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CAP. XI.

[verse 1] Be ȝe my foleweris, as Y am of Crist. [verse 2] And, britheren, Y preise ȝou, that bi alle thingis ȝe ben myndeful of me; and as Y bitook to ȝou my comaundementis [comaundement k.] , ȝe holden. [verse 3] But Y wole that ȝe wite, that Crist is heed of ech man; but the heed of the womman is the man; and the heed of Crist is God. [verse 4] Ech man [The man is vndirstonden the resoun of the soule, the womman is the sensualite either lyking of body; the spirit and resoun schal be ocupied aboute gostly thingis, and it schal reule the soule and refreyne sensualite, that it be not occu|pied ouer myche aboute temporal thingis; ellis if this processe of Poule here is not referrid to sum goostly thing, but to the nakid let|tre, it is a veyn thing. Forwhi a man is maad to the ymage of God, bi the soule, and not bi the bodi; and thus is a womman also in her soule. The Glose here, rehersinge Aus|tyn in his book of the Trinite, and on Genesis. ve.] preiynge, or profeciynge, whanne his heed is hilid, defoulith his heed. [verse 5] But ech womman preiynge, or profeciynge, whanne hir heed is not hilid, defoulith hir heed; for it is oon, as if sche were pollid [ballid A sec. m.] . [verse 6] And if a

womman be not keuered, be sche pollid; and if it is foul thing to a womman to be pollid, or to be maad ballid, hile sche hir heed. [verse 7] But a man schal not hile his heed, for he is the [Om. R.] ymage and the glorie of God; but a womman is the glorie of man. [verse 8] For a man is not of the womman, but the womman of the man. [verse 9] And the man is not maad for the wom|man, but the womman for the man. [verse 10] Therfor the womman schal haue an hil|yng on hir heed, also for aungelis. [verse 11] Ne|theles nether the man is [Om. k pr. m.] with outen womman [the womman I pr. m. b.] , nether the womman is [Om. k pr. m.] with oute man, in the Lord. [verse 12] Forwhi as the womman is of man [the man a.] , so the man is [Om. a.] bi the womman; but alle thingis ben of God. [verse 13] Deme ȝe ȝou [ȝour E.] silf; bisemeth it a womman not hilid on the heed to [do EQeg. for to M pr. m. to do c.] preye [preieris EQceg. preier R pr. m.] God [to God EIKM QRUabceghk sec. m. Oαβ.] ? [verse 14] Nether the kynde it silf techith vs, for if a man nursche [nursheth Eh.] longe heer [heeris KR.] , it [verse 15] is schenschipe [ether yuel fame K marg.] to hym; but if a [Om. a.] wom|man nurische [nursh|eth Eh.] longe heer [heeres R.] , it is glorie to hir, for heeris ben ȝouun to hir for keueryng. [verse 16] But if ony man is seyn to be ful of strijf, we han noon siche cus|tom, nethir the chirche of God. [verse 17] But this thing Y comaunde, not preisynge, that ȝe comen togidere not in to the [Om. EIQg.] betere, but in to the [Om. EIO.] worse. [verse 18] First for whanne ȝe comen togidere in to the chirche, Y here that discenciouns [ether departingis K marg.] ben, and in parti Y bileue [leeue C sec. m. EIKM RUXab pr. m. ceghk sec. m. Oαβ.] . [verse 19] For it bihoueth eresies to be, that thei that [the whiche k pr. m.] ben prouyd, ben opynli knowun in ȝou. [verse 20] Therfor whanne ȝe comen togidere in to oon, now it is not

[verse 21] to ete the Lordis soper; for whi ech man bifor takith his soper to ete, and oon is hungry, and another is [Om. A.] drunkun. [verse 22] Whe|ther ȝe han not housis to ete and drynke, or ȝe dispisen the chirche of God, and confounden hem that han noon? What schal Y seie to ȝou? Y preise ȝou, but here yn Y preise ȝou not. [verse 23] For Y haue takun of the Lord that thing, which [that Ik.] Y haue bitakun to ȝou. For the Lord Jhesu, in what niȝt he [verse 24] was bitraied, took breed, and dide thank|yngis, and brak, and seide, Take ȝe, and ete ȝe; this is my bodi, which schal be bitraied for ȝou; do ȝe this thing in to my mynde. [verse 25] Also the cuppe, aftir that he hadde soupid, and seide, This cuppe is the newe testament in my blood; do ȝe this thing, as ofte as ȝe schulen drynke, in to my mynde. [verse 26] For as ofte as ȝe schu|len ete this breed, and schulen [Om. I.] drynke the [this I.] cuppe, ȝe schulen telle the deth [in represent|inge it bi this sacrament. til he come; to the dome. Lire here. ve.] of the Lord, til that he come. [verse 27] Therfor who euere etith the breed, or drynkith the cuppe of the Lord vnworthili, he schal be gilti of the [Om. M.] bodi and of the [Om. A.] blood of the Lord. [verse 28] But preue a man hym silf, and so ete he of `the ilke [thilke IK pass. that R.] breed, and drynke [drynke he Ka.] of the cuppe. [verse 29] For he that etith and drinkith vnworthili, etith and drink|ith doom to hym, not wiseli demyng the bodi of the Lord. [verse 30] Therfor among ȝou many ben sijke and feble, and manye slepen. [verse 31] And if we demyden [deemen gk.] wiseli vs [verse 32] silf, we schulden not be demyd; but while we ben demyd of the Lord, we ben chastisid, that we be not dampnyd with this world. [verse 33] Therfor, my britheren, whanne ȝe comen togidere to ete, abide ȝe togidere. [verse 34] If ony man hungrith, ete

he at home, that ȝe come not togidere in to doom [that is, into ȝoure dampna|cioun. Lyre here. ve.] . And Y schal dispose othere thingis, whanne Y come.