And hath the lordschipe of thi witt,

So that thou cowthest nevere yit

Take o dai reste of thi labour;

Bot forto ben a conquerour

Of worldes good, which mai noght laste,

Thou hiest evere aliche faste,

Wher thou no reson hast to winne:

And thus thi will is cause of Sinne, 1290

And is thi lord, to whom thou servest,

Wherof thou litel thonk deservest.’