Þo saide hengest to þan kinge; louerd hercne tẏdinge.

And ich þe wolle telle; of deorne rouninges.

ȝef þou mine lore wel wolt i hure.

150 And noht holde to wraþþe; ȝef ich þe wel leore.

And þe king answerede; alse Hengest hit wolde.

louerd ofte ich habbe ihord; among þine cnihtes.

þat hii þe hatieþ swiþe; into þare bare deathe.

Ofte hii stille spekeþ. of two ȝonge cheldren.

þe on hatte vther; þe oþer Aurelie.

þe þridde hehte Constance; þat þou dedest to deaþe.