4 Hæbbe þæs gefean folca æghwylc and blissien bealde þeoda, þæs þe þu hi on rihtum rædum demest and eorðbuende ealle healdest.
Bide me and ic þe sylle þeoda to agnum yrfe, and þinne anwald ic gebræde ofer ðeoda gemæro.
Ic ærest cwæð : “ge synd uppe godu, ealle uphea, and æðele bearn.
and he demð ealre eorþan swyðe emne. He demð folcum mid rihte;
He ferhtlic riht folcum demeð and on his yrre ealle þeode.
He ymbhwyrft eorþan demeð soðe and rihte, and his syndrig folc on rihtnesse ræde gebringeð.