1 regula illa supprema rectificans omnia. de qua augustinus.
2 Nichil petendum preter regulam magisterii. Et apostolus. Omnes
3 in eadem regula permaneamus. [4] þe oþer riwle is al wiðu=
4 ten ant riwleð þe licome ant licomliche deden. þe teacheð al
5 hu me schal beoren him wiðuten. hu eoten. drinkeN.
6 werien. singen. slepen. wakien. Et hec est exercitio corpo=
7 ris que iuxta apostolum modicum ualet. et est quasi regula
8 recti mechanici quod geometrio recto continetur. ant þeos
9 riwle nis nawt bute forte serui þe oþer. þe oþer is as
10 leafdi. þeos as hire þuften. for al þet me eauer deð of
11 þe oðer wiðuten; nis bute forte riwlin þe heorte wið=
12 [5] Nu easki 3e hwet riwle 3e ancren schu= ¶ .inneN.
13 len halden. 3e schulen alles weis wið alle mihte ant
14 strengðe wel witen þe inre. ant te uttre for hire sake.
15 þe inre is eauer ilich. þe uttre is mislich. for euch
16 schal halden þe uttre efter þet ha mei best. wið hire
17 serui þe inre. Nu þenne is hit swa þet alle ancren ma=
18 hen wel halden an riwle. quantum ad puritatem cordiS
19 circa quam uersatur tota religio. þet is. alle mahen ant aheN
20 halden a riwle onont purte of heorte þet is cleane ant
21 schir inwit. consciencia. wiðuten weote of sunne þet ne beo
22 þurh schrift ibet. þis makeð þe leafdi riwle þe riw=
23 leð ant rihteð ant smeðeð þe heorte. ant te inwit of sunne.
24 for nawt ne makeð hire woh bute sunne ane. Rih=
25 ten hire ant smeðin hire is of euch religiun ant of
26 euch ordre þe goð4 ant al þe strengðe. þeos riwle is i=
27 maket nawt of monnes fundles; ah is of godeS
28 heaste. forþi ha is eauer ant aa5 wiðute changunge.