l. 3 _þe swelme leþe_, lessen the heat.
4 _qued_, evil.
5 _syt_, sorrow; _sele_, happiness.
6 _þro_, anger.
7
_þen is better to abyde þe bur vmbe-stoundes_,
Then is it better to abide the blow sometimes.
10 _melede_, related.
11 _aȝt_, eight.
12 _sunder-lupes_, severally.
13 _happen_, blessed.