þe smale fendes, þat bueþ nout stronge, [deuels that er vnstrang E; deuelen þat beþ hounstronge O.]
he shulen among men yonge; [Thai schal among mankin gang E; Hoe sulen among moncun O.]
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þilke þat nulleþ aȝeyn hem stonde, [And al schul thai haue pain E; For to hauen alle hem O.]
Ichulle he habben hem in honde. [That wil nought stond hem oȝain E; þat hem ne willeþ stonden aȝen O.]
helle gates y come nou to, [ȝates O und E; ich O; com ȝou to E.]
ant y wole þat heo vn do. [Now Ich wil E; ȝe E; Nou ich wille hy ben houndo O.]
wher ys nou þis ȝate ward? [Wer L und O, Whare is he, that ȝateward E; þe O.]
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me þuncheþ he is a coward. [Ich holde (hold E) him for a couard (coward E) O und E. Jannator ait E. — Hier folgt in O: Ich haue I herd wordes harde, Ne am ich namore ȝate-warde; und in E: Ich haue herd wordes hard, Whi Y no may be no steward.]
Janitor.
Ich haue herd wordes stronge, [fehlt in E; I herd O.]
ne dar y her no lengore stonde; [fehlt in E; ihc duellen er nout longe O.]
kepe þe gates whose may, [Loke hem nou wose mai O, Let hem ȝeme who so mai E. — 139 und 140 sind in E umgestellt.]
y lete hem stonde ant renne away. [Ich; stonden O; stond and ren oway E. — Domi|nus ait E.]
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Dominus.
helle gates wolle y falle, [here Y ȝou felle E; her I falle O.]
ant out taken myne alle. [And seththen wil ich herwe helle E; And suþþen go into helle O.]
Sathanas, her y þe bynde,
Ne shalt þou neuer henne winde; [143 f. L liest: Sathanas, ybynde þe, her shalt þou lay | o þat come domesday; E: Lu|cifer, her I the binde, Schaltow neuer hethen winde, Until it com domes|dai, Fare thou seththen whare thou may; und O: Satanas, here I þe binde, Ne salt þou neuere hene winde, Ne salt þou neuere wenden away, Tille þat comeþ domesdai. Vgl. das zu v. 126 f. Gesagte.]
