Lo, thus hath ech of hem his dede.
And to sustienen hem and fede
In time of recreacion,
Nature hath in creacion[970]
The Stomach for a comun Coc
Ordeined, so as seith the boc.[971] 480
The Stomach coc is for the halle,
And builleth mete for hem alle,
To make hem myghty forto serve[972]
The herte, that he schal noght sterve: