Seolandbunes is swyðost cype monnum geseted . þær beoð weðeras acennede on oxna micelnesse . þabuað oðmeda burh þære burhge noma is archemedon. Seo is mæst tobabilonia byrug . þanon is to babilonia inþæs læssan milge tæles stadia . ccc . 7 þæs maran þe leuua hatte . cc . from archemedon . þær syndan þa mycclan mærða þæt syndan ðage weorc ðese miccla macedonisca Alexander het ge wyrcean. Ðaet lond is onlenge andonbræde ðæs læssan milge tæles ðe stadia hatte . cc . andþær micclan ðe leuua hatte . cxxxiii . 7an half mil
The colony is mostly occupied with merchants. There are sheep born there the great size of oxen that live up to the dwelling of Medes. The name of that dwelling is Archemedon. It is the greatest city after Babylon. Thence to Babylon from Archemedon is 300 of the lesser miles, stadia, and 200 of the greater miles, called leuua. There is great glory there, which are the works the great Alexander of Macedonia had made. The land is in length and breadth 200 of the lesser miles, called stadia, and 133 and a half of the greater miles, called leuua.
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