It is told that there was then such perfect peace in Britain, wheresoever the dominion of King Edwin extended, that, as is still proverbially said, a… - Bede

For þam nedfere • næni wyrþeþ
þances snotera, • þonne him þearf sy
to gehicgenne • ær his heonengange
hwæt his gaste • godes oþþe yfeles
æfter deaþe heonon • demed weorþe.

Tanta eo tempore pax in Britannia fuisse perhibetur, ut, sicut usque hodie in proverbio dicitur, etiamsi mulier una cum recens nato parvulo vellet totam perambulare insulam a mari ad mare, nullo se laedente valeret.

Nū scylun herᵹan • hefaenrīcaes Uard,
metudæs maecti • end his mōdᵹidanc,
uerc Uuldurfadur, • suē hē uundra ᵹihwaes,
ēci dryctin • ōr āstelidæ
hē ǣrist scōp • aelda barnum
heben til hrōfe, • hāleᵹ scepen.
Thā middunᵹeard • moncynnæs Uard,
eci Dryctin, • æfter tīadæ
firum foldu, • Frēa allmectiᵹ.