The Meters of Boethius: Meter 16 — Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records))

Se þe wille anwald agon, ðonne sceal he ærest tilian þæt he his selfes on sefan age anwald innan, þy læs he æfre sie his unþeawum eall underðyded, ado of his mode mislicra fela þara ymbhogona þe him unnet sie, læte sume hwile siofunga ana ermða sinra. þeah him eall sie þes middangeard, swa swa merestreamas utan belicgað, on æht gifen, efne swa wide swa swa westmest nu an iglond ligð ut on garsecg, þær nængu bið niht on sumera ne wuhte þon ma on wintra dæg

toteled tidum, þæt is Tile haten; þeah nu anra hwa ealles wealde þæs iglandes, and eac þonan oð Indeas eastewearde; þeah he nu þæt eall agan mote, hwy bið his anwald auhte ðy mara, gif he siððan nah his selfes geweald ingeðances, and hine eorneste wel ne bewarenað wordum and dædum wið ða unþeawas þe we ymb sprecað?