Ceasterrice

Sēo ceasterrice oþþe rīceburg is sundorcyninglic burg sēo þēnaþ swā se middel þæs weorodes, ceapes, and folclic-mǣles līfes ofer hire nīehstan lande. Hīe habbaþ ġeecnod on manigum dǣlum þǣre worulde þurh eall tīd, þā burgum swelce Rōm, Carþāgo, Aþēnas and Sparta and þā Italie rīceburgum þurh þone Middangeard and þā Niwan Ǣlde, swelce Florentse, Uenēde, Genoa and Milan.

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