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Monmuþscīr is scīr on Wealum, in þæs þeodenrices suðeasternmestan dæle. Þisre scire heafodburg is Monmuþa æt hiere easternum ecge and his mæste burg is Niwport æ hiere westernum. Wylisce Axa seo ea iernð ðurh ðisre scire heorte.