ongunnon him on uhtan æðelcunde mægð gierwan to geonge wiston gumena gemot æðelinges lic eorðærne biðeaht woldan werigu wif wope bimænan æðelinges deað ane hwile reonge bereotan ræst wæs acolad heard wæs hinsið hæleð wæron modge ðe hy æt ðam beorge bliðe fundon cwom seo murnende maria on dægred heht hy oðre mid eorles dohtor sohton sarigu tu sigebearn godes ænne in ðæt eorðærn ðær hi ær wiston ðæt hine gehyddan hæleð iudea wendan ðæt he on ðam beorge bidan sceolde ana in ðære easterniht huru ðæs oðer ðing wiston ða wifmenn ða hy on weg cyrdon ac ðær cwom on uhtan an engla ðreat behæfde heapa wyn hælendes burg open wæs ðæt eorðærn æðelinges lic onfeng feores gæst folde beofode hlogan helwaran hagosteald onwoc modig from moldan mægenðrym aras sigefæst ond snottor sægde iohannis hæleð helwarum hlyhhende spræc modig to ðære mengo ymb his mæges // hæfde me gehaten hælend user ða he me on ðisne sið sendan wolde ðæt he me gesoht/ siex monað ealles folces fruma nu // sceacen wene ic ful swiðe ond witod // to dæge dryhten wille // gesecan sigebearn godes fysde hine ða to fore frea moncynnes wolde heofona helm helle weallas forbrecan ond forbygan ðære burge ðrym onginnan reafian reðust ealra cyninga ne rohte he to ðære hilde helmberendra ne he byrnwigend to ðam burggeatum lædan ne wolde ac ða locu feollan clustor of ðam ceastrum cyning in oðrad ealles folces fruma forð onette weoruda wuldorgiefa wræccan ðrungon hwylc hyra ðæt sygebearn geseon moste adam ond abraham isac ond iacob monig modig eorl moyses ond dauid esaias ond sacharias heahfædra fela swylce eac hæleða gemot witgena weorod wifmonna ðreat fela fæmnena folces unrim geseah ða iohannis sigebearn godes mid ðy cyneðrymme cuman to helle ongeat ða geomormod godes sylfes sið geseah he helle duru hædre scinan ða ðe longe ær bilocen wæron beðeahte mid ðystre se ðegn wæs on wynne abead ða bealdlice burgwarena ord modig fore ðære mengo ond to his mæge spræc ond ða wilcuman wordum grette ðe ðæs ðonc sie ðeoden user ðæt ðu us/ /ige secan woldest nu we on ðissum bendum bidan // ðonne monige bindeð broðorleasne wræccan // he bið wide fah ne bið he no ðæs nearwe under niðloc/ ðæs bitre gebunden under bealuclommum ðæt he ðy yð ne mæge ellen habban ðonne he his hlafordes hyldo gelyfeð ðæt hine of ðam bendum bicgan wille swa we ealle to ðe an gelyfað dryhten min se dyra ic adreag fela siððan ðu end to me in siðadest ða ðu me gesealdest sweord ond byrnan helm ond heorosceorp a ic ðæt heold nu giet ond ðu me gecyðdest cyneðrymma wyn ðæt ðu mundbora minum wære eala gabrihel hu ðu eart gleaw ond scearp milde ond gemyndig ond monðwære wis on ðinum gewitte ond on ðinum worde snottor ðæt ðu gecyðdest ða ðu ðone cnyht to us brohtest in bethlem bidan we ðæs longe setan on sorgum sibbe oflyste wynnum ond wenum hwonne we word godes ðurh his sylfes muð secgan hyrde eala maria hu ðu us modigne cyning acendest ða ðu ðæt cild to us brohtest in bethlem we ðæs beofiende under helle dorum hearde sceoldon bidan in bendum bona weorces gefeah wæron ure ealdfind ealle on wynnum ðonne hy gehyrdon hu we hreowen/ /on murnende mægburg usse oððæt // sigedryhten god bimengdes/ /gust ealra cyninga nu us mon modge ðe ageaf from usse geogoðe we ðurh gifre mod beswican us sylfe we ða synne forðon berað in urum breostum to bonan honda sculon eac to ussum feondum freoðo wilnian eala hierusalem in iudeum hu ðu in ðære stowe stille gewunadest ne mostan ðe geondferan foldbuende ealle lifgende ða ðe lof singað eala iordane in iudeum hu ðu in ðære stowe stille gewunadest nales ðu geondflowan foldbuende mostan hy ðynes wætres wynnum brucan nu ic ðe halsie hælend user deope in gedyrstum ðu eart dryhten crist ðæt ðu us gemiltsie monna scyppend ðu fore monna lufan ðinre modor bosm sylfa gesohtes sigedryhten god nales fore ðinre ðearfe ðeoda waldend ac for ðam miltsum ðe ðu moncynne oft ætywdest ðonne him wæs are ðearf ðu meaht ymbfon eal folca gesetu swylce ðu meaht geriman rice dryhten sæs sondgrotu selast ealra cyninga swylce ic ðe halsige hælend user fore /inum cildhade cyninga selast ond fore ðære wunde weoruda dry/ ðinum æriste æðelinga wyn ond fore ðinre me/ /ian nama ða ealle hellwara hergað ond lof/ /lum ðe ðe ymb stondað ða ðu ðe lete sittan // hond ða ðu us on ðisne wræcsið weoroda dryhten ðurh ðines sylfes geweald secan woldest ond fore hierusalem in iudeum sceal seo burg nu-ða bidan efne swa ðeah ðeoden leofa ðines eftcymes ond for iordane in iudeum wit unc in ðære burnan baðodan ætgædre oferwurpe ðu mid ðy wætre weoruda dryhten bliðe mode ealle burgwaran swylce git iohannis in iordane mid ðy fullwihte fægre onbryrdon ealne ðisne middangeard sie ðæs symle meotude ðonc