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WISDOM LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE

nele hys andgyt ǣcan þā hwile þe hē on þisse weorulde byð, and simle[1] wīscan and willnian þæt hē mōte cuman tō ðām ǣcan lȳfe þǣr ūs nānwiht ne byð dȳgles.

Hǣr[2] endiað þā cwidas þe Ælfred kining ālæs of þǣre bēc þe we hātað on.....


  1. smile; a word erased between smile and wiscan.
  2. ær.