Wp/enm/Spiþre

A spiþre biþ a beeſte wiþ eiȝte leggys. Hit biþ knowen to spinnen webbis for to lacchen his prey, þat ys a svnderlich conning. Spiþres fangen diuers inſectys to mete, and somewhile ooþre wiȝtys eek, so biſne smale foweles and fyſſes. Me findeþ spiþres neeȝ eiwher on londe, eek whilem in lake or in ſtreme, ak neuer in ocene. Spiþres spiren þuruȝ boke longys.

Spiþres aren sere yſchapen. Sume ben al so smale als man is arueþ to seen hem. Ooþre ben muchele, þat here leggys moun rechen ouer a diſſes rym. Lepende spiþres ben a genre of spiþre þe whych biþ swyþe glew and haþ grete eien of god siȝþ.

Þe spyþre is wurþy in þe woreld, for hit eteþ mani noiful wurm or beeſt, and wanſeþ swarmys þerto. Ak noþiles mani man dreedeþ þe spiþere and holdeþ hit lodlich.

Sume spiþres moun schenden sore a man for here atter, and a del þerof moun forþe quellen a man. Ak edi is þat þe muchel del of spiþres naven swich dedlich atter, eek ben milde litle wiȝtis þat nillen biten.