_++Si sciret paterfamilias q{ua} hora fur uent{ur}us e{ss}et{;} vigilaret utiq{ue} ⁊ no{n} sineret p{er}fodi domu{m} sua{m}._ +U+re lau{er}d i þe godspel teacheð us þurh abisne. hu we ahen wearliche to biwiten us seoluen wið þe unwiht of helle. ⁊ wið his wernches. {5} ȝef þes lau{er}d wiste he seið. hwenne ⁊ hwuch time. þe þeof walde cume to his hus{;} he walde wakien. ne nalde he nawt þolien þe þeof forte breoken hire. +Þ+is hus þe ure lau{er}ð spekeð of{;} is seolf þe mon inwið þe monnes wit. I þis hus. is þe huse lau{er}d. ant te fulitohe wif{;} mei beon wil ihaten. þ̵ ga þe hus eft{er} hire{;} ha diht hit al to wundre. {10} bute wit ase lau{er}d chasti hire þe bet{er}e. ⁊ bi{}neome hire muchel of þ̵ ha walde. ant tah walde al hire hird folhin hire ouer al{;} gef wit ne forbude ham. for alle hit beoð untohene. ⁊ rechelese hinen{;} bute ȝef he ham rihte. Ant hwucche beoð þeos hinen{;} Su{m}me beoð wið{}vten. ⁊ su{m}me wið in{}nen. þeo wið{}vten beoð. þe monnes fif {15} wittes. Sihðe. ⁊ heru{n}ge. smechunge. ⁊ smeallunge. ⁊ euch limes felunge. þeos beoð hinen vnder wit. as under huse lau{er}d. ⁊ hwer se he is ȝemeles{;} nis hare nan þe ne feareð ofte untoheliche. ⁊ gulteð ilome. oðer ifol semblant{;} oder in vuel dede. In wið beoð his hinen. in se moni mislich þonc to cwemen wel þe husewif{;} aȝein godes {20} wille. ⁊ swerieð somet reaðliche. þ̵ eft{er} hire hit schal [f. 72v] gan. þah we hit ne here nawt{;} we mahen `iþþlen´ hare nurhð. ⁊ hare untohe bere. a þet hit cume forð. ⁊ ba wið eie. ⁊ wið luue tuhte ham þe bet{er}e. Ne bið neau{er} his hus for þeos hinen wel iwist. for hwen þ̵ he slepe. oðer ohwider from hame. þ̵ is hwen mon forȝet his wit. {25} ⁊ let ham i{}wurðen. ah ne bihoueð hit nawt. þ̵ tis hus beo irobbet. for þer is inne þe tre[sor] þ̵ godd ȝef him seolf fore. þ̵ is monnes sawle. forte breoke þis hus eft{er} þis tresor. þ̵ godd bohte mid his deað. ⁊ lette lif o rode{;} is moni þeof a{}buten ba bi dei ⁊ bi niht. vnseheliche gasttes wið alle unwreaste þeawes. ⁊ a{}ȝein euch god þeaw. þe biwiteð {30} iþis hus godes deore castel . vnder wittes wissunge þ̵ is huse lau{er}d. is eau{er} hire unþeaw forte sechen inȝong{e} abute þe wahes to a{}murðrin hire þrinne. þ̵ heaued þrof is þe feont. þe meistreð ham alle aȝeines him ⁊ his keis. þe husebonde þ̵ is wit. warneð his hus þ{us}. vre lau{er}d haueð ileanett him froure of his dehtren. þ̵ beoð to {35} vnderstonden þe fowr heaued þeawes. þe earste is warschipe icleopet. ant te oþer is ihaten gasteli`c´h strengðe. ⁊ te þridde is meað. rihtwisnesse þe feorðe. [Linenotes: 17. _hwer_] _r_ over _ṭ_. || 37. After _gastelich_, _e_ erased.]