þus queþ Alured. +N+e wurþ þu neuer so wod.   ne so wyn{}drunke. þat éuere segge þine wife.   alle þine wille. 185 For if þu iseye þe bi{}vore.   þine ivo alle. And þu hi myd worde   iwreþþed heuedest. Ne scholde heo hit lete.   for þing lyuyinde. þat heo ne scholde þe forþ vp{}breyde.   of þine baleu{}syþes. wymmon is word. woþ.   ⁊ haueþ tunge to swift. 190 þeyh heo wel wolde. ne{}may heo. hi no{}wiht welde. xvii þus queþ Alfred. | +I+delschipe and ou{er}{}prute. [f. 264r þat lereþ yong wif vuele þewes. 195 And ofte þat wolde. do. þat heo ne scholde. þene vnþev lihte. leten heo myhte. If heo ofte a swóte   for{}swunke were. 200 þeyh hit is vuel to buwe. þat beo nule treowe. For ofte Museþ þe kat.   aft{er} hire moder. þe mon þat let wymmon   his mayster iwurþe. Ne schal he neu{er} beon ihurd. 205 his wordes lou{er}d. Ac heo hine schal steorne to{}trayen. and to{}teóne. And selde wurþ he blyþe and gled. þe mon þat is his wiues qued. 210 Mony appel is bryht wiþ{}vte.   and Bitter wiþ{}inne. So is mony wymmon.   on hyre fader bure. Schene vnder schete.   and þeyh heo is schendful. So is mony gedelyng.   godlyche on horse. and is þeyh lutel wurþ. 215 wlonk bi þe glede. and v́uel at þare neode. xviii þus queþ. Al{ured}. [+N+]Eure þu bi þine lyue. þe word of þine wyue. 220 to swiþe þu. ne aréde. If heo beo i{}wreþþed myd worde. oþer myd dede. wymmo{n} wepeþ for mod. oftere þan for eny god. 225 And ofte lude ⁊ stille. for to vor{}drye hire wille. Heo wepeþ oþer{}hwile. for to do þe gyle. Salomon hit haueþ i{}sed. 230 þat wymmon can wel vuelne red. þe hire red foleweþ. heo bryngeþ hine to seorewe. for hit seyþ in þe loþ. as scumes for{}teoþ. 235 hit is i{}furn i{}seyd. þ̵ cold red is quene red. hu he is vnlede. þat foleweþ hire rede. Ich hit ne segge nouht for þan. 240 þat god þing. ys god wymmon. þe mon þe hi may i{}cheose.   and i{}couere over oþre. [Linenotes: 219. _Eure_ MS. || 224. _mod_] first stroke of _m_ erased.] xix