1 write ou mine leoue sustren of uttere þin=
2 ges in þe eareste dale of ouwer boc. of
3 ouwer seruise. ant nomeliche in þe leste.
4 3e ne schule naut bihaten hit ach ha=
5 bben hit on heorte ant don hit as 3e hit
6 hefde bihaten [7] Gef ani vnweote41 askið
7 ou[.] of wat ordre 3e beoð ase summe doð
8 3e telleð me þe si3eð þe gnete ant swole=
9 3eð þe fle3e; ondswereð of seint ia=
10 mes42 þe wes godes apostel. ant for his
11 muchel halinesse icleopet godes broðer.
12 3ef him þunche[ð] wunder [ant sullich] of swich
13 ondswere; askið hwat beo ordre. ant hwer
14 he finde in hali writ openlukest43 descriuet
15 ant isutelet.44 [þet] is in seint iames pistel. he
16 seið hwat is religiun. ant wich45 is richt
17 ordre. Religio46 munda et inmaculata apud
18 deum et cetera. þet is clene religiun ant wiðvte
19 wem[e]s[. t]o47 Iseon ant helpen widewen ant feder=
20 lase children. ant from þe world witen him
21 clene ant vnwemmed. þus seint iame[s] des=
22 criueð religiun ant ordre. þe latere dole of
23 his sa3e limpeð to reclusen48. for þer beoð