252, 253. ‘Ad fontem vivum debemus currere christum,’ T.
255. #wissing#, instruction. ‘Qui cum nos udat, sumpta venena fugat,’ T.
udat is explained, with quotation of this line, in the Catholicon as
balneat.
257. #forwerpen# and #gingen# 259 depend on #bihoueð# 252. Holthausen
restores the missing rhyme by reading, forwerpen pride hornes | so hert
doð hise in þornes. It would be simpler to add al (comp. 178/73,
180/137, 182/191, 190/443), meaning completely, entirely, after hornes;
it would balance eurilcdel, and the rhyme is possible; see 190/465, 466.
259. In this way renew our youth to God, that is, restore the baptismal
relation to him; comp. 181/162 and 178/89.
260. take heed to ourselves afterward henceforth, ever after. Comp. ‘ðe
sunenday | ðat is forð siðen worðed ay,’ GE 261.
263. That ought to be present in thought to us all: comp. 191/487,
196/653; ‘þine beoden þe beoð þe so imunde,’ SM 13/8. #minde# is OE.
#gemynde#.