XLVIII.
Of þe trauaile spekis sain Benet in þis sentence, and sais þat vnait sete es il to þe saule. For þi salle ye trauaile times, And in þe times at lescuns, als it es ordaind. Fra þe paskis til þe Mihelmesse, when matins es done til heze vndirn sal ye wirke, ilke day when time es, þat es nede to do. Fra vndirn to midday at lescuns. Eftir midday, when þai haue etin, sal ye reste in yure bedde alle wid silence. Yef any wille þat tyme loke lescun, loke þat sho rede sua, þat sho ne noy noht þe oþir. Noon sal be rungen by tyme, And siþin wirke til euensang. Yef þai haue mikil at do, corn at gadir and oþir laburs at do, þai salle noht gruche for þi; for þan liue ye right, yef ye liue wid þe labur of yure hende, Als haly men did bi-fore yu, & ta-postils; bot mesurlike sal ye wirke for þa þat ere febil.