++Rihtwissnesse spekeð nu. Mi sust{er} ha seið warschipe þe haueð {175} wit. ⁊ schad bituhhe god. ⁊ uuel. ⁊ wat hwet is in euch þing{e} to cheosen ⁊ to schunien{;} readeð us ⁊ leareð forte ȝeme lutel alle fallinde þing. ⁊ witen warliche þeo þe schulen á lesten. ⁊ seið as ha soð seið þ̵ þurh unweotenesse ne mei ha nawt sunegin. ⁊ tah nis nawt siker of þe unwihtes strengde as þeo þe halt hire wac {180} þah ha beo muche wurð. ⁊ ure alre ehnen demeð hire unmihti onont hire seoluen to etstonden wið his. t{ur}nes ⁊ deð ase þe wise. Mi sust{er} strengðe is swiðe bald. ⁊ seið þ̵ nawiht heardes ne mei hire offearen. ah þah ha ne trust nawt on hire ahne wepnen{;} ah deð o goðes g{ra}ce ⁊ þ̵ ich demi riht ⁊ wisdom to donne. Mi {185} þridde sust{er}. meað spekeð of þe middel sti. bituhhe riht ⁊ luft þ̵ lut cunnen halden. [f. 77r] ⁊ seið inesche ha is bald. ⁊ heard mei hire offearen. ⁊ for{}þi ne ȝelpeð ha of na sikernesse ant deð as þe wise. Mi meoster is to do riht forte demen ant ich deme me seolf þ̵ ich þurh me ne do hit nawt{;} for al þ̵ god is of godd þ̵ we her {190} habbeð. Nu is riht þenne þ̵ we demen us seolf eau{er} unmihtie to werien ⁊ to witen us oðer ei god to halden wið ute godes helpe. Þe rihtwise godd wule þ̵ we demen us seolf eðeliche ⁊ lahe. Ne beo we neau{er} swucche{;} for þenne demeð he us muche wurð ⁊ gode ant halt for his dehtren. for þah mi forme sust{er} war beo of euch uuel{;} {195} ant min oðer strong beo to ȝeines euch nowcin{;} ant mi þridde meaðul in alles cunnes estes{;} ⁊ ich do riht ⁊ deme. bute we wið al þis milde beon ⁊ meoke{;} ⁊ halden us wake. godd mei mid rihte fordemen us of al þis þurh ure prude. ant for{}þi is riht dom þet we al ure god þonkin him ane. +W+jit þe husebonde godes cunestable hereð {200} alle hare sahen ⁊ þonkeð god ȝeorne wið swiðe glead heorte of se riche lane as beoð þeos sustren his fowr dehtren þ̵ he haueð ileanet him on helpe forte wite wel ⁊ werien his castel. ⁊ godes deorewurðe feh. þ̵ is biloke þrinne. ++Þe willesfule husewif halt hire al stille. ant al þ̵ hird þ̵ ha wes {205} i wunet to dreaien eft{er} hire{;} turneð [f. 77v] ham treowliliche to wit hare lau{er}d. ⁊ to þeos fowr sustren. +V+mben ane stunde spekeð eft warschipe. ⁊ seið ich iseo a sonde cumen swide gledd icheret. feier ⁊ freolich ⁊ leofliche aturnet. let him in seið wit ȝef godd wule he bringeð us gleade tidinges. ant þ̵ us were muche {210} neod. for fearlac deaðes sonde haueð wið his{;} offearet us swiðe mid alle. warschipe let him in. ⁊ he gret wit þen lau{er}d. ⁊ al þ̵ hird seoðen. wið lahhinde chere. ant ha ȝeldeð him his gretunge. ⁊ beoð alle ilihtet ⁊ igleadet ham þu{n}cheð of his on{}sihðe. for al þ̵ hus schineð. ⁊ schimmeð of his leome. he easkeð ham ȝef ham biluueð to {215} heren him ane hwile. ȝe q{uo}ð ha rihtwisnesse. wel us biluueð hit. ⁊ wel is riht þ̵ we þe liðeliche lustnin.