16 Ða com se forme ⁊cwæð. Hlaford þin pund strenede tyen pund.
Ða cleopede he hys teon þeowas ⁊sealde teon pund heom ⁊quoth. to heom. Cheapiað oððæt ic cume.
Ða he ongen com ⁊þt rice onfeng; he het cleopian his þeowas þe he þt feoh sealde. þt he wiste hu mycel ge æghwilc gemangeden.
þa quoth. se hlaford. geblissa þu gode þeowa. forþan þe þu on litlen wære getreowa þu beost anweald hæbbende ofer teon cestren.