¶[N]u gode menn understandeð þis bispel. Þes king is ure hlaford almihti god þe is king ofer alle kingen. ⁊ hlaford ofer alle hlafordé. S[t]rang he his ⁊ michti. for he ȝesceop alle þing of nahte. ⁊ na þing ne máȝi áȝenes his wille. ne hi{m} wiðstande. for{}þan hi{m} séigd se wítíȝe. _Qui celor{um} {con}tines t{ro}nos_ ⁊ c. þ̵ is. hlaford `of mihte´ {35} þe {h}alst hefenen þri{m}settles. ⁊ tó neowelnes`se´ þe und{er} eorðe is be{}locést. ·iii· p{r}ou. þe dunan þu a`wiðhst´ mid þina hand; he is íwiss mihti for{}þ{an} þe non mihté nis buto{n} fra{m} him. His land is all þes middenard. for he alle ȝesceop. ⁊ all dihte wið ute swince. He us is · king · ⁊ sceppend. ⁊ fader. ⁊ hlaford. King for he mid rihtwisnesse {40} diht `man ⁊ engel god ⁊ euel´. sceppende. for he us machede lichame ⁊ sawle ableow. feder for he us fett ⁊ scred. ⁊ forðteh alse is cyldren. hlaford forþa{n} þe is ȝéie ⁊ drednesse is ofer hus. ⁊ `þas´ áh to bie{n}ne. He is hure fad{er}. he lenð us his eorðe tó tolie. h{is} corn to sawe. his eorðe us werpð corn ⁊ westm. níatt. ⁊ dierchin. his loht leóem ⁊ lif. {45} his wát{er} · drench ⁊ fiscẏnn. his fér manifeald þenínge. his sónne. mone. sterren. rien. dáw. wind. wude. `unitald fultume´ al þ̵ we habbeð of þése feder we habbeð. of wa{m} we alle ⁊ us siel{f}e habbeð. Múȝe we ahct clepeien hine mod{er} wene we. ȝíe muȝe we. hwat deð si moder hire bearn. formes[t] hi hit che{r}eð ⁊ blissið be þe lichte. ⁊ {50} seþe hi dieð und{er} hire árme [f. 57r¹] oðer hi`s´ hafed heleð to don hi{m} slepe. ⁊ reste. [Linenotes: 35. _of mihte_ added on margin. || 36. _halst_] MS. _alste_. || 37. _awiðhst_] the last six letters on margin. At beginning of following line _hst eorðe belucst mid_. || 38. _þan_] MS. _þ̵ = þat_. || 44. _his_] _he_ MS. || 48. _sielfe_] _sielþe_ MS. || 50. _chereð_] _cheteð_ MS.]