of men: forto haf mercy of thaim if thai will turne till him. that he see. that is that he make vs to see, in wham he wonnes. if thar be any vndirstandand in hert the goednes of crist till mannys kynd, and than sekand god with goed werke, doand his biddyngis.
4. Omnes declinauerunt, simul inutiles facti sunt: non est qui faciat bonum, non est vsque ad vnum. ¶ All thai heldid, to gidere thai ere made vnprofitabile; thar is nane that does goed. thare is nane til ane. ¶ Thus ioyn the lettire. he sagh if any ware vndirstandand or sekand god [S. U om.] . bot he fand that all heldid away fra god, ilkan in hys wickyd ȝernynge: and to gidere with that heldynge thai ere made vnprofitabile, ilkan til other. for a wickid man drawis an other til wickidnes, swa that ilkan is cause of other perischynge. and swa mykil thai held [S heldid.] , that thar is nane of thaim that does goed, that quemes god: thar is nane til ane: that is bot ane: for nane does goed withouten the luf of ihū crist.
5. Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum, linguis suis dolose agebant: venenum aspidum sub labijs eorum. ¶ A graf oppynand is the throt of thaim, with thaire tongis tricher|ously thai wroght; venome of snakis vndire the lippes of tha. ¶ Sothly thai corumpe thaire neghburs. for thaire throt is like till a grafe oppynand, that slas men thurgh ill aire. and swalows thaim in: swa thai sla thaire herers in stynk of erroure, and sithen thaim [S. U om.] graues in obstynacioun, when thai dwell in thaire synn ay til thaire ded. or by an oppynand grafe he bitakyns glottery, that wastis bath bodily goed and gastly: and is [S. U om.] ay gapand to take. with thaire tongis tricherously thai wroght: for thai loue men bifore thaim. and spekis ill byhynd thaim. venome of snakis. that is incorygibile malice vndire the lippes of thaim. that is in thaire hert. than is na wondire if thai speke ill and doe ill.
6. Quorum os malediccione & amaritudine plenum est: veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem. ¶ Whas mouth is ful of weriynge and bitternes. swift ere [U om. S erre.] thaire fete to spill blode. ¶ Thaire mouth is ay redy to myssay and reproue and to manaunce. thaire fete, that is thaire willes and affecciouns, ere swift to spill blode. that is to sla thaire saules and other mennys: [U ins. 'and.'] for a manys saule is in the blode.
7. Contricio & infelicitas in vijs eorum, & viam pacis