þone hālgan sanct, hwæþer hē ġe·sund wǣre; ac swā hraþe
swā hē ġe·seah þæs sanctes līchaman, þā ā·wēdde hē sōna,
and wæl-hrēowlīce grymetode, and earmlīce ġe·ęndode yflum
dēaþe. Þis is þǣm ġe·līc þe se ġe·lēaffulla pāpa Gregōrius
sæġde on his ġesętnesse be þǣm hālgan Laurentie, þe līþ on
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Rōme-byriġ, þæt męnn wolden sċēawian hū hē lǣġe ġe
gōde ġe yfle; ac God hīe ġe·stilde swā þæt þǣr swulton
on þǣre sċēawunge seofon męnn æt·gædre; þā ġeswicon
þā ōþre tō sċēawienne þone martyr mid męnniscum ġe·dwylde.