.. THE HARROWING OF HELL. e-u^ti^^r . ,uA;if pa ealle ,þa dēoflu clypigenfte ānre ^stefne, "Hwanon eai't þū, la" Hǽlend^çSwā,.straug. man, and swā be'orht on m®geriþrŷmme l būtan ǽlconvwo'mnie, and swā clǽne fram iēlcon leahtre ? Eall eorðan myddaneard us wæs symble underþēod oð nū. And eornostlīce we āhsiað þē, hw.æt

J*u> Þu ^e sw^ ifhfornt us to eart cum en, and þār tð ēacan us wylt fram ātēon ealle þā ðe we gefyrn on bęndum hēoldon ? Hwæðer hyt wen sig þæt ðū sig sē ylca Hǽlend þe Satan 2 ūre ealdor ymbe spæc, and sǽde þæt Surh þŷnne dēað he wolde g'eweald habban ealles

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- -0 s wuor æsai ynng, an ure eoenica ā or , þā nolde þǽra dēofla gērmia,^el^s tiā mare habban, ac he ,? þone dēoflīcan dēað fjor nyðer ' •ātræcl'; and he Satan -..,}:' gegrāp and hyne fæ'ste geband, and hynetærę hęlle;>.., sealde^onj'angeweald.3 Ac hēo hyne þā underfēng eall swā hyre f rayi ūre heof enlīcan Hlāforde gehāten wæs. i, ,Pf^Wæts sēo h^u tō ^ātane, ^Lāðū ealdor e&e forspyT lednysse, and la ðū^of^ and frank ealra yfela, and la ðū

ealra HytDJ),, and la þū'þe., ealdor wǽre ealles dēaðes, and la ordfruma ealre. iilocfigoysse, for Kwig' gel dyrstlǽhtest þū þē þæt ðū þæt^e'jSnl ę^ þ,set lūdēisce folc āsęndest þæt hig þysna Hǽlend arilngon^nd þa hym nǽnne gyft on ne oncneowe ? And þū nū þurh þæj. try w 4 25 and þurh þā rode hæfst ealle þŷne biyjsse forspylled, and - ( Þufh þæt be ðtī þysne wuldres Cyning āhēnge, þū dydest A^y<WVi »^£i,\,.'.\t,^ V'»i r '•- • -i K.LC wyoerwerd.līce ongēan þē5 and ēac .ongēan me; and on- cnāw nū M 'fæla ēce tŷmr%a6 and þā ungeęndðdan sūslo ^

fū byst þrdwjiS^nde on mŷnre ēcan gehealtsumnysse.'l

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3° Ac þā ðā sē wbldres Cyning þæt gehyrde hū sēo hell wyð

1 A) -Þrynine. 2 C, Satanas. ' • 8 C, anweald. * C, treow. 6 C, æg^Ser ongean. . 6 C, tyntregan.