou hadst the mark of royalty;
thu scoldest beon on heouene. thou mightst have been in heaven,
heih * * * under Gode. high * * * under God,
[gh]if thu hit ne forlure. if thou hadst not forfeited it
thuruh thaes deofles lore. 660 through the devil's lore.
Thine godfaederes _ihat_en. Thy godfathers promised,
aer heo the forleten. before they relinquished thee,
that thu me scoldest holden. that thou shouldst keep me
thuruh holie lufe Cristes. in Christ's holy love
and _drig_htene lawe. 665 and the law of God,
ledene me to Criste. and lead me to Christ.
Thu withsoke thene deofel. Thou renounced the devil,
efter drihtenes cw_ithe_. (after the Lord's word,)
_his_ modes and his wraenches. his moods, and his deceits,
and his wieles thaerto. 670 and his wiles thereto.
Seoththen thu hine lufedest. Afterwards thou lovedst him,
and for_w_inne drihten. and rebelled against the Lord,
for thu lufedest theo lawen. for thou lovedst the traitors
the drihten weren lothe. that were hateful to God;
unker team _for_loren. 675 our progeny lost
the wit scolden teman. that