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Hatton MS.] hine ne lærde mid ðæm sweore ðæs wolcnes. La ah ðeahhwæðre se foreðancula wer, forðæmðe he spræc to ðæm upahæfenan, he bæd his fultumes, swelce him niedðerf wære; & bæd ðeah for ðæs oðres ðearfe, forðæm he tiohchode him ma to fultemanne; he sohte hine him to látðeowe on ðæm wege, forðæm he teohchode hine to lædanne on lifes weg. Ac he dyde sua sua ofermod gefera deð: he sceolde beon ðære spræce sua micle gefægenra sua him mare ðearf wæs, & ðæs ðe gefægenra ðe he him sua eaðmodlice & sua arlice to spræc, he sceolde bion him micle ðy eaðmodra & his larum ðe suiður underðied.

XLII. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to manianne ða anwillan, ón óðre ða (un)gestæððegan & unfæsðræda.

On oðre wisan sint to manianne ða anfealdan stræcan, on oðre ða unbealdan. Ðæm anfealdan stræcum is to cyðanne ðæt hie bet [ne t]ruwien him selfum ðonne h[i]e ðyrfen, ðonne hi [forðy] nyllað geðafan beon oderra monna geðeahtes. Đæm unbealdum is to cyðanne hu giemelease hie bioð ðonne hie hie selfe to suiðe forsioð, forðæm hie mon at ælcum cierre mæg for hira leohtmodnesse of hiera agnum geðeahte awendan. Ac ðæm anstræcum is to cyðanne, ðær hie ne wenden ðæt hie selfe beteran & wisran wæren ðonne oðre

ternally he guided him with the pillar of cloud. Behold, however, the provident man, speaking to the proud Hobab, asked his help as if it were necessary for him, and yet asked for the other's benefit, because he wished to help him more; he sought him as a guide of their way, because he wished to lead bim on the way of life. But he acted like & proud companion : he should have rejoiced so much the more at his speech, the more need he had ; and the more humbly and honourably he spoke to him, the more humble he should have been with him, and the more obedient to his advice. XLII. That the steadfast are to be admonished in one way, in another the fickle and inconstant. The resolute are to be admonished in one way, in another the irresolute. The resolute are to be told not to trust in themselves more than they ought, when they are not willing to acquiesce in the plans of others. The irresolute are to be told how careless they are, when they despise themselves overmuch, because through their want of resolution they can on every occasion be moved from their own deter- mination. The resolute are to be told that, if they did not deem