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Rh EAST MIDLAND DIALECT OF 1120.

Extracts from a forged Peterborough Charter (in&shy;serted in the year 656):

Ða seonde se kyning æffter þone abbode þet he æues-&shy; Then sent the king after the abbot that he speedily telice scolde to him cumon. and he swa dyde. Ða cwæd should come so did quoth se kyning to þan abbode. La leof Sæxulf. ic haue geseond Lo, loved I have sent æfter þe for mine saule þurfe. and ic hit wile þe wæl thee soul's need it will well secgon for hwi. Min broðor Peada and min leoue freond say why brother loved friend Oswi ongunnen an mynstre Criste to loue and Sancte began minster to Christ's glory Petre. Oc min broþer is faren of þisse liue, swa swa Crist But gone from life as wolde. Oc ic wile þe gebidden. la leoue freond. þat hii pray to they wirce æuostlice on þere werce. and ic þe wile finden may work diligently the þærto gold and siluer. land and ahte. and al þæt þærto goods behofeð. Ða feorde se abbot ham. and ongan to wircene. behoves went home began Swa he spedde swa him Crist huðe. swa þet in feuna So as granted few geare wæs þat mynstre gare. Ða þa kyning heorda þæt years ''ready. When'' heard gesecgon. þa wærd se swiðe glæd. heot seonden geond said was he right glad he bade through al hi þeode æfter alle his þægne. æfter ærcebiscop. and his people thanes æfter biscopes. and æfter his eorles. and æfter alle þa those