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and twēgen fixas; ac hwæt synt þā þing betwux swā manegum mannum?^[1]

10. Đā cwæð sē Hǣlend, Dōð þæt þās men sitton. On þǣre stōwe wæs mycel gærs; ðǣr sǣton þā swylce fīf þūsendo manna.^[2]

11. Sē Hǣlend nam þā hlāfas, and þanc wurðlīce dyde, and hig tōdǣlde þām sittendum, and eall swā of þām fixum swā mycel swā hig woldon.^[3]

12. Đā hig fulle wǣron, þā cwæð hē tō his leorningcnihton, Gaderiaþ þā brytsena þe þār tō lāfe wǣron, þæt hig ne losigeon.^[4]

13. Hig gegaderedon, and fyldon twelf wyligeon fulle þǣra brytsena of þām þe þā lǣfdon þþe of þām fīf berenan hlāfon ǣton.^[5]

14. Đā men cwǣdon, þā hig gesāwon þæt hē þæt tācen worhte, Þæt þēs is sōðlīce wītega þe on middangeard cymþ.^[6]

15. Đā sē Hǣlend wiste þæt hig woldon cuman and hine gelæccean and tō cynge dōn, þā flēah hē āna uppon þone munt.^[7]

16.^[8]

17. And þā hig ēodon on scyp, hi cōmon ofer

1. A, fyxas; A, synd; A, betweox.
2. A, sytton; Corp., gers, A, B, C, gærs; A, þusend.
3. A, wyrðlice.
4. A, -cnyhtum; (B, C, also lafe); A, losion.
5. A, gaderodon; A, gefyldon; A, wylian; B, C, wiligean; A, gebrytsena.
6. C, tacn; A, myddanearde.
7. A, gelæccan; A, cyninge gedon; A up on.
8. All the MSS. omit this verse.