þus queþ Alured. +M+onymon weneþ   þat he weny ne þarf. Freond þat he habbe.   þar me him vayre bi{}hat. 245 Seyþ him vayre bi{}vore.   and frakele bi{}hynde. so me may þane loþe   lengust lede. Ne ilef þu neu{er} þane mon. þat is of feole speche{n}. Ne alle þe þinge. 250 þat þu i{}herest singe{n}. Mony mon haueþ swikelne muþ. milde and monne for{}cuþ. Nele he þe cuþe.   hwenne he þe wule bi{}kache. xx þus queþ Alured. 255 +Þ+vrh sawe mon is wis.   And þurh hiselþe. glev. þurh lesinge mon is loþ.   and þurh luþre wrenches. And | vnwurþ. [f. 264v And þurh hokede honde. þat he bereþ. him seolue he for{}vareþ. 260 From lesynge þu þe wune. And alle vnþewes þu þe bi{}schune. so myht þu on þeode. leof beon in alle leode. And luue þyne nexte.   he is at þe neode gód. 265 At chepynge. and at chyreche. freond þu þe iwurche. wyþ pou{er}e and wiþ riche. wiþ alle monne ilyche. þanne myht þu sikerliche.   sely sytte. 270 And ek faren ouer lond le hwider so beoþ þi wille. [Linenote: 256. _his elþe. mon is glev_ MS.] xxi þus queþ Alured. +A+lle world{}ayhte schulle bi{}cumen to nouhte. 275 And vyches cunnes madmes.   to mixe schulen i{}Multen. And vre owe lif.   lutel hwile ileste. for þeyh o mon.   wolde al þe worlde. And al þe wunne.   þe þar{}inne wunyeþ. Ne myhte he þar{}myde his lif.   none hwile holde. 280 Ac al he schal for{}leten.   on a litel stunde. And schal vre blisse{;}   to balewe us iwurþe. Bute if we wurcheþ.   wyllen cristes. Nu biþenche we þanne vs sulue. vre lif to leden.   so crist vs gynneþ lere. 285 þanne mawe we wenen.   þat he wule vs wrþie. for so seyde salomon. þe wise. þe mon þat her wel deþ. he cumeþ þar he lyen foþ. on his lyues ende. 290 he hit schal a{}vynde. xxii þus queþ Alured. +N+e gabbe þu ne schotte. ne chid þu wyþ none sotte. ne myd manyes cunnes tales. 295 ne chid þu wiþ nenne dwales. Ne neu{er} þu ne bigynne. to telle þine tyþinges. At nones fremannes borde. ne haue þu to vale worde. 300 Mid fewe word{e}. wismon fele bi{}luken wel con. And sottes bolt is sone iscohte. for{}þi ich holde hine for dote. þat sayþ al his wille. 305 þanne he scholde beon stille. For ofte tunge brekeþ bon{;} þeyh heo seolf nabbe non. xxiii