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'Mine broðor mine þa leofan, ic eom swiðe bliðemod to eow 7 to eallum Godes monnum' - Plummer describes this translation of Bede's placidam ego mentem, filioli, erga omnes Dei famulos gero ('my sons, I am at peace with all the servants of God') as 'very simple and beautiful'. It is similar to Ælfric's favourite homiletic opening, men þa leofostan . . .