sǣde ic ēow þās ðing æt fruman, for þām þe ic wæs mid ēow.
5. Nū ic fare tō ðām þe mē sende; and ēower nān ne āhsað mē hwyder ic fare.[1]
6. Ac for þām þe ic spræc ðās þing tō ēow, unrōtnyss gefylde ēowre heortan.[2]
7. Ac ic [ēow] secge sōðfæstnysse; Ēow fremað þæt ic fare. Gif ic ne fare, ne cymð sē Frēfriend tō ēow; witodlīce gif ic fare, ic hyne sende tō ēow.[3]
8. And þonne hē cymð, hē þȳwþ þysne middaneard be synne, and be rihtwīsnysse, and be dōme:[4]
9. be synne, for þām hi ne gelyfdon on mē;
10. be rihtwīsnysse, for þām ic fare tō Fæder, and gē mē ne gesēoð;
11. be dōme, for þām þyses middaneardes ealdur ys gedēmed.[5]
12. Gyt ic hæbbe ēow fela tō secgenne, ac gē hyt ne magun nū ācuman.[6]
13. Donne þǣre sōþfæstnysse Gāst cymð, hē lǣrð ēow ealle sōþfæstnysse; ne sprycð hē of[7]
- ↑ B, sennde; A, acsað.
- ↑ A, unrotnys.
- ↑ Corp., B, C, om. eow, A, eow.
- ↑ B, and be dome... rihtwisnysse (10) originally omitted by homœoteleuton; the same scribe supplies the omission on the margin.
- ↑ A, ealdor.
- ↑ A, fæla to secganne; A, ge ne magon hit (changed order).
- ↑ A, soþfæstnesse (second time).