# The Metrical Preface to the Pastoral Care

ðis ærendgewrit || agustinus
ofer sealtne sæ || suðan brohte
iegbuendum || swa hit ær fore
adihtode || dryhtnes cempa
rome papa || ryhtspell monig
gregorius || gleawmod gindwod
ðurh sefan snyttro || searoðonca hord
forðæm he monncynnes || mæst gestriende
rodra wearde || romwara betest
monna modwelegost || mærðum gefrægost
siððan min on englisc || ælfred cyning
awende worda gehwelc || and me his writerum
sende suð and norð || heht him swelcra ma
brengan bi ðære bisene || ðæt he his biscepum
sendan meahte || forðæm hi his sume ðorfton
ða ðe lædenspræce || læste cuðon