be Salomones mǣrþo, and sēo gāstlice cwēn, Godes ġe·laþung,

oþþe ġe·hwelc hāliġ sāwol, þonne hēo cymþ tō þǣre heofonlican

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Hierusalēm, þonne ġe·sihþ hēo miċle māran mǣrþo

and wuldor þonne hiere ǣr on līfe þurh wītegan oþþe apostolas

ġe·cȳdd wǣre. Ne mæġ nān ēage on þissum līfe

ġe·sēon, ne nān ēare ġe·hīeran, ne nānes mannes heorte

ā·smēan þā þing þe God ġearcaþ þǣm þe hine lufiaþ. Þā

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þing wē magon be·ġietan, ac wē ne magon hīe ā·smēan,