volabo & requiescam. ¶ And .i. sayd, wha sall gif till me fethirs as of doufe: and .i. sall fle and .i. sall rest. ¶ There ere fethirs of vertus that god gifis til thaim [U thai.] that sekis to luf hym, with the whilke thai may fle fra the conuersacioun of ill men, and rest in contemplacioun of god: as of doufe. that flees fra angirs, and lesis not luf, and ay is in sorow. swa godis lufere will be departid fra tha whaim he may not amend. bot ay he lufis thaim and hays sorow for thaire syn. or we may say that a goed man couaitis to dye, and be departid fra ill men, and rest with crist.
7. Ecce elongaui fugiens: & mansi in solitudine. ¶ Lo .i. lenghid fleand: and .i. wonyd in anly stede. ¶ Lo .i. lenghid fra ill men fleand thaire life. that .i. ware not like thaim: and .i. wonyd in anly stede of thoght. whare nane is with me bot god, whare is rest in godis luf, & na man lettis. In anly stede aman may fynde his vertu, and take tent til hym self. for anly stede is abile for praiynge, for gretynge, for thynkynge, for studiynge, and for spekynge til his frende, and fore brennand lufynge and wistynge of godis pryuete.
8. Expectabam eum qui saluum me fecit: a pusillani|mitate spiritus & tempestate. ¶ I abade him that made me safe: fra slawness of gaste and storme. ¶ This is thaire dede that wonys in anly stede, to abide the comynge of ihū crist, in ȝernynge of his syght, in assiduel deuocioun and swetnes of luf. that safed me fra slawnes of gast, that is, of noy and angire in his seruys. he delyuered me, makand me redy and brenand to do his wyll: & fra storme, that is, of sterynge, that .i. will nott forsake my purpos for wele ne waa.
9. Precipita domine, diuide linguas eorum: quoniam vidi iniquitatem & contradiccionem in ciuitate. ¶ Down|fell lord, depart the tonges of thaim: for .i. saghe wickidnes and agaynsaiynge in cite. ¶ Downfell lord the engeyne that thai sett agayns thi seruauntes: and thaire tonges, that ere aboute to make the toure of pride and cruelte. depart, that thai brynge not thaire malice til dede: for .i. saghe wickidnes of riche folke, and gayn|saiynge of sothfastnes bathe of less and mare, in the cite, that is, of tha men that wenys thai won in godis cite, that is haly kirke: forthi .i. flow in till anly stede of thaim.
10. Die ac nocte circumdabit eam super muros eius in|iquitas [S felow.] :
