hwa is on eorþan nu unlærdra þe ne wundrige wolcna færeldes rodres swifto ryne tunglo hu hy ælce dæge utan ymbhwerfeþ eallne middangeard hwa is moncynnes þæt ne wundrie ymb þas wlitegan tungl hu hy sume habbaþ swiþe micle scyrtran ymbehwerft sume scriþaþ leng utan ymb eall þis an þara tungla woruldmen hataþ wænes þisla þa habbaþ scyrtran scriþe and færelt ymbhwerft læssan þonne oþru tungl forþæm hi þære eaxe utan ymbhweorfeþ þone norþende nean ymbcerreþ on þære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ eall ruma rodor recene scriþeþ suþheald swifeþ swift untiorig hwa is on weorulde þæt ne wafige buton þa ane þe hit ær wisson þætte mænig tungul maran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum sume hwile eft læsse geliþaþ þa þe lacaþ ymb eaxe ende oþþe micle mare geferaþ þa hire middre ymbe þearle þrægeþ þara is gehaten saturnus sum se hæfþ ymb þritig wintergerimes weoruld ymbcirred boetes eac beorhte scineþ oþer steorra cymeþ efne swa same on þone ilcan stede eft ymb þritig geargerimes þær he gio þa wæs hwa is weoruldmonna þæt ne wafige hu sume steorran oþ þa sæ faraþ under merestreamas þæs þe monnum þincþ swa eac sume wenaþ þæt sio sunne do ac se wena nis wuhte þe soþra ne biþ hio on æfen ne on ærmorgen merestreame þe near þe on midne dæg and þeah monnum þyncþ þæt hio on mere gange under sæ swife þonne hio on setl glideþ hwa is on weorulde þæt ne wundrige fulles monan þonne he færinga wyrþ under wolcnum wlites bereafad beþeaht mid þiostrum hwa þegna ne mæge eac wafian ælces stiorran hwy hi ne scinen scirum wederum beforan þære sunnan swa hi symle doþ middelnihtum wiþ þone monan foran hadrum heofone hwæt nu hæleþa fela swelces and swelces swiþe wundraþ and ne wundriaþ þætte wuhta gehwilc men and netenu micelne habbaþ and unnetne andan betweoh him swiþe singalne is þæt sellic þincg þæt hi ne wundriaþ hu hit on wolcnum oft þearle þunraþ þragmælum eft anforlæteþ and eac swa same yþ wiþ lande ealneg winneþ wind wiþ wæge hwa wundraþ þæs oþþe oþres eft hwi þæt is mæge weorþan of wætere wlitetorht scineþ sunna swegle hat sona gecerreþ ismere ænlic on his agen gecynd weorþeþ to wætre ne þincþ þæt wundor micel monna ænegum þæt he mægge gesion dogora gehwilce ac þæt dysie folc þæs hit seldnor gesihþ swiþor wundraþ þeah hit wisra gehwæm wundor þince on his modsefan micle læsse unstaþolfæste ealneg wenaþ þæt þæt ealdgesceaft æfre ne wære þæt hi seldon gesioþ ac swiþor giet weoruldmen wenaþ þæt hit weas come niwan gesælde gif hiora nængum hwylc ær ne oþeowde is þæt earmlic þinc ac gif hiora ænig æfre weorþeþ to þon firwetgeorn þæt he fela onginþ leornian lista and him lifes weard of mode abrit þæt micle dysig þæt hit oferwrigen mid wunode lange þonne ic wæt geare þæt hi ne wundriaþ mæniges þinges þe monnum nu wæfþo and wunder welhwær þynceþ