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Stanza 10: Need

byþ nearu on breostan         weorþeþ hi ðeah oft niþa bearnum
to helpe and to hæle ge hwæþre         gif hi his hlystaþ æror
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It is a constraint on the heart, though for the children of envy it often turns
Into help nevertheless, if they would listen to omens beforehand.