Cura Pastoralis: Transcription Lines 10-12

stowa ær hioldon. hie lufodon wisdom . ond ðurhðone hie begeaton welan
ond us læfdon; Her mon mæg giet gesion hiora swæð: ac we him necunnon æf
ter spyrigean. ond forðæm we habbað nú ægðer forlæten. geðone welan. ge
stowa ær hioldon, hie lufodon wisdom: ond ðurh ðone hie begeaton welan
ond us læfdon. Her mon mæg giet gesion hiora swæð: ac we him ne cunnon æf-
ter spyrigean; ond for-ðæm we habbað nu ægðer forlæten ge ðone welan ge
occupied these holy places before, they loved wisdom: and through that they acquired wealth
and left [it] to us. Here one can still see their trail: but we do not know how
to follow after them; and so we have now lost both the wealth and
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