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18 GREGORY'S PASTORAL. [Cotton MSS. XLVII. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to monianne ða wrohtgeornan, on oðre ða gesibsuman.

XLVIII. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to monianne ða þe ða halgan æ ryhtlice ongietan ne cunnon ; on oðre wisan ða þe hie ryhtlice ongietað, & ðeah for eaðmodnesse swigiað þæt hi hie ne bodiað.

XLVIIII. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to monianne ða þe medomlice cunnon læran, & ðeah for miclum ege & for micelre eaðmodnesse forwandiað; on oðre wisan ða þe ðonne git to ðæm gewintrede ne bioð ne geðigene, & ðeah for hrædhydignesse bioð to gegripene.

L. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to monianne ða þe worldare wilniað, & hi ðonne orsorglice habbað; on oðre wisan ða þe worldare wilniað, & ðonne hi gewilnode habbað, hi ðonne mid micelre earfoðnesse & mid micle broce onwuniað.

LI. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to monianne ða þe bio gebundne mid sinrædenne, on oðre wisan ða þe freo bioð ðara benda.

LII. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to monianne ða þe gefandod habbað ðara flæsclicra synna, on oðre wisan ða þe ðæs nowyht ne cunnon.

LIII. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to monianne ða þe ða geworhtan synna wepað, on oðre wisan [wisan omitted] þa þe ða geðohtan wepað.

XLVII. That the quarrelsome are to be admonished in one way, in another the peaceable. XLVIII. That those who cannot rightly understand the holy law are to be admonished in one way, in another way those who understand it rightly, and yet from humility refrain from preaching it. XLIX. That those who can teach well, and yet hesitate from great fear and humility, are to be admonished in one way, and in another way those who are not yet old or experienced enough for it, and yet hastily undertake it. L. That those who desire worldly honour and then possess it