WestSaxon1175(i)
3 clepiende stefne on þam westene. ge-gærewied drihtnes weig. doð rihte his syðas.
4 Iohannes wæs on wæstene fulgende & bodiende. deadbote fulluht on senne for-gyfenysse.
5 & to hym ferde eal iudëëisce rice. & ealle ierosolima-ware. & wæren fram him ge-fullode on Iordanes flode. heore synna andettenne.
6 And Iohannes wæs ge-scryd mid olfendes hære. & fellen gyrdel wæs embe his lendene. & garstapen & wude hunig he æt.
7 & he bodede & cwæð. strengre kymð æfter me. Þas ne æm ich wurðe þt ic his scone þwange bugende un-cnette.
8 Ich fullige eow on wætere. he eow fulleð on halgen gaste.