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[verse 1] Thow shalt not offre to the Lord thi God ox, and sheep, in whom is wemme, or eny thing of vice, for abhomynacioun it is to the Lord thi God. [verse 2] And whanne weren [thei E pr. m.] founden anentis thee, with ynne oon of thi ȝatis, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, man or womman, that doth [don CDE.] yuel in siȝt of the Lord thi God,
[verse 3] and ouerpasse the couenaunt of hym, that thei goon, and seruen to alien goddis, and honoure hem, the sunne, and the mone, and al the knyȝthod of heuen, the whiche [verse 4] thingis I comaunde [comaundide CE.] not; and this were told to thee, and herynge thou enserchist bisilich, and fyndist it to be sooth, and [verse 5] abhomynacioun is doon in Yrael; thou shalt lede out the man and womman, that the moost yuel [hydouse yuel BCDEFH.] thing han [hath C.] doon, to the ȝatis of thi cytee, and with stonus thei shulen be throwen doun. [verse 6] In mouthe of two or three witnessis, shal perish he, that shal be slayn; no man be slayn, oon aȝens hym seiynge witnesse. [verse 7] The hoond of the witnessis first shal slee hym, and the hoond of that [the C.] other puple last shal be put to, that thou doo a wey yuel fro the myddil of thee. [verse 8] If hard and dowtous anentis thee doom to be thow biholdist, bitwix [bytwene BDEFH. betwee C.] blood and blood, cause and cause, lepre and not lepre, and of the domes men with ynne thi ȝatis thou seest the wordis to be varied; aryse, and sty vp to the place, that the Lord thi God hath [verse 9] chosun; and thow shalt come to the preestis of Leuyte kynde, and to the domysman that were that tyme; and thow shalt aske of hem, the whiche shu|len shewe to thee the trewth of the [Om. D.] dom. [verse 10] And thow shalt doo what euere thing thei seyn, that ben before to the place that the Lord hath chosun, and teche [verse 11] thee after the lawe of hym; thou shalt folowe the sentence of hem; thou shalt not bowe aside, to the [Om. H.] riȝt or to the left. [verse 12] Who forsothe wexith prowd, not wil|nynge [willynge D passim.] to obeishe to the maundement of the preest, that that tyme serueth to the Lord thi God, and to the doom of the domysman, shal die that man; and thow shalt doo a wey yuel fro the myddil of
[verse 13] Irael; and al the puple herynge shal drede, that no man therafter inwardli boln with prijd. [verse 14] And whanne thow shalt goo [were E pr. m.] ynto the loond, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, and weeldist it, and dwellist yn it, and seist, Y shal set `vp on [up A.] me a kyng, as han alle naciouns [verse 15] bi enuyroun; hym thow shalt set, whom the Lord thi God chesith of the noumbre of thi bretheren. Thow shalt not mowe of other folk a man kyng make, that be not thi brother. [verse 16] And whanne he were ordeyned, he shal not multiplye to hym horses [hors C.] , ne lede aȝen puple into Egipt, bi noumbre of horsynge arered, namelich sith the Lord hath comaundid to ȝow, that no more bi the same weie ȝe turnen aȝen. [verse 17] He shal not haue many wyues, that mysdrawen the soule of hym, ne of siluer ne [and BCDH.] of gold greet birthens. [verse 18] And after that he sittith [sytt BCEFH.] in the dygnyte of his rewme, he shal discriue to hym a declaracioun of this lawe in a volym, tak|ynge [and takynge D.] a [the BCDEFH.] saumpler of the preestis of Le|uyte [verse 19] lynage; and he shal haue it with hym, and he shal rede it alle the dais of his lijf, that he knowe to drede the Lord his God, and to [Om. C.] kepe the wordis and cerymoyns of hym, that in the lawe ben [verse 20] comaundid; ne be areryd [rerid C.] the herte of hym into prijd vpon his bretheren, ne bowe he aside in to the riȝt paart or left, that long tyme regne he, and his sones vpon Yrael.