9. Tu es refugium meum a tribulacione que circumdedit me: exultacio mea, erue me a circumdantibus me. ¶ Thou ert my fleynge fra tribulacioun that vmgaf me; my ioynge, delyuer me of vmgifand me. ¶ In all myn anguys .i. fle til the: for thou ert my ioy in wele and wa: delyuer me of vmgifand me to tempt me. gret perfeccioun: his ioy cesses noght in crist thof he be in tourment.
10. Intellectum tibi dabo & instruam te: in via hac qua gradieris firmabo super te oculos meos. ¶ Vndirstandynge .i. sall gif till the, and .i. sall enfourme the: in this way that thou sall in ga .i. sall fest on the myn eghen. ¶ He askis to be delyuered, and god answers. vndirstandynge .i. sall gif the, that thou knaw and witt that all goed is of my grace, and ioy in hope: and .i. sall enfourme the, that thou erre noght in this way of luf, that thou sall inga withouten erroure, ay thynkand til me: .i. sall fest on the myn eghen, that nane noy the, for thou liftis thin eghen til me. for men says, whare is the luf; thare is the eghe. lo what ioy is of him that does verray penaunce.
11. Nolite fieri sicut equus & mulus: quibus non est intel|lectus. ¶ Willes noght be made as hors and mule; in the whilke is noght vndirstandynge. ¶ Here he amonestis other men: thus has god doen with me. for thi willes noght be as hors. that is he that has na discrecioun wha sitt on him, and resayues the deuel with als goed chere as god: and the mule. that is he that forsakis na byrthyn of syn: and in nouther is vndirstandynge: for the tane beris the deuel, the tother is chargid with vices. for thi,
12. In chamo & freno maxillas eorum constringe: qui non approximant ad te. ¶ In keuel and bridel streyn thaire chekis; that neghis noght til the. ¶ That is, in lesse and in mare tribulacioun streyn thaire chekis: that is, thaire foly and thaire pompe in speche, fordo it, that neghis noght til the in meknes.
13. Multa flagella peccatoris: sperantem autem in domino miserecordia circumdabit. ¶ Many swyngiyngs [S ere the scourgynges the swyngyns.] of synful; bot hopand in lord mercy sall vmgif. ¶ Eftere the bridel comes the swyngynge forto teme him that is wilde: and if he will noght swa conuert him, he sall be swongen in hell. bot him that hopis in god mercy sall vmgif on ilk syde, that the enmy fynde nourwhare inlate [S in—entre.] .
