Summe þurh muchele ȝeoue ant misliche meden. Summe þ{urh} farlac of his fule þreates. Oleast wið stronge tintreo ant licomliche pinen. Þe fif ⁊ þrittuðe ȝer of his {15} rixlunge he set okine{}seotle i þe moder{}burh [f. 11v] of alixaundres riche. he sende heste. ⁊ bode so wide so þ̵ lond wes. þ̵ poure ba ⁊ riche comen biuoren hi{m} to þe temple iþe tun of his heðene godes. euchan wið his lac{;} forto wurgin ham wið. comen alle to his bode. ⁊ euchan bi `hi´s euene biuoren Maxence seolf to wurgen his {20} mawmez. þe riche roðeren ⁊ schep ⁊ bule hwa so mahte brohte to lake. þe poure cwike briddes in þis ilke burh wes wuniende a meide{n} swiðe ȝung of ȝeres twa wone of twenti. feie`r´ ⁊ freolich o wlite ⁊ o wastu{m}. ah ȝet þ̵ wes mare wurð steðeluest wið{}innen of treowe bileaue. anes kinges cost hehte anlepi dohter icuret clergesse. kat{er}ine {25} inempnet. [Linenote: 24. _wastun_ MS.] þis meiden wes boðen federles ⁊ moderles of hire child-hade, ah þah ha ȝung were{;} ha heold hire aldrene hird wisliche ⁊ warliche iþe eritage. ⁊ iþe herd þ̵ com of hire burde. nawt for {þ}i hire þuhte god to habben monie under hire ⁊ beon icleopet lefdi þ̵ feole telleð wel to. ah ba ha wes offearet of scheome ⁊ of sunne. {30} þ̵ þeo weren to{}dreuet oðer mis{}ferden þ̵ hire forð-federes hefden ifostred. For hire seolf ne kepte heo nawt of þe world. þ{us} lo for hare sake ane dale [f. 12r] heo et{}heold [of hire eldrene god] ⁊ spende al þ̵ oðer in neodful ⁊ i{n} nakede. [Linenotes: 28. _þ̵i_ MS. || 33. _of ... god_ from C.] ++Þeos milde meoke meiden þes lufsum lefdi mid lasteles lates ne {35} luuede heo nane lihte plohen ne nane luue ronnes. nalde heo nane songes. ne nane luue{}runes leornin ne lustnin ah eauer ha hefde on hali{}writ ehnen oðer horte. oftest ba to gederes. hire feder hefde iset hire earliche to leaf ⁊ to lare. ⁊ heo underueng hit þ{urh} þen hali{}gast so wel þ̵ nan nes hire euening{e}. Modie meistres ⁊ {40} feole fondeden hire ofte. oswiðe feole halue forto under{}neomen hire. ah nes þer nan þ̵ mahte neuer enes wrenchen hire mid al his crefti crokes ut of þe weie. ah swa sone heo ȝeld ham swucche ȝein cleppes. ⁊ wende hare wiheles uppon ha{m} seoluen þ̵ al ha i{}cneowen ham crauant ⁊ ouercumen. ⁊ cweðen hire þe meistrie ⁊ te menske al up. {45} [Linenote: 35. After _lates_, _f_ erased.]