IV. HER HIT SPECÐ HWYLCE SCEOLON BEON ÞA TOOL TO GODE WEORCA. [folio 62b]
Erest man sceal lufian ure hlaford God ælmihti mid æalre heorte, mid ealre saule, mid eallum mæȝne, & þaræfter ure nyhstan swa swa us sylfen.
Ðaræfter ne slean man; ne unriht hæme; ne stele; ne fylie yfoles lustas; ne bere lease ȝewitnesse; wyrðian eallum men, & þat heo nelle, þat man do hire, ne don oðre. Widsacæ swa hi sulfa, þæt hu fylȝa Crist; wyldon hire lichame; softnissan næng beocleoppe; fæsten lufian. Earman wreccan hyþegian, [Earman] earmman Hs.] nacodum scride, unhalne neosie, deadne byrian, ȝeswænctum helpan, þæne sarienne frefrian. [sarienne] sarien Hs. ‖ frefrian auf Rasur.]
Fram þyssare woroldum dædum macian hine uncuð. Na þing [folio 63a] beforan Cristes lufe setten. Wræððe næng fulfille, on þes time ne ȝeþence, ne healde faken on herte, ne ȝife lease sibbe, ne soðe lufe forlæten. Ne sceal non swerie, læste hyre ȝelympe, [folæten Hs.] þat hu forswerie; soð of heorte & of muðe forþringan. Næng ȝelde yfol for yfele; ne don teone, & ȝef heo buð hyre ȝedon, þildelicen forberan; hire fynd lufian; þa þa hi wergiað, næng cursian aȝean, ac þe swyðor bletsyan; ehtnysse for rihtwis|nysse [for] danach Ras. eines r.] þolian. Næng beon ofermodȝ, ne druncenȝeorn, ne ofer|æte, ne slaw, ne slapȝeorn, ne gneornende, ne teolende. Hire tohopan heo sceal habbon on God; þænne heo hwæt godes ȝeseicð on hire, ȝecnawe hit of Gode & næng of hyre sylfre; þat yfol þat heo deð, æfre wite, þat heo hiresylf hit macuð & hire sylfre hu hit wite. Of domesdaȝ beon ofdrad and of