monna modwelegost, mærðum gefrægost.
Siððan min on englisc ælfred kyning
awende worda gehwelc, and me his writerum
sende suð and norð, heht him swelcra ma
brengan bi ðære bisene, ðæt he his biscepum
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sendan meahte, forðæm hi his sume ðorfton,
ða ðe lædenspræce læste cuðon.