Þe dreme of Nabugodonósore.
Danyel seyd [seyde O.] vn-to þe kyng, [kynge O.]
"þou þouȝtyst to [þis D, om. H.] nyȝt a selkouþe þyng; [selkowþ þynge O.]
'what manere [maner folk O, qwat maner folk it schulde be D.] folk [Harl. omits folk.] shuld þey be
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Þat yn þis worlde [þys wrlde O, þis word D, yn worlde H.] come aftyr þe,
And how þey shulde þe wurlde [wrlde O, world D.] gouerne;'
yn þy þoght þou gunne [gan D.] hyt ȝerne;
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And god shewyd hyt yn þy syȝt;
þat dremed þe [þat ilke drem D.] þe touþer nyȝt."
He tolde þe profyte [prophete OD.] þan [þanne O, om. D.] euery deyl;
And þe profete [prophete OD.] redde hyt [radde hym D.] weyl:
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wysly he seyd, and weyl þurgh [& þorw D.] soght, [folio 4a]
whan he hede toke to þat þe kynge [Whanne . . heyd . . kynge O, þat he ȝern (glost 'leer') D, took of þe kyngis D.] þoght.
And god shewyd what [qwat D.] shuld betyde;
what [qwat D.] manere folk [maner folke O, m. of folk D.] shulde aftyr a-byde.
Seþyn þer beyn dremys [Siþþin dremys arn D.] so many ma|nere, [maneyr O.]
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þan [þanne O, om. D.] ys doute & [is it in douȝtte & in gret D.] gretë were [gret weyr O.]
To wytë where [wete whar O, w. qwher D.] of dremys come,
Þat euery nyȝt [nyght O.] dremyn [dremyth D.] þurgh custome;
Þer beyn [þo þat arn D.] so many dremys yn veyne,
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Þat no man wotë no [woot no O, wot non in D.] certeyn [certeyne O.]
But þey [þo OD.] þat beyn [þo þat arn D.] with god pryue,
To whom ys graunted [qwom is ȝouyn D.] , swych þyng to see: [se O.]
Swych men deseyueþ nat [noghte O, disceyuyn not D.] þe deuyl,
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þey haue no grace to knowe hys euyl;
Ellys may no man fynde hem [so may . . . knowyn hym D.] stable,
So ben [beyn O.] dremys [For dremys ben so D.] déseyuable.
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