[Sidenote: All these are tokens of wickedness and vengeance.] Alle þyse ar teches & tokenes to trow vpon ȝet, & wittnesse of þat wykked werk & þe wrake aft{er}, Þat oure fader forferde for fylþe of þose ledes. [Sidenote: God loves the pure in heart.] Þe{n}ne vch wyȝe may wel wyt þat he þe wlonk louies, 1052 & if he louyes clene layk þat is oure lorde ryche, [Sidenote: Strive to be clean.] & to be couþe i{n} his co{ur}te þ{o}u coueytes þe{n}ne To se þat semly i{n} sete & his swete face, Clerrer cou{n}seyl, cou{n}sayl con I non, bot þat þ{o}u clene worþe. 1056 [Sidenote: Jean de Meun tells how a lady is to be loved.] For clopy{n}gnel i{n} þe compas of his clene rose, Þer he expouneȝ a speche, to hy{m} þat spede wolde, Of a lady to be loued, loke to hir sone, [Sidenote: By doing what pleases her best.] Of wich bery{n}g þat ho be, & wych ho best louyes, 1060 & be ryȝt such i{n} vch a borȝe of body & of dedes, & folȝ þe fet of þat fere þat þ{o}u fre haldes. & if þ{o}u wyrkkes on þis wyse, þaȝ ho wyk were, Hir schal lyke þat layk þat lyknes hir tylle. 1064 If þ{o}u wyl dele drwrye wyth dryȝtyn þe{n}ne, [Sidenote: Love thy Lord!] & lelly louy þy lorde & his leef worþe. [Sidenote: Conform to Christ, who is polished as a pearl.] Þe{n}ne co{n}fo{ur}me þe to kryst, & þe clene make, Þat eu{er} is polyced als playn as þe p{er}le seluen. 1068 For loke fro fyrst þat he lyȝt w{i}t{h}-i{n}ne þe lel mayden! [Sidenote: By how comely a contrivance did he enter the womb of the virgin!] By how comly a kest he watȝ clos þere, When venkkyst watȝ no v{er}gynyté, ne vyole{n}ce maked, Bot much clener watȝ hir corse, god ky{n}ned þeri{n}ne; 1072 [Sidenote: In what purity did he part from her!] & efte when he borne watȝ i{n} beþelen þe ryche, I{n} wych puryté þay dep{ar}ted; þaȝ þay pou{er} were, Watȝ neu{er} so blysful a bo{ur} as watȝ abos[55] þe{n}ne [Sidenote: No abode was better than his.] Ne no schroude ho{us} so schene as a schepon þare, 1076 Ne non so glad vnder god as ho þat grone schulde; [Sidenote: The sorrow of childbirth was turned to joy.] For þer watȝ seknesse al sou{n}de þat sarrest is halden, & þer watȝ rose reflayr where rote hatȝ ben eu{er}, & þer watȝ solace & songe wher sorȝ hatȝ ay cryed; 1080 [Sidenote: [Fol. 72a.]] [Sidenote: Angels solaced the virgin with organs and pipes.] For au{n}gelles w{i}t{h} i{n}strumentes of organes & pypes, & rial ry{n}gande rotes & þe reken fyþel, & alle hende þat honestly moȝt an hert glade, Aboutte my lady watȝ lent, quen ho delyu{er} were. 1084 [Headnote: CHRIST WAS EVER PURE.]