+W+orld and weole. þe bi{}swikeþ. I{}wis heo beoþ þine ifo. If þe world wiþ weole þe slykeþ þat is for to do þe wo. þare{}fore. let lust ouer{}go. 45 And eft hit þe likeþ. | weylawey. sore he him bi{}swikeþ. [f. 253v þat for one stunde oþer two. wurcheþ him pyne. euer{}mo. Mon. ne do þu nouht swo. 50 VIII. POEMA MORALE [[MS description from Notes volume: “i. Lambeth 487 (L), a small quarto, 177 × 135 mm., of 67 leaves, written towards the end of the twelfth century... nos. x, xi. of this book are also taken from it. The words printed in clarendon in these three pieces are written in red, not inserted afterwards by a rubricator but done at the same time as the rest of the text. The PM ends with fordemet, l. 270, in the middle of a page; the final t has a flourish for its cross stroke; the copyist had apparently no knowledge of any more. “ii. iii. Egerton 613, B. M.... has two copies of the PM: the second (e) furnishes here a complement to the Lambeth MS. as far as l. 370, with which it ends; the first (E) is used to complete the text. e was written in the first quarter of the thirteenth century, E is somewhat later; the former has accents, the latter none. “iv. Trinity College, Cambridge, B. 14. 52 (T), on vellum, 135 × 105 mm.; written early in the thirteenth century.... A leaf is lost after f 8, and a new hand begins with f 9; the PM appears to be a distinct MS. (Anglia, iv. 408). The initials of each line are capitals and written apart from their words. A later hand has glossed aihte 42, goodes; ore 53, favour, grace; lean 64, deserving; manke 70, Manca, Mancus.”]] [[Passages “printed in clarendon” have been treated as +boldface+.]] (Lambeth MS.) (Trinity MS.) +ich em nu alder þene ich wes awintre ⁊ a lare.+ [f. 59v +Ich welde mare þene ich dede mi `wit´ ahte bon mare.+ +Wel longe ich habbe child ibon a worde ⁊ a dede+ +þa`h´ ich bo a wintre ald to ȝung ich em on rede.+ vnnet lif ich habbe iled. ⁊ ȝet me þingþ ilede. 5 þenne ich me bi{}þenche wel ful sare ich me adrede. mest al þ̵ ich habbe idon bi{}fealt to child{}hade. Wel late ich habbe me bi{}þocht{;} bute God me nu rede. Fole idel word ich habbe iq{u}eðen soððen ich speke kuðe. fole ȝunge dede idon{;} þe me of{}þinchet nuðe. 10 [Linenotes: 2. _ịḥc̣ ich_ MS. || _mi ịc̣ḥ ahte_; _wit_ in margin MS.]