8 (Þa andswarode þæt folc and cwæð:) “Hwæt is þes wuldorfæsta kyning? Hit is ure hlaford, strang and mihtig, se þe hæfde anweald on gefeohte.”
Dryhtna Drihten wæs sprecende þæt he wolde cuman to eorðan (swa he eft dyde) and cliopode eorðlice men to geleafan. Fram sunnan upgange oð hire setlgang,
Drihten hine gegyrede gōde strengðe, and hine þa mid micle mægene begyrde. Drihten rixað, dema usser, and hine mid weorðlice wlite gegyrede. And þa ymbhwyrft eorþan getrymede, swa folde stod fæste syþþan.