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190 GREGORY'S PASTORAL. [Cotton Mss. benrn. Geleornigen eac ða bearn ðæt hie swæ hieren hiera ieldrum swæ swæ hie selfe wieten on hiera ingeðonce beforan ðæs diglan Deman eagum ðæt hie hit for Gode doon, & æt Gode ða lean habban willen. Geleornigen eac ða fædras & ða hlafordas ðæt hie wel libbende gode bisene astellen ðæm þe him underðiedde sien. Eac sculon wiotan ða ofer oðre gesettan ðæt ðæt hie unaliefedes ðurhteoð, & oðre menn be ðæm biseniað, swæ manigra wita hie beoð wyrðe beforan ðæm oðrum swæ swæ hie manna on wón gebrohten, buton he eft self geswice, & swæ manige gecierre swæ he mæst mæge. Forðæm him is swiðe micel ðearf ðæt he swæ micle wærlicor hiene healde wið scylda swæ he geare wietan mæg ðæt he no ana ne forwierð, ðonne he oðrum yfle bysene steleð. Eac sint to manianne ða underðieddan & ða anlepan menn þe æmtige beoð ðæs ðæt hie for oðre menn swincen, ðæt hie huru hie selfe gehealden swæ micle ma swa hie æmettegran beoð ðonne oðre men, ðylæs hie eft weorðen ðearlwislicor gedemde ðonne oðre men. Đa ofer oðre gesettan sint to manianne ðæt hie for hiera hieremonnum [hieremonna] gedwolan ne weorðen gedemde, ðonne hie wenað ðæt hie self (om.) hiera selfra gewyrhtum sien clæne. Se æmettega & se anlepa is to manianne ðæt he swæ micle sorgfulra sie ymb hiene selfne, & swæ micle swiður swince swæ hiene læs oðerra monna giemen bisgað. Đa ofergesettan sint to monianne ðæt hie swæ oðerra manna giemenne gefyllen, ðæt hie hie selfe ne forlæten, & eft ymb (om.) hie selfe swæ geornfulle sien ðæt hie to slawlice ðara ne giemen þe him befæste sien. Ac ðæm þe ðonne æmettig bið his agenne willan to wyrceanne, to ðæm is gecweden : Đu slawa, ga ðe to æmethylle, &

children also learn so to obey their elders, as they themselves know in their hearts before the eyes of the unseen Judge, that they do it for the sake of God, and desire the reward from God. Let the fathers and lords also learn by their good lives to set a good example to their subjects. Those who are set above others must also know that whatever unlawful actions they perform, and thereby set an example to other men, they are worthy of as many punishments more than the others as they have led men astray, unless they afterwards cease, and convert as many as they can. Therefore it is very necessary for him to abstain from sins so much the more carefully as he clearly is able to understand that he does not perish alone when he sets others a bad example. Also the subjects and single men who are not obliged to labour for others are