⁊ after rouwenne; mire dohter; þe me is swiðe deore.
Þenne ich habbe mi wif; ⁊ mine wine maies.
⁊ ich beo i þine londe; fulliche at stonde.
þa bet ich wullen hiren þe; ȝif þu þis ȝettest me.
Þa answerede vortiger; Of ælchen vuele he wes | war.
186 Nim cnihtes biliue; ⁊ send æfter þine wiue.
⁊ æfter þine children; þan ȝungen ⁊ þan olden.
⁊ æfter þine cunnen; ⁊ afeoh heom mid wunne.
þenne heo to þe cumeð; þu scat habben gærsume.
190 hæhliche heom to ueden; ⁊ wurðliche scruden.