[Linenotes: 3575 _who so seiþ_--ho seyth _whiche_--which 3578 _byen_--a-byen 3579 _chastied[e]_--chastysede 3580 _myȝt[e]_--myhte 3581 _þenk[e]_--thinke 3584 _ȝeuen_--MS. ȝeuene, C. yeuen _fleyen_--flen 3585 _ȝitte_--yif [_in_]--from C. 3588 _none_--non 3589 _ouþer_--oother _haþ_--MS. haþe _ben_--be _told_--MS. tolde, C. told 3591 _good[e]_--goode 3592 [_thanne----she_]--from C. 3594 _blisful_--weleful _haþ_--MS. haþe 3594-97 _goode_--good 3598 _alle_--al _whiche_--which 3600 _knyt_--knytte 3601 _re[le]ued_--releued 3602 _goode_--good 3605 _seyne_--seyn 3606 _whiche_--which 3607 _outen_--owte 3609 _don_--MS. done _seye_--seyn 3610 _whiche_--which 3611 _desert_--deserte 3614 _beþ_--MS. beþe, C. ben 3615 _clere_--cler 3617 _myȝt[e]_--myhte 3618 _is ryȝt nis_--MS. nis ryȝt is 3619 _alle_--al _nis wicked_--is wykke 3621 _here_--her 3623 _dedid_--endyd _deþe_--deth 3624 [_is_]--from C. _ouȝt_--awht 3625 _deþe_--deth 3626 _grete_--gret 3628 _be_--ben 3629 _determyne_--determenye 3630 _peyne_--peynes _told_--MS. tolde 3632 [_.i. myght_]--from C. 3632-34 _whiche_--which 3633 _eke_--ek 3635 _seen_--seyn 3637 _done_--don 3638 _myȝt[e]_--myhte _fayne lerne_--fayn lernen 3639 _endure_--dur{e} 3645 _atte_--at the _laste_--MS. þast, C. laste 3647 _resouns_--resoun 3649-50 [_he_]--from C. 3651 _eke_--ek 3653 _derkenesse_--derknesse 3654 _clere soþefastnes_--cleer sothfastnesse 3655 _whiche_--which 3658 _oþir_--eyther _done_--don 3659 _escaping_--schapynge] [Headnote: VIRTUE ITS OWN REWARD.] [Sidenote: Do you attend to the eternal law written in your own heart. Conform your mind to what is good, and you will stand in no need of a judge to confer a reward upon you--for you have it already in the enjoyment of the best of things (_i. e._ virtue).] but co{n}sider{e} þe iugement of þe p{er}durable lawe. for if 3660 þou conferme þi corage to þe beste þinges. þou ne hast no nede to no iuge to ȝiue{n} þe p{r}is or meede. for þou hast ioigned þi self to þe most excellent þing. [Sidenote: If you indulge in vice, you need no other chastisement--you have degraded yourself into a lower order of beings.]