Hinguar him tō sęnde, and sæġde him un·forht: 'Witodlīce
þū wǣre nū wierþe slęġes, ac ic nyle ā·fȳlan on þīnum fūlum
blōde mīne clǣnan handa, for þǣm þe ic Crīste folgiġe, þe
ūs swā ġe·bȳsnode; ac ic blīþelīce wile bēon of·slæġen
þurh ēow, ġif hit swā God fore-sċēawaþ. Far nū swīþe hraþe,
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and sęġe þīnum rēþan hlāforde, "ne ā·bȳhþ nǣfre Ēadmund
Hinguare on līfe, hǣþnum hęre-togan, būtan hē to Hǣlende
Crīste ǣrest mid ġe·lēafan on þissum lande ġe·būge."'
Þā ġe·węnde se ǣrend-raca arodlīce on·weġ, and ġe·mētte