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his rīċe stęnt on mǣġþe and on mǣġþe. Ealle eorþ-būend
sind tō nāhte ġe·tealde on his wiþ·metennesse. Æfter his
willan hē dēþ ǣġþer ġe on heofone ġe on eorþan, and nis
nān þing þe his mihte wiþ·stande, oþþe him tō cweþe 'hwȳ
dēst þū swā?' On þǣre tīde mīn andġiet ġe·węnde tō mē,
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and ic be·cōm tō weorþ-mynde mīnes cyne-rīċes, and mīn
męnnisce hīw mē be·cōm. Mīne witan mē sōhton, and mīn
mǣrþo wearþ ġe·ēacnod. Nū eornostlīce ic mǣrsiġe and