[++M]issus est ieremias in puteum ⁊ stetit ibi usq{ue} ad os. Qui cu{m} aliqu{am}diu ibi stetisset{;} debilitatum est corp{us} eius. ⁊ ta{n}dem dimissis funib{us} subtractus est. Et cu{m} eor{um} duriciam. quia debilis erat sustinere no{n} posset. allati sunt panni de domo regia ⁊ {5} circumpositi sunt funib{us} ne [e]or{um} duricia lederetuR.+ Leofemen we uindeð in halie boc. þ̵. ieremie þe p{ro}ph{et}e stod in ane putte. ⁊ þ̵ in þe uenne up to his muðe ⁊ þa he hefede þer ane hwile istonde. þa bi{}co{m} his licome swiðe feble. ⁊ me nom rapes ⁊ caste i{n} to hi{m} for to draȝen hine ut of þisse putte. {10} Ah his licome wes se swiðe feble{;} þ̵ he ne mihte noht iþolie þe herdnesse of þe rapes. þa sende me claðes ut of þes kinges huse for to bi{}winden þe rapes. þ̵ his licome þe feble wes ne sc`e´olde noht wursien. Leofemen þeos ilke weord þe ic habbe her iseit habbeð muchele bi tacnu{n}ge [f. 19r] ⁊ god ha beoð to heren and muchele {15} betere to et halden. Is hit god for to hiheren godes weordes and heom athalden? ȝe fuliwis. for ure lauerd godalmihtin seið in þan halie god spelle. [Linenotes: 4. After _erat ṣṭ_ MS. || 10. _for_] _fro_ MS.] +Beati qui audiunt uerbum dei ⁊ c{us}todiu{n}t ill{u}d+. Ædie ⁊ blessede beon alle þeo þe ihereð godes weordes ⁊ heom athaldeð. Nu ȝe habbeð iherd wulc hit is for to iheren godes {20} weordes ⁊ heom ethalden. Nu we sculen heow sceawen hwilc hit is heo{m} for to heren ⁊ nawiht for to ethalden. for seint gregori seið. +Melius est uiam ueritatis non agnoscere{;} q{ua}m post agnitam retroire.+ Betre hit is þ̵ mon ne iknawe noht þe wei to godalmihtin þe he hine icnawe ⁊ seodðe hine for{}hoȝie{;} and on oðer {25} stude he seið. +Qui obturat aures suas ne audiat legem dei{;} orac{i}o eius erit exec{ra}bilis.+ Þe mon þe tuneð his eren in halie chirche to{}ȝeines godes laȝe and nule noht iheren þe weordes þe of him beoð. his beoden beoð aweriede ⁊ unwurðe gode. [Linenote: 28. _goḷdes_ MS.] +Puteus est peccati p{ro}funditas. quia q{ua}m diu stas in luto{;} tam diu {30} iaces in mortali peccato.+ Þes put bitacneð deopnesse of sunne. for alse longe alse we liggeð in heueð sunnen{;} al þa hwile we sto[n]deð in þe putte. ⁊ þ̵ in þe uenne up to þe muðe al{}se þeos men doð þe liggeð inne eubruche ⁊ ine glutenerie ⁊ ine manaðas. ⁊ ineprude. ⁊ ine oðre fule sunnen. ⁊ þ̵ beoð riche men [f. 19v] alremest {35} þe habbeð þas muchele prude i{n} þis world. þe habbeð fe`i´re huses. ⁊ feire hames. ⁊ feire wifes. ⁊ feire children. feire hors ⁊ feire claþes. heauekes ⁊ hundes. castles ⁊ tunes. her{}uppon heo þench`e´ð muchele mare þen uppo{n} godalmihtin þe al þis heom haueð isend þa þe liggeð i{n}ne swilc sunne. ⁊ ne þencheð noht for to arisen{;} heo delueð {40} deihwamliche heore put deoppre ⁊ deoppre. [Linenote: 34. _liggeð_] _i_ above _ẹ_ MS.]