Lever in a forest, that is wyld and cold,

Gon ete wormes, and such wrecchidnes;

For ever this brid will doon his busynes

To scape out of his cage when that he may;

His liberté the brid desireth aye ...

Lo, heer hath kynd his dominacioun,

And appetyt flemeth (banishes) discrescioun.

Also a she wolf hath a vilayne kynde,

The lewideste wolf that she may fynde,

Or least of reputacioun, him will sche take,