[[This section has no parallel in the Cotton MSS.]]

+A+ncre þe naueð nawt neh { 120} honde hire fode{ ;} beoð bisie twa wummen. An eauer þe leaue ed hame{ ;} an oþer þe wende ut · hwenne driueð neod · [&] þeo beo ful unorne wið{ }uten euch tiffunge · oðer a lutel þuftene{ ;} oðer of feier ealde. Bi þe wei as ha geað{ ;} ga singinde hire beoden · ne ne halde na tale wið mon ne wið wummon · ne sitte ne ne stonde · bute [þ/] { 125} leaste þet ha eauer mei ear þen ha ham cume. Nohwider elles ne ga [f. 115v] heo bute þider as me send hire · wið{ }ute leaue · ne ne eote ha ne ne drinke ute ·

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++Ancre þet naueð nout neih honde hire uode : beoð bisie two wu{ m}men . on ðet bi{ }leaue eu{ er} ethom . an oðer þet wende ut hwon hit is neod . and þeo beo ful unorne *oðer a lute þuhten* oðer of feir elde and biðe weie ase heo geð . go singinde hire beoden . { 100} ne ne holde heo nout none tale mid mon ne mid wu{ m}mon . ne ne sitte ne ne stonde bute þet leste þet heo mei er þen heo kume hom. nouhwuder elles ne go heo{ ;} bute þider ase me sent hire. wið{ }ute leaue : ne ete heo ne ne drinke ute.

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[Linenote: 102. After _mei_ erasure of one letter.]

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 — Part 56

[Collations: 97. Anker || þe C || naues || nawt | naut C || neh hond | nech hont C || fode B || beos || bisi || twa wimmen B || 98. an B || þe C || leaue eau{ er} _with erasure of two letters before_ || eauer leaue C || at hame | ed hame C || þe C || 99. hwen B || ned driues | neod driueð C || tat || 100. of _om._ || fei[gh]er C || ealde B || and _om._ B || wei || as B || ho Gas | ha geað C || Ga B || seiende | segginde C || beodes || 101. Ni ne || halde B || heo nout _om._ B || na | nan C || wið B || wið B || ni sitte ne stonde | Ne sitten ne stonden C || 102. þe B || leaste || ho | ha C || ear B || þenne C || ho | ha C || ham cume B || 103. Nohwider | Nochwder C || ga B || heo _om._ || ha C || as B || mo{ n} sendes || 104a. eote C || ho | ha C]

Þe oþer beo eauer inne · ne wið{ }ute þe [gh]eten : ne ga wið{ }ute leaue. Ba beon obedient to hare dame in alle þing · bute i sunne ane · na þing nabben þet heo hit nute · ne underuo na { 130} þing · ne ne [gh]eoue nowðer{ ;} wið{ }uten hire leaue. Na mon ne leote [gh]e in · ne þe [gh]ung{ re} ne speoke wið namon bute leaue · ne ga ha nawt ut of tune : wið{ }uten siker fere · [gh]ef hit swa mei beon{ ;} ne ne ligge ute. [gh]ef heo ne con oboke{ ;} segge bi pa{ te}r n{ ost}res · ant bi auez hire ures · [&] wurche [þ/] me hat hire wið ute gruchu{ n}ge. habbe eauer hire { 135} earen opene toward hire dame.