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Hatton MS.] unðeawa, hu mæg he ðonne oðerra monna mód lacnian, ðonne he bireð on his agnum moniga opena wunda? Se læce bið micles to beald & to scomleas ðe gæð æfter oðra monna husum læcnigende, & hæfð on his agnum nebbe opene wunde unlacnode.

X. Hwelc se bion sceal ðe to reccenddome cuman sceal.

Ac ðon[e] monn scyle ealle mægene to bisscephade teon, ðe on monigum ðrowungum his lichoman cwilmð, & gæstlice liofað, & ðisses middangeardes orsorgnesse ne gimð, ne him nane wiðerweardnesse ne andræt ðisse worolde, ac Godes anne willan lufað. Suelcum ingeðonce gerist ðæt he for licuman tiedernesse ne for woroldbismere anum wið ða scire ne winne, ne he ne sie gietsiende oðerra monna æhta, ac sie his agenra rummod, & his breosð sien simle onhielde for arfæstnesse to forgiefnesse, næfre beah suiðor ðonne hit gedafenlic sie for ryhtwisnesse. Ne sceal he naht unaliefedes dón, ac ðæt ðætte oðre menn unaliefedes dóð he sceal wepan sua sua his agne scylde, & hira untrymnesse he sceal ðrowian on his heortan, & ðæs godes his nihstena he sceal fægnian sua sua his agnes. His weorc sceolon beon ðæs weorðe ðæt him oðre menn onhyrien. He sceal tilian sua to libbanne sua he mæge ða adrugodan heortan geðwænan mid ðæm flowendan yðon his lare. He sceal geleornian ðæt he gew[u]nige to singallecum gebedum, oð he ongite ðæt he mæge abiddan æt Gode ðæt he ongiene, suelce him mon to cueðe: Nu ðu me cleopodest; nu ic

reproach to decline the supremacy, nor to be greedy of other men's property, but liberal with his own, and his heart is to be always inclined to forgiveness for piety's sake, yet never more so than is befitting for righteousness. He must not do anything unlawful, but he must bewail the unlawful deeds of others as if they were his own sins; and he must sympathize with their weakness in his heart, and rejoice in the prosperity of his neighbours as his own. His works must make him worthy of being imitated by other men. He must strive to live so as to moisten the dried-up hearts with the flowing waves of his instruction. He must learn to accustom himself to incessant prayer, until he sees he can obtain from God what he requires, as if it were said to him, "Thou hast called me; here I