WestSaxon990(i)
5 Ða cwæþ he to him; [Note: Ðis sceal to gang-dagon þæge twegen dagas. Quis uestrum habebit amicum. A. ] Hwylc eower hæfð sumne freond. & gæþ to midre nihte to him. & cwyð to him; La freond læn me þry hlafas.
6 For-þam mïn freond com of wëge to me. & ic næbbe hwæt ic him to-foran lecge;
7 And he þonne him þus &swarige. ne beo þu me gram nu min duru is belocen. & mine cnihtas synt on reste mid me. ne mæg ic arïsan nü & syllan þe;
8 Gyf he þonne þurh-wunað cnucigiende. ic eow secge gyf he [ne] arist & him sylð þonne forþam þe he his freond ys. þeah-hwæþere for hys onhrope he arist & sylð him his neode;
9 And ic eow secge. biddað. & eow byð seald. secað. & ge findað. cnuciað. & eow byð untyned.