he deme, behoves howys, that is. rightwisemen [U2 repeats men.] , or [S om. or, and ins. 'the.'] perfitest men, take the grace to shewe pece till thi folke in worde and dede, & hilles, that is, meaner men in halynes, to kepe rightwisnes.
4. Iudicabit pauperes populi & saluos faciet filios paupe|rum: & humiliabit calumpniatorem. ¶ He sall deme the pore of folke & he sal make sauf the sonnes of the pore: & he sal meke the chalenger. ¶ He sal deme the pore, that is, he sal depart the lovers of god fra the lufers of the warlde. & he sal save the followers of the apostles, & he sal reve the devil his might, that now is entisande till sinne, & than [S. U2 thai.] will chalange saules.
5. Et permanebit cum sole, & ante lunam: in genera|ciones generacionum. ¶ And he sal dwell with the sonne, & before the mone: in generaciouns [S. U2 generacioun.] of generaciouns. ¶ With the sunne, that is, as lang as the sonne ryses & settes, he dwels in haly kirke, in this werlde: he shewes that cristen mens religeon lasts til the warldes ende. And before the mone, that is, er any thinge was mayde, he dwellid with the father, & he is in gener|ations in passybles, that ar of generations passiblis: for haly men in his vertue gitts heaven.
6. Descendet sicut pluuia in vellus: & sicut stillicidia stillancia super terram. ¶ He sal light as rayne in flese: & as droppynges droppand on the erthe. ¶ That is, softely & withouten dynne he light in the wambe of the maden. & as droppes or dew wetand marie to bere the singuler fruite: woul takand & gifand water is nought broken, & the flesch of mary was ay entere.
7. Orietur in diebus eius iusticia & habundancia pacis: donec auferatur luna. ¶ In his dayes sall arise rightwisnes, & habundaunce of pece: till the mone be taken awaye. ¶ That is, in tyme of grace sal rightwisnes be in trevth & in lufe, & peace sa mikill that men love thair ennimye: & this sall laste til the mone be taken awaye. that is, to the defaut of our mortalitie be brought till endlesse stablenes in heaven.
8. Et dominabitur a mari vsque ad mare: & a flumine vsque ad terminos orbis terrarum. ¶ And he salbe laurde fra the se til [U2 setil of. S se to.] the see: fra the floidd till the termys of erth. ¶ That is, his lordshipe reches fra the est see til the wist see, & fra the flode of Jordayn till the warlds ende.
