gilt [S oure gylte.] clathynge: vmgifen with sernes. ¶ Here he praysis him of his wife. that is na gigelot, bot quene vndire the. guuernand folke. This quene is halykirke, or a cristen manys saule, that standis vpright in his luf at his right syde. that is, in hope of endles ioy: in clathynge [S ins. 'ouer.'] gilt, that is, in goed werkis done in charite: vmgifen with sernes of merites or of vertus. this quene is atirid with gold of apostils. sendel of martirs. gemmys of virgyns. purpire of thaim that lifis in chastite and in penaunce.
12. Audi filia & vide & inclina aurem tuam: & obli|uiscere populum tuum & domum patris tui. ¶ Here doghtere & see and held thin ere: and forget thi folke & the house of thi fadire. ¶ Here the prophet spekis til the quene: doughtere, that .i. haf getyn in my prechynge, here with hert, and see god thi spouse, that nane is like him. and held thin ere, that thou here mekly that .i. lere the. and forget thi folke of this warld, and all fleysly affecciouns and ill stiryngis til any creature. and the house. that is, the conuersacioun and the felaghschipe of thi fadire the deuel. that is, forget this warld that is contrary til heuen, and swa thou sall be faire.
13. Et concupiscet rex decorem tuum: quoniam ipse est dominus deus tuus & adorabunt eum. ¶ And the kynge sall couaite thi fairhede: for he is lord thi god, and thai sall loute him. ¶ The fairhede that he made in the. he lufis: for he is thi god, not anly thi spouse. and all folke of the whilke halykirke is made sall lout him kynge.
14. Et filie tyri in muneribus: vultum tuum depreca|buntur omnes diuites plebis. ¶ And the doghtirs of tiry in giftis; thi face sall pray all the riche of the folke. ¶ That is, many saules of synful men sall cum til the kynge in giftis, offrand thaim self til his luf and his seruys. all the riche, that is, myghty and witty men of this warld, sall pray thi face. that is, thai sall ȝern forto hafe thi fairhede: for thai sall hald thaire aghen bot faynt and desaifabile.
15. Omnis gloria eius filie regis abintus, in fimbrijs aureis: circumamicta varietatibus. ¶ All the ioy of him the doghtirs of the kynge frawithinen, in hemmyngis of gold: vmcled in sernesis. ¶ He couaitis thi fairhede. bot that is noght bot withinen, in thi consciens, whare his ioy is. that thou be faire.
