Þā ēode se cyning inn, þæt hē wolde ġe·sēon þā þe þǣr
sǣton, and þā ġe·seah hē þǣr ānne mann þe næs mid ġieftlicum
rēafe ġescrȳdd. Þā cwæþ hē: 'Lā, frēond, hūmeta
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ēodest þū inn, and næfdest ġieftlic rēaf?' Þa swīgode hē.
And se cyning cwæþ tō his þeġnum: 'Ġe·bindaþ his handa
and his fēt, and weorpaþ hine on þā ȳterran þēostru; þǣr biþ
wōp and tōþa grīst-bītung.' Witodlīce maniġe sind ġe·laþode,
and fēa ġe·corene.
XXV. 1-13.