A. THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
[Þ]us mine leoue frend iþe wildernesse þat ge [p. 127] gat in wid godes folc toward ierusalemes londe þat [p. 126] is þe riche of heouene{punctel} beod þuliche bestes þulliche wurmes · Ne nat [3. sulliche MS.] ich nan sunne þat ne mai beon ilad · oþer to an of ham seoluen oþer to hare streones · vnstaþelfast bi leaue · agein hali lare · nis hit of [ 5] prude inobedience? Herto falled sigaldren · false teolunges · Lefunge o nore. o swefne & alle wicchecraftes. Neominge of husel in ei heaued sunne · oþer ai oþer sacrement · nis hit spece of prude{punctel} þat ich cleopede presumpciun · gif me wat hwat sunne hit is. Gif me hit nat naut{punctel} þenne is hit gemeles vnder accidie · þat ich slouþe cleopede. [ 10] þe þat ne warned oþer of his uuel · oþer of his bigete · nis hit slaþ [11. bigete] b corr. out of l.] gemeles oþer attri onde? To thehewen mis · et halden cwude · fundes oþer lane · nis þis giscunge{punctel} þeofþe. at halden oþeres hure ouer his richte terme · nis hit strong reflac. þat is under gissunge{punctel} gif me gemed wurse ai þing [p. 128] ilened · oþer bitahted te witene þen [ 15] he wene þat hit ah · nis oþer tricherie · oþer gemeles of slauþe. [16. tricherie] over c, contraction mark for er.] Alswa is dusi hest · oþer folliche iplicht trouþe Longe beon un bisch∣bed · falsliche gan to schrifte · oþer to longe abiden · Ne teachen god child pater noster · Ne Credo · þeos & alle þulliche · beod ilad to slauþe · þat is þe feorþe moder of þe seoue sunnen · þeo dronc druch [ 20] oþer ai þing dude hwer þurh na child ne shulde beon on hire istreoned · oþer þat istreonede shulde for wurþen{punctel} Nis þis strong monslaht of galnasse awakened{punctel} Alle sunnen sunderliche bi hare nomeliche nome ne mahte na mon rikenen. Ah iþeo þat ich habbe iseid{punctel} alle oþere beod bilokene. An nis ich wene namon þat ne mai [ 25] under stonden him of his sunnen nomeliche wnder summe of þe ilke þat imene{punctel} þe beod þer i writene.
[O]f þeos sewe beastes & of hare strenes iwildernesse of anlich lif is iseid hiderto [p. 129] þe alle þe forfarinde fondet te fordonne. þe Leon of prude slead alle þe prude. Alle þat beod [ 30]