swā wearþ ġe·bunden. And him man cȳþde þæt

þǣr cōmon his fīend; þā tō·bræc hē sōna þā rāpas, swā

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swā hęfel-þrǣdas; and þæt wīf nyste on hwǣm his miht

wæs. Hē wearþ eft ġe·bunden mid eall-nīwum rāpum; and

hē þā tō·bræc, swā swā þā ōþre.

Hēo be·swāc hine swā·þēah, þæt hē hiere sæġde æt

nīehstan: 'Ic eom Gode ġe·hālgod fram mīnum ċildhāde; and

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ic næs nǣfre ġe·ęfsod, ne nǣfre be·scoren; and ġif ic bēo