la bulrra que oyeres non la tengas en vil,

la manera del libro entiendela sotil;

que saber bien e mal, desjr encobierto e donegujl,

tu non fallaras vno de trobadores mjll.

Then, in his digressive way, the Archpriest avers that man, like the beasts that perish, needs food and a companion of the opposite sex, adding mischievously that this opinion, which would be highly censurable if he uttered it, becomes respectable when held by Aristotle.

Como dise Aristotiles, cosa es verdadera,

el mundo por dos cosas trabaja: por la primera

por aver mantenençia; la otra cosa era

por aver juntamjento con fenbra plasentera.

Sylo dixiese de mjo, seria de culpar;