WestSaxon990(i)
1 [Note:Venit i[o]hannes baptista. Corp. Ðys sceal on wodnes-dæg on þære þryddan wucan ær myddan-wyntra. A.B. Uenit iohannes baptista predicans in deserto. A.] On þam dagum com iohannes se fulluhtere. & bodude on þam westene iudee.
2 & cwæð; Doþ dæd-bote. soðlice genealæceð heofona rice;
3 Ðis ys së be þam þe gecweden ys. þurh esaiam ðone witegan; Clypiendes stefn wæs on westene. gegearwiað drihtnes weg. doþ his siðas rihte;
4 Se iohannes witodlice hæfde reaf of olfenda hærum & fellenne gyrdel embe hys lendenu. & hys mete wæs gærstapan. & wudu-hunig;
5 Ða ferde to him hierosolim-waru. & eal iudea-ðeod. & eal þt rice wið-geondan iordanen.
6 & hi wæron gefullode on iordanë fram him. & hi andettan hyra synna;