þo answerede vortiger; of alle harme he was war.
Cnihtes ȝeo beoþ me leofue; ac ȝoure bilefues me beoþ loþe.
Ac ich wolle ou at holde; in min anwolde.
For norþ beoþ þe peutes; swiþe ohte cnihtes.
þat ofte doþ me same; and þar vore ich habbe grame.
And ȝef ȝe wolleþ me wreke; of [hire] wiþere dedes;
Ich ȝou wolle ȝeue; ȝeftes swiþe deore.
þo saide Hengest; al hit sal iworþe þus.
Hengest nam lefue; and to sipe gan wende.
And al hire | godes; hii beore to londe.