++Ðas þe me þincþ þu wilt godes lore bliðeliche understonden. ⁊ lierni{n}. ⁊ ðat me likeð swiðe wel. forði ðat hit seið on ðe hali godspelle. _Q{ui} {est} ex deo uerba dei audit._ Se ðe is of god{e} he {65} harkeð bleðeliche godes wordes. Nu me cu{m}þ on iþanke an forbisne. þe _sa{n}ct{us} Gregori{us}_ us sei{ð} : _Q{ui} uirtutes sine humilitate {con}gregat q{ua}si i{n} ue{n}to puluere{m} portat._ Se ðe gadereð mihtes wiðute{n} eadmodnesse he seið. he is ilich ðo ma{n}ne ðe berð dust amideward{e} ðe wi{n}de. For ði me þingþ þ̵ is wisdo{m} ðat we {70} alre ðinge arst speken of ðessere hali mihte wi{ð}{}uten hwam no{n} ne mai bie{n} wið{}healde{n} te none freme ne te none gode. [Linenotes: 67. _seid_ MS. || 71. _wid_ MS.] B. +Of teares.+ [f. 47r ++Wite ðu to soðe ðat þese teares ðe we embe speke{ð} hie bieð iwis godes ȝiue. ⁊ swiðe niedfulle to ðan inede þat iherd sculen [bien] of gode. Of hem sade ðe p{ro}phete : _Fuerunt m{ihi}_ {75} _lacrime me[e] panes die ac nocte._ Mine teares he sade me waren bred daiȝ ⁊ niht swa gode hie þouhten. Of oþres kennes teares he sade : _Lac{ri}mis meis stratu{m} meum rigabo :_ Ich scal watrien min bedd mid mine teares. Ðies bedd tacneð þe _{con}sciencia_. þat is þat inȝied wiðinnen. Þar ðe gode sawle {80} haueð hire reste{;} þar haueð se eule sawle hire pine. For þi he sade þat he wolde mid teares wascen þat inȝied þar of ðe his herte him wreiȝede. Ne finde we nawher þat godd wernde ani þing ðe ani ma{n}n mid teares him besouhte. Godd sante to Ezechie þe kinge be his p{ro}phete. ⁊ sade : _Dispone domui tue quia morieris ⁊ tu_ {85} _⁊ non uiues._ Becweð þine [f. 47v] cwide he sade. for ðan þu scalt bien dead. ⁊ naht ne scalt tu libben. Ðe king warð sari. alswa richeise is lað to laten ⁊ swiðe lef to libben. He wante þo to ðe wauȝe ⁊ dede þat betste. `a´ hlauerd godd sade he þench nu ðat ich ðe habbe ȝe luued. ⁊ for þine luue bliðeliche idon. ⁊ ȝif me ȝiet {90} a litel ferst for þine godnesse. Ðies was god inȝied. þ̵ he mihte his gode dade forðsceawin þa þe he niede hadde. For þi him ȝeherde godd ⁊ sade to is {pro}phete ðe was ham ward. Wand aȝean cwað he ⁊ sai to þe kinge. _Vidi lacrimam tua{m}._ Ich iseih cwað he þine tear. ⁊ ich iherde þine bene. Þu scalt ȝiet libben fiftene ȝear. {95} Swa michel ich habbe ieiht þi lif. Ðanne ðu on michele niede gode wilt beseken þanne is ðe wel god þ̵ þu muȝe forðdraȝen sume gode dade. þin hierte bieð ðe gladdere. ⁊ ðe sikerliker ðu miht bidden. Segge we nu forð mid þe p{ro}phete _Ciba nos pane lacrimar{um}._ Hlauerd fed us mid ðo breade of swete teares. ⁊ _potu{m} da nobis {100} in lacrimis in me{n}sura._ ⁊ ȝif us drinken of oðreskennes teares ⁊ ðat mid imete. Ðat ich wile þat ðu wel be iwarned. {ȝ}if godd ðe ȝifð þese swete teares þat non win in ðare world nis swa swete. ⁊ alswa alswa man to michel mai drinken of ðare wine alswa mai ðe mann to michel wepen. þeih hie swete bien.