On Cȳres dagum cyninges wrēġdon þā Babilōniscan þone
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wītegan Daniēl, for þǣm þe hē tō·wearp hiera dēofol-ġield,
and cwǣdon ān-mōdlīce tō þǣm fore-sæġdan cyninge Cȳrum:
'Betǣċ ūs Daniēl, þe ūrne god Bēl tō·wearp, and þone dracan
ā·cwealde þe wē on be·līefdon; ġif þū hine for·stęntst, wē
for·dilgiaþ þē and þīnne hīred.'
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Þā ġe·seah se cyning þæt hīe ān-mōde wǣron, and nīedunga
þone wītegan him tō handum ā·sċēaf. Hīe þā hine