þauc [W. þane.] he hire selue wel wolde,
ne mai he it nowit welden.
Line 284
21.
¶ Þus quad Alured:
Idilscipe and orgul-prude,
þat lerit gung wif
leþere þewes,
Line 288
and often to þenchen
don þat he ne scolde.
Gif he for-swu[n]ken [K. for swuken, W. for-swuken.]
swoti wuere [W. þuere.] swo hie ne þochte,
Line 292
ac þoch hit is iuel to bewen [K. beuen.]
þat tertre [K. ter tre.] ben ne wille; [K. ville.]
for ofte mused þe catt
after þe moder.
Line 296
Wose lat is wif his maister wurþen,
sal he neuer ben his wordes louerd;
ac [K. al.] he sal him rere dreige,
and moni tene selliche hawen:
Line 300
selden sal he ben on sele.
20.
¶ Þus quad Alured:
Moni appel is wid-uten grene,
bri[c]t [W. & K. brit.] one [K. on.] leme,
and bittere wid-innen.
So his moni wimmon
Line 308
in hire faire bure,
schene under schete,
and þocke hie is [schendful]
in an stondes wile.
Line 312
Swo is moni gadeling
godelike on horse,
wlanc on werge,
and unwurþ on wike.
Line 316
