Dobbie, 1942 110; Dobbie, E.V.K., The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, ASPR 6 (New York).
þis ærendgewrit
Agustinus
ofer sealtne sæ
suðan brohte
iegbuendum,
swa hit ær fore
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Rome papa.
Ryhtspell monig
Gregorius
gleawmod gindwod
ðurh sefan snyttro,
searoðonca hord.
Forðæm he monncynnes
mæst gestriende
rodra wearde,
Romwara betest,
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monna modwelegost,
mærðum gefrægost.
Siððan min on englisc
ælfred kyning
awende worda gehwelc,
and me his writerum
sende suð and norð,
heht him swelcra ma
brengan bi ðære bisene,
ðæt he his biscepum
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sendan meahte,
forðæm hi his sume ðorfton,
ða ðe lædenspræce
læste cuðon.