27 ðā bēc ealla be fullan geliornod hæfdon, ðæt hīe hiora ðā
1 nǣnne dǣl noldon on hiora āgen geðīode węndan. Ac
2 ic ðā sōna eft mē selfum andwyrde, ǫnd cwæð: “Hīe ne
3 wēndon þætte ǣfre męnn sceolden swǣ[7] reccelēase weorðan,
[4] ǫnd sīo lār swǣ oðfeallan; for ðǣre wilnunga hīe
[5] hit forlēton, ǫnd woldon ðæt hēr ðȳ māra wīsdōm on
6 lǫnde wǣre ðȳ wē mā geðēoda cūðon.”
7 Ðā gemunde ic hū sīo ǣ wæs ǣrest on Ebrēisc geðīode
8 funden, ǫnd eft, ðā hīe Crēacas geliornodon, ðā węndon
9 hīe hīe on hiora āgen geðīode ealle, ǫnd ēac ealle ōðre