Bot thei among hemself stode evere in pes:

Whi schulde thanne oure pes stonde out of herre,[1943]

Which Crist hath chose unto his oghne encres?

For Crist is more than was Moïses,

And Crist hath set the parfit of the lawe,

The which scholde in no wise be withdrawe.

To yive ous pes was cause whi Crist dide; 190

Withoute pes may no thing stonde availed:

Bot now a man mai sen on everi side

How Cristes feith is every dai assailed,[1944]