7. Delicta iuventutis mee: & ignorancias meas ne me|mineris. ¶ The trespasis of my ȝouthed: and myn ignoraunces, thou thynke noght on. ¶ That is kepe noght til vengaunce perpetuel the trespasis of my ȝouthed. that is, my iolifte and fole hardynes, when i. had na dred to forsake the way of clennys: as a ȝoungman dredis noght to vndirtake the peril that he is slane in. and myn ignoraunces. that is, the synnes that i. did, noght knawand thaim for synnes, or wenand thaim less than thai ware.
8. Secundum miserecordiam tuam memento mei: tu prop|ter bonitatem tuam, domine. ¶ Eftere thi mercy vmthynke the of me; thou for thi goednes lord. ¶ Vmthynke the of me, that is, see how frele i. am of kynd. thou whas werke is to for gif syn: noght eftere thin ire that i. haf deseruyd, bot eftere thi mercy. Aswha say, as thi mercy is large, swa haf thou mercy of me: and that for thi goednes, noght for my meryt.
9. Dulcis & rectus dominus: propter hoc legem dabit delinquentibus in via. ¶ Lord swet and right; for that he sall gif laghe til trispasand in way. ¶ Oure lord is swet, forgifand syn. and he is right, ȝeldand in his dome til all men as thai haf doen. that says he, that his swetnes make vs noght ouer sykere and ydel: and for that. for he gaf first mercy to brynge vs in til goed life, he sall gif laghe of chastiynge til trispasand in way of maners, swa that he sett thaim in way, that is, in his comaundment.
10. Diriget mansuetos in iudicio: docebit mites vias suas. ¶ He sall ryght the debonere in dome; he sall lere the myld his wayes. ¶ He sall right thaim in his last dome, and make thaim withouten sarynes, sykere and safe, all that now folouys his will, and standis noght agayns him in thoght na dede. and he sall lere the myld his wayes: noght thaim that ere proud and full of ire, and thynk thaim seluen does better than other men kan lere thaim. bot the myld, the whilke gladly beris godis ȝoke.
11. Vniuerse vie domini miserecordia & veritas: requiren|tibus testamentum eius & testimonia eius. ¶ All the wayes of lord mercy and sothfastnes; til the sekand his witword and the witnesyngis of him. ¶ Thof godis wayes be many, thai ere all closed in there twa. Mercy he gifis, forgifand syn. Sothfastnes, demand merits. he leris mercy thurgh the whilke he is quemed, and sothfast|nes thurgh the whilke he is vntamed. and thof that be noght knawn til all. it is knawn til the sekand his witword, that is, his passion,
