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2Leof, ic ðe cyðe hu hit wæs ymb ðæt lond æt Funtial ða
3fif hida ðe æðelm Higa ymb spycð.
4ða Helmstan ða undæde gedyde ðæt he æðeredes belt
5forstæl, ða ongon Higa him specan sona on mid oðran
6onspecendan & wolde him oðflitan ðæt lond.
7ða sohte he me & bæd me ðæt ic him wære forespeca,
8forðon ic his hæfde ær onfongen æt biscopes honda
9ær he ða undæde gedyde.
10ða spæc ic him fore & ðingade him to ælfrede cinge.
11ða, God forgelde his saule, ða lyfde he ðæt he moste beon
12ryhtes wyrðe for mire forspæce & ryhtrace
13wið æðelm ymb ðæt lond.
14ða het he hie seman, ða wæs ic ðara monna sum ðe ðærto
15genemned wæran, & Wihtbord & ælfric, wæs ða
16hrælðen, & Byrhthelm & Wulfhun ðes blaca æt Sumortune &
17Strica & Ubba & ma monna ðonne ic nu genemnan
18mæge.
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20heora ægðer his spell, ða ðuhte us eallan ðæt
21Helmstan moste gan forð mid ðon bocon & geagnigean
22him ðæt lond, ðæt he hit hæfde swa æðeldryð
23hit Osulfe on æht gesealde wið gemedan feo, & heo
24cwæð to Osulfe ðæt heo hit ahte him wel to syllanne
25forðon hit wæs hire morgengifu ða heo ærest
26to Aðulfe com.
27& Helmstan ðis eal on ðon aðe befeng.
28& ælfred cing ða Osulfe his hondsetene sealde, ða he ðæt
29lond æt æðeldryðe bohte, ðæt hit swa stondan
30moste, & Eadweard his & æðelnað his & Deormod his &
31ælces ðara monna ðe mon ða habban wolde.
32ða we hie æt Weardoran nu semdan, ða bær mon ða boc forð
33& rædde hie, ða stod seo hondseten eal ðæron.
34ða ðuhte us eallan ðe æt ðære some wæran, ðæt
35Helmstan wære aðe ðæs ðe near.
36ða næs æðelm na fullice geðafa ær we eodan in to cinge &
37sædan eall hu we hit reahtan & be hwy we hit
38reahtan.
39& æðelm stod self ðærinne mid.
40& cing stod, ðwoh his honda, æt Weardoran innan ðon bure.
41ða he ðæt gedon hæfde, ða ascade he æðelm hwy hit him
42ryht ne ðuhte ðæt we him gereaht hæfdan, cwæð
43ðæt he nan ryhtre geðencan ne meahte ðonne he ðone að
44agifan moste gif he meahte.
45ða cwæð ic ðæt he wolde cunnigan & bæd ðone cing ðæt
46he hit andagade.
47& he ða swa dyde.
48& he gelædde ða to ðon andagan ðone að be fullan & bæd
49me ðæt ic him fultemade & cwæð ðæt him wære
50leofre ðæt he ðæt land me sealde ðonne se
51að forburste oððe hit æfr æde .
52ða cwæð ic ðæt ic him wolde fylstan to ryhte, & næfre to
53nanan wo, on þa gerada ðe he his me uðe.
54& he me ðæt on wedde gesealde.
55& we ridan ða to ðon andagan.
56ic & Wihtbord rad mid me & Byrhthelm rad ðider mid æðelme.
57& we gehyrdan ealle ðæt he ðone að be fulan ageaf.
58ða we cwædan ealle ðæt hit wære geendodu spæc ða se dom
59wæs gefylled.
60& leof, hwonne bið engu spæc geendedu gif mon ne mæg
61nowðer ne mid feo ne mid aða geendigan?
62Oððe gif mon ælcne dom wile onwendan ðe ælfred cing
63gesette, hwonne habbe we ðonne gemotað?
64& he me ða boc ða ageaf swa he me on ðon wedde ær geseald
65hæfde, sona swa se að agifen was.
66& ic him gehet ðæt he moste ðes londes brucan ða hwile ðe
67he lifde, gif he hine wolde butan bysmore
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69ða onufan ðæt ymban oðer healf gear nat ic hweðer ðe ymb
70tua, ða forstæl he ða unlædan oxan æt Funtial,
71ðe he mid ealle fore forwearð, & draf to Cytlid.
72& hine mon ðæræt aparade.
73& his speremon ahredde ða sporwreclas.
74ða he fleah, ða torypte hine an breber ofer ðæt nebb.
75ða he ætsacan wolde, ða sæde him mon ðæt to tacne.
76ða swaf Eanulf Penearding on, wæs gerefa, ða genom eal
77ðæt yrfe him on ðæt he ahte to Tyssebyrig.
78ða ascade ic hine hwy he swa dyde, ða cwæð he ðæt he
79wære ðeof.
80& mon gerehte ðæt yrfe cinge forðon he wæs cinges mon.
81& Ordlaf feng to his londe forðon hit wæs his læn ðæt he
82on sæt, he ne meahte na his forwyrcan.
83& tu hine hete ða flyman.
84ða gesohte he ðines fæder lic & brohte insigle to me.
85& ic wæs æt Cippanhomme mit te.
86ða ageaf ic ðæt insigle ðe.
87& ðu him forgeafe his eard & ða are ðe he get on gebogen
88hæfð.
89& ic feng to minan londe & sealde hit ðon biscope ða on
90ðine gewitnesse & ðinra weotena ða fif hida
91wið ðon londe æt Lidgeard wið fif hidan.
92& biscop & eal hiwan forgeafan me ða feower & an was
93teoðinglond.
94ðonne, leof, is me micel neodðearf ðæt hit mote stondan
95swa hit nu gedon is & gefyrn wæs.
96Gif hit elleshwæt bið, ðonne sceal ic & wylle beon
97gehealden on ðon ðe ðe to ælmessan ryht ðincð.
98& æðelm Higa eode of ðam geflite ða cing wæs æt
99Worgemynster on Ordlafes gewitnesse & on Osferðes &
100on Oddan & on Wihtbordes & on ælfstanes ðys blerian & on
101æðelnoðes.