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180 GREGORY'S PASTORAL. [Cotton MSS. & ða ealdan mid liðelicre bene, swæ hit awriten is on ðære æwe: Ne ðreata ðu na ðone ealdan, ac healsa hiene swæ ðinne fæder.

XXVI. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to manianne ða welegan, on oðre ða wædlan.

On oðre wisan sint to manianne ða wædlan, on oðre ða welegan. Đa wædlan sint to frebranne & to retanne, ðylæs hie sin to ormode for hiera earfeðum. Đa oðre sint to bregeanne, ðylæs hie sien for hiora wlencium to upahafene. To ðæm wædlan wæs gecweden ðurh Dryhten to ðæm witgan : Ne ondræd ðu ðe, forðæm ðu ne wyrðest gescended. And swiðe hræde eac æfter ðæm he him olecte, þa he cwæð: Đu earma, ðu þe art mid ðy storme & mid ðære yste onwend & oferworpen, ðe ic geceas on ðæm ofne þe ðu on wære asоden, ðæt wæs on ðinum iermðum. Ac sanctus Paulus ðreade ða welegan, þa he cwæð to his gingran: Sæcgeað ðæm welegum gind ðisne middangeard ðæt hie to ofermodlice ne ðencen, ne to wel ne truwigen ðissum ungewissum welum. Be ðæm we magon swiðe sweotule oncnawan ðæt se eaðmodnesse lareow, ða ða he ymb ða welegan spræc, na ne cwæð: Biddað, ac : Sæcgeað, & bebeodað. And eac we magon oncnawan ðæt, ðæt ða earman & ða untruman sint to retanne, & ða ofermodan & ða upahafenan ne sint to weorðianne, ac ða monn sceal swæ micle ma hatan ðonne biddan swæ mon ongit ðæt hie for ðissum worldwlencium bioð swiður upahafene & on ofermettum abundene. Be ðæm Crist cwæð on his godspelle : Wa eow welegum, þe eower lufu eall and eower tohopa is on eowrum worldwelum, & ne giemað

the old with mild intreaties, as is written in the law: "Rebuke not the old man, but intreat him as thy father." XXVI. That the rich are to be admonished in one way, in another the poor. The poor are to be admonished in one way, in another the rich. The poor are to be consoled and cheered, lest they despair too much because of their hardships. The others are to be terrified, lest they be too proud of their magnificence. To the poor man was said through the Lord to the prophet: “Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded.” And soon after he soothed him, saying: “Thou poor man, who art prostrated and thrown over with the storm and whirlwind, I have