Se Hǣlend ġe·nam þā fīf hlāfas, and blētsode, and tō·bræc,

and tō·dǣlde be·twix þǣm sittendum; swā ġe·līce ēac

þā fiscas tō·dǣlde; and hīe ealle ġe·nōg hæfdon. Þā þe

þǣr ǣton wǣron fēower þūsend manna, būtan ċildum and

wīfum. Hīe cōmon tō him, and tō him ġebǣdon, and þus

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cwǣdon: 'Sōþlīce þū eart Godes sunu.' Ne wēne ġē þæt

ic cōme sibbe on eorþan to sęndenne: ne cōm ic sibbe tō

sęndenne, ac sweord. Hē be·bēad þæt hīe sǣten ofer þǣre

eorþan. Hē sæġde þæt Norþ-manna land wǣre swīþe lang