Sēo gæderung wealdlices and feohhweorfunglices oþþe līfweglices dōmes nis nānum wīsum woruldwīde. Þēawlice hēafodstōlas magon feohhweorfunglīce aþēostrian fram bifylclicum ofersteallum, swā swā hit gelamp mid Thēbane, þe aþēostrode fram Alexandrie, Nantscing fram Scanghai, oþþe Edinburg fram Glasgowe. Þæt geafeall cynecynnes oþþe līfweges cūðe ēacswā wyrcean þone dēaþ his hēafodstōles, swā swā hit gelamp be Bablōnie and Cahocie. Ēac wǣron manige nīwlice hēafodstōlas, swelce Abuja and Ottawa, rǣdlīce geseted onweg fram feohhweorfunglicum stōwum and nabbaþ gīet weaxen grēate tō nīwum feohhweorfunglicum burgum.