Eft hit seið ðat hie stikð niðer i{n} to nielnesse mid here ðohtes. for us eft to {30} warni{n} wið ðo stanroches of ðe hard{e} hierte ðe næure ne wile nexi{n}. for none wat{er}e of wisdome. Ac ȝif ðar cu{m}þ scip to hit tobrekð. Alswo doð ðat unwise ma{n}n ðe cu{m}þ to ðan unbiliefde ma{n}ne ðe ne wile ne ne mai godes lare understa{n}de{n} for his h{er}te hardnesse[.] he tobrek{ð} ȝif he ani god wille hafð. forðan he hert his gode wille {35} ⁊ hie tobrecþ. [f. 15v] mid þelliche wordes. Hwat dest þu{;} he seið ðu dalst al ðat tu hafst. Wile ðu hleste{n}. spelleres. ⁊ pr`i´estes. ⁊ munekes. ⁊ þese hadede ma{n}ne{n}. Ne scalt ðu næure habben god{;} Hie wolde{n} for`i´swelȝen all ðe woreld ȝif hie mihte{n}. be trewe ma{n}n ⁊ halt ti{n} god. þu finst feawe ðe wile ȝiue{n} ðe ani þi{n}g. bute {40} hie wite{n} hwarfore. [Linenotes: 30. _nielnesse_] on margin _abissos_. || 35. _tobrekd_ MS.: in lower margin, qui cu{m} in forma dei e`s´set no{n} rapina{m} arbit{ra}tus _est_ semet.] Ðe unware ma{n}n ðe ðis ȝeherð. ðingþ ðat he seið hi{m} god rad. Ȝif he arrer dede litel te gode. ðar after he doð michel`e´ lasse. ⁊ swo he forfarð. for ðan ðe he his priestes lare ne his ræd lesten ne folȝin ne wile Carite sprat his bowes o{n} bræde ⁊ o{n} le{n}gðe swiðe ferr. Hie me haueð ido{n} speke{n}. forðer ðane ic {45} hadde ȝeþouht. Ac nu ic wile wænden to ðe hali mihtes al{}swo ich ær hadde iȝu{n}nen be god{e}s fultume. Ac me þincþ ðat tu lokest aweiward ⁊ heuiliche latst. And hit is me to muchel iswinch ðar embe to þe{n}nke{n} oðer to speke{n}, bute ȝif ðu woldest mid god wille ðar{}to lheste{n}. ⁊ hes understande{n}. {50} [Linenotes: 42. _Ȝif_] _ȝ_ corr. out of _G_. || 44. _bowes_] _w_ corr. out of _u_.] +Hu andswereð ðe saule ⁊ seið :+ ++Ich ðe bidde for ðan ilche hlauerd ðe ðe iscop me to helpe. ðat alswo ðu hauest ȝegu{n}ne{n} ⁊ ðane gru{n}dwall ileid. Of ðese hali mihtes ðat tu hes forð{}bri{n}ge ⁊ me hes tæche. forðan hie bieð me swiðe unbecnawe for ðe maniȝe unðeawes ðe ic mid me to longe {55} habbe ihafd. Ac nu ic hes wile lete{n}. ⁊ mid godes fultume of he{m} ȝeswike{n}. And mi{n} ȝeþanc to ðine lore healde{n}. For ðare hali mihte ðe cariteð is icleped ic ðe beseche ⁊ bidde ðat tu ðese halwe{n}de lore o{n} write sette. for ðan ic am michel þe{n}chi{n}d{e} ðar hwile ðe ic o{n} ðese wrecche lichame am wuniende. ⁊ ofte forȝete ðat me god{;} wære {60} te healde{n}. and ec sum oðer saule hit wile helpe{n}. [Linenote: 54. _tæche_] _c_ corr. out of _s_.] +Hu andswereð scadwisnesse. ⁊ þus seið.+ [f. 16r