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2For þære wisan, ic æðelræd ealdorman, inbryrdendre
3Godes gefe gewelegod & gewlenced mid sume dæle
4Mercna rices, for Godes lufan & for alesnessa minra gylta &
5synna & for benum abbodes & þære heorædene
6æt Berclea, & eac for ealre Merce, ic heo
7gefreoge ecelice þæs gafoles þe hio nu get to
8cyninges handa ageofan sceolan of ðam dæle þe þær
9ungefreod to lafe wæs þære cyningfeorme, ge on
10hlutrum alað, ge on beore, ge on hunige, ge hryðrum ge on
11swynum, ge on sceapum.
12And þæt ic dyde for hiora godcundre gebedredenne & forþan
13eac þe hio me hiora landes sumne dæl
14in ece ærfewerdnesse to forleortan, þæt is æt Stoce
15twelf hida & ðritig mancusa goldes hio sealdan eac me.
16& þæt ic þæt mynster fram æghwelcum gafolum gefreoge þe
17to þiode hlafarde belimpeð, litles oððe micles, cuðes
18ge uncuðes, butan angilde wið oðrum & fæstengewerce &

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19fyrdsocne & brycggeweorce.
20& þæt ic do mid ælfredes cyninges leafe & gewitnesse & mid
21ealra Myrcna witena, godcundra hada & woroldcundra.
22And nu æft þæt ilce land æt Stoce þæt is twelf hida, ic
23sylle Cynulfe, Ceoluhtes suna, in ðreora manna dæg,
24for syxtigum mancesa clænes goldes, æghwelces
25þinges to freon, ge wið cyning, ge wið
26ealdorman, ge wið gerefan, æghwelces þeodomes, lytles &
27micles, butan fyrdsocne & fæstengeworce &
28brycggeweorce & angylde wið oðrum, & noht ut to wite.
29Ond we beodað þæt nænig mon on Ceoluhte gesib oððe
30fremde hit gereafige in ænigum ðingum, þa hwyle
31þe he lyfie, forþon þe he hit geearnode æt Mercna
32hlafordum mid rihtre eadmodnysse.
33Ond nu we beodað in Godes almihtiges naman, þæt ðes
34bufancwedena freodom þæs mynstres æt Berclea &
35eac sio geofu þæs landes þe we Cynulfe syllað in
36ðreora manna dæg , unbereafod þorhwunige on
37ecnesse, on þas gerad, þæt æfter Cynewulfes & his
38erfewerda twega, þæt twelf hida land æt Stoce
39butan ælcum wiðercwide sio agefen to Wigornacestre þam
40bisceopstole for æðelred ealdormon & for ealle
41Merce him to ecre ælmessan.
42Eac we biddað & alsiað in naman þære halgan þrinesse
43þæt gif hwelc mon sio, þæt he mid yfle wyllan
44oht þæs abrecan wylle þe on þisse cartan awriten is,
45wite he þonne þæt he hit de ofer Godes est,
46& ofer ealra his haligra, & eac ofer monna godcundra
47hada & woroldcundra elces þæra þe ænig riht
48geþencean cunne oððe wylle.
49& he hit gebete beforan þam heahsetle þæs ecean deman
50butan he hit ær mid rihtre bote gebetan wille Gode & monnum.
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52Terra autem ista hiis circumcingitur terminibus. ærest of
53Hæslwellan in Hæsldene, þonne of Hæsldene on Waldeswellan,
54of Waldeswellan on Sweordesstan, of Sweordesstane in Eowcumb,
55of Eowcumbe in Afene stream, of Afene streame eft up þæt in
56Hricgleage, þonne of Hrycgleage þæt on Penpau, of Penpau
57þæt in Sæferne stream, of Hæslwellan eft þæt
58in leadgedelf, of leadgedelfe on mylepul,
59of mylenpulle in Afene stream.