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The Old and Middle English.
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he þohhte þatt mann munnde y beon y would
off hiss dæþ swiþe bliþe,
and wisste þatt mann munnde þa z z then
for hemm full sare wepenn,
and wollde swa þatt all þe follc
þatt time shollde wepenn,
þatt mann himm shollde findenn dæd
þohh itt forr himm ne wære.


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And affterr þatt ta wass he dæd
In all hiss miccle sinne.
acc þær wass mikell oferrgarrt a a haughti­ness
and modiʓesse b shæwedd b pride
abutenn þatt stinnkennde lic c c body
þær itt wass brohht till eorþe;
forr all þe bære d wass bileʓʓd d bier
wiþþ bætenn gold and sillferr,
and all itt wass eʓʓwhær e bisett e everywhere
wiþþ deorewurrþe f staness, f precious
and all þatt wæde g þatt tær wass g apparel
uppo þe bære fundenn,
all wass itt off þe bettste pall
þatt aniʓ mann maʓʓ aʓhenn, h h own
and all itt wass wmidenn wiþþ gold
and sett wiþþ deore staness,
and all he wass wurrþlike shridd i i honourably clothed
alls iff he wære o life,
and onn hiss hæfedd wærenn twa
gildene cruness sette,
and himm wass sett inn hiss rihht hannd
an dere kineʓerrde k; k sceptre
and swa mann barr þatt fule l lic l foul
till þær he bedenn haffde. m m had bidden
and hise cnihhtess alle imæn n n together
forth ʓedenn o wiþþ þe bære, o went