Ælcne man þu þreast for his agenre scylde and gedest þæt he aswint on his mode and wyrð swa tedre swa swa gangewifran nett, for þam byð ælc man gedrefed and abysgod on idlum sorgum and on ymbhogum.
Ac þonne gemunde ic þine ærran gyfa, and gestaðelode on me mine sawle, for þy ic geare wiste þæt ic sceolde cuman for Godes mildheortnesse to þam wundorlican temple (þæt ys, Godes hus). Þyder ic sceal cuman mid mycelre wynsumnesse stemne and mid andetnesse, swylce symblendra sweg byð and bliðra.