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Charm 5


Metrical Charm 5: For Loss of Cattle

Verse Indeterminate Saxon
þonne þe mon ærest secge þæt þin ceap sy losod, þonne
cweð þu ærest, ær þu elles hwæt cweþe:
Bæðleem hatte seo buruh      þe Crist on acænned wæs,
seo is gemærsod      geond ealne middangeard;
5
swa þyos dæd for monnum      mære gewurþe
þurh þa haligan Cristes rode! Amen. Gebide þe þonne
þriwa east and cweþ þonne þriwa: Crux Christi ab oriente
reducað. Gebide þe þonne þriwa west and cweð þonne
þriwa: Crux Christi ab occidente reducat. Gebide þe
10
þonne þriwa suð and cweþ þriwa: Crux Christi ab austro
reducat. Gebide þonne þriwa norð and cweð þriwa: Crux
Christi ab aquilone reducað, crux Christi abscondita est et
inuenta est. Iudeas Crist ahengon, dydon dæda þa
wyrrestan, hælon þæt hy forhelan ne mihtan. Swa þeos
15
dæd nænige þinga forholen ne wurþe þurh þa haligan
Cristes rode. Amen.


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