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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 23
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Sie ðæt la on eorðan ælces ðinges gesælig mon, gif he gesion mæge þone hlutrestan heofontorhtan stream, æðelne æwelm ælces goodes, and of him selfum ðone sweartan mist, modes þiostro, mæg aweorpan. We sculon ðeah gita mid godes fylste ealdum and leasum ðinne ingeðonc betan bispellum, þæt ðu ðe bet mæge aredian to rodorum rihte stige on ðone ecan eard ussa saula.