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Ealle męnn ēow hatiaþ for mīnum naman. Hē ġe·worhte

fela wundra binnan þǣm fierste þe hē biscop wæs. Hē

ġe·hǣlde sum wīf mid hālgum wætre. Se cyning wearþ

of·slæġen fram his āgnum folce. On þǣm ilcan ġēare wæs

se miċla hungor ġeond Angel-cynn. Se mæsse-prēost āscaþ

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þæt ċild, and cwiþþ: 'Wiþ·sæcst þū dēofle?' Þonne andwyrt

se god-fæder, and cwiþþ: 'Ic wiþ·sace dēofle.' God

ælmihtiga, ġe·miltsa mē synn-fullum! Æþelred cyning cōm