WestSaxon1175(i)
3 Þis is se be þam þe gecweþen is. þurh ysia þanne witega. Cleopiende stefne wæs on wæstene. gegearewiað drihtnes weig. doð hys syþas rihte.
4 Se Iohannes witodlice hafde reaf of oluende hære. & fellenne gerdel embe hys lændene. & his mëte wæs gærstapen. & wude-hunig.
5 Þa ferde to hym ierosolim-ware. & eal iudea-þeod. & eal þæt riche wið-geonde iordanen.
6 & hyo wæron gefullode on iordanen fram hym. & hyo andetten hiora synnan.
7 Soðlice þa he geseah manege þare sunder-halgena. & þare riht-wisendre to his fulluhte cumende. he cwæð to heom. La næddrena kyn hwa geswutolede eow to fleonne fram þan toweardan eorre.
8 Eornostlice doð medemne wæstm þare deadbote.