Ne kepe it noght, as it was first begonne.
To every creature undir the sonne
Crist bad himself how that we schulden preche,[1950]
And to the folk his evangile teche.
More light it is to kepe than to make;
Bot that we founden mad tofore the hond[1951]
We kepe noght, bot lete it lightly slake. 220
The pes of Crist hath altobroke his bond,
We reste ourselve and soeffrin every lond
To slen ech other as thing undefendid: