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Ān on-ġinn is ealra þinga, þæt is God æl-mihtiġ. Se ġe·lēafa þe biþ būtan gōdum weorcum, sē is dēad; þis sind þāra apostola word. Ic eom gōd hierde: se gōda hierde sęlþ his āgen līf for his sċēapum. Ūre Ā·līesend is se gōda 5 hierde, and wē crīstene męnn sind his sċeap. Se mōna his leoht ne sęlþ, and steorran of heofone feallaþ. Swā swā wæter ā·dwǣsċþ fȳr, swā ā·dwǣsċþ sēo ælmesse synna. Ealle ġe·sċeafta, heofonas and ęnġlas, sunnan and mōnan, steorran and eorþan, eall nīetenu and ealle fuglas, sǣ and 10 ealle fiscas God ġe·scōp and ġe·worhte on siex dagum; and on þǣm seofoþan dæġe hē ġe·ęndode his weorc; and hē be·hēold þā eall his weorc þe hē ġe·worhte, and hīe wǣron eall swīþe gōd. Hē fērde ġeond manigu land, bodiende Godes ġe·lēafan. Hē for·lēt eall woruld-þing. Se cyning 15 be·bēad þæt man scolde ofer eall Angel-cynn sċipu wyrċan; and hiera wæs swā fela swā nǣfre ǣr ne wæs on nānes cyninges dæġe. Se cyning hēt of·slēan ealle þā Dęniscan męnn þe on Angel-cynne wǣron. Þā ne mihton hīe him nān word and-swarian, ne nān 20 mann ne dorste hine nān þing māre āscian. Hīe fuhton on þā burg ealne dæġ, and þōhton þæt hīe hīe scolden ā·brecan. Se eorl ġe·węnde west tō Īr-lande, and wæs þǣr ealne þone winter. Æþelred cyning and Ælfred his brōþor fuhton wiþ ealne þone hęre on Æsces-dūne. 25 Se mann is ēċe on ānum dǣle, þæt is, on þǣre sāwle; hēo ne ġe·ęndaþ nǣfre. Ġif se biscop dēþ be his āgnum willan, and wile bindan þone un-scyldigan, and þone scyldigan ā·līesan, þonne for·līest hē þā miht þe him God for·ġeaf. Þēod winþ on·ġēan þēode, and rīċe on·ġēan rīċe. 30 Ealle męnn ēow hatiaþ for mīnum naman. Hē ġe·worhte fela wundra binnan þǣm fierste þe hē biscop wæs. Hē ġe·hǣlde sum wīf mid hālgum wætre. Se cyning wearþ of·slæġen fram his āgnum folce. On þǣm ilcan ġēare wæs se miċla hungor ġeond Angel-cynn. Se mæsse-prēost āscaþ 35 þæt ċild, and cwiþþ: 'Wiþ·sæcst þū dēofle?' Þonne andwyrt se god-fæder, and cwiþþ: 'Ic wiþ·sace dēofle.' God ælmihtiga, ġe·miltsa mē synn-fullum! Æþelred cyning cōm hām tō his āgenre þēode, and hē glædlīce fram him eallum on·fangen wearþ. 40 Crīst, ūre Dryhten, be·bēad his leornung-cnihtum þæt hīe scolden tǣċan eallum þēodum þā þing þā hē self him tǣhte. Ġif ġē for·ġiefaþ mannum hiera synna, þonne for·giefþ ēower se heofonlica Fæder ēowre synna. Ne mæġ nān mann twǣm hlāfordum þēowian: oþþe hē ānne hataþ and 45 ōþerne lufaþ, oþþe hē biþ ānum ġe·hīersum and ōþrum unġehīersum. Se cyning nam þæs eorles sunu mid him tō Ęnġla-lande. Męnn be·hōfiaþ gōdre lāre on þissum tīman, þe is ġe·ęndung þisse worulde. Se līchama, þe is þǣre sāwle rēaf, andbīdaþ 50 þæs miċlan dōmes; and þēah hē bēo tō dūste for·molsnod, God hine ā·rǣrþ, and ġe·bringþ tō·gædre sāwle and līchaman tō þǣm ēċan līfe. Hwelc fæder wile sęllan his ċilde stān, ġif hit hine hlāfes bitt? Ā·ġiefaþ þǣm cāsere þā þing þe þæs cāseres sind, and Gode þā þing þe Godes sind. 55 Sēo sāwol and-bīdaþ þæs ēċan ǣristes. Hē wæs cyning ofer eall Ęnġla-land twęntiġ wintra. God ælmihtiġ is ealra cyninga cyning, and ealra hlāforda hlāford. Dēofol is ealra un-riht-wīsra manna hēafod, and þā yflan męnn sind his limu. Synnfulra manna dēaþ is yfel and 60 earmlic, for þǣm þe hīe faraþ of þissum scortan līfe tō ēċum wītum. Hū fela hlāfa hæbbe ġē? Seofon, and fēa fisca. Ne ġe·wilna þū ōþres mannes ǣhta! On þǣm landum eardodon Ęnġle, ǣr þǣm þe hīe hider on land cōmon. Hīe fuhton on þā burg ealne dæġ, ac hīe ne 65 mihton hīe ā·brecan. Þā ēodon hīe tō hiera sċipum. Þǣr bēoþ swīþe maniġe byriġ on þǣm lande, and on ǣlcre byriġ biþ cyning. God cwæþ tō Noē: 'Ic wile for·dōn eall mann-cynn mid wætre for hiera synnum, ac ic wile ġe·healdan þē, and þīn 70 wīf, and þīne þrīe suna.' Ān mann hæfde twēġen suna; þā cwæþ hē tō þǣm ieldran: 'gā and wyrċ tō·dæġ on mīnum wīn-ġearde.' Þā cwæþ hē: 'ic nyle:' ēode þēah siþþan tō þǣm wīnġearde. Hē dyde his fæder willan. Se prēost cwæþ tō þǣm folce: 'Ic ēow blētsiġe on naman þæs Fæder, 75 þæs Suna, and þæs Hālgan Gāstes.' Āra þīnum fæder and þīnre mēder! Sum wīf cōm tō Crīste, and bæd for hiere dehter. Sēo dohtor wearþ ġe·hǣled þurh ġe·lēafan þǣre mōdor. Bēoþ ġe·myndiġe þāra twēġra worda þe Dryhten cwæþ on 80 his god-spelle! Hē cwæþ: 'For·ġiefaþ, and ēow biþ for·ġiefen; sęllaþ, and ēow biþ ġe·seald.' Twēġen męnn ēodon intō Godes temple hīe tō ġe·biddenne. Ælfred cyning fōr mid þrim sċipum ūt on sǣ, and ġe·feaht wiþ fēower sċip-hlæstas Dęniscra manna, and þāra 85 sċipa twā ġe·nam, and þā męnn of·slæġene wǣron þe þǣr-on wǣron. Þā cōmon þrēo sċipu. Þā ġe·fēngon hīe þāra þrēora sċipa twā, and þˉa męnn of·slōgon, ealle būtan fīfum. Se wītega ā·wrāt be þǣm fēower nīetenum þe him æt·īewdu wǣron, þæt hīe hæfden ēagan him on ǣlce healfe. 90 Ān þāra nīetena wæs on męnniscre onsīene him æt·īewed, ōþer on lēon onsīene, þridde on ċealfes, fēorþe on earnes. God þone ǣrestan mann rihtne and gōdne ġe·scōp, and eall mann-cynn mid him. Ælfred Æþelwulfing wæs cyning ofer eall Angel-cynn būtan þǣm dǣle þe under Dęna onwealde 95 wæs. Ǣlc gōd trēow bierþ gōde wæstmas, and ǣlc yfel trēow bierþ yfle wæstmas; ne mæġ þæt gōde trēow beran yfle wæstmas, ne þæt yfle trēow gōde wæstmas. Ēadigu sind ēowru ēagan, for þǣm þe hīe ġe·sēoþ, and ēowru ēaran, for þǣm þe hīe ġe·hīeraþ. Swā hwā swā sęlþ 100 ānum þurstigum męnn ċeald wæter on mīnum naman, ne for·līest hē his mēde. Ne fare ġē on hǣþenra manna weġe! Gōd mann of gōdum gold-horde bringþ gōd forþ; and yfel mann of yflum goldhorde bringþ yfel forþ. Gregōrius se hālga pāpa is rihtlīce ġe·cweden Ęnġliscre 105 þēode apostol. Þā hē ġe·seah þæt se mǣsta dǣl þǣre þēode his lāre for·sāwon, þā for·lēt hē hīe, and ġe·ċēas þā hǣþnan lēode. Ġif se blinda blindne lǣtt, hīe feallaþ bēġen on ānne pytt. Se Hālga Gāst is lufu and willa þæs Fæder and þæs Suna; and hīe sind ealle ġe·līce mihtiġe. Bętere is sēo 110 sāwol þonne se męte, and bętera se līchama þonne his scrūd. Sēo sāwol is gāst, and be eorþlicum męttum ne leofaþ. Be·healdaþ þās flēogendan fuglas, þe ne sāwaþ ne ne rīpaþ, ac se heofonlica Fæder hīe ā·fētt. Hē cwæþ, 'Ic neom ōþrum mannum ġe·līc;' swelce hē cwǣde, 'Ic āna eom rihtwīs, 115 and þā ōþre sind synn-fulle.' Þā se Hǣlend þanon fōr, þā folgodon him twēġen blinde, cweþende: 'Ġe·miltsa unc, Davīdes sunu!' Hē cwæþ tō him: 'Ġe·līefe ġit þæt ic inc mæġe ġe·hælan?' Hē cwæþ: 'Sīe inc æfter incrum ġe·lēafan.' Æþelstān cyning fōr 120 inn on Scot-land, ǣġþer ġe mid land-hęre ġe mid sċip-hęre, and his miċel ofer·hęrgode. Se mann þe God for·ġiett, God for·ġiett ēac hine. Faraþ, and lǣraþ ealle þēoda! Lǣraþ hīe þæt hīe healden eall þā þing þe ic ēow be·bēad! Sume męnn sæġdon be him þæt hē wǣre Ælfredes sunu cyninges. 125 Se Hǣlend āscode his leornung-cnihtas, 'Hwone sęċġaþ męnn þæt sīe mannes Sunu?' Hwæt sęċġe ġē þæt ic sīe? Þū eart þæs libbendan Godes sunu. Crīst cwæþ be his Fæder: 'Ġē sęċġaþ þæt hē ēower God sīe, and ġē hine ne on·cnēowon.' Ġif hīe þone hālgan Fæder on·cnēowen, 130 þonne under·fēngen hīe mid ġe·lēafan his Sunu, þe hē ā·sęnde tō middan-ġearde. Se weġ is swīþe nearu and sticol sē þe lǣtt tō heofona rīċe; and se weġ is swīþe brād and smēþe sē þe lǣtt tō hęlle wĭte. Dysiġ biþ se weġ-fērenda mann sē þe nimþ þone smēþan weġ þe hīne mis-lǣtt, and 135 for·lǣtt þone sticolan þe hine ġe·bringþ tō þǣre byriġ. Þæt ic ēow sęċġe on þēostrum, sęċġaþ hit on leohte; and þæt ġē on ēare ġe·hīeraþ, bodiaþ uppan hrōfum. Hīe scufon ūt hiera sċipu, and ġe·węndon him be·ġeondan sǣ. Healdaþ and dōþ swā hwæt swā hīe sęċġaþ; and ne dō 140 ġē nā, æfter hiera weorcum: hīe sęċġaþ, and ne dōþ. Eall hiera weorc hīe dōþ þæt męnn hīe ġe·sēon. Hīe lufiaþ þæt man hīe grēte on strǣtum. Ēalā ġē nǣddran and nǣddrena cynn, hū flēo ġē fram hęlle dōme? Wē sind ealle cuman on þissum and-weardan līfe, and 145 ūre eard nis nā hēr; ac wē sind hēr swelce weġ-fērende męnn: ān cymþ, ōþer færþ. Hwelc mann sęlþ his bearne nǣddran, ġif hit fisces bitt? Ǣlc þāra þe bitt, hē on·fēhþ; and sē þe sēċþ, hē hit fint. Ne gǣþ ǣlc þāra on heofona rīċe þe cwiþþ tō mē, 'Dryhten, Dryhten;' ac sē þe wyrċþ 150 mīnes Fæder willan þe on heofonum is, sē gǣþ on heofona rīċe. Nis hit nā gōd þǣt man nime bearna hlāf and hundum weorpe. Ic hæbbe þeġnas under mē: and ic cweþe tō þissum, 'gā,' and hē gǣþ; and tō ōþrum, 'cum,' and hē cymþ, and tō mīnum þēowe, 'wyrċ þis,' and hē wyrċþ. 155 Se Hǣlend ġe·nam þā fīf hlāfas, and blētsode, and tō·bræc, and tō·dǣlde be·twix þǣm sittendum; swā ġe·līce ēac þā fiscas tō·dǣlde; and hīe ealle ġe·nōg hæfdon. Þā þe þǣr ǣton wǣron fēower þūsend manna, būtan ċildum and wīfum. Hīe cōmon tō him, and tō him ġebǣdon, and þus 160 cwǣdon: 'Sōþlīce þū eart Godes sunu.' Ne wēne ġē þæt ic cōme sibbe on eorþan to sęndenne: ne cōm ic sibbe tō sęndenne, ac sweord. Hē be·bēad þæt hīe sǣten ofer þǣre eorþan. Hē sæġde þæt Norþ-manna land wǣre swīþe lang and swīþe smæl. 165 Hīe ealle on þone cyning wǣron feohtende, oþ þæt hīe hine ofslæġenne hæfdon. Ǣlc mann þe ōþre męnn for·sihþ biþ fram Gode for·sewen. Sē þe ēaran hæbbe tō ġe·hiērenne, ġe·hīere. Gōd is ūs hēr tō bēonne. God cwæþ tō ānum wītegan, sē wæs Ionas ġe·hāten: 170 'Far tō þǣre byriġ, and boda þǣr þā word þe ic þē sęċġe.' Lufiaþ ēowre fīend, and dōþ wel þǣm þe ēow yfel dōþ. Lufa Dryhten þīnne God on ealre þīnre heortan, and on ealre þīnre sawle, and on eallum þīnum mōde. Sē þe ne lufaþ his brōþor, þone þe hē ġe·sihþ, hū mæġ hē lufian God, 175 þone þe hē ne ġe·sihþ līcham-līce? Sęġe ūs hwonne þās þing ġe·weorþen, and hwelc tācen sīe þīnes tō-cymes and worulde ġe·ęndunge. Se Hǣlend cwæþ tō ānum his leornung-cnihta, sē wæs hāten Philippus: 'Mid hwǣm magon wē byċġan hlāf þissum 180 folce?' Wel wiste Crīst hwæt hē dōn wolde, and hē wiste þæt Philippus þæt nyste. God mæġ dōn eall þing; wē sculon wundrian his mihte, and ēac ġe·līefan. Crīst ā·rǣrde Lazarum of dēaþe, and cwæþ tō his leornung-cnihtum: 'Tō·līesaþ his bęndas, þæt hē gān mæġe.' God is ælmihtiġ, 185 and mæġ dōn eall þæt hē wile. Ġē nyton on hwelcre tīde ēower hlāford cuman wile. For þǣm bēo ġē ġearwe; for þǣm þe mannes Sunu wile cuman on þǣre tīde þe ġē nyton. Se Hǣlend cwæþ be his Fæder: 'Ic hine cann, and ġif ic sęċġe þæt ic hine ne cunne, þonne bēo ic lēas, ēow ġe·līc.' 190 Se dēofol cwæþ tō Crīste: 'Ġif þū sīe Godes sunu, cweþ tō þissum stānum þæt hīe bēon ā·węnde tō hlāfum.' Þā and-wyrde se Hǣlend, and cwæþ: 'Hit is ā·writen, "ne leofaþ se mann nā be hlāfe ānum, ac leofaþ be eallum þǣm wordum þe gāþ of Godes mūþe."' Se Hǣlend cōm tō him, 195 þǣr hīe wǣron ġe·gadrode, and cwæþ: 'Sīe sibb be·twix ēow; ic hit eom; ne bēo ġē nā ā·fyrhte.' Fæder ūre, þū þe eart on heofonum, sīe þīn nama ġe·hālgod. Wē syngodon, wē dydon un-rihtlīce; sęle ūs for·ġiefnesse: hwæt sculon wē dōn?

Ǣlc þāra þe þās mīn word ġe·hīerþ, and þā wyrċþ, biþ ġe·līc þǣm wīsan were, sē his hūs ofer stān ġet·imbrode. Þā cōm þǣr reġen and miċel flōd, and þǣr blēowon windas, and ā·hruron on þæt hūs, and hit nā ne fēoll: sōþlīce hit 5 wæs ofer stān ġe·timbrod. And ǣlc þāra þe ġe·hīerþ þās mīn word, and þā ne wyrċþ, sē biþ ġe·līc þǣm dysigan męnn, þe ġe·timbrode his hūs ofer sand-ċeosol. Þā rīnde hit, and þǣr cōm flōd, and blēowon windas, and ā·hruron on þǣt hūs, and þæt hūs fēoll; and 10 his hryre wæs miċel.

Hēr is mīn cnapa, þone ic ġe·ċēas; mīn ġe·corena, on þǣm wel ġe·līcode mīnre sāwle: ic ā·sętte mīnne gāst ofer hine, and dōm hē bodaþ þēodum. Ne flītt hē, ne hē ne hriemþ, ne nān mann ne ġe·hīerþ his stefne on strǣtum. Tō·cwīesed 15 hrēod hē ne for·brīett, and smēocende fleax hē ne ā·dwǣscþ, ǣr þǣm þe hē ā·weorpe dōm tō siġe. And on his naman þēoda ġe·hyhtaþ.

Sōþlīce ūt ēode se sāwere his sǣd tō sāwenne. And þā þā hē sēow, sumu hīe fēollon wiþ weġ, and fuglas cōmon 20 and ǣton þā. Sōþlīce sumu fēollon on stǣnihte, þǣr hit næfde miċle eorþan, and hrædlīce ūp sprungon, for þǣm þe hīe næfdon pǣre eorþan dīepan; sōþlīce, ūp sprungenre sunnan, hīe ā·drūgodon and for·scruncon, for þǣm þe hīe næfdon wyrtruman. Sōþlīce sumu fēollon on þornas, and 25 þā þornas wēoxon, and for·þrysmdon þā. Sumu sōþlīce fēollon on gōde eorþan, and sealdon wæstm, sum hund-fealdne, sum siextiġ-fealdne, sum þritiġ-fealdnę.

Heofona rīċe is ġe·worden þǣm męnn ġe·līc þe sēow gōd sǣd on his æcere. Sōþlīce, þā þā męnn slēpon, þā cōm his 30 fēonda sum, and ofer·sēow hit mid coccele on·middan þǣm hwǣte, and fērde þanon. Sōþlīce, þā sēo wyrt wēox, and þone wæstm brōhte, þā æt·īewde se coccel hine. Þā ēodon þæs hlāfordes þēowas and cwǣdon: 'Hlāford, hū, ne sēowe þū gōd sǣd on þīnum æcere? hwanon hæfde hē coccel?' 35 Þā cwæþ hē: 'þæt dyde unhold mann.' Þā cwǣdon þā þēowas: 'Wilt þū, wē gāþ and gadriaþ hīe?' Þā cwæp hē: 'Nese: þȳ lǣs ġē þone hwǣte ā·wyrtwalien, þonne ġē þone coccel gadriaþ. Lǣtaþ ǣġþer weaxan oþ rīp-tīman; and on pǣm rīptīman ic sęċġe þǣm rīperum: "gadriaþ 40 ǣrest þone coccel, and bindaþ sċēaf-mǣlum tō for·bærnenne; and gadriaþ þone hwǣte intō mīnum bęrne."'

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. 45 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 50 ǣlcum fisc-cynne gadriendum. Þā hīe þā þæt nętt ūp ā·tugon, and sǣton be þǣm strande, þā ġe·curon hīe þā gōdan on hiera fatu, and þā yflan hīe ā·wurpon ūt.

Ġif hwelc mann hæfþ hund sċēapa, and him losaþ ān of þǣm, hū, ne for·lǣtt hē þā nigon and hund·nigontiġ on þǣm 55 muntum, and gǣþ, and sēċþ þæt ān þe for·wearþ? And ġif hit ġe·limpþ þæt hē hit fint, sōþlīce ic ēow sęċġe þæt hē swīþor ġe·blissaþ for þǣm ānum þonne for þǣm nigon and hund·nigontigum þe nā ne losodon.

Heofona rīċe is ġe·līc þǣm hīredes ealdre, þe on ǣrnemerġen 60 ūt ēode ā·hȳran wyrhtan on his wīn-ġeard. Ġe·wordenre ġe·cwid-rǣdenne þǣm wyrhtum, hē sealde ǣlcum ānne þęning wiþ his dæġes weorce, and ā·sęnde hīe on his wīnġeard. And þā hē ūt ēode ymbe undern-tīd, hē ġe·seah oþre on strǣte īdle standan. Þā cwæþ hē: 'Gā ġē on 65 mīnne wīnġeard, and ic sęlle ēow þæt riht biþ.' And hīe þā fērdon. Eft hē ūt ēode ymbe þā siextan and nigoþan tīd, and dyde þǣm swā ġe·līce. Þā ymbe þā ęndlyftan tīd hē ūt ēode, and funde ōþre standende, and þā sæġde hē: 'Hwȳ stande ġē hēr ealne daeġ īdle?' Þā cwǣdon hīe: 70 'For þǣm þe ūs nān mann ne hȳrde.' Þā cwæþ hē: 'And gā ġē on mīnne wīnġeard.' Sōþlīce þā hit wæs ǣfen ġe·worden, þā sæġde se wīnġeardes hlāford his ġe·rēfan: 'Clipa þā wyrhtan, and ā·ġief him hiera mēde; on·ġinn fram þǣm ȳt·emestan oþ þone fyrmestan.' 75 Eornostlīce þā þā ġe·cōmon þe ymbe þā ęndlyftan tīd cōmon, þā on·fēngon hīe ǣlc his pęning. And þā þe þǣr ǣrest cōmon, wēndon þæt hīe scolden māre on·fōn; þā on·fēngon hīe syndriġe þęningas. Þa on·gunnon hīe murcnian on·ġēan þone hīredes ealdor, and þus cwǣdon: 'Þās 80 ȳtemestan worhton āne tīd, and þū dydest hīe ġe·līce ūs, þe bǣron byrþenna on þisses dæġes hǣtan.' Þā cwæþ hē and-swariende hiera ānum: 'Ēalā þū frēond, ne dō ic þē nānne tēonan; hū, ne cōme þū tō mē tō wyrċenne wiþ ānum pęninge? Nim þæt þīn is, and gā; ic wile þissum 85 ȳtemestum sęllan eall swā miċel swā þē. Oþþe ne mōt ic dōn þæt ic wile? Hwæþer þe þīn ēage mānfull is for þǣm þe ic gōd eom? Swā bēoþ þa fyrmestan ȳtemeste, and þā ȳtemestan fyrmeste; sōþlīce maniġe sind ġe·clipode, and fēa ġe·corene.'

90 Heofona rīċe is ġe·līc þǣm cyninge þe macode his suna ġiefta, and sęnde his þēowas, and clipode þā ġe·laþodan tō þǣm ġieftum. Þā noldon hīe cuman. Þā sęnde hē eft ōþre þēowas, and sæġde þǣm ġe·laþodum: 'Nū ic ġe·ġearwode mīne feorme: mīne fearras and mīne fuglas sind of·slæġene, 95 and eall mīn þing sind ġearu; cumaþ tō þǣm ġieftum.' Þā for·gīemdon hīe þæt, and fērdon, sum tō his tūne, sum tō his mangunge. And þā ōþre nāmon his þēowas, and mid tēonan ġe·swęnċton, and of·slōgon. Þā se cyning þæt ġe·hierde, þā wæs hē ierre, and sęnde his hęre tō, and for·dyde 100 þā mann-slagan, and hiera burg for·bærnde. Þā cwæþ hē tō his þēowum: 'Witodlīce þās ġiefta sind ġearwe, ac þā þe ġe·laþode wǣron ne sind wierþe. Gāþ nū tō wega ġelǣtum, and clipiaþ tō þissum ġieftum swā hwelce swā ġē ġe·mēten.' Þā ēodon þā þēowas ūt on þā wegas, 105 and ġe·gadrodon ealle þā þe hīe ġe·mētton, gōde and yfle; þā wǣron þā ġieft-hūs mid sittendum mannum ġefyldu. 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 110 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.

115 Þonne biþ heofona rīċe ġe·līc þǣm tīen fǣmnum, þe þā leoht-fatu nāmon, and fērdon on·ġēan þone brȳd-guman and þā brȳd. Hiera fīf wǣron dysiġe, and fīf glēawe. And þā fīf dysigan nāmon leohtfatu, and ne nāmon nānne ele mid him; þā glēawan nāmon ele on hiera fatum mid þǣm leohtfatum. 120 Þā se brȳdguma ielde, þā hnappodon hīe ealle, and slēpon. Witodlīce tō middre nihte man hrīemde, and cwæþ: 'Nū se brȳdguma cymþ, faraþ him tō·ġēanes.' Þā ā·rison ealle þā fǣmnan, and glęnġdon hiera leohtfatu. Þā cwǣdon þā dysigan to pǣm wīsum: 'Sęllaþ ūs of ēowrum ele, for þǣm 125 ūre leohtfatu sind ā·cwęnċtu.' Þā and·swarodon þā glēawan, and cwǣdon: 'Nese; þȳ lǣs þe wē and ġē næbben ġenōg: gāþ tō þǣm ċīependum, and byċġaþ ēow ele.' Witodlīce, þā hīe fērdon, and woldon byċġan, þā cōm se brȳdguma; and þā þe ġearwe wǣron ēodon inn mid him tō þǣm 130 ġieftum; and sēo duru wæs be·locen. Þā æt nīehstan cōmon þa ōþre fǣmnan, and cwǣdon: 'Dryhten, Dryhten, lǣt ūs inn.' Þā and-swarode hē him, and cwæþ: 'Sōþ ic ēow sęċġe, ne cann ic ēow.' Witodlīce, waciaþ, for þǣm þe ġē nyton ne þone dæġ ne þā tīd.

135 Sum mann fērde on ęlþēodiġnesse, and clipode his þēowas, and be·tǣhte him his ǣhta. And ānum hē sealde fīf pund, sumum twā, sumum ān: ǣġhwelcum be his āgnum mæġne; and fērde sōna. Þā fērde sē þe þā fīf pund under·fēng, and ġe·strīende 140 ōþru fīf. And eall-swā sē þe þā twā under·feng, ġe·strīende ōþru twā. Witodlīce sē þe þæt ān under·fēng, fērde, and be·dealf hit on eorþan, and be·hȳdde his hlāfordes feoh. Witodlīce æfter miċlum fierste cōm þāra þēowa hlāford, and dihte him ġe·rad. Þā cōm sē þe þā fīf pund under·fēng, 145 and brōhte ōþru fīf, and cwæþ: 'Hlāford, fīf pund þū sealdest mē; nū ic ġe·strīende ōþru fīf.' Þā cwæp his hlāford tō him: 'Bēo blīþe, þū gōda þēow and ġe·trēowa: for þǣm þe þū wǣre ġe·trēowe ofer lȳtlu þing, ic [.]ge·sętte þē ofer miċlu; gā intō þīnes hlāfordes blisse.' Þā cōm sē þe þā 150 twā pund under·fēng, and cwæþ: 'Hlāford, twā pund þū mē sealdest; nū ic hæbbe ġe·strīened ōþru twā.' Þā cwæþ his hlāford tō him: 'Ġe·blissa, þū gōda þēow and ġetrēowa: for þǣm þe þū wǣre ġe·trēowe ofer fēa, ofer fela ic þē ġe·sętte; gā on þīnes hlāfordes ġe·fēan.' Þā cōm sē þe þæt 155 ān pund under·fēng, and cwæþ: 'Hlāford, ic wāt þæt þū eart heard mann: þū rīpst þǣr þū ne sēowe, and gaderast þǣr þū ne spręnġdest. And ic fērde of·drǣdd, and be·hȳdde þīn pund on eorþan; hēr þū hæfst þæt þīn is.' Þā andswarode his hlāford him, and cwæþ: 'þū yfla 160 þēow and slāwa, þū wistest þæt ic rīpe þǣr ic ne sēowe, and ic gadriġe þǣr ic ne strēdde: hit ġe·byrede þæt þū be·fæste mīn feoh myneterum, and ic nāme, þonne ic cōme, þæt mīn is, mid þǣm gafole. Ā·nimaþ þæt pund æt him, and sęllaþ þǣm þe mē þā tīen pund brōhte. Witodlīce ǣlcum 165 þāra þe hæfþ man sęlþ, and hē hæfþ ġe·nōg; þǣm þe næfþ, þæt him þynċþ þæt hē hæbbe, þæt him biþ æt·brogden. And weorpaþ þone un·nyttan þēow on þā ȳterran þēostru; þǣr biþ wōp and tōþa grist·bītung.'

Æfter þǣm sōþlīce ealle męnn sprǣcon āne sprǣċe. Þā þā hīe fērdon fram Ēast-dǣle, hīe fundon ānne feld on Sennaār-lande, and wunodon þǣr-on. Þā cwǣdon hīe him be·twēonan: 'Uton wyrċan ūs tiġelan, 5 and ǣlan hīe on fȳre!' Witodlīce hīe hæfdon tiġelan for stān and tierwan for weal-līm. And hīe cwǣdon: 'Uton timbrian ūs ċeastre, and stīepel oþ heofon hēanne! uton weorþian ūrne naman, ǣr þ[æ]m þe wē sīen tō·dǣlde ġeond ealle eorþan!' 10 Witodlīce Dryhten ā·stāg niþer, tō þǣm þæt hē ġe·sāwe þā burg and þone stīepel, þe Adāmes bearn ġe·timbrodon. And hē cwæþ: 'þis is ān folc, and ealle hīe sprecaþ ān læden, and hīe be·gunnon þis tō wyrċenne: ne ġe·swīcaþ hīe ǣr þǣm þe hit ġearu sīe; sōþlīce uton cuman and tō·dǣlan 15 hiera sprǣċe!' Swā Dryhten hīe tō·dǣlde of þǣre stōwe ġeond ealle eorþan. And for þǣm man nęmnde þā stōwe Babēl for þǣm þe þǣr wǣron tō·dǣlde ealle sprǣċa.

God wolde pā fandian Abrahāmes ġe·hīersumnesse, and 20 clipode his naman, and cwæþ him þus tō: 'Nim þīnne ān-cęnnedan sunu Isaāc, þe þū lufast, and far tō þǣm lande Visionis hraþe, and ġe·offra hine þǣr uppan ānre dūne.' Abrahām þā ā·rās on þǣre ilcan nihte, and fērde mid 25 twǣm cnapum tō þǣm fierlenum lande, and Isaāc samod, on assum rīdende. Þā on þǣm þriddan dæġe, þā hīe þā dūne ġe·sāwon, þǣr þǣr hīe tō scoldon tō of·slēanne Isaāc, þā cwæþ Abrahām tō þǣm twǣm cnapum þus: 'Andbīdiaþ ēow hēr mid þǣm 30 assum sume hwīle! ic and þǣt ċild gāþ unc tō ġe·biddenne, and wit siþþan cumaþ sōna eft tō ēow.' Abrahām þā hēt Isaāc beran þone wudu tō þǣre stōwe, and hē self bær his sweord and fȳr. Isaāc þa āscode Abrahām his fæder: 'Fæder mīn, ic āsciġe hwǣr sēo offrung sīe; 35 hēr is wudu and fȳr.' Him andwyrde se fæder: 'God foresċēawaþ, mīn sunu, him self þā offrunge.' Hīe cōmon þā tō þǣre stōwe þe him ġe·sweotolode God; and hē þǣr weofod ā·rǣrde on þā ealdan wīsan, and þone wudu ġe·lōgode swā swā hē hit wolde habban tō his suna 40 bærnette, siþþan hē of·slæġen wurde. Hē ġe·band þā his sunu, and his sweord ā·tēah, þæt hē hine ġe·offrode on þā ealdan wīsan. Mid þǣm þe hē wolde þǣt weorc be·ġinnan, þā clipode Godes ęnġel arodlīce of heofonum: 'Abrahām!' Hē andwyrde 45 sōna. Se ęnġel him cwæþ tō: 'Ne ā·cwęle þū þæt ċild, ne þīne hand ne ā·stręċe ofer his swēoran! Nū ic on·cnēow sōþlīce þæt pū on·drǣtst swīþe God, nū pū pīnne ān-cęnnedan sunu woldest of·slēan for him.' Þā be·seah Abrahām sōna under bæc, and ġe·seah þǣr 50 ānne ramm be·twix þǣm brēmlum be þǣm hornum ġe·hæftne, and hē hæfde þone ramm tō þǣre offrunge, and hine þǣr of·snāþ Gode tō lāce for his sunu Isaāc. Hē hēt þā stōwe Dominus videt, þæt is 'God ġe·sihþ,' and ġiet is ġe·sæġd swā, In monte Dominus videbit, þæt is, 'God ġe·sihþ on dūne.' 55 Eft clipode se ęnġel Abrahām, and cwæþ: 'Ic sæġde þurh mē selfne, sæġde se Ælmihtiga, nū þū noldest ārian þīnum āncęnnedum suna, ac þē wæs mīn ęġe māre þonne his līf, ic þē nū blētsiġe, and þīnne of-spring ge·maniġ-fielde swā swā steorran on heofonum, and swā swā sand-ċeosol 60 on sǣ; þīn ofspring sċeal āgan hiera fēonda ġeatu. And on þīnum sǣde bēoþ ealle þēoda ġe·blētsode, for þǣm þe þū ġe·hīersumodest mīnre hǣse þus.' Abrahām þā ġe·ċierde sōna tō his cnapum, and fērdon him hām sōna mid heofonlicre blētsunge.

65 Sum cwēn wæs on sūþ-dǣle, Saba ġe·hāten, snotor and wīs. Þā ġe·hīerde hēo Salomones hlīsan, and cōm fram þǣm sūþernum ġe·mǣrum to Salomone binnan Hierusalēm mid miċelre fare, and hiere olfendas bǣron sūþerne wyrta, and dēor-wierþe ġimm-stānas, and un-ġerīm gold. Sēo cwēn 70 þā hæfde sprǣċe wiþ Salomon, and sæġde him swā hwæt swā hēo on hiere heortan ġe·þōhte. Salomon þā hīe lǣrde, and hiere sæġde ealra þāra worda andġiet þe hēo hine āscode. Þā ġe·seah sēo cwēn Salomones wīsdōm, and þæt mǣre tempel þe hē ġe·timbrod hæfde, and þā lāc þe man Gode 75 offrode, and þæs cyninges maniġ-fealde þeġnunga, and wæs tō þǣm swīþe of·wundrod þæt hēo næfde furþor nānne gāst, for þǣm þe hēo ne mihte nā furþor smēan. Hēo cwæþ þā tō þǣm cyninge: 'Sōþ is þæt word þe ic ġe·hīerde on mīnum earde be þē and be þīnum wīsdōme, ac ic nolde 80 ġe·līefan ǣr þǣm þe ic self hit ġe·sāwe. Nū hæbbe ic ā·fandod þæt mē næs be healfum dǣle þīn mǣrþo ġe·cȳped. Māre is þīn wīsdōm and þīn weorc þonne se hlīsa wǣre þe ic ġe·hīerde. Ēadige sind þīne þeġnas and þīne þēowas, þe simle æt·foran þē standaþ, and þīnne wīsdōm ġe·hīeraþ. 85 Ġe·blētsod sīe se ælmihtiga God, þe þē ġe·ċēas and ġe·sętte ofer Israhēla rīċe, þæt þū dōmas sętte and riht-wīsnesse,' Hēo for·ġeaf þǣem cyninge þā hund·twęlftiġ punda goldes, and unġerīm dēorwierþra wyrta and dēorwierþra ġimmstāna. Salomon ēac for·ġeaf þǣre cwēne swā hwæs swā hēo ġiernde 90 æt him; and hēo ġe·węnde on·ġeān tō hiere ēþle mid hiere þeġnum. Salomon þā wæs ġe·mǣrsod ofer eallum eorþlicum cyningum, and ealle þēoda ġe·wilnodon þæt hīe hine ġe·sāwen, and his wīsdōm ġe·hīerden, and hīe him maniġfeald lāc brōhton. 95 Sēo cwēn hæfde ġe·tācnunge þǣre hālgan ġe·laþunge ealles crīstenes folces, þe cōm tō þǣm ġe·sibbsuman Crīste tō ġe·hīerenne his wīsdōm and þā god-spellican lāre þa hē ā·stealde, and be on·liehtunge þæs sōþan ġe·lēafan, and be þǣm tōweardan dōme, be ūrre sāwle un-dēadlicnesse, and be 100 hyhte and wuldre þæs ġe·mǣnelican ǣristes. Sēo cwēn cōm tō Salomone mid miċlum lācum on golde and on dēorwierþum ġimmstānum and wyrt-brǣþum; and þæt bǣron olfendas. Sēo ġe·lēaffulle ġe·laþung, þe cymþ of ǣlcum earde tō Crīste, bringþ him þās fore-sæġdan lāc 105 æfter gāstlicum andġiete. Hēo offraþ him gold þurh sōþne ġe·lēafan, and wyrtbrǣþas þurh ġe·bedu, and dēorwierþe ġimmas þurh fæġernesse gōdra þēawa and hāliġra mæġna. Be þisse ġe·laþunge cwæþ se wītega tō Gode: Adstitit regina a dextris tuis, in vestitu deaurato, circumdata varietate, 110 þæt is, 'sēo cwēn stęnt æt þīnre swīþran, on ofergyldum ġierlan, ymb·scrȳdd mid maniġfealdre fāgnesse.' Sēo gāstlice cwēn, Godes ġe·laþung, is ġe·glęnġed mid dēorwierþre frætwunge and maniġfealdum blēo gōdra drohtnunga and mihta. 115 Hēo sæġde Salomone ealle hiere dīegolnessa, and sēo ġe·laþung ġe·openaþ Crīste hiere inn-ġehyġd and þa dīeglan ġe·þōhtas on sōþre andetnesse. Olfendas bǣron þā dēorwierþan lāc mid þǣre cwēne intō Hierusalēm; for þǣm þe þā hǣþnan, þe ǣr wǣron 120 ġe·hoferode þurh ġītsunge and atollice þurh leahtras, bǣron, þurh hiera ġe·ċierrednesse and ġe·lēafan, þā gāstlican lāc tō Crīstes handum. Sēo cwēn wundrode Salomones wīsdōmes, and his ġe·timbrunga, and þeġnunga; and sēo ġe·laþung wundraþ Crīstes 125 wīsdōmes, for þǣm þe hē is sōþ wīsdōm, and eall wīsdōm is of him. Hē ġe·timbrode þā hēalican heofonas and ealne middanġeard, and ealle ġe·sceafta ġe·sętte on þrim þingum, in mensura, et pondere, et numero, þæt is, on ġe·mete, and on hęfe, and on ġe·tele. Crīstes þeġnung is ūre hǣlo and 130 folca ā·līesednes, and þā sind ġe·sǣliġe þe him þeġniaþ tō ġe·cwēmednesse on þǣm gāstlicum ġe·rȳnum. Sēo cwēn sæġde þæt hiere nǣre be healfum dǣle ġe·sæġd be Salomones mǣrþo, and sēo gāstlice cwēn, Godes ġe·laþung, oþþe ġe·hwelc hāliġ sāwol, þonne hēo cymþ tō þǣre heofonlican 135 Hierusalēm, þonne ġe·sihþ hēo miċle māran mǣrþo and wuldor þonne hiere ǣr on līfe þurh wītegan oþþe apostolas ġe·cȳdd wǣre. Ne mæġ nān ēage on þissum līfe ġe·sēon, ne nān ēare ġe·hīeran, ne nānes mannes heorte ā·smēan þā þing þe God ġearcaþ þǣm þe hine lufiaþ. Þā 140 þing wē magon be·ġietan, ac wē ne magon hīe ā·smēan, ne ūs nǣfre ne ā·þrīett þāra gōda ġe·nyhtsumnes. Crīst is ealra cyninga cyning, and swā swā ealle þēoda woldon ġe·sēon þone ġe·sibbsuman Salomon, and his wīsdōm ġe·hīeran, and him mislicu lāc brōhton, swā ēac nū of eallum 145 þēodum ġe·wilniaþ męnn tō ġe·sēonne þone ġe-sibbsuman Crīst þurh ġe·lēafan, and þone godspellican wīsdōm ġe·hīeran, and hīe him dæġ-hwǣmlīce þā gāstlican lāc ġe·offriaþ on maniġfealdum ġe·metum.

On Cȳres dagum cyninges wrēġdon þā Babilōniscan þone 150 wītegan Daniēl, for þǣm þe hē tō·wearp hiera dēofol-ġield, and cwǣdon ān-mōdlīce tō þǣm fore-sæġdan cyninge Cȳrum: 'Betǣċ ūs Daniēl, þe ūrne god Bēl tō·wearp, and þone dracan ā·cwealde þe wē on be·līefdon; ġif þū hine for·stęntst, wē for·dilgiaþ þē and þīnne hīred.' 155 Þā ġe·seah se cyning þæt hīe ān-mōde wǣron, and nīedunga þone wītegan him tō handum ā·sċēaf. Hīe þā hine ā·wurpon intō ānum sēaþe, on þǣm wǣron seofon lēon, þǣm man sealde dæġhwǣmlīce twā hrīþeru and twā sċēap, ac him wæs þā of·togen ǣlces fōdan siex dagas, þæt hīe þone Godes 160 mann ā·bītan scolden. On þǣre tīde wæs sum ōþer wītega on Jūdēa-lande, his nama waes Abacuc, sē bær his rifterum męte tō æcere. Þā cōm him tō Godes ęnġel, and cwæþ: 'Abacuc, ber þone męte tō Babilōne, and sęle Daniēle, sē þe sitt on þāra lēona 165 sēaþe.' Abacuc andwyrde þǣm ęnġle: 'Lā lēof, ne ġe·seah ic nǣfre þā burg, ne ic þone sēaþ nāt.' Þā se ęnġel ġe·lǣhte hine be þǣm feaxe, and hine bær tō Babilōne, and hine sętte bufan þǣm sēaþe. Þā clipode se Abacuc: 'þū Godes þēow, Daniēl, nim þās lāc þe þē God 170 sęnde!' Daniēl cwæþ: 'Mīn Dryhten Hǣlend, sīe þē lof and weorþ-mynd þæt þū mē ġe·mundest.' And hē þā þǣre sande brēac. Witodlīce Godes ęnġel þǣr-rihte mid swiftum flyhte ġe·brōhte þone disc-þeġn, Abacuc, þǣr hē hine ǣr ġe·nam. 175 Se cyning þā Cȳrus on þǣm seofoþan dæġe ēode drēoriġ tō þāra lēona sēaþe, and inn be·seah, and efne þā Daniēl sittende wæs ġe·sundfull on·middan þǣm lēonum. Þā clipode se cyning mid miċelre stefne: 'Mǣre is se God þe Daniēl on be·līefþ.' And hē þā mid þǣm worde hine ā·tēah of þǣm 180 scræfe, and hēt inn weorpan þā þe hine ǣr for·dōn woldon. Þæs cyninges hǣs wearþ hrædlīce ġe·fręmmed, and þæs wītegan ēhteras wurdon ā·scofene be·twix þā lēon, and hīe þǣr-rihte mid grǣdigum ċeaflum hīe ealle tō·tǣron. Þā cwæþ se cyning: 'Forhtien and on·drǣden ealle eorþ-būend 185 Daniēles God, for þǣm þe hē is Ā·līesend and Hǣlend, wyrċende tācnu and wundru on heofonan and on eorþan.'

Nabochodonosor, se hǣþena cyning, ġe·hęrgode on Godes folce, on Jūdēa-lande, and for hiera mān-dǣdum God þæt ġe·þafode. Þā ġe·nam hē þā māþm-fatu, gyldenu and silfrenu, 190 binnan Godes temple, and tō his lande mid him ġe·lǣdde. Hit ġe·lamp eft siþþan þæt hē on swefne āne ġe·sihþe be him selfum ġe·seah, swā swā him siþþan ā·ēode. Æfter þissum ymb twelf mōnaþ, ēode se cyning binnan his healle mid ormǣtre ūp-āhafennesse, hęriende his weorc 195 and his miht, and cwæþ: 'Hū, ne is þis sēo miċle Babilōn, þe ic self ġe·timbrode tō cyne-stōle and tō þrymme, mē selfum to wlite and wuldre, mid mīnum āgnum mæġne and stręnġþo?' Ac him clipode þǣrrihte tō swīþe ęġeslic stefn of heofonum, þus cweþende: 'Þū Nabochodonosor, 200 þīn rīċe ġe·wītt fram þē, and þū bist fram mannum ā·worpen, and þīn wunung biþ mid wildēorum, and þū itst gærs, swā swā oxa, seofon ġēar, oþ þæt þū wite þæt se hēalica God ġe·wielt manna rīċa, and þæt hē for·ġiefþ rīċe þǣm þe hē wile.' 205 Witodlīce on þǣre ilcan tīde wæs þēos sprǣċ ġe·fylled ofer Nabochodonosor, and hē arn tō wuda, and wunode mid wildēorum, leofode be gærse, swā swā nīeten, oþ þæt his feax wēox swā swā wīf-manna, and his næġlas swā swā earnes clawa. 210 Eft siþþan him for·ġeaf se ælmihtiga Wealdend his ġe·witt, and hē cwæþ: 'Ic Nabochodonosor ā·hōf mīn ēagan ūp tō heofonum, and mīn andġiet mē wearþ for·ġiefen, and ic þā blētsode þone hīehstan God, and ic hęrede and wuldrode þone þe leofaþ on ēċnesse, for þǣm þe his miht is ēċe, and 215 his rīċe stęnt on mǣġþe and on mǣġþe. Ealle eorþ-būend sind tō nāhte ġe·tealde on his wiþ·metennesse. Æfter his willan hē dēþ ǣġþer ġe on heofone ġe on eorþan, and nis nān þing þe his mihte wiþ·stande, oþþe him tō cweþe 'hwȳ dēst þū swā?' On þǣre tīde mīn andġiet ġe·węnde tō mē, 220 and ic be·cōm tō weorþ-mynde mīnes cyne-rīċes, and mīn męnnisce hīw mē be·cōm. Mīne witan mē sōhton, and mīn mǣrþo wearþ ġe·ēacnod. Nū eornostlīce ic mǣrsiġe and wuldriġe þone heofonlican cyning, for þǣm þe eall his weorc sind sōþ, and his wegas riht-wīse, and hē mæġ ġe·ēaþ-mēdan 225 þā þe on mōdiġnesse faraþ.' Þus ġe·ēaþmēdde se ælmihtiga God þone mōdigan cyning Nabochodonosor.

Ān mann wæs eardiende on Israhēla þēode, Manuē ġe·hāten, of þǣre mǣġþe Dan; his wīf wæs un-tīemend, and hīe wunodon būtan ċilde. Him cōm þā gangende tō Godes ęnġel, and cwæþ þæt hīe scolden habban sunu him 5 ġe·mǣnne; 'ne hē ealu ne drince nǣfre oþþe wīn, ne nāht fūles ne þiċġe; sē biþ Gode hāliġ fram his ċildhāde; and man ne mōt hine ęfsian oþþe be·sċieran, for þǣm þe hē on·ġinþ tō ā·līesenne his folc, Israhēla þēode, of Philistēa þēowte.' 10 Hēo ā·cęnde þā sunu, swā swā hiere sæġde se ęnġel, and hēt hine Samson; and hē swīþe wēox; and God hine blētsode, and Godes gāst wæs on him. Hē wearþ þā mihtiġ on miċelre stręnġþo, swā þæt hē ġe·lǣhte āne lēon be weġe, þe hine ā·bītan wolde, and tō·bræġd hīe tō styċċum, swelce he 15 tō·tǣre sum ēaþelic tiċċen. Hē be·gann þā tō winnenne wiþ þā Philistēos, and hiera fela of·slōg and tō scame tūcode, þēah þe hīe onweald hæfden ofer hīs lēode. Þā fērdon þā Philistēi forþ æfter Samsone, and hēton his lēode þæt hīe hine ā·ġēafen tō hiera onwealde, 20 þæt hīe wrecan mihten hiera tēon-rǣdenne mid tintregum on him. Hīe þā hine ġe·bundon mid twǣm bæstenum rāpum and hine ġe·lǣddon tō þǣm folce. And þā Philistēiscan þæs fæġnodon swīþe; urnon him tō·ġēanes ealle hlȳdende; woldon hine tintreġian for hiera tēonrǣdenne. Þā tō·bræġd 25 Samson bēġen his earmas, þæt þā rāpas tō-burston þe hē mid ġe·bunden wæs. And hē ġe·lǣhte þ a sōna sumes assan ċinn-bān þe hē þǣr funde, and ġe·feaht wiþ hīe, and of·slōġ ān þūsend mid þæs assan ċinnbāne. Hē wearþ þā swīþe of·þyrst for þǣm wundorlican slęġe, and bæd þone heofonlican 30 God þæt hē him ā·sęnde drincan, for þǣm þe on þǣre nēawiste næs nān wætersċipe. Þā arn of þǣn ċinnbāne of ānum tēþ wæter; and Samson þā dranc, and his Dryhtne þancode. Æfter þissum hē fērde tō Philistēa lande, intō ānre byriġ 35 on hiera onwealde, Gaza ġe·hāten. And hīe þæs fæġnodon; be·sętton þā þǣt hūs þe hē inne wunode; woldon hine ġe·niman mid þǣm þe hē ūt ēode on ǣrne-merġen, and hine of·slēan. Hwæt þā Samson hiera sierwunga under·ġeat; and ā·rās on middre nihte tō·middes his fēondum, and ġe·nam 40 þā burg-ġeatu, and ġe·bær on his hryċġe mid þǣm postum, swā swā hīe be·locenu wǣron, ūp tō ānre dūne tō ufeweardum þǣm cnolle; and ēode swā or-sorg of hiera ġe·sihþum. Hine be·swāc swā·þēah siþþan ān wīf, Dalila ġe·hāten, of 45 þǣm hǣþnan folce, swā þæt hē hiere sæġde, þurh hiere swīcdōm be·pǣht, on hwǣm his stręnġþo wæs and his wundorlicu miht. Þā hǣþnan Philistēi be·hēton hiere sċeattas wiþ þǣm þe hēo be·swice Samson þone strangan. Þā āscode hēo hine ġeorne mid hiere ōlǣċunge on hwǣm his miht wǣre; 50 and hē hiere andwyrde: 'Ġif ic bēo ġe·bunden mid seofon rāpum, of sinum ġeworhte, sōna ic bēo ġe·wield.' Þæt swicole wīf þā be·ġeat þā seofon rāpas, and hē þurh sierwunge swā wearþ ġe·bunden. And him man cȳþde þæt þǣr cōmon his fīend; þā tō·bræc hē sōna þā rāpas, swā 55 swā hęfel-þrǣdas; and þæt wīf nyste on hwǣm his miht wæs. Hē wearþ eft ġe·bunden mid eall-nīwum rāpum; and hē þā tō·bræc, swā swā þā ōþre. Hēo be·swāc hine swā·þēah, þæt hē hiere sæġde æt nīehstan: 'Ic eom Gode ġe·hālgod fram mīnum ċildhāde; and 60 ic næs nǣfre ġe·ęfsod, ne nǣfre be·scoren; and ġif ic bēo be·scoren, þonne bēo ic un-mihtiġ, ōþrum mannum ġe·līc;' and hēo lēt þā swā. Hēo þā on sumum dæġe, þā þā hē on slǣpe læġ, for·ċearf his seofon loccas, and ā·weahte hine siþþan; þā wæs 65 hē swā unmihtiġ swā swā ōþre męnn. And þā Philistēi ġe·fēngon hine sōna, swā swā hēo hine be·lǣwde, and ġe·lǣddon hine on·weġ; and hēo hæfde þone sċeatt, swā swā him ġe·wearþ. Hīe þā hine ā·blęndon, and ġe·bundenne lǣddon on 70 heardum racentēagum hām tō hiera byriġ, and on cwearterne be·lucon tō langre fierste: hēton hine grindan æt hiera hand-cweorne. Þā wēoxon his loccas and his miht eft on him. And þā Philistēi full·blīþe wǣron: þancodon hiera Gode, Dagon ġe·hāten, swelce hīe þurh his fultum 75 hiera fēond ġe·wielden. Þā Philistēi þā miċle feorme ġe·worhton, and ġe·samnodon hīe on sumre ūp-flōra, ealle þā hēafod-męnn, and ēac swelce wīf-męnn, þrēo þūsend manna on miċelre blisse. And þā þā hīe blīþost wǣron, þā bǣdon hīe sume þæt Samson 80 mōste him macian sum gamen; and hine man sōna ġe·fętte mid swīþlicre wāfunge, and hēton hine standan be·twix twǣm stǣnenum swēorum. On þǣm twǣm swēorum stōd þæt hūs eall ġe·worht. And Samson þā plegode swīþe him æt·foran; and ġe·lǣhte þā swēoras mid swīþlicre 85 mihte, and slōg hīe tō·gædre þæt hīe sōna tō·burston; and þæt hūs þā ā·fēoll eall, þǣm folce tō dēaþe, and Samson forþ mid, swā þæt hē miċle mā on his dēaþe ā·cwealde þonne hē ǣr cwic dyde.

Breten īeġ-land is eahta hund mīla lang, and twā hund mīla brād; and hēr sind on þǣm īeġlande fīf ġe·þēodu: Ęnġlisc, Brettisc, Scyttisc, Pihtisc, and Bōc-læden. Ǣrest wǣron būend þisses landes Brettas. Þā cōmon 5 of Armenia, and ġe·sǣton sūþan-wearde Bretene ǣrest. Þā ġe·lamp hit þæt Peohtas cōmon sūþan of Scithian mid langum sċipum, nā manigum; and þā cōmon ǣrest on Norþ-ibernian ūp; and þǣr bǣdon Scottas þæt hīe þǣr mōsten wunian. Ac hīe noldon him līefan, for þǣm þe hīe 10 cwǣdon þæt hīe ne mihten ealle æt·gædre ġe·wunian þǣr. And þā cwǣdon þā Scottas: 'Wē magon ēow hwæþre rǣd ġe·lǣran: wē witon ōþer īeġland hēr-be·ēastan; þǣr ġē magon eardian, ġif ġē willaþ; and ġif hwā ēow wiþ·stęnt, wē ēow fultumiaþ þæt ġē hit mæġen ġe·gān.' 15 Þā fērdon þā Peohtas, and ġefērdon þis land norþan-weard; sūþan-weard hit hæfdon Brettas, swā swā wē ǣr cwǣdon. And þā Peohtas him ā·bǣdon wīf æt Scottum on þā ġe·rād þæt hīe ġe·curen hiera cyne-cynn ā on þā wīf-healfe. Þæt hīe hēoldon swā lange siþþan. 20 And þā ġe·lamp ymbe ġēara ryne þæt Scotta sum dǣl ġe·wāt of Ibernian on Bretene, and þæs landes sumne dǣl ġe·ēodon; and wæs hiera hęre-toga Rēoda ġe·hāten: fram þæm hīe sind ġe·nęmnede Dālrēodi. Anno 449. Hēr Martiānus and Valentīnus on·fēngon rīċe, 25 and rīċsodon seofon winter. And on hiera dagum, Hęnġest and Horsa, fram Wyrtġeorne ġe·laþode, Bretta cyninge, ġe·sōhton Bretene on þǣm stęde þe is ġe·nęmned Ypwines-flēot, ǣrest Brettum tō fultume, ac hīe eft on hīe fuhton. 30 Se cyning hēt hīe feohtan on·ġēan Peohtas; and hīe swā dydon, and siġe hæfdon swā hwǣr swā hīe cōmon. Hīe þā sęndon tō Angle, and hēton him sęndan māran fultum; and hēton him sęċġan Bret-wēala nāhtnesse and þæs landes cysta. Hīe þā sęndon him māran fultum. Þā cōmon 35 þā męnn of þrim mǣġþum Ġermānie: of Eald-seaxum, of Ęnġlum, of Īotum. Of Īotum cōmon Cant-ware and Wiht-ware—þæt is sēo mǣġþ þe nū eardaþ on Wiht—and þæt cynn on West-seaxum þe man nū·ġiet hǣtt 'Īotena cynn.' Of Eald-seaxum 40 cōmon Ēast-seaxe, and Sūþ-seaxe, and West-seaxe. Of Angle cōmon—sē ā siþþan stōd wēste be·twix Īotum and Seaxum—Ēast-ęnġle, Middel-ęnġle, Mierċe, and ealle Norþhymbre. 455. Hēr Hęnġest and Horsa fuhton wiþ Wyrtġeorne 45 þǣm cyninge in þǣre stōwe þe is ġe·cweden Æġles-þrep; and his brōþor Horsan man of·slōg. And æfter þǣm Hęnġest fēng tō rīċe, and Æsc his sunu. 457. Hēr Hęnġest and Æsc fuhton wiþ Brettas in þǣre stōwe þe is ġe·cweden Cręċġan-ford, and þǣr of·slōgon 50 fēower þūsend wera. And þā Brettas þā for·lēton Cęnt-land, and mid miċle ęġe flugon tō Lunden-byriġ. 473. Hēr Henġest and Æsc ġe·fuhton wiþ Wēalas, and ġe·nāmon un-ārīmedlicu hęre-rēaf, and þā Wēalas flugon þā Ęnġle swā swā fȳr. 55 787. Hēr nam Beorht-rīċ cyning Offan dohtor Ēad-burge. And on his dagum cōmon ǣrest þrēo sċipu; and þā se ġe·rēfa þǣr tō rād, and hīe wolde drīfan tō þæs cyninges tūne, þȳ hē nyste hwæt hīe wǣron; and hine man of·slōg. Þæt wǣron þā ǣrestan sċipu Dęniscra manna þe Angel-cynnes 60 land ġe·sōhton. 851. Hēr Ċeorl ealdor-mann ġe·feaht wiþ hǣþne męnn mid Defena-sċīre æt Wiċġan-beorge, and þǣr miċel wæl ġe·slōgon, and siġe nāmon. And þȳ ilcan ġēare Æþelstān cyning and Ealhhęre dux 65 miċelne hęre of·slōgon æt Sand-wīc on Cęnt; and nigon sċipu ġe·fēngon, and þā ōþru ġe·flīemdon; and hǣþne męnn ǣrest ofer winter sǣton. And þȳ ilcan ġēare cōm fēorþe healf hund sċipa on Tęmese-mūþan, and brǣcon Cantwara-burg, and Lunden-burg, 70 and ġe·flīemdon Beorhtwulf Mierċna cyning mid his fierde; and fērdon þā sūþ ofer Tęmese on Sūþriġe; and him ġe·feaht wiþ Æþelwulf cyning and Æþelbeald his sunu æt Āc-lēa mid West-seaxna fierde, and þǣr þæt mǣste wæl ġe·slōgon on hǣþnum hęre þe wē sęċġan hīerdon oþ 75 þisne andweardan dæġ, and þǣr siġe nāmon. 867. Hēr fōr se hęre of Ēast-ęnġlum ofer Humbre-mūþan tō Eoforwīc-ċeastre on Norþ-hymbre. And þǣr wæs miċel un-ġeþwǣrnes þǣre þēode be·twix him selfum, and hīe hæfdon hiera cyning ā·worpenne Ōsbryht, and un-ġecyndne 80 cyning under·fēngon Ællan. And hīe late on ġēare tō þǣm ġe·ċierdon þæt hīe wiþ þone hęre winnende wǣron; and hīe þēah miċle fierd ġe·gadrodon, and þone hęre sōhton æt Eoforwīc-ċeastre; and on þā ċeastre brǣcon, and hīe sume inne wurdon; and þǣr wæs un-ġemetlic wæl ge·slæġen Norþanhymbra, 85 sume binnan, sume būtan, and þā cyningas bēġen ofslæġene; and sēo lāf wiþ þone hęre friþ nam.

Sum swīþe ġe·lǣred munuc cōm sūþan ofer sǣ fram sancte Benedictes stōwe, on Æþelredes cyninges dæġe, to Dūnstāne ærċe-biscope, þrim ġēarum ǣr þǣm þe hē forþ·fērde, and se munuc hātte Abbo. Þā wurdon hīe æt sprǣċe, oþ 5 þæt Dūnstān reahte be sancte Ēadmunde, swā swā Ēadmundes sweord-bora hit reahte Æþelstāne cyninge, þā þā Dūnstān ġēong mann wæs, and se sweord-bora wæs for·ealdod mann. Þā ġe·sętte se munuc ealle þā, ġe·ręċednesse on ānre bēc, and eft, þā þā sēo bōc cōm tō ūs, binnan fēam 10 ġēarum, þā ā·węndon wē hit on Ęnġlisc, swā swā hit hēr·æfter stęnt. Se munuc þā Abbo binnan twǣm ġēarum ġe·węnde hām tō his mynstre, and wearþ sōna tō abbode ġe·sętt on þǣm ilcan mynstre. Ēadmund se ēadiga, Ēast-ęnġla cyning, wæs snotor and 15 weorþfull, and weorþode simle mid æþelum þēawum þone ælmihtigan God. Hē wæs ēaþ-mōd and ġe·þungen, and swā ān-rǣd þurh·wunode þæt hē nolde ā·būgan tō bismerfullum leahtrum, ne on nāwþre healfe hē ne ā·hielde his þēawas, ac wæs simle ġe·myndiġ þǣre sōþan lāre: 'Ġif þū 20 eart tō hēafod-męnn ġe·sętt, ne ā·hęfe þū þē, ac bēo be·twix mannum swā swā ān mann of him.' Hē wæs cystiġ wǣdlum and widewum swā swā fæder, and mid wel-willendnesse ġe·wissode his folc simle tō riht-wīsnesse, and þǣm rēþum stīerde, and ġe·sǣliġlīce leofode on sōþum 25 ġe·lēafan. Hit ġe·lamp þā æt nīehstan þæt þā Dęniscan lēode fērdon mid sċip-hęre, hęrgiende and slēande wīde ġeond land, swā swā hiera ġe·wuna is. On þǣm flotan wǣron þā fyrmestan hēafod-męnn, Hinguar and Hubba, ġe·ānlǣhte þurh dēofol, 30 and hīe on Norþhymbra-lande ġe·lęndon mid æscum, and ā·wēston þæt land, and þā lēode of·slōgon. Þā ġe·węnde Hinguar ēast mid his sċipum, and Hubba be·lāf on Norþhymbra-lande, ġe·wunnenum siġe mid wæl-hrēownesse. Hinguar þā be·cōm tō Ēast-ęnġlum rōwende on þǣm ġēare 35 þe Ælfred æþeling ān and twęntiġ ġēara wæs, sē þe West-seaxna cyning siþþan wearþ mǣre. And se fore-sæġda Hinguar fǣrlīce, swā swā wulf, on lande be·stealcode, and þā lēode slōg, weras and wīf, and þā unġewittigan ċīld, and to bismere tūcode þā bilewītan Crīstenan. Hē sęnde 40 þā siþþan sōna tō þǣm cyninge bēotlic ǣrende, þæt hē ā·būgan scolde tō his mann-rǣdenne, ġif hē his fēores rōhte. Se ǣrend-raca cōm þā tō Ēadmunde cyninge, and Hinguares ǣrende him arodlīce ā·bēad: 'Hinguar ūre cyning, cēne and siġefæst on sǣ and on lande, hæfþ fela þēoda ġe·weald, 45 and cōm nū mid fierde fǣrlīce hēr tō lande, þæt hē hēr winter-setl mid his werode hæbbe. Nū hǣtt hē þē dǣlan þīne dīeglan gold-hordas and þīnra ieldrena ġe·strēon arodlīce wiþ hine, and þū bēo his under-cyning, ġif þū cwic bēon wilt, for þǣm þe þū næfst þā miht þæt þū mæġe 50 him wiþ·standan.' Hwæt þā Ēadmund cyning clipode ānne biscop þe him þā ġe·hęndost wæs, and wiþ hine smēade hū hē þǣm rēþan Hinguare andwyrdan scolde. Þā forhtode se biscop for þǣm fǣrlican ġe·limpe, and for þæs cyninges līfe, 55 and cwæþ þæt him rǣd þūhte þæt hē tō þǣm ġe·buge þe him bēad Hinguar. Þā swīgode se cyning, and be·seah tō þǣre eorþan, and cwæþ þā æt nīehstan cynelīce him tō: 'Ēalā þū biscop, tō bismere sind ġe·tāwode þās earman land-lēode, and mē nū lēofre wǣre þæt ic on ġe·feohte 60 fēolle wiþ þǣm þe mīn folc mōste hiera eardes brūcan.' And se biscop cwæþ: 'Ēalā þū lēofa cyning, þīn folc līþ of·slæġen, and þū næfst þone fultum þæt þū feohtan mæġe, and þās flot-męnn cumaþ, and þē cwicne ġe·bindaþ, būtan þū mid flēame þīnum fēore ġe·beorge, oþþe þū þē swā 65 ġe·beorge þæt þū būge tō him.' Þā cwæþ Ēadmund cyning, swā swā hē full·cēne wæs: 'þæs ic ġe·wilniġe and ġe·wȳsċe mid mōde þæt ic āna ne be·līfe æfter mīnum lēofum þeġnum, þe on hiera będdum wurdon mid bearnum and wīfum fǣrlīce of·slæġene fram þissum flot-mannum. Næs mē nǣfre ġe·wunelic 70 þæt ic worhte flēames, ac ic wolde swīþor sweltan, ġif ic þorfte, for mīnum āgnum earde, and se ælmihtiga God wāt þæt ic nyle ā·būgan fram his bī-gęnġum ǣfre, ne fram his sōþre lufe, swelte ic, libbe ic.' Æfter þissum wordum hē ġe·węnde tō þǣm ǣrend-racan þe 75 Hinguar him tō sęnde, and sæġde him un·forht: 'Witodlīce þū wǣre nū wierþe slęġes, ac ic nyle ā·fȳlan on þīnum fūlum blōde mīne clǣnan handa, for þǣm þe ic Crīste folgiġe, þe ūs swā ġe·bȳsnode; ac ic blīþelīce wile bēon of·slæġen þurh ēow, ġif hit swā God fore-sċēawaþ. Far nū swīþe hraþe, 80 and sęġe þīnum rēþan hlāforde, "ne ā·bȳhþ nǣfre Ēadmund Hinguare on līfe, hǣþnum hęre-togan, būtan hē to Hǣlende Crīste ǣrest mid ġe·lēafan on þissum lande ġe·būge."' Þā ġe·węnde se ǣrend-raca arodlīce on·weġ, and ġe·mētte be weġe þone wæl-hrēowan Hinguar mid ealre his fierde 85 fūse to Ēadmunde, and sæġde þǣm ārleasan hū him ġe·andwyrd wæs. Hinguar bebēad þā mid bieldo þǣm sċip-hęre þæt hīe þæs cyninges ānes ealle cēpan scolden, þe his hǣse for·seah, and hine sōna bindan. Hwæt þā Ēadmund cyning, mid þǣm þe Hinguar cōm, 90 stōd innan his healle, þæs Hǣlendes ġe·myndiġ, and ā·wearp his wǣpnu: wolde ġe·efenlǣċan Crīstes ġe·bȳsnungum, þe for·bēad Petre mid wǣpnum tō winnenne wiþ þā wælhrēowan Iūdēiscan. Hwæt þā ārlēasan þā Ēadmund ġe·bundon, and ġe·bismrodon huxlīce, and bēoton mid sāglum, and swā 95 siþþan lǣddon þone ġe·lēaffullan cyning tō ānum eorþ-faestan trēowe, and tīeġdon hine þǣr-tō mid heardum bęndum, and hine eft swungon langlīce mid swipum; and hē simle clipode be·twix þǣm swinglum mid sōþum ġe·lēafan tō Hǣlende Crīste; and þā hǣþnan þā for his ġe·lēafan wurdon 100 wōdlīce ierre, for þǣm þe hē clipode Crīst him tō fultume: hīe scuton þā mid gafelocum him tō, swelce him to gamene, oþ þæt hē eall wæs be·sętt mid hiera scotungum, swelce īles byrsta, swā swā Sebastiānus wæs. Þā ġe·seah Hinguar, se ārlēasa flotmann, þæt se æþela cyning nolde Crīste wiþ·sacan, 105 ac mid ānrǣdum ġe·lēafan hine ǣfre clipode: hēt hine þā be·hēafdian, and þā hǣþnan swā dydon. Be·twix þǣm þe hē clipode tō Crīste þā·ġiet, þā tugon þā hǣþnan þone hālgan tō slęġe, and mid ānum swęnġe slōgon him of þæt hēafod, and his sāwol sīþode ġe·sǣliġ tō Crīste. Þǣr wæs sum 110 mann ġe·hęnde ġe·healden, þurh God be·hȳdd þǣm hǣþnum, þe þis ġe·hīerde eall, and hit eft sæġde, swā swā wē hit sęċġaþ hēr. Hwæt þā se flot-hęre fērde eft tō sċipe, and be·hȳddon þæt hēafod þæs hālgan Ēadmundes on þǣm þiċċum brēmlum, 115 þæt hit be·byrġed ne wurde. Þā æfter fierste siþþan hīe ā·farene wǣron, cōm þæt land-folc tō, þe þǣr tō lāfe wæs, þǣr hiera hlāfordes līc læġ būtan hēafde, and wurdon swiþe sāriġe for his slęġe on mōde, and hūru þæt hīe næfden þæt hēafod tō þǣm bodiġe. Þā sæġde se sċēawere þe hit ǣr 120 ġe·seah, þæt þā flotmęnn hæfden þæt hēafod mid him; and wæs him ġe·þūht, swā swā hit wæs full·sōþ, þæt hīe behȳdden þæt hēafod on þǣm holte for·hwega. Hīe ēodon þā ęndemes ealle tō þǣm wuda, sēċende ġe·hwǣr, ġeond þȳflas and brēmlas, ġif hīe ā-hwǣr mihten 125 ġe·mētan þæt hēafod. Wæs ēac miċel wundor þæt ān wulf wearþ ā·sęnd, þurh Godes wissunge, tō be·węrienne þæt hēafod wiþ þā ōþru dēor ofer dæġ and niht. Hīe ēodon þā sēċende and simle clipiende, swā swā hit ġe·wunelic is þǣm þe on wuda gāþ oft, 'hwǣr eart þū nū, ġe·fēra?' And him 130 andwyrde þæt hēafod, 'hēr, hēr, hēr;' and swā ġe·lōme clipode andswariende him eallum, swā oft swā hiera ǣniġ clipode, oþ þæt hīe ealle be·cōmon þurh þā clipunge him tō. Þā læġ se grǣga wulf þe be·wiste þæt hēafod, and mid his twǣm fōtum hæfde þæt hēafod be·clypped, grǣdiġ and hungriġ, 135 and for Gode ne dorste þæs hēafdes on·byrġan, ac hēold hit wiþ dēor. Þā wurdon hīe of·wundrode þæs wulfes hierd-rǣdenne, and þæt hāliġe hēafod hām fęredon mid him, þanciende þǣm Ælmihtigan ealra his wundra. Ac se wulf folgode forþ mid þǣm hēafde, oþ þæt hīe tō 140 tūne cōmon, swelce hē tam wære, and ġe·węnde eft siþþan tō wuda on·ġēan. Þā land-lēode þā siþþan lęġdon þæt hēafod tō þǣm hālgan bodiġe, and be·byriġdon swā hīe sēlest mihton on swelcre hrædunge, and ċiriċan ā·rǣrdon sōna him on·uppan. Eft 145 þā on fierste, æfter fela ġēarum, þā sēo hęrgung ġe·swāc, and sibb wearþ for·ġiefen þǣm ġe·swęnċtan folce, þā fēngon hīe tō·gædre, and worhton āne ċiriċan weorþlīce þǣm hālgan, for þǣm þe ge·lōme wundru wurdon æt his byrġenne, æt þǣm ġe·bed-hūse þǣr hē be·byrġed wæs. Hīe woldon þā 150 fęrian mid folclicre weorþmynde þone hālgan līchaman, and lęċġan innan þǣre ċiriċan. Þā wæs miċel wundor þæt hē wæs eall swā ġe·hāl swelce hē cwic wǣre, mid clǣnum līchaman, and his swēora wæs ġe·hǣled, þe ǣr wæs for·slæġen, and wæs swelce ān seolcen þrǣd ymbe his swēoran, mannum tō 155 sweotolunge hū hē ofs·læġen wæs. Ēac swelce þā wunda, þe þā wælhrēowan hǣþnan mid ġe·lōmum scotungum on his līce macodon, wǣron ġe·hǣlde þurh þone heofonlican God; and hē; līþ swā onsund oþ þisne and-weardan dæġ, and-bīdiende ǣristes and þæs ēċan wuldres. His līchama ūs 160 cȳþþ, þe līþ un-formolsnod, þæt hē būtan for·liġre hēr on worulde leofode, and mid clǣnum līfe tō; Crīste sīþode. Sum widewe wunode, Ōswyn ġe·hāten, æt þæs hālgan byrġenne, on ġe·bedum and fæstennum manigu ġēar siþþan. Sēo wolde ęfsian ǣlce ġēare þone sanct, and his næġlas 165 ċeorfan sīeferlīce mid lufe, and on scrīne healdan tō hāliġ-dōme on weofode. Þa weorþode þæt land-folc mid ġe·lēafan þone sanct, and Þēodred biscop þearle mid ġiefum on golde and on seolfre, þǣm sancte tō weorþmynde. Þā cōmon on sumne sǣl un-ġesǣlige þēofas eahta on 170 ānre nihte tō þǣm ār-weorþan hālgan: woldon stelan þā māþmas þe męnn þider brōhton, and cunnodon mid cræfte hū hīe inn cuman mihten. Sum slōg mid slęċġe swīþe þā hæspan, sum hiera mid fēolan fēolode ymb·ūtan, sum ēac under·dealf þā duru mid spadan, sum hiera mid hlǣddre wolde 175 on·lūcan þǣt ēag-þȳrel; ac hīe swuncon on īdel, and earmlīce fērdon, swā þæt se hālga wer hīe wundorlīce ġe·band, ǣlcne swā hē stōd strūtiendne mid tōle, þæt hiera nān ne mihte þæt morþ ġe·fręmman ne hīe þanon ā·styrian; ac stōdon swā oþ merġen. Męnn þā þæs wundrodon, hū þā 180 weargas hangodon, sum on hlǣddre, sum lēat tō ġe·delfe, and ǣlc on his weorce wæs fæste ġe·bunden. Hīe wurdon þā ġe·brōhte tō þǣm biscope ealle, and hē hēt hīe ā·hōn on hēam ġealgum ealle; ac hē næs nā ġe·myndiġ hū se mildheorta God clipode þurh his wītegan þās word þe hēr standaþ: 185 Eos qui ducuntur ad mortem eruere ne cesses, 'þā þe man lǣtt tō dēaþe ā·līes hīe ūt simle.' And ēac þā hālgan canōnes bēc ġe·hādodum for·bēodaþ ġe biscopum ġe prēostum tō bēonne ymbe þēofas, for þǣm þe hit ne ġe·byreþ þǣm þe bēop ġe·corene Gode to þeġnienne þæt hīe ġe·þwǣrlǣċan 190 scylen on ǣniġes mannes dēaþe, ġif hīe bēoþ Dryhtnes þeġnas. Eft þā Þēodred biscop sċēawode his bēc, hē siþþan be·hrēowsode mid ġēomrunge þæt hē swā rēþne dōm sętte þǣm unġesǣligum þēofum, and hit be·sārgode ǣfre oþ his līfes ęnde, and þā lēode bæd ġeorne þæt hīe him mid fæsten 195 fullīce þrīe dagas, biddende þone Ælmihtigan þæt hē him ārian scolde. On þǣm lande wæs sum mann, Lēofstān ġe·hāten, rīċe for worulde, un-ġewittiġ for Gode; sē rād tō þǣm hālgan mid rīċetere swīþe, and hēt him æt·īewan orgellīce swīþe 200 þone hālgan sanct, hwæþer hē ġe·sund wǣre; ac swā hraþe swā hē ġe·seah þæs sanctes līchaman, þā ā·wēdde hē sōna, and wæl-hrēowlīce grymetode, and earmlīce ġe·ęndode yflum dēaþe. Þis is þǣm ġe·līc þe se ġe·lēaffulla pāpa Gregōrius sæġde on his ġesętnesse be þǣm hālgan Laurentie, þe līþ on 205 Rōme-byriġ, þæt męnn wolden sċēawian hū hē lǣġe ġe gōde ġe yfle; ac God hīe ġe·stilde swā þæt þǣr swulton on þǣre sċēawunge seofon męnn æt·gædre; þā ġeswicon þā ōþre tō sċēawienne þone martyr mid męnniscum ġe·dwylde. 210 Fela wundra wē ġe·hīerdon on folclicre sprǣċe be þǣm hālgan Ēadmunde, þe wē hēr nyllaþ on ġe·write sęttan, ac hīe wāt ġe·hwā. On þissum hālgan is sweotol, and on swelcum ōþrum, þæt God ælmihtiġ mæġ þone mann ā·rǣran eft on dōmes dæġe onsundne of eorþan, sē þe hielt Ēadmund hālne 215 his līchaman oþ þone mīċlan dæġ, þēah þe hē on moldan cōme. Wierþe wǣre sēo stōw for þǣm weorþfullan hālgan þæt hīe man weorþode and wel ġe·lōgode mid clǣnum Godes þēowum tō Crīstes þēowdōme; for þǣm þe se hālga is mǣrra þonne męnn mæġen ā·smēan. Nis Angel-cynn be·dǣled Dryhtnes 220 hālgena, þonne on Ęnġla-lande liċġaþ swelce hālgan swelce þes hālga cyning, and Cūþberht se ēadiga and sancte Æþelþrȳþ on Ēliġ, and ēac hiere sweostor, onsund on līchaman, ġe·lēafan tō trymmunge. Sind ēac fela ōþre on Angel-cynne hālgan, þe fela wundra wyrċaþ, swā swā hit 225 wīde is cūþ, þǣm Ælmihtigan tō lofe, þe hīe on ġe·līefdon. Crīst ġe·sweotolaþ mannum þurh his mǣre hālgan þæt hē is ælmihtiġ God þe wyrċþ swelc wundru, þēah þe þā earman Iūdēiscan hine eallunga wiþ·sōcen, for þǣm þe hīe sind ā·wierġde, swā swā hīe wȳsċton him selfum. Ne bēoþ nān 230 wundru ġe·worht æt hiera byrġennum, for þǣm þe hīe ne ġe·līefaþ on þone lifiendan Crīst; ac Crīst ġe·sweotolaþ mannum hwǣr se gōda ġe·lēafa is, þonne hē swelc wundru wyrċþ þurh his hālgan wīde ġeond þās eorþan, þæs him sīe wuldor and lof ā mid his heofonlicum Fæder and þǣm Hālgan 235 Gāste, ā būtan ęnde.