1 as summe doð þe telleð me. þe siheð þe gneat ant swolheð
2 þe flehe; ondswerieð of sein Iames. þe wes godes apostel.
3 ant for his muchele halinesse icleopet godes broðer.3ef
4 him þuncheð wunder ant sullich of swuch ondswere;
5 easkið him hwet beo ordre. ant hwer he funde in hali
6 \w/rit8 religiun openlukest descriuet9 ant isutelet þen is in
7 sein iames canonial epistel. he seið hwet10 is Religiun.
8 hwuch is riht ordre. Religio munda et immaculata
9 apud deum et patrem hec est. Visitare pupillos et viduas in necessitate sua
10 et immaculatum se custodire ab hoc seculo. þet is cleane re=
11 ligiun ant wiþute11 wem12 is. iseon ant helpen widewen ant feder=
12 lese13 children. ant from þe world witen14 him cleane ant un=
13 wemmet. þus sein iame descriueð15 religiun ant ordre. þe
14 leatere dale of his sahe limpeð to reclusen. for þeR
15 beoð16 twa dalen to twa manere þe beoð of religiuse. to
16 eiðer limpeð his dale as 3e mahen iheren. Gode reli=
17 giuse beoð i þe world summe. Nomeliche prelaz. ant
18 treowe preachurs þe habbeð þe earre dale of þet
19 sein iame seide. þet beoð as he seið þe gað to helpen wi=
20 dewen ant faderlese17 children. þe sawle18 is widewe þe haueð
21 forloren hire spus. þet is iesu crist wið eni heaued sunne.
22 þe is alswa federles þe haueð þurh his sunne forloreN
23 þe feader of heouene. gan iseon þulliche ant elnin ham ant
24 helpen wið fode of hali lare; þis is riht religiun he seið
25 sein iame. þe leatere dale of his sahe limpeð to oweR
26 religiun as ich ear seide. þe witeð ow from þe worlt ouer
27 oþre religiuse cleane ant unwemmet. þus þe apostle sein
28 iame þe descriueð religiun nowðer hwit ne blac. ne