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MEANS OF EARTHLY HAPPINESS

and swīðe gedrēfene on þīnum mōde, forðām þū nafst swilce hǣle swilce þū hæfdest; nē pīne frēond myd ðē næfst æalle þē swā gemode and swā þwēre swā-swā þū woldest. Nē dincð mē ǣac nān wundor þēah þū sī unrot forðām.

A. Rihte ðū hyt ongytst, ne mæg ic þæs ætsacan.

G. Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd[1] þē, ǣgðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum[2] ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

A. Gēa, la gēa; gyf hyt nū fǣrenga gewurde, nyste ic nāhwǣr[3] eorðan hū ic ongynnan wolde.

G. Hū ne hæfst þū ðonne gēot ællce gedrēfednesse, ǣgðer ge mōdes ge līchaman, - nū þū þā twā hæfst, - þæt is, ungemetlicum unrātnesse? Wǣre þū for inwordlice dysig, ðā þū wilnodest þæt þū scoldest myd swilcum ǣagum þā hēah sunnan and ǣce gesēon?[4]

A. Nū þū hæfst mē myd æalle ofercumme, þæt ic nāwðer eorðan nāt hwilcne dǣl hǣle ic hæbbe, nē hwilcne dǣl unhǣle.

G. Nys þæt nān wondor. Næfð nān man tō þæs hāl ēagan þæt hē ǣni hwīle mage lōcigan ongēan þās sunnan,


tua valetudo minus integra est, facit animo nonnullam aegritudinem: nam et id esse consequens video.

A. Recte vides; negare non possum.

R. Quid, si te reþente sano esse corpore sentias et probes, tecum- que omnes quos diligis concorditer, liberali otio frui videas, nonne aliquantum tibi etiam laetitia gestienðum est?

A. Vere aliquantum; imo, si haec praesertim, ut dicis, reþente provenerint, quando me capiam; quando id genus gaudii vel dissimulare permittar?

R. Omnibus igitur adhuc morbis animi et þerturbationibus agi- taris. Quaenam ergo talium oculorum imþudentia est, velle illum solem videre?

A. Ita conclusisti quasi prorsus non sentiam quantum sanitas mea promoverit, aut quid þestium recesserit, quantumque restiterit. Facne istud concedere.

R. Nonne vides hos corporis oculos etiam sanos, luce solis istius

  1. myð.
  2. ylcam willam.
  3. nawar.
  4. æac geseon.