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XXXIV. GYF EALLE SCULLEN VNDERFON BEHEF ON [folio 95b] ÞING ȜELICEN.
Syn ȝehwam behefe þinȝ & alyfede ȝesealde, be þam þe hit on þæra apostle drohnunge awriten is þisum wordum: "Ælcan anlipium wes ȝeseald be þam, þe he behofede". Ne onȝete [þe zu w rad. Hs.] we on þisse clypunȝe, þ̱ þære æniȝera hada andfænȝ wære, [we aus þe radirt Hs.] þ̱ is þ̱ æniȝ be lifes ricetere, ac elc be hyre neode & untrum|nesse [be (1.) fehlt Hs.] oncnawen were; deo þe on ȝeferredenne be litlum & be eaþum þingum beon maȝe, þanciȝe heo þæs Gode & heo ne [9-10. be eaþum] beaþum, þ aus ȝ corrig. Hs.] ȝeunrotsie, þeah man mare do odrum, þe furdor behofad; seo þe be maran þinȝan beon scule for hwylcere licamlicere tyd|dernesse, [be] beo Hs. ‖ scule] sculo Hs.] ȝeeadmede hiȝ for heora untrumnesse & heo na on|hebbe on þ̱, swylce hit for earnunȝum odde ȝeþinȝdum ȝedon sy, þat man for mildhertsumnesse dide: & swa ealla þa lima beod on sibbe.
Toforan eallum þinȝum we myneȝiad, þ̱ næfre nanre ceorunȝe yfelnes for æniȝum worde odde ȝetacnunȝe ȝeswute|lod [yfelnes] ȝefelnes Hs.] weorde; gyf hwa on þam unþæawe onfunden sy, hiȝ man [man aus mam radirt Hs.] mid stydrum þrelum ȝewilde.