++Ðe deuel is tus ðe [fox] ilik. mið iuele breides ⁊ wið swik. ⁊ man al{}so ðe foxes name. 345 arn wurði to hauen same. for wo `so´ seieð oðer god. ⁊ ðenkeð iuel on his mod. fox he is ⁊ fend iwis. ðe boc ne legeð nogt of ðis. 350 So was herodes fox ⁊ flerd. ðo c{ri}st kam i{n}{}to ðis middel{}erd. he seide he wulde him leuen on. ⁊ ðogte he wulde him fordon. [Linenotes: 346. _wurði_] _ð_ corr. out of another letter. || 347. _so_ added in margin. || 354. _e wulde_ on an erasure.] +Nat{ur}a {a}ranéé.+ 355 ++Seftes sop ure seppande . sene `is´ on werlde. leiðe ⁊ lodlike . ðus we it leuen. man`i´kines ðing. alle manne to wissi{n}g. ðe spinn{er}e on hire [webbe]   swid[e] ge weveð. 360 festeð atte hus rof . hire fodredes. o rof er on ouese . so hire is on elde. werpeð ðus hire web . ⁊ weueð on hire wise. ðanne ge it haueð al idigt . ðeðen ge driueð. hitt hire i{n} hire hole . oc ai ge it biholdeð. 365 til ðat ðer fleges faren . ⁊ fallen ðer{}inne. wiðeren in ðat web . ⁊ wilen ut wenden. ðanne renneð ge rapelike . for ge is ai redi. nimeð anon to ðe net . ⁊ nimeð hem ðere. bitterlike ge hem bit . ⁊ here bane wurðeð. 370 drepeð ⁊ drinkeð here blod. doð ge hire no{n} oðer god. bute fret hire fille ⁊ dareð siðen stille. [Linenotes: 355. _iranéé_ MS. || 357. _loldike_ MS: after _we_ erasure of one letter. || 360. _spinnere_] _inne_ on an erasure. || _weveð_] _veð_ on an erasure. || 361. _fo dredes_ MS. || 363. _werpeð_] _pe_ on an erasure.] +Significacio.+ 375 ++Ðis wirm bitokneð ðe man . ðat oðer bi`s´wikeð. on stede er on stalle . stille er lude. in mot er in market . er oni oðer wise. he him bit . ðan he him bale selleð. ⁊ he drinkeð his blod . wanne he him dreueð. 380 ⁊ ðo fr`e´teð hem al . ðan he him iuel werkeð. [Linenotes: 376. _biswikeð_] _keð_ on an erasure. || 379. _him_: _him_ both corr. out of _hem_. || 380. _his_ on an erasure: _him_ corr. out of _hem_. || 381. _freteð_] first _e_ added by rubricator.] +Natura cetegrandie.+