To hem that thenken forto thryve.

For we, whiche are now alyve,

Of hem that besi whylom were,

Apostolus. Quecumque scripta sunt, ad nostrum doctrinam scripta sunt.[1305]

Als wel in Scole as elleswhere,

Mowe every day ensample take,

That if it were now to make 2350

Thing which that thei ferst founden oute,[1306]

It scholde noght be broght aboute.

Here lyves thanne were longe,