Þis deð all ȝíure drihte. he blisseð hus mid dȝéies licht. h[e] sweueð hus mid þiestre nicht. Gíet for an oðre þing god ȝescop þa niht. He wat wel þ̵ maníȝe men bieð sa ful of ȝéscung. mihti efre ísí. Ná ȝewóld ha{m} selfe. to bigeten wrldlic échte. þer{}for {55} god haf{ð} ȝescepe ha{m} reste. súme `wile´ hare`s´ u{n}þances. ȝeíet he cweð a wunder word to þar sawle bi þa witíe ysaia{m}. _Nu{m}q{ui}d pot{est} mulier obliuisci infante{m} s{uum} u{t} n{on} m{isereatur} fi{lio} u{teri} s{ui}._ þ̵ is la líef maȝíe wima{n} forȝete{n} his oge cild. þ̵ hi ne milsi. hire bárn of hire ogen innoð. ⁊ ȝief hi for{}ȝiet þah{}hwéðer nell íc {60} for{}ȝete þe cweð drihte. be þa{m} þe he fad{er} is ⁊ lafórd he hi{m} sel{f} cwe{ð} be þe witíe. _Si ego p{ate}r u{bi} {est} honor m{eus}. si d{ominus} u{bi} {est} ti{m}`or´ m{eu}s._ þ̵ is. gif ic fader ha{m}. wer his mi ma{n}scipe. ȝif ic. hlaford wer hís mine aȝéíe? þer{}fore. G. m. ure king. we oȝeð wr`h´mint. hur sceappend al þat we bieð. ure fader soðe lufe. ur h`l´aford {65} drednesse. ⁊ þis is séo king þe wile wíte an alle his und{er}þeode wá hine lufeð ⁊ hwa hine hateð. hwá hi{m} is frend oðer fend. ⁊ þer{}for he hað ȝelaðed alle fol[c]. to ane dȝéíe. þ̵ is dome`s´ dȝeíe. þ̵ hi alle þer beon be þe latst. hwé seden ærst þ̵ þes ærndraces wer isent of fif cheðen. swa ibeoð. þas fif cheðen beoð fif lágan. for{}þan þe god is {70} þurh þesen ȝecnówé. [Linenotes: 56. _hafð_] _hafd_ MS. || 57. _word_] _worder_ MS. || 61. _self cweð_] _selþ cwed_ MS. || 71. _þesen_] _þ_ corr. out of _p_.] Si forme lage þ̵ is si ȝécénde lage. þe god sett formest an þes ma{n}nes heorte. þ̵ is þat non man ne don oðere. buton þ̵ þe he wolde þ̵ me ded[e] hi{m}. ⁊ don his nixta{n} al þ̵ he wolde þ̵ me ded[e]hi{m}. Wið{}ute þeser láge ni`s´ man þe ȝescod habbe. Ærndraces of þisser lage wer abel. Seth. enoc. Nóe. ⁊ swíce gode {75} man. Seðe þes mid{de}nard was ȝestaþeled fra{m} þa forme man to þa latst þe wrð ét þes [f. 57r²] wrldes ende. nas tid ne týme ne ne wrð. þ̵ god ne send gode mænn his folc forte ȝelaðie to his rice. Ac si láge sóne adiligde. þurh unwreaste leahtru{m} ⁊ manifald sénne. Þer{}efter arerde god þas lage þurh moẏse{n} þe heretoche of his {80} folce þe he þa ȝecás. ⁊ wráte his hi{m} self in stanene wax{}br`e´dene. ⁊ si ȝeleste sume wíle. ⁊ þer{}of were larþawes ⁊ ȝelaðieres Moises ⁊ aaro{n}. ⁊ samuel. ⁊ fele oðre. Swa la{n}ge þ̵ si alswa swið[e] abreað. ⁊ adiliȝede. þurh unhersa{m}nesse. wat hit co{m} to þa time þe god sende þe halie witíge. ⁊ hi þa arérdon mid hare wríte þurh þes halíe gastes {85} gífe `þa´ god lage. ⁊ rihtleceden þ̵ folc swa se hi mihte{n}. ⁊ bodeden ure`s´ hlafordes to{}cýme ses helendes ih{es}u c{ri}stes. þe sceolde his aȝén wille. þurh his gastes ȝífe in ure heorte wríte. ⁊ don ús mid his mihte þ̵ stef{}creft ne mihte. ⁊ an þesser láȝe of þe witȝin. wer laðieres móche. [Linenote: 89. _ne_ corr. out of _na_.]