[Linenote: 43. _seid_] _d_ above a blotted letter.]

++Summe iuglurs beoð þe ne cunnen seruin of nan oþer gleo bute makien cheres · wrenche þe muð mis · schulen wið ehnen. Of þis meoster seruið þe unseli ontfule i þe deofles curt · to bringen o lahtre hare ondfule lau{ er}d · [gh]ef ei seið wel oðer deð wel{ ;} ne mahen { 50} ha nanes weis lokin þider wið riht ehe of god heorte · ah winkið o [þ/] half [&] bihaldeð o{ }luft [gh]ef þer is eawt to edwiten · oðer ladliche þiderward schuleð mið eiðer.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 — Part 43

[++S]umme iugelurs beod þe ne cunen seruin of nan oþer gleo buten maken cheres · wrenchen þe mud mis shuli wid þe ehnen. of þis mester seruid þe unseli eon`d´fule iþe deoueles curt · to bringen a lahtre hare on`d´fule leouerð. gef ei ded wel oþer seid wel{ ;} ne mahen ha nanes weis liki þiderwarð wid richt ehe of god heorte · Ah { 50} winked o{ }þet half [&] bi{ }halded a{ }luft gif þer is o{ u}t to et{ }wite oþer{ ;} ladliche þiderward shuled mid eiþer.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 — Part 43

[Linenotes: 48, 49. _eondfule_, _ondfule_] _d_ above in darker ink. || 51. _out_] _ont_ MS.]

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 — Part 43

Hwen ha ihereð [þ/] god{ ;} skleatteð þe earen adun · ah þe lust a[gh]ein [þ/] uuel{ ;} is eau{ er} wid open · þenne he wrencheð þe muð{ ;} hwen he turneð god to uuel · [&] [gh]ef hit is sumdel { 55} uuel · þurh mare lastunge wrencheð hit to wurse · þeos beoð forecwidderes hare ahne p{ ro}phetes · þeos bodieð · biuoren hu þe eateliche deoflen schulen [gh]et ageasten ham wið hare grennunge · [&] [f. 57v] hu ha schulen ham seolf grennin [&] niuelin [&] makien sur semblant for þe muchele angoise i þe pine of helle. Ah for{ }þi ha { 60} beoð þe leasse to meanen [þ/] ha biuoren hond leornið hare meoster to makien grim chere.

hwen ha ihered þat god skletteð þe earen adun · Ah þe lust a{ }gein þet uuel is ea wid opene. þenne wrenched þe mud mis{ ;} hwen he turned þet god to uuel · [&] gef hit is [p. 131] sumdel uuel{ ;} þurh more lastunge wrenched hit to { 55} wurse. þeos beod for{ }quiddares hare ahne p{ ro}ph{ et}es. þeos bodied biuoren hu þe ateliche deouelen shulen get agastan ham wid hare grennunge · [&] hu ha shulen ham seolf grennen [&] niwelen · [&] makien sur semblant · for þe muchele angoise iþe pine of helle. Ah forþi ha beod þe lesse te meanen · þat ha bi{ }foren hont leorned ha meoster te { 60} makien grim chere.