Deuteronomy · Chapter 22

[ edit] Thow ſhalt not ſee þe oxe of þi broþer, oþer ſheep errynge, and biſide paſſe, but þow ſhalt leede aȝen to þi broþer. And if he is not þi niȝ broþir, ne knowiſt hym, þow ſhalt lede into þin hows, and þei ſhulen be anentis þee, as long as þi broþir ſechiþ hem, and reſſeyue. Lijk maner þow ſhalt doo of aſſe, and of cloþinge, and of al þing of þi broþer, þat is loſt; if þow fynde it, ne leeue it as alyen. If þou ſeeſt þe aſſe of þi broþer, or oxe, to haue faln in þe weie, þow ſhalt not diſpiſe, but vndur heeue wiþ hym. A womman ſhal not be cloþid wiþ mannus cloþinge, ne man ſhal vſe wommannus cloþing; abomynable forſoþe anentis God he is, þat doþ þes þingis.

If goynge bi þe weie, in tree or in erþe a neſt of briddis þou fyndiſt, and þe moder to þe bryddis or to þe eyren aboue ſittynge, þow ſhalt not hold hyr wiþ þe ſones, but þow ſhalt ſuffre hir to goo awey, holdynge þe ſones takyn, þat wel it be to þee, and loong tyme þow lyue. Whanne þow bildiſt a newe hows, þow ſhalt mak þe wal of þe roof bi enuyroun, leſt þere be ſhad blood in þin hows, and þow be gilti, þat oþer ſlidynge and fallynge hedlynge. Þou ſhalt not ſowe þi vynȝeerd wiþ oþer ſeed, leſt and þe ſeed þat þow haſt ſowun, and þat growen of þe vynȝeerd, togidre ben halowed. Þow ſhalt not eere in oxe togidre and aſſe. Þow ſhalt not be cloþid þe cloþing, þat is weuen of wulle and of flex.

Litil cordis in þe hemmes þow ſhalt make bi foure corners of þi mantil, wiþ þe which þow ſhalt be couerd.

If a man taak a wijf, and afterward haue hir to haat, and ſechiþ occaſioun bi þe which he leeue hir, and caſtynge aȝens hyr a mooſt yuel name, and ſeye, Þis wijf I haue take, and goon yn to hir I foond hyr not mayde; þe fadir and þe moder of hir ſhulen taak hir, and bere wiþ hem þe toknes of hir maydynhod to þe aldre men of þe citee, þat ben in þe ȝate; and þe fader ſhal ſeye, My douȝter I haue ȝyue wijf to þis, whom for he hatiþ, he puttiþ to hir a mooſt yuel name, þat he ſeye, I haue not founde þi dowȝter mayde; and loo! þes ben þe tokens of þe meydynhod of my douȝter; and þei ſhulen ſpreede out þe cloþing before þe aldre men of þe cytee.

And þe aldre men of þe citee ſhulen taak þe man of hir, and þei ſhulen beet hym, condempnynge alſo in an hundrid ſiclys of ſiluer, þe whiche he ſhal ȝyue to þe fader of þe mayde, for he haþ looſed þe mooſt yuel name vpon a maydyn of Yrael; and he ſhal haue hir to wijf, and he ſhal not mowe leeue hir, al þe tyme of his lijf. And if it is ſoþ, þat he putte aȝens hyr, and is not in þe womman founden maydenhod, þei ſhulen þrow hir out of þe ȝatis of þe hows of hir fader; and men of þat citee ſhulen þrow hyr down wiþ ſtonus, and ſhe ſhal dye, for ſhe haþ doon an vnleful þing in Yrael, þat ſhe dide lecherie in þe hows of hir fader; and þow ſhalt doo awei yuel fro þe myddil of þee.

If a man ſleep wiþ þe wijf of anoþer, eyþer ſhal die, þat is, þe auowtreer and þe auowtreſſe; and þow ſhalt do awey yuel fro Yrael. If a womman mayden a man ſpowſe, and eny man in þe cytee fynde hir, and lye wiþ hir, þow ſhalt lede eiþer to þe ȝate of þat cytee, and þei ſhulen be þrowun doun wiþ ſtonus; þe maydyn, for ſhe cryed not, whanne ſhe was in þe cytee; þe man, for he haþ mekid þe wijf of his neiȝbour; and þow ſhalt doo awey yuel fro þe myddil of þee.

Forſoþe if in þe feeld a man fynde a womman þat is ſpowſid, and takynge ligge wiþ hir, he ſhal dye alone; þe womman no þing ſhal ſuffre, ne is gilti of deeþ; for as a þeef ryſiþ aȝens his broþer, and ſleeþ þe ſoule of hym, ſo and þe womman haþ ſuffred; aloone ſhe was in þe feeld, and criede, and no man was niȝ þat myȝt delyuer hir. If a man fynde a womman meydyn, þat haþ no ſpows, and takynge lie wiþ hir, and þe þing comeþ to doom, he ſhal ȝyue, þat haþ ſlept wiþ hyr, to þe fader of þe womman fifti ſicles of ſiluer, and he ſhal haue hir to wijf, for he haþ mekid hir; he ſhal not mowe leeue hyr, alle þe dais of his lijf.

A man ſhal not taak þe wijf of his fader, ne ſhal opne þe couerynge of hym.