72 Me is micle betere, þæt ic bebodu healde, ðines muðes gemet, þonne mon me geofe geara ðusende goldes and seolfres.
Ic me eowde begeat, æðele hæbbe þine gewitnesse wel getreowe on ecnesse awa to feore; þæt byð heahbliss heortan minre.
For ðon ic þin bebod beorhte lufode, ða me georne synd golde deorran, topazion þæra teala gimma.
And ic on wege swylce wynnum gange, þær ic ðine gewitnesse wat ful clæne, swa ic ealra welena willum bruce.
Ic blissige bealde mode ofer ðinre spræce spede þa myclan, swa se bið bliðe, se þe beorna reaf manige meteð, þær hit mannum losað.
Hy synt ma to lufianne þonne gold oððe deorwurðe gimmas, and hi synt swetran ðonne hunig oððe beobread.
For þæm ðin ðeow hi hylt - on heora gehyldnesse is mænig edlean.