Þe aungel seyd, "y cómaunde þe,
Dragun, hennë [þou dragoun hens D.] þat þou fle,
Þat þou neuer [neuer more O.] any man noye
No [? for Ne.] þys cuntre no more dystroye;
Line 1856
No [? for Ne.] þat þou comë no more here
yn þys stede [place D.] for to apere."
And a-none, for drede and eye, [as tyd for dred of þe aungel on eyȝ D.]
Þe dragun fleygh furþ hys weye.
Line 1860
Þe folk þanked god echone, [echon O, ecchon D.]
Þat þe dragun aweye was gone. [gon O, was a-wey gon D.]
wommen þat breke wedlak, mow [Wymmen moun here D.] yn þys tale
Here, þat þey brew to hemself [þat breke wedlok brewyn her D.] bale.
Line 1864
For þe foule dragun, þe fende [þe fende om. D.] of helle, [folio 13a:2]
wyþ hém yn peyne shal euer [hym in p. schul þei D.] dwelle
Þat half here flesh haue partyd or brokun [þat han her flesch so partyd & broke D.]
Þat holy yn matrymony was lokun. [holy wedlok was be-loke D.]
Ȝyf þer be twey [tweyyn O.] yn cumpany [ȝif þou euere in place were D.]
Line 1869
As beþ [byþ O.] yn wedlak specyaly, [þer wrong wedlok schulde a-rere D.]
And þe toon do aȝens [but þou for-do þat D.] spousayle
whereforë felaushepe may fayle, [so þat her cumpany may preuayle D.]
Line 1872
But þe toþer wyl [wyle O.] hym [& but þou wilt hem þerfore D.] blame
whan he wote hys foulë [foul O.] fame, [siþþin þou wost her foule schame D.]
he consentyþ to hys [þou consentyst to her D.] synne
But he desturble hym [þou destourble hem D.] þer-ynne.
Line 1876
Ȝyf þou wendest [wentyst D.] oute of cuntre,
Aȝens þy wyuys wyl to be,
But she mow wonë [myȝt wonyn D.] yn þat stede
