Se cynestōl stent ǣmtig on rǣdcleofan, his earmas mid ealdum anwealde gegræfene, ac nis nān rīcend þe þone rūm fæstnaþ. Þā cumbol þe ǣr hefige on feorrum wealle hangodon habbaþ dūst and swīge gegaderod. Heora tācn sind undīegole, forlorene būtan andweardnesse bebodes. Sēo duru wunaþ open, and blǣd færþ ofer stānflānum, mearca þæs rǣdes āstyriende þe nū ān gewuna wuniaþ. On þǣre tōmnesse wierþ hefe ǣlces regoles ungemet, and hearmeslegas weges edlǣcaþ þǣr willa and gesihþ fordwinodon.
Begeondan þā weallas, on ecge ealdra stāngrafa, ceorfon menn ǣr and stæcton flāte stānas, hīe on hegas and cotu lāgiende. Þā stānas, hearde, þynne, and unendelīce geþyldige, healdon tōgædere þurh timber ānlīce, ǣlc gesett æfter gemetenum rǣde. Nis nān mortere forlǣten. Ānlīce se infēg healdeþ þā weallas riht. Þonne se oferweard æfwæard is, fylgaþ stānwyrhtan þǣm āmētenum lārum, ǣlcne flān æfter gewunan settende, oþ þæt andgit heora weorces swā cōl biþ swā se stān on heora handum. Hit wunaþ for þǣm þe hit mōt, ac sēo heorte is āweg.
On hēahlandtūne sind þā hrōfas mid þynnum flānum bewrogene of eorþan toslitenum, mid care gefēgedum tō ūtlūcenne rēn and wind. Þonne stormas þurh wealcaþ and se heofon tō nīþerlīcum wolcne wierþ, scēadiaþ þā hrōfas þā hīredas wiþ cyle þe betwux stānum sīhp. Se beorglyft bringþ wuniendne smēþan rēn, stilne anrǣdne, nā grimm nā wearm, ān genōg tō gemyndigenne þæt sēo tīd hire midde forlēas. Paþas ofer mōre weorþaþ slicu, and gemǣre betwux grunde and heofone ādīmmaþ on ānne emnswēg, weder ungewissnesse and geþylde.
On cycene resteþ disc ostrena on bēode, ǣlc scell gerifod and rūh, blācne fæstnes binnan healdende. Hīe wǣron on dægrēd geripode mid handum þe flōdum fylgaþ, þā ilcan gebǣru heora fædera and ealdmōdra edlǣcende, þēah se cēap ān heap bidde, nā wuldor. Se seax wringþ þone anrǣdan heorran openne, þæt flǣsc geboden nā swā smæcc ac swā nīed, rīp tō tellenne nā tō onbyrgenne. Elles on hūse is wullwǣg ofer hrycg stōles āworpen. Hēo wæs tō wærmþe gewefen, hire endebyrdnes of gemynde geedlæht oþ þæt se wyrhta ān gefyllednesse þōhte.
On sǣrīme weaxaþ windgebigede wyrtan þǣr nāht elles wyrtwalian wile. Heora bōgas sind wīrige, heora lēaf lȳtle and swīgende, mid gearum ungēapra blǣda and sealtlyftes gesceapene. Hīe ne blōwaþ tō wæfersīene, nā ne scēadiaþ sangfuglas. Hīe wuniaþ for þǣm þe endebyrdnes oferlīfes is eall þæt him tō lāfe is. On þissum landscipe wierþ hiw tō nytte, and endebyrdnes ǣlces þinges is ān tō forþgānne.
Tōdæg, gif þū wille mid worulde faran swā hēo is, meaht þū gān behindan ealdum stānwealle and þīne fingras along his emnan, tīdgesmēþedan ecge lǣdan, gefrēdende hwæt wunaþ þonne willa forþ is. Þū meaht scell ontȳnan and his sealt onbyrgan, endebyrdnesse tō gefrēdnesse giefan lǣtende. Þū meaht þē on wullwǣge bewreon þæs hefe cūþ is, oþþe ūte on lēohtum miste standan, his anrǣdnesse on þīne hȳd sittan lǣtende.
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