maydyns sorowid noght. ¶ That is, fire of couaitis and lichery wastis thaim that ere stalworthest and fayrest. and thaire maydyns. that ere, wemen that semys chaste in body. and ere fylid in saule, as maydyns that ere halighid til god. sorowd noght. for the fire of couaitys etis thaim with the ȝunge men.
70. Sacerdotes eorum in gladio ceciderunt: & vidue eorum non plorabantur. ¶ The prestis of thaim fell in swerd: and thaire wydous was not gret. ¶ That is, the prestis that wele leris and lifes ill. dyes thorgh the swerd of godis sentence and his dome. and thaire widous. that is, tha that forsoke the warld and solace of men. was not gret. down feld til syn. for goed men dispayrs [S ins. 'not.'] of swilke when thai fayle.
71. Et excitatus est tanquam dormiens dominus: tan|quam potens crapulatus a vino. ¶ And raysid is as slepand lord; and as myghty drunkyn of wyne. ¶ Aswhasay. thus mykel syn do thai. bot oure lord worshipfully vengis: for he is raysid as slepand. that is, as suffrand lange thaire wickidnes. and as myghty, drunkyn of wyne. that is, stird of thaire cruelte. to tourment thaim withouten pite. as a drunkyn man, that sparis nane.
72. Et percussit inimicos suos in posteriora: opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis. ¶ And he smate his enmys in the hyndirere: endles reprofe he gafe til thaim. ¶ He smate his enmys in the hyndirere. that is, all the lufers of this warld in thaire endynge he drunkynd in hell. for thai ere his enmys that has endles pyne. and namly all that turnys agayn fra goed purpos.
73. Et repulit tabernaculum ioseph: & tribum effraym non elegit. ¶ And he putagayn the tabernakil of ioseph; the kynredyn of effraim he not chese. ¶ That is, all that duellis in waxynge of warldis vanyte he reprouyd, and the kynredyn of riche men, that studis all till riches & honurs of this life. he hafes noght ordaynd til the ioy of heuen. for thai hafe thaire heuen here.
74. Sed elegit tribum iuda: montem syon quem dilexit. ¶ Bot he chese the kynredyn of iuda; the hill of syon whilke he lufid. ¶ He chese to luf him. & loue him here and in heuen. the kynredyn of iuda: that is, of all that grauntis crist in thoght and worde and werke. and the hill of syon. that is, haly kirke. that is heghe in vertus, and lokis ay til heuen.
75. Et edificauit sicut vnicornium sanctificium suum: in
