As paul in a pistele · of hym bereþ witnesse;
Non inflatur, non est ambiciosa, non querit que sua sunt.[paul] seint poul F. a] his T. pistele] pistel EMFG; pistil T. non querit—sunt] MTG om.] Line 289 Ich [knew] neuere, by cryst · clerk noþer lewede, [[knew EMFG] kneuȝ T; knowe P. clerk] miswritten clek P.] That he ne askede after hus · and oþer-whyle coueytede [whyle] wyle P; whiles T.] Thyng þat needede hym nat · and nyme hit, yf he myghte! [needede hym] hym neded EF. and] to M.] Line 292 [For þoȝ men soȝt al sectes · of sustren & of breþeren,] [From E; also in MFGT; P omits. sectes] þe sektis T; folc M. of (2)] T om.] And [þow] fynde hym, bote figuratifliche · a ferly me þynkeþ;
Hic in enigmate, tunc facie ad faciem:—[[þow M] þou F; PETG om. hym] hem M. bote] G om. figura|tifliche] furatif (!) T; fugynatijf (!) M. a ferly] wonder M. Hic] Quia hic per speculum F.] And so ich trowe trewely · by that men tellen of charite." [And so] Also M. so] E om. men] me G. of charite] þer-offe F.] "Charite is a childish thing · as holichurche witt|nesseþ, [A page 262]
Nisi efficiamini sicut paruuli, [non intrabitis in regnum celorum:] [A page 263][childish] childlich M; childes FG. sicut] ut M. [non—celorum] from E; F has—non intrabitis, &c.; MTG om. [Distinctio, &c.] from M; PEFTG om.] Line 296
[DISTINCTIO CARITATIS.]
As proud of a peny · as of a pounde of golde, [of (2)] G om.]
And al-so glad of a goune · of a grey russet [A page 264] [al-so] as TFG.]
As of a cote of cammoka · oþer of clene scarlett. [cammoka] cammoca E; camaca M; camaka FT; cammaka G. clene] a clene T; reed F.]
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He is glad with alle glade · as gurles þat lauhen alle,
And sory when he seeþ men sory · as þow seest children [children] babes F.]
Lauhen þer men lauhen · an loure þer men loureþ. [an] and MEFT. men loureþ] oþere louren T.]
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