# For Loss of Cattle

ðis man sceal cweðan ðonne his ceapa hwilcne man for-
stolenne. Cwyð ær he ænyg oþer word cweðe:
Bethlem hattæ seo burh || ðe Crist on geboren wes,
seo is gemærsod || ofer ealne middangeard;
swa ðeos dæd wyrþe || for monnum mære,
[per crucem Christi]! And gebide þe ðonne þriwa east and
cweð þriwa: [Crux Christi ab oriente reducat]. And [III]
west and cweð: [Crux Christi ab occidente reducat]. And
   [III] suð and cweð: [Crux Christi a meridie reducant]. And
   [III] norð and cweð: [Crux Christi abscondita sunt et inuenta
est]. Iudeas Crist ahengon, gedidon him dæda þa wyrstan;
hælon þæt hi forhelan ne mihton. Swa næfre ðeos dæd
forholen ne wyrðe [per crucem Christi].