The substance of the pes may noght be trewe,
Bot every dai it chaungeth uppon newe.
Bot who that is of charite parfit,
He voideth alle sleightes ferr aweie,
And sett his word uppon the same plit,
Wher that his herte hath founde a siker weie:
And thus whan conscience is trewly weie, 320
And that the pes be handlid with the wise,[1968]
It schal abide and stonde in alle wise.
Thapostle seith, ther mai no lif be good