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Þā Ċēasegan sculon innan hierum eftlōciendlīcum Landum ġemētan and mid clūduce Fōresittend and Wrixlfōresittend ġeċēosan, āne sum of þām, æt lǣst, ne sceal ānne wuniġend þæs ilcan Landes mid him. Hīe sculon on hierum clūducum nemnian þone hād þone þe hīe ġecoren swā Fōresittende habbaþ, and on tōcnāwenum clūducum þone hād ġecoren swā Wrixlfōresittende, ēac hīe sculon scippan tōcnāwene līstan ġe ealra hāda ġecoren swā Fōresittende, ġe ealra hāda ġecoren swā Wrixlfōresittende, ġe þæs rīmes þǣre behǣsa for ġehwilcum, þonne swylċe līstan sculon hīe underwrītan, cȳþan, and tō ġerecstōle þāra Ġeānedra Landa ofersendan, tō þǣm Fōresittende þæs Þēodwithādes weorþan stēored.

Se Fōresittend þæs Þēodwithādes sceal tōfōran Þēodwithāde and Speliġendhūse eallu ġewisstācnu ġeopeniġan, and þonne þā behǣsa weorþaþ weorþan rīmed.

Þonne weorþe se hād se þe is þæt mǣste rīm hæbbende se Fōresittend bēon, ġif bēo swylċ rīm hēafodġerīm of þǣm hālan rīme þāra Ċēasegena forþasetedra. Ac ġif hæbbe nā hād swylċ hēafodġerīm, þonne fram þām hādum þā þe ne syndon hæbbende þā hēahstan rīm æt mǣstan þrēo on þǣre līstan ymb him þā þe weorþaþ swā Fōresittend ġecoren, þonne scyle þæt Speliġendhūs mid clūduce þone Fōresittend hræþe ċēosan. Furþum biġ ċēosunge þæs Fōresittendes sculon þā behǣsa Landum weorþan numen, þām þe sēo eftandweardiġung āne behǣse fram ǣlcum Lande hæfþ, tō þām þæt ġe þearfminġesamnung scyle mid liþe oþþe liþum of twēġen þriddum dǣlum þāra landa ymbfōn, ġe hēafodġerīm ealra landa þurfe cyres. And ġif se Speliġendhūs ne weorþe Fōresittend ċēosan, hwonne cyreġeriht weorþe tō him ǣr þǣm fēowerþan dæġe þæs Hrēþmōnþes nēahstes fylgende hweorfan, þonne se Wrixlfōresittend scyle Fōresittend speliġan, swā swā on belimpe þæs dēaþes oþþe ōþres ġesetedlīcan unglēawscipes þæs Fōresittendes.

Weorþe se hād se þe is þæt mǣste rīm þǣre behǣsa hæbbende se Wrixlfōresittend bēon, ġif bēo swylċ rīm hēafodġerīm þæs hālan rīmes þāra Ċēasegena benemnedra. Ēac ġif nā hād hæbbe hēafodġerīm, þonne ūt of þām hēahstum twǣm rīmum on þǣre līstan scyle se Þēodwithād þone Wrixlfōresittend ċēosan, tō þām þæt ġe þearfminġesamnung scyle mid twēġenþriddum dǣlum þæs hālan rīmes þāra Þēodwitena ymbfōn, ġe hēafodġerīm þæs hālan rīmes þurfe cyres. Þēahhwæþere scyle nā hād se þe biþ ġesetedlīce unalȳfedlīċ tō þæs ġerēfscipes þæs Fōresittendes alȳfedlīċ bēon tō þæs þæs Wrixlfōresittendes þāra Ġeānedra Landa.

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