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ok sette hann aptur til simts gammla erfidis E>esse suinen seger
hann merker Rika |6 menn ok konwr J>æR s em klæda sig kostulega
eta ok drecka kostulegt ok skinemlegt ok |7 erfida ecke J>ar ty rer
Enn asnemt upp aa hueriurø er kristwr Ridwr. merker rettuisanw
mann |8 ok konwr pær er j godu erfide studera bæde j klaustrtm
ok j odru erfide ute ok jmte |9 t>ar iyrer \mt er betra at leida sitt lif
j erfides life med Rettuisum manne helldnr enn |10 at uera berfeliga
slegenn med suinenu ok pindnr med jDeirn jlla manne af huerium er
jobb I11 talar fesser lifa seger hann hier alla sina daga j lystinng
ok epter læte ollu til mat ar |12 ok dryckiar ok ollu \mi er buknrenn
brekar ok beidezt enn nit jnnann stuttan tima deyia |13 ok fara til
heluitis. gud geyme oss ]>ar fra alla knstna menn ok senndi oss
helldnr til himeRiks blez|14bunar uid utan ennda amen
14a <S)uo byriar Jsetta æuenntyR at \mt uar einn mann ok |15 hann
atte sier einn son huera er hann beidde at hann skylide nokura
uine eiga seger |16 hann medann ek life til: sonnrenn sagdizt skylldu
profa J>ria nagranna sina ]pefr honnm J>æ|17tte l[i]kazster ok s em
12 uit jnnan, 14b uid utan Anglicisms, ‘within’, ‘without'?
15 at hann,first written in one word athn and hf- - hann) added above the line (?).
ånde skippede before his mayster; that toke hym, ånde putt hym to his
20 olde laboure. Declaracio. The swyn betokyn riche men ånde women, that
clothen hem selfe wordly, ånde etyne ånde drynkyne deyntethly, ånde
shynyngly, ånde trauayle not. For sothe such are clerkes, ånde swyne of
the Deuylle, in which entryne vnelene sperites, that castene hem in the see,
ånde drownyne hem in the bitter peynes of Helle. The asse, vppone the which
25 Criste rideth, is the rightwis man ånde woman, that is in goode laboure, ånde
studie bothe in cloyster ånde in feide. Therfore it is better to laboure, ånde
to lede a laborers life, with the rightwis man, than wrechidly to be slayne
with the swyne, ånde perische with the wickede man; of the which spekith
57 r Jobe, They ledyne, he saythe, theyre dayes in lustys ånde lykynges, |[ ånde
30 wele fare, ånde in a poynte gone downe to Helle. Gode kepe vs ther fro,
ånde brynge vs to the blisse, that neuer shalle haue an ende! Amen.
9. Three Friends Tested
(11. 1-21 rendered in N, f. 2vl4a-34)
XLll 53 v There was a man that hade a sone, ånde steride his sone to gete hyme
frendes, while his fadir was alyve. The sone saw thre neghbores, that he