_ 645 _Uxor tua sicut vitis habundans._
Ic was the biwedded. I was wedded to thee
wurthliche * * * e. honourably,
et then fontstone. at the fount stone,
that thu haucst ifuled. that thou hast defiled
mid thine fule othes. 650 with thy foul oaths.
Thu hafest thin ful_luht_ forloren. Thou hast forfeited thy baptism
behinden and biuoren. here and hereafter.
Feire thu were imerked. Fair thou wert marked,
heie on thine heafde. high on thy head,
_mid th_en holie ele. 655 with the holy oil
Thu hauest kine merke. Thou hadst the mark of royalty;
thu scoldest beon on heouene. thou mightst have been in heaven,
heih * * * under Gode. high * * * under God,
[gh]if thu hit ne forlure. if thou hadst not forfeited it
thuruh thaes deofles lore. 660 through the devil's lore.
Thine godfaederes _ihat_en. Thy godfathers promised,
aer heo the forleten. before they relinquished thee,
that thu me scoldest holden. that thou shouldst keep me
thuruh holie lufe Cristes. in Christ's holy love
and _drig_htene lawe.
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