Thing which is litel worth withinne:

He seith in open, fy! to Sinne,

And in secre ther is no vice

Of which that he nis a Norrice:

P. i. 63

And evere his chiere is sobre and softe,

And where he goth he blesseth ofte, 620

Wherof the blinde world he dreccheth.

Bot yet al only he ne streccheth

His reule upon religioun,