strande, that bolnes awhile, & [S. U om.] als tite is all away, swa periss thai with dyn. and sithen naman wate whare thai ere bi comen. he bendis his boghe, that he manaunces thaim with, that is haly writ, till thai be made seke. that is, til thai knaw thaim self wrechis and waike.
8. Sicut cera que fluit auferentur: supercedidit ignis & non viderunt solem. ¶ As wax that rennys thai sall be broght [S borne.] away: onfell fire, and thai saghe noght the sonne. ¶ That is, thai sall be broght [S borne.] away fra the sight of god, and fall in till hell, as wax that rennys meltand at the fire. for the fire of couaitis and pride and of ire. fell on thaim. As fire brennys the clathe, swa lust of fleyss wastis the saule. and thai saghe not the sone of rightwisnes.
9. Priusquam intelligerent spine vestre ramnum: sicut viuentes sic in ira absorbet eos. ¶ Arthan ȝoure thornes vndirstode the ramyn: as lifand, swa in ire it sall thaim swelugh [U swelught. S swalow.] . ¶ Rammyn. that thai call thefthorne [S. U thethorn.] . has swilke akynd. that it is first soft, and sithen turnys it in til thornes. swa syn is swete, and delites men now. bot eftere this life it prikkis thaim fulsare. forthi he says, are ȝoure thornes. that is, ȝoure synnes, vndirstode the ram|myn, that is, sharp dampnacioun in the last ende. as lifand, that is, whils thai life here. swa in ire of god the fire of vices etis thaim in saule.
10. Letabitur iustus cum viderit vindictam: manus suas lauabit in sanguine peccatoris. ¶ The rightwise sall ioy when he has sene vengaunce; his hend he sall wayss in blode of synful. ¶ Ill men the fire etis, bot not withouten froite of goed men. for the rightwise, thof he be in penaunce, 'sall ioy' [S & U om.] when he has sene vengaunce of synfull men in this life. bot he has not ioy for the pyne of thaim. bot for he is not thare in. and his hend, that is, his werkis, he sall wayss in the blode of synful man. that is, in his payn and in his dede: for he waxes the wisere in that sight, and lufis god the mare, that saues him.
11. Et dicet homo si vtique est fructus iusto: vtique est deus iudicans eos in terra. ¶ And man sall say if soth|fastly be froite til rightwise; sothfastly is god demand thaim in erthe. ¶ And aman that is skilwise sall thynke that it falles thaim
