[f. 14v] ++Ðe gastliche hierdes ðe scule{n} boðe loki{n} [&]
stiere{n}. ðo ðe bieð i{n} ðare woreld{;} [&] ec `ðo´ ðe bieð ute.
hie fol[gh]ið noe ðane gode stieres{}ma{n}n ðe god{e} was swiðe
lief. [&] [gh]ecweme. For ðare muchele hersumnesse ðe he mani[gh]e
wi{n}tre swanc. ær he `ða´ arche mihte habbe{n} [gh]emaked. [&]
seððen hie swa stierd{e} on ðe muchele {5} wilde flode. ðe
ouer[gh]iede all midde{n}eard. mang stro{n}ge wi{n}des [&] stormes
ðat he ðarof ne forleas naþing. ðe godd hi{m} hadde betaht to
liue [&] to lo{n}de to bri{n}ge{n}. Swa scule ða gastlich`e´
stieres{}me{n}n. `steren´ ða arche of ðe hali cherche ðat hie
ðarof ne for{}liesen ne lichame ne saule. For none wi{n}de of
ma{n}nliche fandi{n}ge. [f. 15r] {10} Ne for none storme of
dieuliche fandi{n}ge.
[Linenote:
8. _gastliche_] _e_ above erasure.]
[&] eft on faire wedere ne bien hie naht to sikere. forðan swo
mani[gh]e litle dropes of mani[gh]es ke{n}nes [gh]emeleastes mihte{n}
cume{n} in to ðe saule bote ðat hie mihte{n} sinke{n}. mid alle
hire bi[gh]eates. Ac lokie{n} hie alle ðe wið{}i{n}nen scipes borde
wuni[gh]eð. [þ/] hie bie{n} hersum. [&] leðebei[gh]e here stieres
ma{n}ne. {15} swa swa hie willeð cume{n} to ðe liuiende land{e}
mid saule [&] mid lichame. And hlesteð hwat ðe hlauerd seið. ðe
ðat scip auh to ðe stieresma{n}ne{n} [&] to alle ðe ðar inne
wuni[gh]eð.
[Linenote:
14. _lokieð_ MS.]
_Q{ui} uos audit me audit_. Se ðe [gh]e`w´er ra`d´ hlest he seið.
he hlest me selue{n}. [&] se ðe [gh]ew forsakþ [&] [gh]ewere lare he
forsakþ full[gh]ewiss me seluen. Þis he {20} sei{ð} to ða
stieresma{n}ne{n}. On michele hahte we fareð alle ðe fareð _i{n}
h{oc} mare magnu{m}_. on ðessere michele sea of ðare bitere
woreld. Of ure stieresma{n} is [gh]ewriten _Asce{n}du{n}t usq{ue}
ad celos. [&] desce{n}du{nt} usq{ue} ad abissos_. Hie stieð up to
heuene mid here gastliche þohtes for to sceawi{n} ðe michele
merhðe of heuene riche. {25} for to sceawi{n} ðe wi{n}des [&] ðe
euele stormes. ðe cumeð of deules blastes [&] for us te warni{n}
[þ/] ure ropes ne to{}breke{n}. ðe bieð i{}broide{n} mid þrie
strænges. Of rihte ileaue. [&] of faste hope te god{e}. And of
ðare soðe luue ðe is ihote{n} carite ðe Crist mæst luueð.
[Linenotes:
19. _gewer_] _w_ above _[.u.]_. || _rad_] _d_ above erasure. ||
21. _seid_ MS.]
[[19 "gewer" shown as printed: body text has "[gh]ewer"]]
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 [gh]if 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} [gh]if 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´swel[gh]en all ðe
woreld [gh]if hie mihte{n}. be trewe ma{n}n [&] halt ti{n} god. þu
finst feawe ðe wile [gh]iue{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 [gh]eherð. ðingþ ðat he seið hi{m} god rad.
[Gh]if 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 fol[gh]in 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 [gh]eþouht. Ac nu ic wile wænden to ðe hali
mihtes al{}swo ich ær hadde i[gh]u{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
[gh]if ðu woldest mid god wille ðar{}to lheste{n}. [&] hes
understande{n}. {50}
[Linenotes:
42. _[Gh]if_] _[gh]_ 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 [gh]egu{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 mani[gh]e unðeawes ðe ic
mid me to longe {55} habbe ihafd. Ac nu ic hes wile lete{n}. [&]
mid godes fultume of he{m} [gh]eswike{n}. And mi{n} [gh]eþanc 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 for[gh]ete 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
++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 [þ/] 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.]