Se Pāpa gewunelīce sit betwux twām swērum, hīw ealdes þēawes and þegnunge, his handa āhafene on sārlīcre lāre. Þonne his setl is gehworfen, þā swēras selfe berstaþ, and se stāndūst tōstenceþ ofer þone flor. Sēo gesamnung on hira setlum slīdaþ and murcniaþ, ābīdigende þæt mynet ætȳwe, ac þā ealdan wordcwidu edlǣcaþ būtan swēge. Se lyft, gewunelīce hefig mid stōre, þynneþ. Edlǣc þegnunga gǣþ forþ, ac mearh þæs andgietes is āsliden, and lǣfþ ān swēg and gebǣre.
Þǣr þegnunga ǣr þā gemǣnnesse grundodon, hira heorte nū elles ligeþ. Þæt þe wunaþ sind þā gripbǣran dǣlas þǣre worulde, stille gewitan wendunge: þā bacenan lāmtiglu þe lengþe þæs clūstres yrnaþ, drīge and rūhe tō hrīnanne, gelegde fela gēarhundum ǣr mid handum nū ungenemnde. Hīe gemunaþ man þā eorþe selfe, hearde, brȳselīce, getrēowe. On þām cycenum crocca dēages, gegrundene of Tusciscre molde, þā bencu be hlāfum cealdigendum on wudubredum gebrerdaþ. Þās hlāfas sind sinewealte, gedūstode mid scellum ealdes hwǣtes, hira rinda toclofene of cyse þæs ofnes. On handum wīfa þe þynne dāh on Sunnandæges æfternihtum wielgaþ, gemynd ōþres landes rīpliaþ: heap hleahtres, trāgende stenc gesodenera tomāto, screpe wuduspones on potte geworhtum mid landlāmwyrhtan, his hwēol spinnende mid gemete ealdra lēoþa.
Wegferendan on þǣre via Francigena, þām ealdan elþēodwege, ōþre tācnu geseoþ. Hyllas ārīsaþ and feallaþ, gelæppode mid elebēamum and wīnbēamum, ac æt grunde ælces hylles yrnþ sēam eorþan þe bōtas þāra þe þǣr faraþ besmīteþ. On þām ciricum middeleald wāgmāl dwinnaþ on þām wāgum, spell gemālode on blēom stīþum and þurhwuniendum. Nā twēgen dagas hēr gelīce sind: hwīlum se heofon is clǣne and heard, hwīlum drīge wind dūst on hyrnas and on cylu blǣweþ, screpende ongean þā scyttelsas and þā lāmurna þe ingang tūnhūsa and mynstra gelīce mearciaþ.
On þām cēapum cēapmenn gīet lȳtle cicelas mid eleberigum and hunige gestencede cēapiaþ, hira rinda hwispriende gewederodra handa and ealdra metsēþunga. Þā ilcan handa magon nīwe fātu of eorþan scyppan, cnediende þone ǣrran on þone andweardan, and āblendende līne betwux þegnunge and nēode. Ēac se weder weorþeþ tācn: æfterniht þonne sēo sunne niþer gǣþ and se lyft is þicce mid stence hātre eorþan æfter sceortum tǣsendum regne, gehāt næfre ful gefylled.
Þonne þā gefræge hira sāwol forlēosaþ, se gīemel wendeþ tō þām þe līfaþ, hrīne, swæcce, gefēle ealdes hlædles on þǣre folme, swēge fōtstapa on sunnbacenum cēapstōwum, gemynde blǣdes berendes stenc wæstmbǣrre molde. Tōdæg þū meaht þīne folm ongean lāmpott þryccan, orþian þone stīm ārīsende of potte wylmendra bēana, oþþe træcan þone forweredan brerd hīredgeērfe bolles. Þū meaht sēcan lȳtelne dǣl eorþan tō dȳfenne þīne fingras, oþþe ǣrend wrītan on bōcfelle geworhtum of ealdum clūtum, carfullīce gefeald and lǣfed on sunnlēohte bēode.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Eorþbrūn.
Lucky Color: Sienna — #A0522DLǣt eorþan þǣre ealdan worulde on þīne handa þryccan.