50 So is oft the departure,
sorhliche to dae_led_ miserably apportioned,
mid seoruwen al bewunden. with sorrow all surrounded,
thonne the licame and the sowle. when the body and the soul
soriliche to _dael_eth. sorrowfully separate.
thonne bith that wraecche lif. 55 Then is that wretched life
iended al mid sori sith. ended all with sad departure;
thonne bith the _bodi_ge. then is the body
iflut to then flore. banished to the floor;
he bith eastward istreiht. he is stretcht eastward;
he bith sone stif. 60 he is soon stiff;
he _hear_deth also clei. he hardens like clay;
hit is him ikunde. it is of kin to him.
mon hine met mit on [gh]erde. They measure him with a yard,
and tha mol_de_ seoththen. and that dust, thenceforth,
ne mot he of thaere molde. 65 may not of the earth
habben namore. have any more
thonne that rihte imet. than that right measured
r_ih_tliche taecheth. rightly teacheth.
Thonne lith the clei clot. Then lies the clay clod
cold on then flore. 70 cold on the floor,
and him sone from _fleoth_.
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