[[The selection was printed in a single paragraph. It has been broken up for this e-text.]] [Headnote: The Privileges of Sunday] [f. 15v] [++L]EOFEMEN ȝef ȝe lusten wuleð. ⁊ ȝe willeliche hit under{}stonden we eow wulleð [f. 16r] suteliche seggen of þa fredome þe limpeð to þan deie þe is iclepeð sunedei. Sunedei is ihaten þes lauerdes dei ⁊ ec þe dei of blisse ⁊ of lisse ⁊ of alle irest. On þon deie þa engles of heofene ham iblissieð. {5} forði þe þa ermi{n}g saulen habbeð rest of heore pine. Gif hwa wule witen hwa erest bi won reste þam wrecche saule to soþe ic eow segge. þet wes s{an}c{t}e paul þe apostel and mihhal þe archangel heo tweien eoden et sume time in{}to helle alswa heo{m} drihten het for to lokien hu hit þer ferde. Mihhal eode bi{}foren ⁊ paul co{m} efter ⁊ þa {10} scawede mihhal to s{an}c{t}e paul þa wrecche sunfulle þe þer were wuniende [.] þer{}efter he him sceawede heȝe treon eisliche beorninde et foren helle ȝete. and uppon þan treon he him sceawede þe wrecche saulen a{}honge. Su{m}me bi þa fet. su{m}me bi þa honden. su{m}me bi þe tunge. su{m}me bi þe eȝen. su{m}me bi þe hefede. su{m}me bi þer {15} heorte. [Linenotes: 4. In MS. _su sunedei_. || 11. _sunfulle wrecche_ with marks of transposition in MS.] Seodðan he him sceaude an ouen on berni{n}de fure he warp ut of him seofe leies uwil[c]an of seolcuðre heowe þe alle weren eateliche to bi{}haldene ⁊ muchele strengre þen eani þ{in}g to þolien. ⁊ þer wið{}i{n}nen weren swiðe feole saule a{}honge. Ȝette he him sceawede ane welle of fure ⁊ alle hire stremes urnen fur berni{n}de. ⁊ þa {20} welle bi{}wisten .xii. meister [f. 16v] deoflen swilc ha weren kinges to pinen þer wiðinnen þa earmi{n}g saulen þe for{}gult weren; ⁊ heore aȝene pine neure nere þe lesse þah heo meistres weren. Eft{er} þon he him sceawede þe sea of helle ⁊ i{n}nan þan sea weren .vii. bittere uþe. þe forme wes snau . þat oðer is. þet þridde fur. þet feorðe blod. þe {25} fifte neddren. þe siste smorðer. þe seofeþe ful stunch. heo wes wurse to þolien þenne efreni of alle þa oðre pine. [Linenotes: 18. _þing_] _þurg_ MS. || 25. _snau_] _swnau_ MS.]