+Þ+vs queþ Alured. 65 þe mon. þe on his youhþe.   yeorne leorneþ. wit and wisdom.   and i{}writen reden{;} he may beon on elde.   wenliche lorþeu. And þe þat nule one youhþe   yeorne leorny. wit and wysdom.   and iwriten rede. 70 þat him schal on elde.   sore rewe. þenne cumeþ elde. and vnhelþe. þenne beoþ his wéne ful wroþe isene. 75 Boþe heo beoþ bi{}swike.   and eke hi beoþ a{}swunde. vii þus queþ Alured. Wyþ{}vte wysdome   is weole wel vnwurþ. for þey o mon ahte.   huntseuenti Acres. and he hi hadde isowen.   alle myd reade golde. 80 And þ̵ | gold greowe.   so gres doþ on eorþe. [f. 263r nere he for his weole.   neuer þe furþer. Bute he him of frumþe.   freond iwrche. for. hwat is gold. bute ston. bute if hit haueþ wismon. 85 [Linenote: 85. After _wismon_, _ut_ deleted.] viii þus queþ Alu{re}d. +N+e scolde neuer yongmon   howyen to swiþe. þeih him his wyse   wel ne lykie. Ne þeih he ne welde.   al þat he wolde. for god may. yeue   god after vuele. 90 weole after wowe.   þenne he wule. wel is him þat hit ischapen is. [Linenote: 91. _þenne he wule_ after _yeue_ in l. 90.] ix þus seyþ Alured. +S+trong hit is to reowe. a{}yeyn þe séé þat floweþ. 95 so it is to swynke. a{}yeyn vnylimpe. þe mon. þe on his youhþe. swo swinkeþ. and worldes weole her iwinþ. 100 þat he may on elde. idelnesse holde. And ek myd his worldes weole. god iqueme er he quele. youþe and al þat he haueþ i{}drowe. 105 is þenne wel bi{}towe. [Linenote: 105. _youþe_ in darker ink in a space too large for it; similarly _doweþes_, l. 118; _wlonk_, l. 124; _vouh_, l. 129; _Mayþenes_, l. 130.] x þus queþ Alured. +M+onymon weneþ   þat he wene ne{}þarf. longes lyues.   ac him lyeþ þe wrench. for þanne his lyues   alre best luuede. 110 þenne he schal léten{;}   lyf his owe. for nys no wrt uexynde   a wude. ne a velde. þat euer mvwe þas feye   furþ vp{}holde. Not no mon þene tyme. hwanne he schal. heonne turne. 115 Ne nomon þene ende. hwenne he schal heonne wende. Dryhten hit one wot.   doweþes lou{er}d. hwanne [we] vre lif   leten schule. xi