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 * Hwy ne scyle ic Catonem fortellan, Platones boc gerædende on þa lætestan niht, his sweord on heafde gesetted? On ytemest æghwær hæfde he þas twa tol gegearwod, oðer steorfan cunnan, oðer steorfan willan. Wæron his saca aræden, on sidan his saca swa ofgebrocen on ytemest neadclamm, geraded wesan cunnen; þa befand he þæt instihted moste hit weorðan æghwæðer ge swa sumum forboden wæren Catonem cwellan æghwæðer ge swa sumum geboden wurden Catonem ahreddan. And his spere fram sceaðe genumen, þe wæs æt dæge ealles blodes genered : « Naþing » cwæð he, « dydest þu, Fortuna, wiþstandende to eallum minum dæde. Æt dæge worhte ic nanlice to minum freodome ac to freodome fæderlondes. Ne wyrce ic mid swa greatum wyrðscype freolice to libbenne ac under freomannum libban. Ealswa swa syndon saca mannum on swylce cwanfulle stonde; weorðe Catonem on hælnesse adræfed. »