Is so behoveli to the creature,
That it above alle othre is piereles:[1966]
Bot it mai noght be gete natheles[1967]
Among the men to lasten eny while,
Bot wher the herte is plein withoute guyle.
The pes is as it were a sacrement
Tofore the god, and schal with wordes pleine 310
Withouten eny double entendement
Be treted, for the trouthe can noght feine:
Bot if the men withinne hemself be veine,