Fēorþa Gebētung þære Grundgesetnesse þāra Geānedra Rīca American

Þā Folcġeriht tō weorþanne in hierum hādum, hũsum, ġewritum, and ānlēpum āgenungum ġeborgen, ongēan unġescēadwīslīċum sōcnum and ġegripennissum, ne sceal weorþan forbrocen, and nānu dōmġewritu sculon āsendan, būtan uppan smēagbǣrum māle, þā þe bēon biġ āþe oþþe ġesēþunge ġeþafodu, and syndriġlīċe tō tōwrītanne þā stōwa tō weorþanne sōht oþþe þā þing tō weorþanne fongen.

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