+Of teares.+ [f. 47r
++Wite ðu to soðe ðat þese teares ðe we embe speke{ð} hie bieð
iwis godes [gh]iue. [&] 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 dai[gh] [&] 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 in[gh]ied 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 in[gh]ied þar of ðe his herte him
wrei[gh]ede. 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 wau[gh]e [&] dede þat betste. `a´ hlauerd godd sade he
þench nu ðat ich ðe habbe [gh]e luued. [&] for þine luue bliðeliche
idon. [&] [gh]if me [gh]iet {90} a litel ferst for þine godnesse. Ðies
was god in[gh]ied. [þ/] he mihte his gode dade forðsceawin þa þe he
niede hadde. For þi him [gh]eherde godd [&] sade to is {pro}phete ðe
was ham ward. Wand a[gh]ean cwað he [&] sai to þe kinge. _Vidi
lacrimam tua{m}._ Ich iseih cwað he þine tear. [&] ich iherde þine
bene. Þu scalt [gh]iet libben fiftene [gh]ear. {95} Swa michel ich
habbe ieiht þi lif. Ðanne ðu on michele niede gode wilt beseken
þanne is ðe wel god [þ/] þu mu[gh]e forðdra[gh]en 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._ [&] [gh]if us drinken of
oðreskennes teares [&] ðat mid imete. Ðat ich wile þat ðu wel be
iwarned. {[gh]}if godd ðe [gh]ifð 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. [&] for ði þe is god {105} [þ/] þu beseke at gode one
mihte. ðe hatte _discrecio_. þat is [f. 48r] sckelewisnesse.
[Linenotes:
73. _speked_ MS. || 74. _inede_] _n_ corr. out of _h_. ||
80. _is_ corr. out of _þ_. || 88. _lað_] _ð_ corr. out of _d_.
|| 89. _þat_ on an erasure. || 97. _god_] MS. _gode_, with _e_
partly erased. || 102. _[gh]if_] _Gif_ MS.]
++Hie is swiðe beheue mang alle ðe oðre mihtes. Ðis ðe hali
faderes seggeð Hie is moder of alle ðe oðre mihtes. ðar ðe he
rixið ne mai naure man forfaren. þe hire wile rixin [&] fol[gh]in.
Hit {110} seið _in uitas patru{m}_. ðat at sume sal waren ðe
hali faderes to{}gedere igadered. [&] waren spekinde betwen hem on
`h´williche wise me mihte rihtist [&] sikerest to gode cumen. Sum
sade þurh fasten. sum þurh wacche{n}. sum ðurh bede. sum sade
þurh hersumnesse. sum sade ðurh annesse. sum sade ðurh
herbor[gh]in {115} wrecche me{n}n. [&] feden [&] screden. Sum sade ðurh
seke me{n}n to lokin. [&] on manieskennes wisen hie namden after
ðan þe þat hali goddspell seið. Ða sade on of ða eldes[t] [&] on
of ða wisest. Ðurh alle ðesen we habbeð ise[gh]en [&] iherd swiðe
mani[gh]e [gh]ebor[gh]en. [&] manie of alle ðesen inamde mihten forfaren
for þi ðat hem trukede {120} _discrecio_. þat is scadwisnesse
and skele. For ði sume deden michel mare þan hie mihtin wel
andin Sume deden to litel. Sume deden euele. [&] wenden wel don.
Sume wel a{}gunnen [&] euele andeden. Ac naure ne [gh]esei[gh]e we manne
þat hadde þese hali mihte mid him þat he aure misferde[.] be[gh]ete
se ðe muge. {125}
[Linenotes:
115. _herbor[gh]in_] _[gh]_ on erasure. || 118. _eldest_] hole
in MS. || 121. _ði_ on erasure.]
++Perseuerancia hatte an hali mihte. Hie nis naht [f. 48v] to
laten for ðan hie makeð ðanne man ðe godd `h´is. to sant [þ/] he
þurwuneð on his godnesse. On ðare ealde la[gh]e hit was i[h]oten [þ/]
alle dier. ðe me gode scolde offrin þat hie lokeden wel ðat ðe
tail ware on auriche netene. Þat tocneð ðat ilke mann ðe gode
ani seruise {130} offreð. þat he þar on þur[gh]wunie[.] on ðessere
newe la[gh]e sade crist. _Qvi p{er}seuerauerit usq{ue} in finem hic
saluus erit._ Se {ð}ur[gh] wuneð on his godnesse ðe he hafð agunnen
he worð ibor[gh]en [&] naht elles for none gode þe he don hafð. hwat
`hwat´ it is.
[Linenotes:
128. _ihoten_] _io_ corr. by erasure. || 129. Before _ðe_, _ðe_
erased. || 132. On margin {Ew}angelista in red. || 133. _ður[gh]_]
_dur[gh]_ MS. || 134. _`hwat´_ on erasure.]
+Ratio dicit a{n}i{m}e :+ {135}
++Lieue `saule´, ðis little writt ic `habbe´ sare beswonken he
it wat [þ/] wot alle þing for ðe to wissin. for ðe to warnin. [&]
for ðe to helpen [&] for ðe to ber[gh]in. {[gh]}if ðu wilt wel hit
understonden [&] liernin [&] fol[gh]in [&] [h]ealden wið{}uten alche
twene þu miht mid godes felste ðe ber[gh]en [&] heuneriches merchþe
mid þese halie mihtes sike`r´liche {140} iwinnen.
[Linenotes:
136. _habbe_ above _write_ deleted. || 137. _[þ/]_] _[þ/][a.]_ MS.
|| 138. _[gh]if_] _Gif_ MS. || 139. _alche_] _c_ corr. out of _l_.]
+N{un}c autor loq{ui}t{ur} final{ite}r.+
++Hvte we nu þ`a´nkin [&] herien ure hlauerde almihtin gode of
ðese witte and of ðese wisdome. ðe we hier habbeð igadered of
`h´ishorde. [&] of mani[gh]es [f. 49r] hali[gh]es mannes [gh]eswinkes þe
michel {145} sw`u´nken for ðe luue of gode. [&] for us to wissin.
Hit is riht ðat we heri[gh]en [&] þankin [&] bledscin fader [&] sune [&]
hali gast on ða hali þri{n}nesse. se ðe is on soð godd in
onnesse. se ðe l`i´ueð [&] rixeð aure ma a woreld. amen. Ðat ne
for[gh]eit ðu naure. þat ðu godd ne heri[gh]e. [&] þanke of alle gode.
Alswa swa we habbeð niede him to bidden be {150} dai[gh] [&] be
nihte. [&] ofte [&] [gh]elome alswa hit is niede{;} him to heri[gh]en.
Amen.
_Veni creator sp{iritu}s mentes tuor{um} uisita implet sup{er}na
gr{aci}a que tu creasti p`e´ctora._
[Linenotes:
142. _þankin_] _a_ over _[e.]_. || 146. _swunken_] _u_ over _[i.]_.
|| 148. _liueð_] _i_ over _[e.]_. || 149. _for[gh]eit_] _i_ over
erasure.]
[[142: error for 143]]