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C A P I T O L I
Æne wæs þær wer, þe hæfde sceapa heorde. He het Ælfric, ond he hæfde wif and bearn. In ðam guðe dagum, aglæcan comon to þæt þorp, hwær hie wunodon. Æfter feohte cwealdon hie þæt wif and þa bearn.
Ac se wer na wæs þær, swa he ongeat ðæt æfter þam. He gefelde þa swiðe sorge, ac na cneow hwa hie gecweald hæfdon. Mid sceapa heorde eode he to mer. Þær wæron treowu, þe ofer wætere heora tanas hangodon, and freolice bloman and wyrta.
Mid hleordropum in eagum com he þa ðær and semninga geseah he frowan þe binnan wæterum wæs. Seo frowe cwæð ða: 'Mann, hwanon cymð ðu and hwy seo sorg bihriest þinne andwlitan?' andwyrde se mann: 'ealne minne hired þe ic lufige ofslægenne habbað ac ic na cnawe nanne ðe dyde ðæt, for þam ðe ic na wæs þær, hwonne hie gecweald wæron'.
Seo frowe cwæð ða: 'o uneadig wer, ic secge þe þæt ic cann mid minum cræftum helpan. Ic cann þe secgan, hwa ofslægenne þinne leofan hired hæfð, and þe sweord þa giefan, mid ðe hine ðu cwellan meaht. Ac, gif þu dest þæt, scealt þu ecne heof cunnan. Ceos wislice!'
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