and stręnġþo?' Ac him clipode þǣrrihte tō swīþe ęġeslic

stefn of heofonum, þus cweþende: 'Þū Nabochodonosor,

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þīn rīċe ġe·wītt fram þē, and þū bist fram mannum ā·worpen,

and þīn wunung biþ mid wildēorum, and þū itst gærs, swā

swā oxa, seofon ġēar, oþ þæt þū wite þæt se hēalica

God ġe·wielt manna rīċa, and þæt hē for·ġiefþ rīċe þǣm

þe hē wile.'

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Witodlīce on þǣre ilcan tīde wæs þēos sprǣċ ġe·fylled