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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.^[1]

6. Þā embe þā endlyftan tīde hē ūt ēode, and funde ōþre standende; and þā sǣde hē, Hwī stande gē hēr eallne dæg īdele?^[2]

7. Þā cwǣdon hig, For þām þe ūs nān mann ne hȳrode. Đā cwæð hē, And gā gē on mīnne wīngeard.^[3]

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.^[4]

9. Eornostlīce þā ðā gecōmon þe embe þā endlyftan tīde cōmon, þā onfēngon hig ǣlc his pening.^[5]

10. And þā þe þǣr ǣrest cōmon wēndon þæt hig sceoldon māre onfōn; þā onfēngon hig syndrige penegas.^[6]

11. Đā ongunnon hig murcnian ongēn þone hīredes ealdor,^[7]

12. and þus cwǣdon, Þās ȳtemestan worhton

1. A, ymbe; Corp., B, and nigoþan, A, and þa nygeðan; A, om. swa.
2. A, ymbe; A, B, ealne.
3. A, B, man; A, hyrede.
4. A, hyra; A, agin, B, aginn; B, ðæne.
5. A, Eornestlice; Corp., B, þa ðæ gecomon, A, om. ðæ gecomon; A, ymbe; A, penig.
6. A, þar.
7. A, ongean.