Ælfric

“ Þæs earnes gelicnys belimpð to iohanne · ⁠197
forðan þe se earn flyhð ealra fugela ufemest ·
⁊ mæg sƿyðost starian on þære sunnan leoman ·
Sƿa dyde Iohannes se driht-ƿurða ƿritere · ⁠200
he fleah feor upp · sƿylce mid earnes fyðerum ·
⁊ beheold gleaƿlice hu he be gode mihte mærlicost ƿritan ·
Se fore-sæda ƿitega sæde on his gesihðe · ⁠203
 þæra feoƿer nytena fét ƿæron rihte ·
⁊ hi eodon æfre æfter ðam gaste ·
⁊ hæfdon eagan him on ælce healfe · ”

“ He aƿrat his godspell on achaian lande · ⁠156
⁊ geƿat to gode mid ðam halgan gaste afylled ·
ða þa he ƿæs on ylde feoƿer ⁊ hund-eahtatig geara ·
Se feorða godspellere is iohannes cristes moddrian sunu · ⁠159
se ƿæs criste sƿa leof  he hlynode uppan his breoste ·
on ðam þe ƿæs behyd [eall] se heofonlica ƿisdom ·
sƿylce he of ðam drunce þa deopan lare ·
þe he siððan aƿrát on ƿundorlicor gesetnyssa ·
sƿa  he ofer-stah ealle gesceafta ·
⁊ þa ƿord geopenade þe englas ne dorston · ”

“ On asia he ƿæs þa he aƿrat þa boc · ⁠170
⁊ he leofode lange on life æfter criste ·
oð  þa oðre apostolas geendoden heora lif ·
⁊ sige-fæste ferdon to ðan soþan life ·
Ðas feoƿer godspelleras syndon gode gecorene · ⁠174
⁊ hi ealne middan-eard mid heora lare on-lihton ·
sƿa sƿa þa feoƿer éán · ðe yrnað of neorxne-ƿange ·
ealne þisne embhƿyrft endemes ƿæteriað ·
⁊ ðas feoƿer godspelleras god gesƿutelode gefyrn ·
on ðære ealdan ǽ · ezechihele þam ƿitegan ·
He geseah on his gesihðe · sƿylce feoƿer nytenu · ⁠180 ”