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Hatton MS.] GREGORY'S PASTORAL. 13

XVI. Hu se lariow sceal bion eallun monnum efnðrowiende & foreðencende on hira earfeðum.

XVII. Hu se reccere sceal bion ðæm weldoendum monnum fore eaðmodnesse gefera, & wið ðara yfelena unðeawas stræc for ryhtwislecum andan.

XVIII. Hu se lariow ne sceal ða inneran gimenne gewanian for ðær(e) uterran abisgunge, ne eft ða uterran ne forlæte he for ðære innerran.

XVIIII. Ðætte [se] reccere his godan weorc fore gielpe anum ne dó, ac ma for Godes lufan.

XX. Đætte se reccere sceal geornlice witan ðætte oft ða únðeawas leogað & licettað ðætte hi sien gode ðeawas.

XXI. Hu gesceadwis se reccere sceal bion ón his ðrea[u]nga & [on] his oleccunga, & eac ón his hatheortnesse & on his manðwærnesse.

XXII. Hu suiðe se reccere sceal bion on his smeaunga abisgod ymb ða halga[n] æ.

XXIII. Hu micel scyle bion ðæt toscead, & hu mislice mon scyle men læran mid ðæm cræfte ðæs lareowdomes.

XXIIII. Đætte ón ofre wisan sint to manianne weras, on oðre wiif.

XXV. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to manianne ða iungan, ón ofre ða ealdan.

XXVI. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to manian[n]e ða welegan, ón oðre ða wædlan.


XXI. How discreet the ruler is to be in his blaming and flattering, and also in his zeal and gentleness. XXII. How greatly the ruler is to be engaged in his meditation about the holy law. XXIII. How great is to be the distinction and how variously men are to be taught with the art of instruction. XXIV. That men are to be admonished in one way, in another women. XXV. That the young are to be admonished in one way, in another the old. XXVI. That the rich are to be admonished in one way, in another the poor.