Forth with the bodi forto duelle:

That on desireth toward helle,

That other upward to the hevene;

So schul thei nevere stonde in evene,

Bot if the fleissh be overcome

And that the Soule have holi nome[974]

The governance, and that is selde,

Whil that the fleissh him mai bewelde.[975] 510

Al erthli thing which god began

Was only mad to serve man;