[verse 35] But þese þinges y sey to ȝow for ȝoure profyte; noȝt þat y þrowe to ȝow a gren, but for þat þing þat is honest, & þat it [ȝe P.] ȝefe ȝow myȝt to knowe wiþ-outen lattynge to bysechen oure Lord. [verse 36] & he þat troweþ þat me holdeþ hym an efel man for his mayde, þat heo [heo in the margin with caret to mark insertion, S. ȝe P.] is ouer-waxe, & it mote be so: þat he haþ wylle to don do he; for þouȝ he be wedded, heo ne synneþ noȝt. [verse 37] & he þat haþ sadlyche y-stabled in his herte, noȝt hafynge nede, but power of his wylle, & haþ y-demed in his herte to kepen [First e inserted above the line, S.] his mayde, he doþ wel. [verse 38] & he þat maryeþ his mayde doþ wel also; & he doþ [P folio 50] betere [S folio 43b] þat maryeþ hure noȝt. [verse 39] Also longe as a wommannes housbonde lyfeþ, heo [ȝe P.] is y-bounde to þe lawe; bote ȝif hure housbonde dye, heo [ȝe P.] is delyfered from þe lawe of hure housbonde: be heo y-wedded to whom heo [ȝe P.] wole, bote onlyche in God. [verse 40] Bote heo [ȝhe P.] is muche more betere ȝef heo [ȝhe P.] dwelle stille so, aftur my counseyl: & y trowe þat ych haue þe Spiryt of God.
[verse 1] , [verse 2] Be [fini C vii; C x in the margin, P.] ȝe my foleweres, as ych am Cristis folewere. And my bryþeren, y preyse [preye P.] ȝow, for in alle þinges ȝe hafeþ mynde of me; & riȝt so as ych ȝefe ȝou my comaundementis, so ȝe holdeþ hem. [verse 3] And ych wole þat ȝe knowen, þat þe hed of eferych womman is a man; & þe hed of eferich man is Crist; & þe hed of Crist is God. [verse 4] Eferich man þat preyeþ oþer prophecyeþ wiþ a kefered hed, he defouleþ his hed. [verse 5] Bote eferech womman þat preyeþ oþer prophecyeþ wiþ hed [þe hed P.] vn|heled, defouleþ hure hed: for it is al on as þouȝ he [it P.] were balled. [verse 6] For ȝif a womman be noȝt y-kefered, be heo y-dodded: & ȝif it be foul for a womman to ben y-dodded oþer balled, wrye heo hure hed. [verse 7] But a man ne schal noȝt wrye his hed, for he is þe ymage & þe ioye of God: & þe womman is þe ioye of a man. [verse 8] For þe man ne is noȝt of [verse 9] womman, bote þe womman is of man: for man ne [P folio 50b] is noȝt [verse 10] y-mad for þe womman, bote þe womman for þe man: & þerfore þe womman schal haue an [S folio 44] helyng on hure hed, for angeles. [verse 11] Naþeles nouþer man wiþ-oute womman, ne womman
