130 Transactions. 
“* On-girded Him, 
God Almighty, 
When he would 
On gallows mount, 
Proud before 
All men 
Bow [durst not IJ.” 
In the second column the cross itself speaks, and says— 
« (Ahof) Ik riikne kyningk © 
heafunzes hlafard, 
heelda ik ni darstz, 
bismerzedu ungket men ba etgadre 
ik wees mith blode bistemid 
bigoten of. oe 
“T upraised the mighty King, 
Heaven’s Lord, 
Heel (over), I durst not, 
Men reviled us both together. 
I was with blood besmeared, 
Poured from [the man’s side].” 
Weturn now to the third column, on the other side of the monu- 
ment, and there read— 
“* 4 Krist waes on rodi, 
hwethre ther fusze 
fearran kwomu 
eththile til anum. 
ik thet al biheald 
sare ik wes mith sorgum gidreefid.” 
“¢ Christ was on Rood, 
Whither there readily, 
(Men) came from afar 
The Prince to aid— 
I that all beheld, 
Sore I was with sorrow troubled.” 
The fourth column gives— 
“¢ Mith strelum giwunded, 
alegdun hie hin limwerignz 
gistoddun him (zt) his likeas heafdum 
bihealdun hie ther heafun. as 
‘“« With missiles wounded, 
Laid they him limb-weary— 
They stood at his corpse’s head, 
Beheld they there Heaven [’s Lord].” 
The lines here given will be found to be in close agreement with 
the dying words of Bede, the few English lines embedded in the 
Latin text, and also with the Northumbrian original of Cadmon’s 
