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| Hi sendon þam cyninge sumne bisceop | They sent a certain bishop to the king |
| Beo ge underðiodde eowrum ieldrum magum | Be subservient to your elder kinsmen |
| Him wæs þearf micel | He had great need |
| Þa mæssepreostas beoþ Godes cyricena lareowas | The priests are the teachers of God's churches |
| Hie gesetton tictator, þæt he sceolde bion hierra ofer þa consulas | They established a dictator, who was to be higher than the consuls |
| Ða com oðer dæg, leoht æfter þeostrum | Then came the second day, light after dark |
| Þa he hine slean wolde þa feoll he underbæc | When he wanted to strike him he fell back |
| Hie habbað feala morðres gefremed | They have committed many crimes |
| Þar eode in ðæs cynges iunge dohtor and cyste hyre fæder | The king's young daughter went in there and kissed her father |
| Se cyning seceð þone þeow | The king seeks the servant |
| He sende ða sona syððan to þam cyninge beotlic ærende | He then soon afterwards sent a threatening message to the king |
| He geascode þone cyning lytle werode on wifcyþþe | He discovered that the king was in a woman's company with a small troop |