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Hatton MS.] he selle Gode his agne breosð, ðæt is [his] inngeðonc; nalles na ðæt án ðæt he on his breostum ðence ðætte ryht sie, ac eac ða spone ðe his ðeawa giemað to ðæm illcan mid his godum biesenum. Ne wilnige he nanes eorðlices ofer ðæt, ne he him ne ondræde nanne eorðlicne ege ðyses andweardan lifes, ac geðence he ðone inncundan ege Godes, & forsio ælce olicunge ðisses middangeardes, & eac his ege for ðære wynsuman suetnesse Godes. Forðon ðurh ða úplecan stefne wæs beboden on ðære æ ðæt se sacerd scolde beon fæste bewæfed on ðæm s[c]uldrum mid ðæm mæssehrægle. Ðæt is ðæt he bið simle getrymed & gefrætwod wis ælce frecenesse ge gæstlice ge mennisclice & wið ælce orsorgnesse besuapen mid ðy[s]sum mægenum, sua sua Paulus cuæð: Gað ge gewæpnode ægðer ge on ða suiðran hond, ge on ða winstran mid ðæm wæpnum ryhtwisnesse. Forðæm ðonne he higað to ðæm godcundum ðingum anum, ðæt he ne ðyrfe an nane healfe anbugan to nanum fullicum & synlicum luste, ne eac ne ðyrfe bion to úpahæfen for nanum wlencum ne for nanre orsorgnesse, ne hine ne gedrefe nan wuht wiðerweardes, ne hine ne geloccige nán oliccung to hiere willan, ne hi[ne] ne geðrysce nan wiðermodnes to ormodnesse. Gif ðonne mid nanum ðissa ne bið ónwæced his inngeðonc, ðonne bið hit swutul ðæt he bið suiðe gerisenlice besuapen mid swiðe wlitige oferbrædelse on bæm sculdrum. Ðæt hrægl was beboden ðæt scolde bion geworht of purpuran & of tweobleom derodine & of twispunnenum twine linenum & gerenod mid golde & mid [ðæm] stane iacincta, forðæm ðæt wære getacnod on hu mislecum & [on] hu monigfaldum mægenum se sacerd

right hand and on the left with the weapons of righteousness." That when he aspires to divine things alone he may not deviate on either side after any foul and sinful lusts, nor become inflated with pride and luxury, nor be troubled by adversity, nor be allured and subjected by any flattery, nor be reduced to despair by disappointment. If then none of these are able to shake his resolution, it is clear that he is very becomingly attired on both shoulders with a very beautiful dress. The dress was commanded to be made of purple and double- dyed scarlet and twice-spun linen cloth, adorned with gold and the gem jacinth, to show with how various and manifold virtues the priest was to shine before God as an example to men. First and foremost among all the ornaments gold was to shine on his robe. That