Schulde at som time cesse and wexe softe.
O kyng fulfild of grace and of knyghthode,[1935]
Remembre uppon this point for Cristes sake,
If pes be profred unto thi manhode,
Thin honour sauf, let it noght be forsake.
Though thou the werres darst wel undirtake,
Aftir reson yit tempre thi corage, 160
For lich to pes ther is non avantage.
My worthi lord, thenk wel, how so befalle,[1936]
Of thilke lore, as holi bokes sein,