Heofona rīċe is ġe·līc ġe·hȳddum gold-horde on þǣm

æcere. Þone be·hȳtt se mann þe hine fint, and for his blisse

gǣþ, and sęlþ eall þæt hē āh, and ġe·byġþ þone æcer.

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Eft is heofona rīċe ġe·līc þǣm mangere þe sōhte þæt gōde

męre-grot. Þā hē funde þæt ān dēor-wierþe męregrot, þā

ēode hē, and sealde eall þæt hē āhte, and bohte þæt męregrot.

Eft is heofona rīċe ġe·līc ā·sęndum nętte on þā sǣ, and of

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ǣlcum fisc-cynne gadriendum. Þā hīe þā þæt nętt ūp