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CAP. XXV.

[verse 1] If there were a cause bitwex [bytwene BCDEFH.] eny men, and han askid [inter|peled E pr. m.] iugis, whom thei biholden to be ryȝtwyse, to hym the palme of riȝtwisnes thei shulen ȝyue, whom wickid [wicke C.] , thei shulen condempne of wickidnes [wickenesse C.] . [verse 2] Forsothe if hym that hath synned thei seen worthi, thei shulen throw doun with scourgis, and before hem thei shulen make to be betun; for the mesure of synne shal be and [in ABDFH.] the [verse 3] maner of scourgyngis, so oonlich, that the fourtith noumbre thei ouer passe not, lest foulich rent before thin eyen thi bro|ther go awey. [verse 4] Thow shalt not bynde the mouth of the oxe tredinge thi fruytis in the flore. [verse 5] Whanne bretheren dwellen to|gidre,

and oon of hem with outen free children [childer C.] were deed, the wijf of the deed shal not wedde to another, but shal taak hir his brother, and he shal arere [rere C.] the seed of his brother. [verse 6] And the fyrst goten sone of hyr he shal clepe bi the name of hym, that the name of hym be not doon a wey fro Yrael. [verse 7] Forsothe if he wol not taak the wijf of his brother, that to hym bi the lawe is owid [aȝt C.] , the womman shal goo to the ȝate of the cyte; and she shal aske [enterpele E pr. m.] the more men thurȝ birth, and shal seye, The brother of my man wol not arere seed [the seed E.] of his brother in Yrael, ne me into wedlok taak. [verse 8] And anoon thei shulen maak hym to be clepid, and thei shulen aske. If he answere, I wol not taak hir [verse 9] to wijf; the womman shal come nyȝ to hym, before the aldre [alther BF.] men [men of Irael E pr. m.] , and she shal taak the sho of his foot, and spit in his face, and seye, Thus it shal be doo to a man, that wol not bilde vp the hows of [verse 10] his brother; and shal be clepid the name of hym in Yrael, The hows of the vnshod. [verse 11] If there han two men bytwix [bytwene BCDEFH.] hem self chidynge, and oon aȝens that [the C.] other bigynneth to iangle, and wilnynge the wijf of `that other [the tother C.] to delyuer hir man fro the hoond of the strenger, and hath put the hoond, and takun the sham|fast [priueigagys E pr. m.] [verse 12] membris of hym, thow shalt kut of the hoond of hir, ne be bowid on [vpon BCDEFH.] hyr with eny mercy. [verse 13] Thow shalt not haue in sak dyuerse weiȝtis, more and lasse, [verse 14] ne there shal be in thin hows a busshel more and lasse. [verse 15] Weiȝt thow shalt haue iust and verrey, and euen busshel and verrey shal be to thee, that myche tyme thou lyue vpon erthe that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee. [verse 16] The Lord for|sothe

shal wlaat hym that doth thes thingis, and withstoondith [withstont BCDEFH.] alle vnriȝt|wisnesses [vnriȝtwisnes E.] . [verse 17] Haue [Ha E.] mynde what thingis dide to thee Amalech in the weye, whanne [verse 18] thow wentist out of Egipt; what maner wise he aȝen cam to thee, and the eendis of thi felawship, that wery abeden, slewȝ, whanne thow were defoulid with hungre and traueil, and dredde not God. [verse 19] Ther|for whanne the Lord thi God hath ȝyue to thee rest, and maad sugettis [soget CE.] alle na|ciouns bi enuyroun, in the loond that he hath bihoot to thee, thow shalt doo a wey his name vndre heuene; be war lest thow forȝete.