On þǣre cartan rīdeþ cild smylte and fæste on horse, and hit helt ēaþelīcne fanan þe on stillum winde ūpāhefeþ. Se weall behindan him nis nā geat, ac mearc betwēonan sceade and þæs dæges clǣnum andgiete. Sunnanblōstmas ūpārīsaþ, and hīe wendaþ hiera ansīena mid þæs morgenes styrenesse. Ǣlces blēdes and ǣlces tigles ūtmearce cumaþ eft on scearpnesse, swā sēo woruld of langre līþre slǣpe āwacige and finde þæt nān nēodþearf nis forloren. Hēr is warmþ, andgiet þæt se grund self ǣlcne stæpe underþeod, and þæt þe wæs gehȳded mæg nū mid handa bēon meten.
On feorrum wēstenum þǣr cempan fērdon wǣron hrægl of fæste gewefnum līnclāþe gesiwed, heard swā þæt land self. Se clāþ wæs geworht tō dierne on þǣm dūste, ac ofer tīd wearþ hē tācn strangra weorca and rihtre hǣte. On cēapstōwum under wīdum oferslegum biþ se ilca stranga clāþ ofer eaxla and cneowu tōbrǣded, windlas berende, under tēacuppan licgende, oþþe ofer eaxla geworpen þonne se æftermiddag ūphefigra āstīhþ. Se clāþ hæfþ spell fērelta, anbīdes þæs ōþres wænes, standes on rǣwum þǣr eorþe and heofon on middes dæges scīmre and swōtum stillnesse tōgædere gāþ.
Hwǣr on feldes hyrne treddaþ scōs on drȳgum gærsse. Se stenc is scearp, sēo eorþe gecinod and þǣre sunnan open. Wyrtweard būgþ tō tēonne wēod, handa bewundene on āblācnedum scyrte, hwīlum nīwe of cēapēagþȳrele, nū of gearum wæsces and werunge gesceapen. On cycene sīft cōc melu on fealum hrægle, and hē cnedeþ dāh þā hwīle þe cildru hiera folmas on þone līþan clāþ þryccaþ, and hīe lǣfaþ mǣla þe mid þǣm ōþran weorce forswindaþ. Hēr is cyn geþyldes, andgiet þæt þā þing þe wuniaþ bīoþ stillum gewefen, nā gehropen.
Se wind āstīhþ, and hē berþ þone smalan swæcc dūstes and drȳgra lēafa. On strǣte lecgaþ cȳpanas clāþrullas on bēodum, and hīe metaþ mid wudugierde nēah þǣre ilcan lenge þe hiera eldran brēcon. Fērende on sunbeorhtum wæne locaþ ūt on feorre beorgas, and þæt ēagþȳrel edlæcþ þæs setles clāþ, þone ilcan tōn þe þā feldas ūte. Ǣrendgewritu of hāme slīdaþ of canfasse, hiera ecga hnesce of handlunge. Be þǣre ēa bīgaþ hrēod and eft rihtiaþ, hiera stelan edlæcende līnan ealdra hrægla þe on cedercystum bīoþ gefealden, se blaca eorþstenc on hiera sēamum befangen.
Tōdæg mæhte man restan under oferslege cēapbūdes and hlāf mid frēonde dǣlan, wyrtmettas on strangum clāþcodde hām beran, oþþe gewefen hwītel lecgan tō middes dæges reste on þǣm gærse. Bēt lēofne scyrte mā þonne þū hine āweorpe, oþþe feorma þæt dūst of þǣm þerscolde þā hwīle þe sēo morgen sunne þurh þā duru scīt. Met ǣlce ūtmearce swā hēo eft cymþ, ealle mearce mid lēohte tō līþnesse gedōne.
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