& worschupe ȝe þe kyng. [verse 18] & be ȝe sogetis in alle drede to lordes, noȝt onlyche to þilke þat beþ goode & softe, bote also to þilke þat beþ wykked. [verse 19] & þis is a [om. P.] grace, ȝef eny man suffreþ any dysese vnriȝtfullyche for þe knowynge of God. [verse 20] Bote what grace is it, ȝef ȝe sungeþ [synnyþ P.] & suffreþ betynges? [but if ȝe, doyng wel, pacientliche suffreþ] [but if ȝe doyng wel pacientliche suffreþ in the margin, P. om. S.] , þis is a [om. P.] grace to-fore God. [verse 21] For in þis ȝe beþ y-cleped: for Crist suffrede for ous, [verse 22] leuynge to ȝou ensaumple, þat ȝe swen his steppis: þat dide [verse 23] non synne, ne non gyle was y-founde in his [m (crossed through) follows, S.] mouþ: & whan men cursed [curseþ P.] hym, he ne cursed [curseþ P.] noȝt aȝeyn; & whan he suffred, he ne þreted no man, bote he toke hymselfe to þilke [verse 24] þat demed hym vnriȝtfulliche; & he bar oure synnes in his body on þe tre; & þoroȝ his blood we beþ y-heled [y followed by turned (crossed out), P.] . [verse 25] & ȝe weren scheep erreden, bote now ȝe beþ y-turned to a schep|herde & a byschop of ȝoure soules.
[verse 1] And [C m 3m in an early hand in the margin, S. And also P.] [also] ben wymmen sogetis to hire housbondes, þat þilke þat byleueþ noȝt to þe word ben y-wonne wiþ-outen [S folio 15] [P folio 17] [verse 2] word by wymmennes conuersacioun; byholdynge a chaste [verse 3] conuersacioun in drede [drede followed by as (expunged), S.] , þouȝ þer were noȝt wiþouten-forþ arayynge of þe heres of hure hed, ne enuyronynge [serklynge P. In S serklenge is written in the margin, 1st corrector's hand.] aboute of gold, oþer an-oþer cloþinge, ne apparayl of cloþes. [verse 4] Bote þat þe man of þe herte þat is y-hud be wiþ-outen corrupcioun, of a softe spiryt in reste, þat is ryche in þe syȝt of God. [verse 5] For so sumtyme holy wymmen, hopynge in God, arayed hem|selfe, [verse 6] beynge sogettes to hure housbondes: as Sara was buxom to Abraham, clepynge hym hure lord: whos douȝtren ȝe beþ, wel doynge and dredynge non affray. [verse 7] Men also duellen to-gydere with wymmen, & aftur hure cunynge departynge to hem worschupe, as to a wommanlyche vessel þat is more febel þan ȝe beþ, as to hem þat beþ heyres wiþ ȝow of þe grace of lyf; þat ȝoure preyeres ne ben noȝt ylet. [verse 8] & be ȝe in feiþ euerychone of on soule, suffrynge togydere,
