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[verse 1] Therfor whanne Tobie gesside his preier to be herd, that he myȝte die, he clepide [verse 2] Tobie, his sone, to hym silf [Om. IS.] , and seide to hym, My sone, here thou the wordis of my mouth, and bilde [grounde IS.] thou tho [hem IS.] as foun|dementis [a foundement IS.] in thin herte. [verse 3] Whanne God
hath take my soule, byrie thou my bodi; and `thou schal haue onour to thi modir [Om. IS.] [verse 4] in alle the daies of hir [thi IS.] lijf [lijf thou schalt do honour to thi modir IS.] ; for [forsothe IS.] thou owist to be myndeful, what perels and how grete [grete perels I.] sche suffride for thee in hir wombe. [verse 5] Forsothe [And IS.] whanne also sche hath fillid [endid IS.] the tyme of hir lijf, thou schalt birie hir bisidis me. [verse 6] Sotheli [And IS.] in alle the daies of thi lijf haue thou God in mynde, and be thou war, lest ony tyme thou con|sente to synne, and forsake the heestis of oure God. [verse 7] Of [And of S.] thi [thi owne IS.] catel do thou almes, and nyle thou turne awei thi face fro ony pore [ony pore; if thou maist not ȝyue catel, ȝyue thou wille and signe of com|passioun. Lire here. C.] man; for [and IS.] so it schal be doon, that the face of the Lord be not turned awei fro thee. [verse 8] As thou maist [maist, that is, after thi power S.] , so [Om. IS.] be thou merciful. [verse 9] If thou hast myche [myche catel IS.] , ȝyue thou [it IS.] plenteuousli; if [and if IS.] thou hast a litil, also be thou bisi to departe wilfuli [gladly IS.] a [that IS.] litil. [verse 10] For [Certis thanne I. Certis if thou thus doist S.] thou tresorist to thee a good meede in the [verse 11] dai of nede; for whi almes delyuereth fro al synne and fro deeth [deeth of helle B.] , and schal [it schal IS.] not suffre the soule to go in to [Om. CX.] derknessis [depenesse D. derknesse EL.] . [verse 12] Almes schal be grete [the gret S.] trist bifor the hiȝ|este God to alle men doynge it [it as God techith I. it after Goddis heste S.] . [verse 13] Sone, take heede to thi silf, and [Om. S.] fle [fle thou awey I. fle thou S.] fro al for|nicacioun, and, `outakun thi wijf [Om. IS.] , suffre thou neuere [neuere thee I. neuer eny S.] to know [know of thee S.] synne [that hidous synne, outaken thi wijf IS.] . [verse 14] Suffre [And suffre IS.] thou neuere pride to haue lordschip in thi wit, nether in thi word; for al `los, ether [Om. IS.] dampnacioun, took biginnyng in that [Om. IS.] pride. [verse 15] Who euere worchith ony thing to thee, ȝelde thou anoon his mede, and outirli the hire of `thin hirid man [thi werk man IS.] dwelle [dwelle it IS.] not at [with S.] thee. [verse 16] That [That thing IS.] that thou hatist to be doon to thee of another man, se [loke I. ] thou [thou waarly I. thou, or bewar S.] , lest ony tyme thou do [do that thing IS.] to another man. [verse 17] Ete thi breed [mete I.] with hungri men and nedi, and with thi clothis hile thou nakid men. [verse 18] Or|deyne thi breed and thi wiyn on the sepul|ture [biriyng IS.] [on the sepul|cre; not to sette metis on the sepulcris of deed men, as if deed men hadden nede to bodily metis, nether to make grete feestis for pride ether veyn glorie, in the deth of myȝty men; but that pore men be fed in the deth of iust men, for the soulis of hem. Lire here. C.] of a iust man, and nyle thou ete
and drynke therof with synneris. [verse 19] Euere seke thou perfitli a [Om. IS.] counsel of a wijs man. [verse 20] Al [In al IS.] tyme blesse thou God, and axe thou of hym, that he dresse thi weies, and alle thi counsels dwelle [dwelle thei perfijtly IS.] in hym. [verse 21] Also, my sone, Y schewe to thee, that the [Om. I.] while thou were ȝit a litil child, Y ȝaf ten ta|lentis of siluer to Gabelus, in [that dwellith in IS.] Rages, a citee of Medeis [the cuntrey of Medeis S.] ; and Y [Om. H.] haue his obliga|cioun [verse 22] anentis me; and [Om. IS.] therfor perfitli [Om. IS.] enquere thou [thou bisily IS.] , hou thou schalt come to hym, and resseyue [resseyue thou I.] of hym the forseid weiȝte of siluer, and restore to hym his obligacioun. [verse 23] My sone, nyle thou drede; forsothe we leden a pore lijf, but we schu|len haue many goodis, if we dreden God, and goen [if we goen I.] awei fro al synne [al synne; dedly, for we moun not outirly eschewe al venyal in this liyf. Lire here. C.] , and doen wel.