26 Ac hwi ferde ge þanne witegan geseon witodlice ich eow segge he ys mare þanne witega.
⁊þu cnapa gæst ⁊beost þas heageste witega genemned. Ðu gæst beforan drihtnes ansiene hys wegas gearewian.
Gif we seggeð þæt he syo of mannen eall folc us hænð. hyo wisten gere þt johannes wæs witege.
Ac hwi ferde ge. to geseonne þanne man mid hnescan reafen gescyrdne. Þa þe sende on deorwurðe reafe ⁊on esten.
Þes is be þam þe awriten ïs. nu ïch asende minne ængel beforan þine ansyene; se gegerewed þinne weig beforan þe.
He wæs byrnende leohtfæt ⁊lihtende. ge wolden sume hwile geblissien on hys lihte.