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92 4. Đā cwæð hē, gā gē on mīnne wīngeard, and ic sylle ēow þæt riht byþ; and hig þā fērdon.

5. Eft hē ūt ēode embe þā sixtan and [þā] nigoþan tīde, and dyde þām swā gelīce.

6. Þā embe þā endlyftan tīde hē ūt ēode, and funde ōþre standende; and þā sǣde hē, Hwī stande gē hēr eallne dæg īdele?

7. Þā cwǣdon hig, For þām þe ūs nān mann ne hȳrode. Đā cwæð hē, And gā gē on mīnne wīngeard.

8. Sōþlīce þā hyt wæs æfen geworden, þā sǣde sē wīngeardes hlāford hys gerēfan, Clypa þā wyrhtan, and āgyf him heora mēde; āgynn fram þām ȳtemestan oþ þone fyrmestan.

9. Eornostlīce þā ðā gecōmon þe embe þā endlyftan tīde cōmon, þā onfēngon hig ǣlc his pening.

10. And þā þe þǣr ǣrest cōmon wēndon þæt hig sceoldon māre onfōn; þā onfēngon hig syndrige penegas.

11. Đā ongunnon hig murcnian ongēn þone hīredes ealdor,

12. and þus cwǣdon, Þās ȳtemestan worhton