WestSaxon1175(i)
12 [Note: Homo quidam nobilis abiit in regionem longinquam accipere sibi regnum & reuertj. ] Witodlice he cwæð. Sum æthel-boren man ferde on ferren land. & he him rice on-fenge. & eft on-gean com.
13 Ða cleopede he hys teon þeowas & sealde teon pund heom. & [quoth]. to heom. Cheapiað oððæt ic cume.
14 Ða hatedon hine his leoden. & sænden arendraken æfter hym. & cwæðen. We nelleð þæt þes ofer us rixie.
15 Ða he on-gen com & þt rice on-feng; he het cleopian his þeowas þe he þt feoh sealde. þt he wiste hu mycel ge æghwilc ge-mangeden.
16 Ða com se forme & cwæð. Hlaford þin pund strenede tyen pund.
17 þa [quoth]. se hlaford. ge-blissa þu gode þeowa. for-þan þe þu on litlen wære ge-treowa þu beost anweald hæbbende ofer teon cestren.