land-lēode, and mē nū lēofre wǣre þæt ic on ġe·feohte

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fēolle wiþ þǣm þe mīn folc mōste hiera eardes brūcan.'

And se biscop cwæþ: 'Ēalā þū lēofa cyning, þīn folc

līþ of·slæġen, and þū næfst þone fultum þæt þū feohtan

mæġe, and þās flot-męnn cumaþ, and þē cwicne ġe·bindaþ,

būtan þū mid flēame þīnum fēore ġe·beorge, oþþe þū þē swā

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ġe·beorge þæt þū būge tō him.' Þā cwæþ Ēadmund cyning,

swā swā hē full·cēne wæs: 'þæs ic ġe·wilniġe and ġe·wȳsċe