Sēo heall is stille, gefylled mid brǣþe glētedes wudes and ealdes bōcfelles, and on middan stent Se Pāpa, bewæfed mid þegnunghræglum. Betwux his fingrum hē healdeþ þā cǣga, ānne for þǣre worulde þǣre ēstfulnesse, ānne for þǣre worulde þæs flǣsces. Æt his fōtum twēgen folgeras būgaþ, and hīe edlǣcaþ þā þēawas þe þurh cneorissa sind gongen. Æfter him swēras ārīsaþ, corfene mid gebedum, and hīe beraþ mearca hund þegnunga. Se lyft hēr is þicce mid hefignesse ealdes þēawes, ælc gebǣre edlǣc þæs ǣrran, ælc word stæpe on wege þe unārīmde fēt ǣr scōpon.
On þām wēofode resteþ heap corfenra tācna, ælc geworht of andweorce þe ǣr wēox swā dǣl miceles dēores, and cēapmenn hit bǣron ofer wēsten and ēa on lēohte eleblācerna. Þā tācnu sind cealde tō hrīnanne, smēþe swā ēastānas, ac miccle dēorran, forþām hira spell gǣþ beforan gemynde. Fela gēara ǣr cyningas and mæsseprēostas gelīce hīe wurþodon, and worhton hiltas þegnungseaxa, ordas cynegerda, oþþe līsan ealdra tæflbrēda. On miclum templum Affrican and Indēa cræftigan ǣr ealle gewritu wīsdōmes on hira brerd corfon, and getrūwodon þæt þæt þe hēr wæs āwriten þurhwunode.
Elles on þām hāligdōme is nīþer bēod geseted tō stillum mæle. Lȳtel spon, his helf gesceapen swā swan, resteþ be bolla rīses, fæt þæs scīma cymþ of carfulre glētunge handa þe ealdne cræft cūþon. Þæs spones andweorc, seldcūþ and gewilnod, is wæstm nettes cēapmanna þe monsūn and drūgoþe wāgdon, and hopodon tō sǣde sibbe. Sind ēac spell tōla and cnappa, fanna and lȳtelra bēada, ealle of þissum ilcan dēoran andweorce geworht. On miclum hūsum and lȳtlum cotum gelīce is tē gegoten on cuppan þāra smēþnes gemanþ þā steore cræftigena þe lange sind gewitene.
On sumum hyrnum þǣre worulde regn swā hnescce and efenlice fealleþ þæt hit þǣre ceastre irre stilne dēþ, and morgen mid līþum wrigelse bewǣfeþ. Þis is se weder þe tīd slāwe dēþ, and mǣgþa nēar tō ealdum pianostæfum tēoþ, hira brerd forwered mid gēarum sonata and lofsanga. Þæt lēoht þe þurh temples segl scīnþ āscīneþ of wēofodfrætwum, and līþe glēd on andwlitan þāra gelēaffulra sendeþ. On þissum tīdum man gefēleþ þurhwununge þēawes, and þā līþan trēowe weges þe ne fērde feor fram his fruman.
Tōniht, tō weorþienne þā wegas þe sind gongen, man mæg hand ofer brerd corfenes gemyndþinges lǣdan, oþþe candel on mǣgþes hēarge ontendan. Mete gearwian mid ealdum geērffæte mæg geþyld þāra þe ǣr cōmon ætȳwan. Hlūde rǣdan of bōce mid þiccum trumum leafum, oþþe ǣrend wrītan mid feþere þe on seldcūþum andweorce is geordod, lāþ tō smeaganne cynn, gāstlīc and hīredlīc.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Elpendbān.
Lucky Color: Ivory — #FFFFF0Getrūwa þām gefræge þe wunaþ, and þām stillan hrīne ealdes þēawes.